Penta!

 Aha! The inevitable. To be continued...

Ibanez 2023 (5): Penta!

Really, this was least expected. Ibanez has a new pedal for 2023, the Pentatone. The fact that it's labelled as a preamp got some people confused. The Pentatone can be applied as a stand alone distortion / drive unit as well. It has features that I like - EQ, noise gate & of course pre-boost (most prob my favourite feature here). As if these aren't enough, there's a post-boost & bright switch as well. Again, is this a unique offering in the market? Definitely not. The Tone Workstation (Keeley), Palladium (Seymour Duncan) & Theta (ISP) are some examples which function like the Pentatone but aren't really referred to as a preamp. Here's a quick take which I feel is a very good presentation of what this pedal is all about:

Pic: Ibanez