Ibanez AD-9 Analog Delay

Killer analog delay. Probably one of my favorites. I have only tried about 50 or so different delays. This one is smooth.

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This thing is a tank like all 9 series fx. watch out for those switches and dont lose the battery covers.

Don't know never ever had a problem with any ibanez stuff.

great pedal. buy one if you can if not try a boss dm2, dm3 or way huge aqua puss.

its the most easyiest pedal to get a good sound cause its the best analog delay pedal out there the dan echo rates second to this

i used it with the metal zone and also a tube screamer i think its the best delay pedal to use with other pedals its not noisy i use it with a hiwatt custom 50 head through a carvin cab loaded wit brit 12 speakers i also use it through my vox cambridge 15 aND SOUNDS REALLY GOOD WITH TUBE AMPS

this is the best series ibanez came out with i want to get every pedal from that series these were probebly the best built pedal ibanez came out with i own five others from this series and they all work great

this is were ibanez needs to improve they need to have better comunication and make it so u can order parts like battery compartments i give them a 4

i love this pedal and would try to get another one if i could cheapley
i own a lot of delay pedals and this is numba one for sounds

Well there are 3 knobs(delay time, repeat, delay level).You should tweak them to hear what they can do for you.It? not hard to get good sound or atmosphere.This is an old analog delay so you should not look for looooong delay time.It is a second hand for me so no manual...

I use am. std. strat ,ibanez ts9,boss cs3,boss ce2, boss ph3, ibanez ad9, morley pbw-power booster wah,and then it finishes or in crate gx 15r or in marshall jmp superlead 1oo.The soundS that i get with the ad9 is warm not so clear as with digital delay but i consider them as different pedals.Sometimes i play with the delay time knob like turning it counter-clockwise while i'm playng so i get this jet sound.Mostly i use the ad9 to fatten up the sound of my strat with the repeat s on minimum, delay time at 10 o clock and the level at12.I cant say i use it for repeats,i never bought it for that reason.You can get the sound of lets say REd house-live version from Toronto, or you can get some psychodelic sounds if you turn the knobs clockwise especialy the repeat knob.

I bought it second hand from a guy that was the first owner.It looks hard to break and its much heavier than my boss pedals.I have it 4 mounths and i have no problems.Since this one is realy old pedal i think it is a long runner.

Never had to deal with them.Hope it remains that way.

I play some blues , funky and rock stuff alla Hendrix, Jorma Kaukonen(jefferson Airplane...)Vlatko Stefanovski( one of the best guitarists in the world for my opinion because he has technic,skilland SOUL and he can make cry his guitar not only on records but also live on stage. By the way he is from Macedonia and he used to play in a band LEB I SOL),Robert Fripp,Frank Zappa...As I said before i use this pedal just to fatten up the sound and it does very very good.To use it as a delay i advice you to play it through a good good amp.Once I had a chance to play it through a H&K Duotone combo.Man ,what sound even the delay sounds where more clearer.Amazin.If you can find one ,first you should try with your rig because it makes differences, and than you decide.

I really enjoy this delay. I got it new back in 1984. Three knobs controlling (1)the number of repeats, (2) the amount of delay between repeats, and (3) the volume of each successive repeat.

It doesn't give you quite what you could get out of an old Echoplex, but to me it sounds a lot better than any of the digital effects I've tried. Mainly, this is because you get a natural sounding decay with analogue, much like an echo inside a deep cave---a very warm kind of delay with this particular model. And if you twiddle with the repeat and delay knobs while driving the amp or while creating feedback, you can get some really cool Star Trek (the real Generation) phaser type sounds. This pedal will give you all the delay you need to reproduce Pink Floyd live, for example (Run Like Hell is as good a test for a delay pedal as any).

With solid cast-metal construction, this is about the most solid stomp-type effect I've found. Too many of the stomp pedals available during the '80s were made of non-durable plastic. These Ibanez effects swallow up batteries pretty good, so get an AC adaptor.

I like it. You can't duplicate many of the studio type delay effects, so if you're into that, you may want to get a rack system. But if you're like me and really depend more on your guitar and amp for your sound than your effects, this little gem will be quite adequate. Despite the fact that it has a limited delay range, it gives you a nice, warm, natural sounding decay. For live performances, this is all you need.

Pretty easy... but it can become complex if you get inside and start messing around... no one else mentioned this aspect of the pedal. I'll tell you about it below...

The sounds I get are very warm... You can get anything with this pedal... from slap back to wall of sound... The best part of this thing... (which no one else mentioned) is the fact that you can tweak it. If you open it up there are four little screw type things which allow you to adjust the parameters of the sound. It's a little tedious to work with but it pays off because you can make the pedal do some amazing things...

built tough

never had a problem...

I really like this pedal... I play in an indie rock act... same vein as Tortoise, This Heat, or Sonic Youth... Works great for my set up. I use a Fender American Telecaster and a Teisco baritone guitar, through a Sunn Coliseum Lead head and out of a Marshall... The only other pedal I use is an MXR distortion 2...

Three knobs: 1) Delay 2) Repeat 3) Repeat Level, easier than pie. Wet and dry outputs.

DeArmond SG Copy (H/H) > DOD Dist(boost) > DOD Flanger > Russian Big Muff Reissue > AD-9 Delay > Zoom 505 (Recommended uses: reverb, some delays, eq, level, tuner) > Peavey Bandit 112.

This pedal is ugly on the outside, but the delays are beautiful. Nope, doesn't do the digital thing and get 2 full seconds of endless clear echo. INSTEAD this pedal makes your signal sound like an old record...warm, a little hissy, dreamy, creamy, soft, classic...I normally have both the delay and repeat all the way up and the volume almost all the way up too, but I don't suggest anyone really do that. I just can't get enough of the dreamy sound this setting gives me makes. Just plain beautiful. Play around with the knobs to get the sound you like. My only one and complaint would be that when the batteries are low, the delay becomes really ugly...but sometimes this distorted sound is pretty cool too!

Mine is dented up with paint chipping off of it, but it works without any problems. I didn't realize how old this pedal was when my friend gave it to me, well, practically gave it to me. Now I have even more love and admiration for my ugliest colored pedal. Even the battery compartment and cover are in excellent condition. Solid metal everything except for the knobs. Only two things could go wrong with this pedal: 1) you somehow break off the knobs and make them unfixable by breaking the pots too. 2) You don't take care of it and don't tighten the rings around the input jacks...therefore stripping the sodering job.

Nope

Aye, I'm in love. I've had this for over 2 years now and its had so much impact to my sound. Most of my equipment is either second hand or subpar-new, so my setup doesn't sound all too hot, but this delay makes my signal so warm and dreamy that I think I sound like a live version of a 60's 4-track recording. Very impressive. I'm no expert on delay pedals, but this pedal makes you sound beautiful, distorted or not.

Has to be one of the simplist delays ever built!

I'm using this with an old G&l strat style guitar, a Peavey special 130 amp and a rat fuzz. I adjust all three knobs at 1:00PM setting and only add a slight amount of standard peavey amp reverb. I play alot of pedal steel licks (have a hipshot B bender, a palm G bender and a low E detuner to D. Naturally with that old Peavey amp, things might not be as clean as some would like, but the delay does not appear to add any additional noise whatsoever. My pedal just recently began giving me problems (I bought this thing in 81' or 82'). Like a fool, I simply went to the local store and bought a danecho unit---used it one time and tore into my pedal with the thought that it must be easy to fix and sure enough, I fixed it! Decided right then and there to look for another one just in case.

As I earlier stated, I play through two pedals only, I carry two pedals only and do not carry backups. I will carry the danecho along just because I bought it used for $30, and it is good enough to be called a backup....

Never dealt with 'em, but I do agree with another person that their website is lame when it comes to pedal info.

I'm presently looking for another one---this thing gives me the nicest delay with warmth....the decay (unlike those digital units) is so amazing and natural sounding.....

simple old-school delay--three knobs. never seen the manual, but you won't need it.

use it with an sg standard and a line 6. hate most of the effects on the line 6 so i use boxes. i play guitar a little strangely, and this pedal is great for me. most of the other reviews are from people looking for natural sounds, and while i love that aspect of this pedal, i can also make the guitar stop sounding like a guitar with its help. it will feedback it you want it to, but not immediately. max the level and repeats and start messing with the time, and no digital delay can sound like this thing. very warm; organic as dirt. noise only becomes a problem when the batteries get low, which does happen fast, but it takes power to sound this cool.

it's at least fifteen years old, and okay so far. it's a hunk of metal. the pedal doesn't have a lot of travel when you kick it, but it seems solid. i don't have a backup.

never dealt with them with this pedal, but as someone else said there's no info on the site about old stuff that i can find. their new pedals are pants as i'm concerned, but i've never chosen to deal directly with ibanez, so they get a five. i actually got lucky and scored this pedal after a guitarist left my band, and i never looked back.

i play a fairly straightforward setup. no stereo stuff, just some boxes and an amp i don't claim to completely understand. i love the amp models and the tremolo in the line 6, but i need boxes to change the signal on the fly. still working on a collection, but this and an EH electric mistress and a crybaby and an ebow are getting me there. the new music we play lends itself more to strange guitar work (think more jonny greenwood), and this pedal is great for that as well as conventional delays. not a big fan of ibanez in general, but they did right with this pedal. right now i'm trusting the switch to hold up, and that's my only worry. i don't see anything missing; three knobs is enough for analog delay. great sound, great pedal, great color. get one.

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The first thing I did when I got this pedal was got a hold of one of my friends, borrowed his Aqua-puss and then put the two of them through a side-by-side comparison. I was using the following set-up:
Strat.....Ernie Ball volume pedal...Fulltone '69...Fulltone Fulldirve II...Fulltone Supa-trem...AD-9/WH Agua puss. Well here it goes.

I will start off by saying that both of these pedals are excellent pedals. They both shine in certain areas and come short in others.

Delay time:
THe AD-9 blows the Aqua puss away in the arena. It offers a little longer delay than the WH but this is alot in the analog delay relm.

Repeats:
Both pedals would repeat for a long time but the AD-9 stayed clearer, cleaner, longer. The WH would begin to feedback much sooner and the repeats would change timbre on you alot sooner. This is cool..but not always wanted. The WH has this weird mid rangy sound that is cool but I like the true sound of of the AD-9 much better.

Sound:
The WH is alot crisper than the AD-9 which is good with analog pedals that can seem muddy at times. Sometimes you forget that the AD-9 is on. Some may prefer this, but this is one of the areas that I felt the WH excelled.

One final note on the WH. This pedal offers many setting that are unusable. Anywhere past 12 o'clock on the repeat knob and all you get is uncontrollable feedback. What's the point? Every setting on the AD-9 is usuable. A real plus.

Bottom line.
If you don't mind spending over $300 for a used WH Aqua puss and you want the best slap-back in the world, go for it. If you are on a budget and you want to have a pedal that can do almost any kind of delay in the world (and a darn good job at that), buy a AD-9. I found mine used in a music store for $40!! I don't know if you will be that lucky but it wouldn't hurt to try.

If you can't get a good sound out of this thing, you can't get a good sound out of anything!!! Just set it where you want it and go.

I've had this thing since I was 16, way back in 1982, so I've used it with everything I've ever owned since then. Currently I'm playing thru a Budda Twinmaster head and a 1- 12 Mesa Boogie Thiele cab loaded w/ a celestion. Guitars: Fender 50's reissue Strat, Gibson NightHawk "the Hawk" and a custom parts dinky strat type guitar that I built. No noise with this pedal. Full tone with this one, very thick and fat, always sounds great. Eric Johnson tones, easy. This pedal works great with everything in my pedalboard. I currently use a Ernie Ball Volume pedal, Crybaby wah, tubescreamer, rat, chorus and this AD9. It sounds great with everything.

I've had it for 18 years and never had a problem with it. I regularly gig without a backup for this, it's so reliable. I wish they still made these things!!!

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Right now I'm playing with several groups ranging from gospel/r&b to pop to blues. This pedal fits in with every application that I find myself in. I've been playing for 20 years, 18 with this thing. I've checked out other delay pedals, but never purchased anything else because this thing is, IMO, all that. I'd probably buy another one if I could find one for the right price. I love its warmth and thickness.