Ibanez Guitar amplification

The Ibanez Tone Blaster TB412A is a 4x12 speaker cabinet that is designed to go with their budget line of Tone Blaster solid state heads. It's made of plywood as far as I know, and is loaded with Ibanez branded "Power Jam" speakers. These are reputed to be made by Celestion for Ibanez but I can't really verify this. I bought mine as a matter of necessity last summer when I needed a cabinet quickly and cheaply. At the time, I was using a rackmount rig with a Mesa Boogie Studio Preamp and a Mosvalve MV962 power amp and a bevy of Ibanez, Gibson and Charvel guitars. It's a fairly heavy cabinet, and definitely a pain to move around. I would guess that it was about 100lbs and the casters that come with it are extremely helpful if you plan on moving it around much. The tone out of this cabinet is decent considering the price and questionable origin/quality of the speakers that it's loaded with. There is a good amount of bass, a fairly subdued midrange and a nice high end that forunately isn't as ear piercing as it could be. The cabinet works well at home jamming levels as well as in a band mix. I used it for a few gigs as well and never had any trouble hearing myself against drums or other guitars/bass. It's not the most unique sounding cabinet (IE: basically, it doesn't have a tone that makes it stand out, but rather it just has a fairly flat and general sound.) For the $200 used that I paid I was fairly impressed. It didn't sound nearly as good as the higher end Marshall, Mesa, or Hughes and Kettner cabs that I tried, but for a player on a budget it works well.

The first thing I think of when I think of Ibanez music company is there TS9 tube screamer pedal. This is one of the highly used distortion pedals on the market today. This pedal has been one of the most frequented pedals for touring musicians and recording musicians. Ibanez also builds very good and low priced guitars. This is one of the first amplifiers that I've seen from Ibanez. This is a 15 W guitar amplifier that has a good tube screamer sound within it. This amp features two 6v6 power tubes and 2 12ax7 preamp tubes. This has a genuine tube screamer circuit built in that the front end of this amplifier. The controls consist of tube screamer overdrive tone level as well as the normal EQ control knobs such as travel base and volume. This is missing the middle controlled on but it doesn't really need it. Your side to switch to switch it from the 15 W of power all the way down to 5 W of power for a better handle on your volume issues. This allows you to play with the higher crunch tone at eight more silent playing level. UTILIZATION Features 15W All-tube head 2 x 12AX7 tubes (Pre) 2 x 6V6 tubes (Power) Genuine Tube Screamer circuit built into the front end Controls: Tube Screamer—Overdrive, Tone, Level; Amp—Treble, Bass, Volume Modes: Pentode—15W; Triode—5W SOUNDS If you like the tone of a Ibanez tube screamer and you'll like the sound of this camp. If you want more a high gain amplifier this is not good to be the amplifier for you. This is going to be the nice clean distortion the fine for me TS9 pedal. The tone is exactly like a tube screamer so if that is your thing and this might be the camp for you. This amp works very well in conjunction with its matching 12 speaker cabinet. You can plug this amp into any other speaker cabinet with ease. I suggest a good British speaker to connect with this amp. Celestion speakers would be the speaker of choice when it comes to dialing in the perfect time for this amplifier. OVERALL OPINION This is an amp that is very budget friendly. You can find them for the new price of $299. As that is an exceptional price for an amplifier that sounds this good. I would recommend this amp to anyone who is absolutely stoked with the sound of a TS9 pedal and wants a tube version of that. This is a tube version of the tube screamer and is is a cool little amp.

bought this sweet sound making machine at sims music in south carolina for a cheap 65 bucks everything this thing puts out a lot of sound. It may say 10 in the name but it doesnt mean 10 watt in this case. Im in a band called no plot and its loud enough to do gigs at gain 7 master 7 for 100 people pretty good distortion a little buzz but playing a little bit it goes away not worth mentioning high quality wouldnt think about dropping it but VERY sturdy and well built Get one now you will get more than your money's worth! This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

this is my 2nd amp. the first was a small crate gx15 with some mods to rid of the bugs like the tune knobs. Now i have this toneblaster that i got for $147 at a distant tune shop. its ok.. not quite as loud as i thought it was gonna be and not something that you could take into a gig. its ok.... decent i think. this unit is not quite as loud or clear as i thought it should be. This is a very cheap looking model. the speaker is a 10" but only has an 8ohm rating. I plugged in my other amp crate gx 15 and it had a much crisper tone than the toneblaster and damn near as loud too. I give a thumbs down on Ibanez tone blaster 25 very boxy and generic looking i took mine back and spent the extra cash and bought an mx20r crate amp that is smaller by 5 watts but has a WAAAAAAYyyyyyyyyy....... better sound. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

i paid SGD$374.50 for it .. list was SGD$535 . i bought it from the biggest music store in singapore , Sweelee . Needed a Performing amp over my rage 158 GREAT DISTORTIOON ! FOOT SWITCH PEDAL ! LOVELY CLEAN SOUND ! Speaker out jack , 2 FS jacks , EFX in and out jack ... 2 x 3 band active EQ.. spring reverb , boost , mid switch , ALOT MORE , go find out ! i go thru a boss volume exp pedal see and the ***king clean sounds becomes very soft even @ maximum volume on amp and exp pedal . Pretty heavy , wuss and girls should have a bit of a problem . guys no prob ... :) BUILD LIKE TANK ! SUPERB QUALITY !! THIS IS A GREAT AMP ! it's simply the best . the price is just as good . look no further , its gotta be the best 50w performing guitar amp ever ! This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

I got this amp for $150 at a local hole-in-the-wall music store. The one I had before purchasing this one was only like 5 watts, so I needed an upgrade. I like the over drive (distortion) and reverb that came with it. The distortion is kind of the grunge type which was pretty good for me because I play a lot of Nirvana and stuff. The palm muting isn't spectacular though with it on. The reverb makes each sound reflect and echo superbly. You can best notice the reverb when you are playing clean. My Danelectro Distortion Pedal gives the amp a heavier sound, with the palm muting being very bassy and hard. It's better to play metal stuff with a metal distortion pedal with this amp because the on-board overdrive isn't spectacular for really heavy stuff. But, if you can't afford a distortion pedal then you can probably work with it, and it should work fine for you. When volume is turned up a little over half way with overdrive, the whole case buzzes from the vibrations. It gets kind of annoying, and would seem emberassing if it were to do that at a live gig. I may just need to tighten it up somwhere, I don't know. It hasn't fallen apart on me yet. The whole unit is fairly heavy, (maybe 20 lbs probably lighter) but it's not that bad. All in all, it's a pretty solid unit for practicing with. Maybe even loud enough to go over drums and stuff if practicing with a band, although I haven't had a chance to try it out like that yet. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

I purchased this amplifier through Serramonte Music Center in Daly City, CA. I was just learning how to play guitar, so I wanted a good, cheap amplifier. I got this for $110 there, although you can purchase it through Musician's Friend for $94.99. I really love the clarity of sound through the clean channel. There are no buzzing or static-like sounds that come out of the amplifier, and the overdrive channel isn't all that bad, either. I also like it's size. It's a small 15 watt, 8" speaker. But, not only can I practice at home with it, it even handles small gigs. I already used it to play some small gigs at my high school. Although the overdrive channel is still not bad, I occasionally need the aid of my Boss Distortion Pedal. The overdrive channel sounds okay, but it can mess up your picking technique. Also, for a small practice amp, it is pretty heavy at about 40 lbs. And you might want to get a better amp if you're advanced-intermediate. Other than that, it's great for a beginner's amp. The construction and quality is excellent. There are no loose knobs, the corners are well protected, and every single part is very secured. It can probably last for many years. Overall, if you want a good beginner's amp at a dirt-cheap price, then I recommend the Ibanez 15R Tone Blaster. Its 15W of power, great reverb, 2-channel, and3-band EQ will get you jamming for hours and hours each day. You're gonna love it! Also, it has a headphone and CD input so you can play along to your favorite bands or practice without disturbing a soul. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

Ibanez is really known for their tube screamer petals and they're very inexpensive and versatile guitars. They're not quite as known for the amplifiers but they do make some very inexpensive amplifiers for the money. This amplifier is known as the tone blaster extreme guitar amplifier head. They're rated at 150 W and they have two separate channels. Had basically no more clean channel and then you have a hot ride high gain metal type channel. UTILIZATION 150W at 4 ohms Two discreet channels 2 separate 3-band active EQs with parametric midrange on channel 2 Normal Channel w/Switchable Overdrive Hot Channel w/Switchable Boost Gain and Volume Controls Each Channel Reverb and Resonance Channel, Reverb, Overdrive and Boost Footswitch Jacks Accessory Compartment LED Indicators for Channel, Reverb, Overdrive, and Boost Effect Loop SOUNDS This guitar amplifier can get some decent tones for the price but it's not to be any type of their musical amplifier that you get from a Fender or Marshall amplifier. You have the basic EQ section of game, bass, middle, trouble, volume, and reverb for the clean channel. On the high gain channel you have those EQ sections as well as a push poll type of separated control in the middle position that give you a hotter level control. You also have a couple buttons to click for even more game such as the X mode. One thing I don't like about this guitar amplifiers yet to send in return effects levels on the front panel the amplifier. I never like this on any amplifier and I know the PBS done this in the past. It seems to clutter up things in the front a lot more. OVERALL OPINION At new you can find these amplifiers for right around $250 which is a great price for someone starting out in the electric guitar. You can't find a lot these days right around this price you can get 150 W high gain amplifier that is great for anyone learning how to play the electric guitar and needs multiple channels. It's not a boutique amplifier and certainly not a very well-built guitar amplifier but it will get you the tones you need any very inexpensive costs.

This all-tube amp head is a 120 watt powerhouse. There's a 1/4' input and two footswitch inputs. There are two channels, Vintage and Hot (which function just like typical clean and distorted channels would.) There are the standard bass, middle, treble, master and presence controls on both channels. The vintage channel also features a bright switch that has three positions, and the Hot channel has a dampening switch that has two positions. There is also a Sensitivity switch for a -6dB pad that works pretty well. Finally, it also has an effects loop. UTILIZATION The setup for this amp is far from simple. To use all the features on the footswitch, you need two cables (unless you only want to change channels or turn the effects loop on/off, to be able to control the dampening switch you need an extra cable.) Getting a good sound was difficult for me, it offers a nice range of options but none of those options sounded particularly good to me. The manual helped me pretty well, but it still took a while for me to figure out everything.. It's almost a case of having too many options to work with on a practical level. SOUNDS I play a bluesy, rootsy kind of rock music, as well as some really noisy experimental stuff as well. I found that this amp doesn't suit my style as well as I'd hoped. I tried using it with a Fender Strat '67 reissue, and had some difficulty with it. The vintage channel had to be cranked in order for it to sound good, and the Hot channel just gave too much noise and not enough signal. It also wasn't a good noise that would add atmosphere to a good song, it was just the kind of noise that robs you of gain. I wasn't crazy about anything except the Vintage tone when it was really bright and cranked, and usually that was too loud for my purposes. Living with your parents or with roomates would make such loudness a huge nuisance. However, I must say that the amp is pretty well suited for much heavier styles of music. A friend of mine brought a Gibson Les Paul over to play and he used this amp. It actually sounded really good since we were switching it up and playing some heavy, grunge/punk sounding music. So I can't rate the sounds from this amp low; even though it's not for me, it might be great for others. OVERALL OPINION I only had this amp for about a year before I sold it to the aforementioned friend. It ended up working out much better for him. I liked how heavy it could get, but rarely found myself justifying such a booming, heavy sound. I ended up going with a Marshall combo that worked really well for a few years. I think that one can't really complain about the price. I've seen more expensive amps that deliver far less. I wouldn't buy it again, but I'd recommend that punk/metal/hardcore players at least check it out.