Ibanez IBZ10A
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Product: Ibanez IBZ10A
Price Paid: US $56.00
Submitted 05/07/2006
at 02:25pm
by John L G in Erin WI
Features
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7
Bass-Mids-Treble - Headphone Jack-Selectable Chorus with Speed Control - 10 Watts - 6 Inch Speaker
Thes should be nice features but the amp feedsback at very low volume. More on the tone to follow. The features are OK but the amp is very bad.
Sound Quality
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1
I have two Martin guitars with K&K Pure Western Pickups a D-15 and an )M 16 GT). This amp howled with feedback with the amp's volume set at 2 with these guitars. The sound of natural acoustic guitar was louder than the amp.
I have a Martin D12X1 12 string with a Fishman classic pickup, the feedback was just as bad.
Finally, I tried my Martin 000CXE with a Fishman Sonic Core 4 in it and still; hooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwlllllllllll.
This amp is so quiet and so feedback prone with three completely different styles of acoustic pickups that I would call the amp useless.
Reliability
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1
See above, you cannot use the thing for the acoustic guitars that it was designed to amplify. Very bad design.
Customer Support
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No Opinion
There's no point in judging this one. I couldn't use the product.
Overall Rating
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1
I am 42 years old and I have a bevy of martin, Fender and PRS guitars, (15 to be exact). I played Ibanez electrics when I was a kid (late 70's) and I still have several Ibanez pedals on my pedal board.
In general, I like Ibanez. This amp is horrible.
I play classical stuff at weddings from time to time. Some old churches only have michrophones; you have to play into a mic or place the mic up to a small amp (you cannot plug the guitar directly into the PA system). I bought this amp for mic'ing Martins into PA systems and the amp is useless. This was a big dissapointment for me.
I have a Marshall MG10 on my guitar bench that outperforms the Ibanez as a small acoustic amp. The Marshall (electric guitar amp) has prettier tone and it plays loudly without feedback.
I was looking for a tiny, primative acoustic amp when I bought the Ibanez product. The Ibanez amp is useless. I love my Ibanez Tubescreamer and I love my childhood memories of Ibanez electrics but this amp is useless.
Product: Ibanez IBZ10A
Price Paid: US $35 used
Submitted 12/14/2005
at 03:28pm
by David R. Pankoski
Features
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8
Cute little 10 watt acoustic guitar amp with one input and a headphone output. 6" speaker. Chorus depth control and an on/off switch for same. Bass, Middle Treble and Volume controls. I don't own an acoustic guitar but I needed a small light amplifier for guitar. I tried out all the small amps in the store and this was the best sounding in the less than $50 price range. Great for playing at home, low volume jamming with friends and quiet club work.
Sound Quality
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8
I use guitars mostly with single coil pickups but I have one guitar equipped with humbuckers. The chorus is a great feature on this amp. It adds what would normally be missing on a little squeaker like this. I have never tried it with an acoustic guitar, but with an electric it does the job. It starts to break up nicely at about 5-6 volume. The tone controls truly shape the sound. I have a Boss GT-6 multi-effects unit and it sounds great through this little amp at its' intended volume level.
Reliability
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8
I got it used. I have no idea how old it is. I have used it for over a year with no failures whatsoever. It has no annoying hum or noises.
Customer Support
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No Opinion
Never dealt with them.
Overall Rating
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8
I've been playing about 40 years. I have owned/used alot of different equipment in that time. Brand names and no-names, domestic and foreign. I don't care about the name on the equipment, but that it works and gives good value for the $$ spent. This little Ibanez amp is a pretty decent $35 value. Adequate volume for home and small venue use. Great tone control with the 3 band EQ and the chorus is very tasteful.
Product: Ibanez IBZ10A
Price Paid: US $79
Submitted 09/08/2004
at 03:53pm
by Anonymous
Features
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No Opinion
This is a 10W single channel acoustic amp with a 6.5 inch Ibanez "Power Jam" speaker. Has an onboard chorus with depth control. Basic controls - input, chorus on/off button, chorus depth, bass, middle, treble, volume, phones and power on/off.
Sound Quality
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No Opinion
I use this amp with a Taylor 314, B-Band 2.2 preamp with AST and UST.
Reliability
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No Opinion
Customer Support
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No Opinion
Overall Rating
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No Opinion
This is a tough one to rate. I've kicked myself since the day I bought this thing. I picked it up as primarily a home practice amp and maybe a quiet bar amp specifically for use with the acoustic. Even with the B-Band preamp, this amp was a dog. Very poor output and an awful sounding death rattle with any kind of bottom end. But then, on a whim, I decided to try a different speaker. I had a Celestion PG8A-15 that I picked up from a local amp builder ($30 delivered) and, with a little "woodworking", installed it.
Night and day. It's now a great sounding little amp. If it were lost or stolen, I'd try to pick up one with a blown speaker cheap and do the same mod. Again, tough to rate. As a stock amp, maybe a 5, just because it has chorus. But with the Celestion, it's now a 9 or so. I wish Ibanez had just put in a better speaker and charged a few bucks more.
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