The morning tank

I had an old friend out for some tone works this morning. In fact, I just stopped playing. This is a budget pedal from Ibanez's Sound Tank series, so if you think the Tone Lok series were affordable, then you know there's something even more affordable. It's not in mint condition as evident here but it still works. The input/output access should be cleaned soon; the loss of signals were annoying. The LEVEL knob had seen better days as well, could use a replacement or some rectifications- would attend to this soon. The TS5 has a good Tubescreamer voicing but it lacks the cream of the TS808 which is in a different league considering the prices.

TRIVIA: The TS5 is a 'significant' member in Ibanez's TS history; do you know why? Answer in next installment :-)

The sound of tanks

The final day of October- spring cleaning...

Came across these 2 forgotten pedals form the Ibanez Sountank series which are really value for money units before the manufacturer introduced the Toneloks. Both pedals suffer from intermittent signal losses due to deteriorated connections, the Powerlead is in need of a new battery clip. The Tubescreamer was bought used from a friend, Marcus, who used to work in a shop/ jamming studio in the Queenstown neighbourhood. The Powerlead was a packaged deal from a former school mate who got married & had assigned his gear into oblivion. I bought his battered Ibanez guitar & the pedal was in the bag, he said it was convenient inclusion. 

We know the nature of the Tubescreamer, how it's referred to for its creamy overdrive, the Powerlead is really a distortion, one which functions more productively as a distortion type booster as opposed to a stand alone pedal. Wish they revive the Soundtank series...