![]() ![]() They originally released the “ OD-808 Overdrive” in 1979. In the mid-1970s, they formed a partnership with Ibanez, who was at that time only a guitar manufacturer, and licensed their designs exclusively to them, though they reserved the right to release them under their own name as well to the Japanese market. Maxon (Nisshin Onpa) had its origins in pickup manufacturing, but started making effects pedals in 1969. I am indebted to a few really good sources for the information that follows: Analogman’s Tube Screamer History, an interview with circuit designer Susumu Tamura, and an interview with John Lomas, a former product manager at Ibanez. The Tube Screamer is easily the most popular overdrive pedal ever created, and accordingly, there’s a lot to say about its origins and history.
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