Ibanez AD9 Analog Delay

KENNY KRUPNICK · Post by **KENNY KRUPNICK** » 18 Feb 2006 10:25 pm

Anyone tried one of these for guitar? Is this a digital voiced analog delay,or the real McCoy?

Bill Yoder · Post by **Bill Yoder** » 19 Feb 2006 5:31 am

Kenny,I use one of the original AD9analog delays,sweetest sounding delay i,ve ever used.using it for both lead and steel.they are a little pricey if you can find one of the old ones,but its a killer.OMO.By the way,they are not digital.

Jerry Van Hoose · Post by **Jerry Van Hoose** » 19 Feb 2006 6:07 am

Kenny, I have both, an original Ibanez AD9 & a Maxon AD9 delay, and have found that they are among my favorite sounding analog delay stompboxes. They rate very close, if not equal to the coveted Boss DM2 analog delay which has been out of production for quite a few years. However, In my opinion, the new "reissue" Ibanez AD9, although looking the same, does not have the same "clean" analog sound of the original unit. [This message was edited by Jerry Van Hoose on 19 February 2006 at 06:09 AM.]

Bill Yoder · Post by **Bill Yoder** » 19 Feb 2006 1:19 pm

Jerry,I think you are right on about the old,and the reissue.

Dave Zielinski · Post by **Dave Zielinski** » 19 Feb 2006 5:09 pm

The pink one? Yeah, I have one love it. It is an older one. THe BOSS DM-2 is also a very good one. I heard that they were both made by Roland in the early 80s and are exactly the same. I can't be sure, but they both sound identical. I switche dover to these after getting tired of tape type units - Space echoes and Echoplexes. Last I saw, they are $100-$150+ on the used market. Good luck

Jerry Van Hoose · Post by **Jerry Van Hoose** » 19 Feb 2006 6:18 pm

I think that "Maxon" manufactured the original Ibanez AD9. Presently, Maxon manufactures AD9's under their own name. Not sure who builds the reissue Ibanez AD9, but it isn't the same analog delay as the original. [This message was edited by Jerry Van Hoose on 19 February 2006 at 06:21 PM.]

Cliff Kane · Post by **Cliff Kane** » 19 Feb 2006 6:48 pm

My undertsanding is that Maxon made the Ibaznez pedals of the past, and these pedals sold as Ibanez in the US and in Japan under the Maxon name. My understanding is that Ibanez makes reissues of their old models (the pedals Maxon made originally), and Maxon makes reissues of the pedals that they made that were either sold as Maxon in Japan or exported to the US as Ibanez. I believe the current Maxon reissues are truer to the originals than the current Ibanez reissues. I use a Maxon CP-101 compressor, and I had a AD-80 delay, and both are excellent pedals. I've had a Boss DM-2, and I thought the Maxon had a lot more clarity and defininition than the coveted DM-2. Now I use a Arion SAD-1 analog delay and it's great, but the build quality is not as good as Maxon. [This message was edited by Cliff Kane on 19 February 2006 at 06:52 PM.]

Michael McCorry · Post by **Michael McCorry** » 20 Feb 2006 11:11 am

You may want to try an Ibanez Dm1100 digital rack mount..cira 80's...very sweet sounding delay, I have original Ibanez analog delays and this is as good, if not better as it uses the slower chip..also, you can do sound on sound, chorus, de-tune, and a whole lot of other things as well...stupid easy to use, real knobs, not LEDs, a really great unit, footswitchable and you can still get them in great condition for 75.00 -125.00..I have several, annother item that sooner or later will skyrocket in $$$....IMHO

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Cliff Kane · Post by **Cliff Kane** » 20 Feb 2006 11:44 am

Michael,
that sounds like you're describing a DeltaLab Effectron....another early digital delay that sounds very "organic", warm, and grainy...perhaps not just like an analog delay, but very non-digital. You know what they say: "8-bit is IT!", or some thing like that.

John Bechtel · Post by **John Bechtel** » 20 Feb 2006 12:29 pm

My Ibanez AD-9 Analog Delay is the Original Model from way back early ’80's, I guess! It's been so long that I really can't remember when they began! It still l©©ks new and I now use it always. The delay ranges from 10ms to 300ms. I set the Delay-Time at 12:00 Repeat (off) and Delay-Level 9:00. For quite a few years I was using Rack~Effects and the Ibanez was stored away, but; several years ago I decided to do away with all the External~Effects and again began using only the AD-9 along with the on-board Amp. Reverb. Less set-up time and a very pleasing sound IMHO! To me it sounds more like a steel guitar than an electronic~machine! ------------------
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Jerry Hayes R.I.P. · Post by **Jerry Hayes R.I.P.** » 21 Feb 2006 11:21 am

I have an old rack mount (2 space) Ibanez AD202 which is my favorite delay of any I've ever had. It has a mode knob which has delay, doubling, flanger, stereo chorus, and a normal slot but I only use the delay as it has to be reset each time you'd want to use any of the other effects. It has one of the sweetest sounding delays I've ever heard. I'm not sure of the age of the thing as I got it from the widow of a friend of mine and he had it when I first met him over 20 years ago.........JH in Va.

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Keith Cordell · Post by **Keith Cordell** » 22 Feb 2006 3:27 am

I have an old rack mounted Ibanez DD1000 that sounds like it's analog. Lots of manufacturers used the word digital in their description even though the only thing digital about the units were that you used your "digits" to change the settings.

Michael Holland · Post by **Michael Holland** » 22 Feb 2006 6:59 am

The original AD-9 is my main delay. Very nice warm sound and it behaves well with all my other pedals. I'd like to add a DLS Echotap to replace the RV-3 (which I like to use with my steel). Anybody wanna sell one?

Jerry Van Hoose · Post by **Jerry Van Hoose** » 22 Feb 2006 8:15 am

It's really hard to beat the warmth & sweetness of the original AD9. Michael, very nice pedalboard. Do I see a "Keeley" in there?

Michael Holland · Post by **Michael Holland** » 22 Feb 2006 4:39 pm

Thanks, Jerry. The compressor next to the wah is a kit I built from Build Your Own Clone. It's similar to the Keeley and is a copy of the Ross compressor circuit.