I've been shopping for overdrive pedals and don't want to sound like I don't know what I'm talking about...

I know in Spanish it would be "ee-BAHN-ess".

So when speaking English (at a US guitar shop) would it be:

"IBB-a-nezz"
or
"ibb-AH-nezz"
or
"EYE-bah-nezz"

or something else?

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2008 MIM Strat w 3-tone sunburst
2002 LP Special Ebony Faded
2008 G-Dec
'59 Reissue Bassman 4x10 combo
TS 808
DS 1
Gretsch 6120DS (on loan)

Just go in and find the ugly green one, its the best sounding Ibanez (ts9 tube screamer)

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"Wait a minute, somethings wrong here!"

I believe its:

I - BEN - EZZ

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Hey, Boy Blue is back!

Wikipedia says the pronunciation is /ˈaɪbænɛz/ (eye-ban-ez).

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I really like all them "Aster" guitars. You know, like the Stratoc, Telec and Jazzm.

I just say Ibanez

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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

Thomas Jefferson

+1

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

I just say EE-ba-nes but that is ofcourse the Norwegian pronounciation.....

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It's a mix between Jazz and Funk, it's called "Junk"

It's Eye-ban-ezz. but you could avoid the whole conundrum by just saying I want a 'Tubescreamer' or to be ultra hip a TS-808(TS9 is OK, but not the ultra cool original)

To be honest, my Eye-Ban-Ezz Toob Skreemer is really the only pedal I have in my chain anymore. I have had it for 25 years or so. Since I don't play in bands anymore I have all the others in a box. i break out my Crybaby Wah once in a while, but I mostly play clean, or with the tubescreamer. It'll sound great with your strat, and that sweet bassman. If I lived in a place I could crank way up, I would probably only rely on my amp's natural overdrive, but the Ts sounds great for lower volumes for sure.

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I'm not an expert, but I play one on the internet.

Eye bin had.
JK

Eye-ban-ez

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No no and no

It's always been "eye-ban-ez" here in Australia... I'm not sure why a Spanish-sounding name for a Japanese product should fail to conform to the conventions of either language, but then again if there's a way to mangle a word Aussies will find it. OI-bin-airs, mate!

Eye-ban-ezz it is then.

Now, any more votes for 9 vs 808?

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2008 MIM Strat w 3-tone sunburst
2002 LP Special Ebony Faded
2008 G-Dec
'59 Reissue Bassman 4x10 combo
TS 808
DS 1
Gretsch 6120DS (on loan)

Was ist das Wort ibanez?

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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

Thomas Jefferson

It was originally Salvador Ibáñez, made in Spain. They were imported to Japan in the early 1900s. When the Ibáñez workshop was destroyed, the importer bought the name and began producing their own instruments.

So, pohatu, with that tilde there, you're saying we didn't even have the Spanish right? (ee-BAHN-yez)

"ugly green one" is sounding like a better and better pronunciation...

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2008 MIM Strat w 3-tone sunburst
2002 LP Special Ebony Faded
2008 G-Dec
'59 Reissue Bassman 4x10 combo
TS 808
DS 1
Gretsch 6120DS (on loan)

Pretty much.