The Ibanez Steve Vai Jemini Distortion Pedal… two channels of overdrive and distortion, each with individual Drive, Tone & Level controls, and all packed into a zinc die-cast chassis decked out to perfectly complement Vai’s famously color-challenged JEM guitar.
Ibanez is calling this one Vai’s “first Signature Distortion pedal…” Can that be correct? I’m not a big Steve Vai follower, but after all these years that just doesn’t seem possible.
You can check it out in all its gut-wrenching glory over on Ibanez’s official Steve Vai Jemini page. Of course, you should never judge a pedal by its color.
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February 15th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Even if it sounded awesome, I wouldn’t buy it just because of how nasty it looks!
February 15th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Hehehe… I wouldn’t be caught dead with that thing, but a can of black spray paint might convince me otherwise ;)
February 15th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Here’s what I don’t get: is there really room for another distortion pedal? The market is already flooded with them. How much different/better can this one sound than the other 145 pedals that came before it? And then there are all the amps that eliminate the need for a stomp box. My Vox Valvetronix creates an amazing array of tones, from mild overdrive to insane distortion, all by itself.
Anyway, even if this pedal is good, it looks grotesque.
February 15th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
That is disgusting. It’s not even retro-cool in any way. I think they’re trying to go for a cross between ’60s and ’80s, but neither is working for them!
February 15th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Well, under dim lighting on stage and stuff with color effects, this thing might blend?? :P
February 16th, 2008 at 1:46 am
At least you will be able to find it in a dark room!
February 16th, 2008 at 11:57 am
From what I understand about Vai’s setup this is pedal is basically a Tube Screamer type pedal feeding a Boss DS-1 type pedal, which is interesting because those two pedals are almost identical with the exception of an added diode and a few different component values.
February 16th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Yikes!
Don’t they make bowling balls that look like this? The unit should come in a powder blue, leather Brunswick case just for laughs.
February 16th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Strato…
Believe it or not I worked for Brunswick for 9 years. I can’t believe you thought of the bowling bag comment before I did. So, here’s the next step…when you’re using that stompbox on stage you have to wear green & red rental shoes???
February 18th, 2008 at 5:31 am
I must be getting old - as I’m more interested in how a piece sounds than how it looks.
Granted most of my work is studio and not stage these days. I’d probably be a little reluctant to haul this out of the case on a live stage.
February 18th, 2008 at 11:24 am
Na, you’re not getting old, Bullfrog––we’re just having a bit of fun ;)
June 18th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
How can it be that there are no actual review online? (that I can find.) But plenty of people bashing the colour?
Someone.. please… if you’ve actually played around with this.. give us some insight!
September 25th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
When I saw the headline I thought for sure it would be one of ours!!
Dennis