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Ibanez: CD5 Cyberdrive reviews

SCORE: 4.2  
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Review Ibanez CD5 Cyberdrive
 
 
 

Review by humbuck on Jul 7, 2004




Local guitar shop, ?35 secondhand

 
 
  Features  
 
I's a tough pedal, it sounds good, not really heavey distortion, but enough for most things - I boost it a bit by using a little of my amp's onboard distortion.

It has a little reverb, hence the name cyberdrive. The high notes ring a bit, I love this pedal

It has three nobs; output level, tone, distortin level. (Output enables you to set the distortion sound level so when you bypass the clean sounds just as loud)
 
 
 
  Playability  
 
I'd say that if you are upgrading from using on-board distortion this is the way to go - it sounds more than distortion, and the sound is quite "brown" meaning it's good for classic metal
 
 
 
  Quality  
 
It's nice sounding pedal. It dose generate noise because it uses op.amp circuitry, and the noise is quite noticeable when not playing.
 
 
 
  Durability  
 
It's a little trickt to set up to get the sound you want, but it's so good once you do it's worth it.
 
 
 
  Overall  
 
I'm definately going to keep using this pedal - it's so cool. It works well with a delay or phaser, but it sounds interesting enough on it's own.