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First, about me. I've been playing guitar for over 30 years. I've gone through some gear. I have a Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music in Boston. I'm not a beginner/thrashmetal kid on HC, so if that puts things in perspective, great. I'm also not the best player in the world, but I do ok. People like my playing, they come see my band and we get compliments. Only saying this so you know my angle. First, I must preface by saying I'm a big Ibanez fan. I play their guitars, I love the old effects. Even the newer plastic pedals sound good, but the housing is lacking. That being said, I especially like the L (Master) and "10" series pedals. This, of course, is a 10 Series. Great design - no tools to access the battery, the jacks are up top out of the way so you can fit them more closely together on your pedalboard, the switch area ramps upwards to keep your foot off of the knobs. There are some drawbacks, though. The input jack is very close to the 9v power jack, so some right-angle plugs won't work there. Also, the jacks are soldered directly to a circuit board, and the stress of plugging them in a bunch of times can weaken the solder joints. Easily fixed, if you have basic soldering skills. Not a deal buster, as I have started to collect these older pedals. Speaking of pedalboard space, this one looked to fill the bill on two fronts - chorus and flanging. This pedal has both, like two pedals in one. You can set the internal footswitch to do one of three things - switch the chorus on/off, toggle between chorus/flange, or switch the flange on/off. The cool part is that there's a jack on the back for an external footswitch that will turn the unit on/off, and when this is used the internal switch (when the small 3 way switch on top is set to A/B) will toggle between chorus/flange, so you can have either or neither. "supersonicmods" has a nice demo on u-t-u-b-e (no affiliation, buy yours on eBay!) The output jack is a TRS jack, so a stereo Y cable will allow the output to feed two amps (I recommend using isolation transformers to kill the buzz and eliminate possible and dangerous ground loops, don't use a ground-lift adapter!). Sound? The chorus is good, but not as good as my SC10. LOVE that pedal. The flange side is passable, but the pedal I have gets a high-pitched whine when the "flange" knob is near its max position. It will do slightly intense flanging, but won't do the massive sweep stuff as heard on old Pat Travers records. I think maybe it was a compromise to fit both effects into one pedal, meaning that it may be a good "utility player" but doesn't excel at either function. If your chorusing and flanging needs aren't intense, this pedal could work wonderfully for you. It's not noisy, is built reasonably well (it's metal), and is fairly straightforward to set up and use. They pop up on eBay from time to time, and according to a website devoted to Ibanez effects pedals, they are highly collectible.. I think "collectibility" is the key here. If you want great chorusing, the Ibanez SC10, or a TC Electronics, etc. may be better sounding. If you want wild flanging, the Ibanez Airplane Flanger or, better yet, an old A/DA Flanger may suit you better, but for more subtle needs, and to save space, this is a great option. The guys at Maxon/Ibanez were using their heads, always seem to be. Overall, thumbs up!Read full review
Great classic overdrive. Makes any guitar just ring with nice smooth bluesy distortion. A must have for blues/rock fans. My used one works great and was a good deal at $69. New @$99 was pricey for me so this worked out great!
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Most people have never heard of this chorus. The boss ce2 seems to get all of the attention. This stereo chorus is great! They go for cheap too! Pick one up. You won't regret it!
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