Ibanez 850 Fuzz Mini reported discontinued after removal from Ibanez site

June 21, 2024 · 2 sources

The Ibanez 850 Fuzz Mini is no longer listed on the Ibanez website and is therefore no longer being manufactured, Guitar Pedal X reported on June 21, 2024. The report is the writer's inference from the product's absence from the site; no statement from Ibanez was cited.

The pedal is a mini version of Ibanez's take on the Triangle Big Muff circuit, which the writer describes as "based on the original Muff circuit - but with a little licence to be slightly different"¹. The compendium lists it as a Violet-Ram variety at $89¹. It carries the three-knob Muff control layout, which the article gives as "Volume / Level | Tone | Sustain / Drive"¹.

When Ibanez launched the pedal ahead of the 2017 Winter NAMM show, Gearnews reported it as a shrunk-down version of the 850 Overdrive released the previous year, itself a reissue of a classic fuzz from the company's past². Gearnews said it would need an external power supply because it is too small to hold a battery, comes in the classic orange color, and has a very simple control layout². That report said it was made in Japan and would be priced at about 100 Euros²; no US list price appears in either source.

Guitar Pedal X described the 850 as "a really potent mini muff - with some excellent rich muff textures that bely its diminutive format" and said it was "very surprised that it's no longer seemingly in production"¹. The same compendium also lists the Mooer Triangle Buff as discontinued, noting it is still listed on Mooer's website but "evidently no longer being made - and already sold out everywhere"¹.