The Ibanez Destroyer is an electric guitar. It pairs well with the Marshall JCM900 2100 and the Dumble Steel String Singer.

Ibanez Destroyer

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The Ibanez Destroyer is the company's 1975 take on the Gibson Explorer, built from korina on early examples before mahogany became standard. Its most famous owner cut one up: Eddie Van Halen's 'Shark' was a Destroyer with a chunk removed from the lower bout, a modification he later said ruined the tone he had recorded the first Van Halen album with.

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Genres the Ibanez Destroyer is commonly used in

  • Rock
  • Blues

Amps that pair well with the Ibanez Destroyer

Marshall JCM900 2100

Marshall

95% match
$1216.84via Reverb

The Destroyer's chunky, modified pickups suit the JCM900's hard-rock crunch and midrange gain.

Dumble Steel String Singer

Dumble

33% match

Into the Steel String Singer's organic, liquid breakup, the Destroyer's chunky Explorer-style body gets a warmer amp than its metal-adjacent looks suggest.

Gibson GA-50

Gibson

32% match

Ibanez Destroyer leans toward bright, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Marshall Bluesbreaker

Marshall

30% match

The Bluesbreaker's natural, round tube breakup gives the Destroyer's Explorer-style body a genuinely reactive blues-rock amp.

Fuchs ODS II Custom 25/50 Combo

Fuchs

23% match

Fuchs ODS II Custom 25/50 Combo's warm character and Ibanez Destroyer's bright voice sit in the same lane rather than fighting each other

Fender Prosonic

amplifier

tonal match

The Prosonic's warm, responsive Fender overdrive gives the Destroyer's cutting pickups a genuinely characterful amp voice to push into.

Orange BT1000H Terror Bass 1000-Watt Bass Amp

Orange

tonal match
$747.19via Reverb

Run Orange BT1000H Terror Bass 1000-Watt Bass Amp after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm

Orange Terror Bass

Orange

tonal match
$782.78via Reverb

Orange Terror Bass's warm balances out the bright tone

Pedals that stack with the Ibanez Destroyer

One Control Lingonberry Overdrive

One Control

20% match
$144.99via Reverb

Lingonberry's warm, musical overdrive gives the Destroyer's Explorer-style pickups a responsive, blues-voiced gain stage.

Electro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff

Electro-Harmonix

19% match
$94.75via Reverb

Push the Destroyer's cutting pickups with the Green Russian's own smooth, gritty sustain and the two compound into real weight.

Orange - Vintage Distortion

Orange

tonal match

Orange - Vintage Distortion's warm balances out the bright tone

SolidGoldFX Commodore Breaker Overdrive

Solidgoldfx

tonal match
$159via Reverb

Run SolidGoldFX Commodore Breaker Overdrive after it and the bright edge settles into something more smooth

Behringer Chorus Symphony

Behringer

tonal match
$90.90via Reverb

Behringer Chorus Symphony's smooth balances out the bright tone

Dunlop Blue Hippo Optical Tremolo

Dunlop

tonal match

Where this leans bright, Dunlop Blue Hippo Optical Tremolo answers back warm

Pigtronix gamma drive

Pigtronix

tonal match
$85via Reverb

Run Pigtronix gamma drive after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm

Dunlop Echoplex Preamp

Dunlop

tonal match
$135via Reverb

Dunlop Echoplex Preamp's smooth balances out the bright tone

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Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Marshall JCM900 2100, Dumble Steel String Singer, Gibson GA-50 — The Destroyer's chunky, modified pickups suit the JCM900's hard-rock crunch and midrange gain..

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