Ibanez - Dirt Box 1976 - Maxon board MP-0701

MrHuge · Post by **MrHuge** » 07 Apr 2009, 21:39

Hey, does anyone have a picture of this pedal? I traced this circuit back in the '90's... But I didn't take a picture of it...
It's green and has the old butterfly logo Ibanez pedal like this (but it says DIRT BOX):

patafix · Post by **patafix** » 08 Apr 2009, 10:27

The design of this circuit is very much like an MXR dist III.

Dist+ distortion section & sort of tubescreamer tone section...

Dirk_Hendrik · Post by **Dirk_Hendrik** » 08 Apr 2009, 12:47

If there's anyone that knows it's discofreq.

DiscoFreq · Post by **DiscoFreq** » 08 Apr 2009, 15:26

I never heard of it...

It could be some kind of prototype, I once found an ad for an Ibanez Distortion Sustainer from this series, but never saw one:
http://filters.muziq.be/model/ibanez/fi ... nsustainer

puppiesonacid · Post by **puppiesonacid** » 08 Apr 2009, 15:31

i thought dirt box was a DOD pedal name? anyways, is this what the green rhino is based on?

MrHuge · Post by **MrHuge** » 08 Apr 2009, 16:48

Green Rhino is a TS-808 (before the Fulldrive)
I actually had the Ibanez (might have been Maxon) pedal and traced the circuit... My buddy has one and said he'd dig it out... I'll snap some pics then.
-MH

briggs · Post by **briggs** » 08 Apr 2009, 17:01

Very nice, I love old Ibanez and Maxon stuff.

DiscoFreq · Post by **DiscoFreq** » 08 Apr 2009, 17:11

MrHuge wrote:Green Rhino is a TS-808 (before the Fulldrive)
I actually had the Ibanez (might have been Maxon) pedal and traced the circuit... My buddy has one and said he'd dig it out... I'll snap some pics then.
-MH

Or maybe it's one of those SLM or other OEM pedals made by Maxon?

Whatever it is, I'm very curious to see it!

briggs · Post by **briggs** » 08 Apr 2009, 23:18

I wish Ibanez still made their pedals in a box like that with the full foot switch on. Seems like it would be easier for them to assemble too. Got anymore Ibanez rarities Jeorge? My thirst for Ibanez rarities is surpassed only by my thirst for Pearl FX rarities, of which I almost have the full collection!

DiscoFreq · Post by **DiscoFreq** » 09 Apr 2009, 06:18

briggs wrote:I wish Ibanez still made their pedals in a box like that with the full foot switch on. Seems like it would be easier for them to assemble too. Got anymore Ibanez rarities Jeorge? My thirst for Ibanez rarities is surpassed only by my thirst for Pearl FX rarities, of which I almost have the full collection!

Do you know other Ibanez rarities like this?
I never saw this one under the Ibanez name: http://filters.muziq.be/model/ibanez/first/83

And for Pearl, I have the F-600 series complete since I found an Electro-Echo a few weeks ago:
http://filters.muziq.be/model/pearl/f600
(I also have a Vorg Phase Shifter from the same series

)

Dirk_Hendrik · Post by **Dirk_Hendrik** » 09 Apr 2009, 06:47

Congrats!!

That was about time!

DiscoFreq · Post by **DiscoFreq** » 09 Apr 2009, 07:34

Dirk_Hendrik wrote:Congrats!!

That was about time!

Thanks, I didn't want to pay too much for it

Time for a group picture one of these days

briggs · Post by **briggs** » 09 Apr 2009, 10:30

Nope, never seen one, let alone owned one!

I'd love to see some images of them

DiscoFreq · Post by **DiscoFreq** » 09 Apr 2009, 10:34

briggs wrote:Nope, never seen one, let alone owned one!

I'd love to see some images of them

About which effects are you talking now? Pearl F-600 series or that Ibanez Fuzz?

Here's an old picture (with my old cam) of the F-600 pedals (but without the Electro-Echo):

briggs · Post by **briggs** » 09 Apr 2009, 10:40

The F-600 series! They look very cool indeed

Fuzzer · Post by **Fuzzer** » 09 Apr 2009, 18:43

I'm drooling all over my keyboard.

DiscoFreq · Post by **DiscoFreq** » 06 Dec 2011, 10:18

Jeorge,

No answer by mail, so I try here...

Was it this one:

http://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/unknown/dirtbox

Or did it really say "Ibanez"?

Thanks!

Post by **modman** » 18 Jun 2015, 08:37

http://tonemachines.blogspot.be/2012/02 ... -1976.html

Well upon closer inspection it turns out that it is the same circuit as the Ibanez Overdrive II! Which itself was the precurser to the Tube Screamer. This is not to say that it sounds like a Tube Screamer, because it really doesn't; and it definitely doesn't sound like the Ibanez Overdrive OD850, which is more of a Big Muff (discussed at length in an earlier post). Nope, but it does have a pretty cool gritty dark overdriven tone that isn't too far off from the op-amp version of the Electro Harmonix Muff Fuzz plugin. (...)

So why did Ibanez choose make two pedals with the same exact circuit at the same time but with different names? We can only speculate, but here's my theory:

The original Ibanez Overdrive OD850 was a flop for the first couple of years it was out, purely because it was a fuzz and NOT an overdrive. So, in my opinion, Ibanez decided to distance themselves from that original mistake and create a totally new pedal with a name that gave a better indication of what it would sound like. The problem is a "Dirt Box" can be anything from a Fuzz to a Distortion to an Overdrive. So instead of making it more shopper friendly, they actually made it HARDER to figure out what the hell it did?!?!///
And in the face of failure they decided to go back to the "Overdrive" moniker and realized that they could bill it as a completely NEW and IMPROVED version of that crappy old OD850 (that they continue to make to this day under different, but not any less confusing, names).

Ibanez - Dirt Box 1976 - Maxon board MP-0701 [schematic]