Nearly New Year's PIF - Ibanez MF-5 project

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bean

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I'm giving away the last of my Wetbar (Ibanez MF-5) PCBs. It has not been a terribly popular project even though I think it has some cool sounds (esp. if you follow my mod ideas in the doc).

This will have to be for USA members only, sorry guys! Too expensive to ship internationally. To get it just reply "GIMMIE". First five replies gets one.

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I ordered one, so I'm good.

I think the problem with poor sales can be found in the document description:

The Ibanez “SoundTank” series from the 1990’s is generally overlooked and often maligned by the guitar community. And, it’s probably not totally undeserved. The form factor is great, but they look terrible and cheap even though they were marketed as being able to survive an apocalypse.​
The MF-5 (Modern Fusion) overdrive is from the SoundTank series. It’s a puzzler since (IMO) it is neither modern sounding or remotely “fusion-y”. As designed, it’s simply okay and kind of straddles the line between overdrive and distortion. Very bass heavy and not hugely inspiring. Basically, it’s not going to be anyone’s favorite dirt pedal.​
However, with just a few sensible mods the MF-5 turns into a very serviceable OD and even pretty good sounding. The Wet Bar project is geared towards those who fall into the DIY “BUILD ALL THE THINGS” crowd: it’s got the complete MF-5 in it, plus the mods I think make it a whole lot better!​
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Bold emphasis and colours above, mine.

Despite the bold descriptions, you had me at "BUILD ALL THE THINGS", and "Very bass heavy".

No offense meant Bean, but if you were a used-car salesman, yer kids would be barefoot and starvin'.
Very kind of you to send some out to the wilds, here.



STILL TWO MORE WET BARs TO GO TO GOOD HOMES, FOLKS!
Just say the magic word, found in the OP.


[Edit: just saw I'm not eligible, anyway. 😤 ]
[EDIT: just checked and I've actually bought two (2), as in double, I could make a STEREO WetBar!
Stick that in your pedal-chain grab your bass/guitar and grope it stroke it smoke it!]
 
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I mean, with that glowing recommendation given by the Bean himself….. plus I don’t need anymore random boards to build
 
Feral Feline said:
I ordered one, so I'm good.

I think the problem with poor sales can be found in the document description:


Bold emphasis and colours above, mine.

Despite the bold descriptions, you had me at "BUILD ALL THE THINGS", and "Very bass heavy".

No offense meant Bean, but if you were a used-car salesman, yer kids would be barefoot and starvin'.
Very kind of you to send some out to the wilds, here.



STILL TWO MORE WET BARs TO GO TO GOOD HOMES, FOLKS!
Just say the magic word, found in the OP.


[Edit: just saw I'm not eligible, anyway. 😤 ]
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You aren't wrong, but I think it's better to give my honest opinion rather than hype something to sell it. What I should have done is an audio comparison between the stock and my modded version. That would probably prove why it's worth considering. But, point taken. I've killed many projects before release b/c I didn't think they measured up. Maybe this one will come back. Or not, haha.
 
I was hanging back to let others get a chance since I get blessed by this community pretty frequently. I'll take one if everyone else is sleeping on it.
 
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