The Ibanez AF 201 Auto Filter is an auto filter pedal, a pedal that sweeps a filter across the guitar signal automatically rather than under a player's foot, in the family of filter pedals. It was made in Japan and sold from late 1980 to 1981, in a standard box enclosure of the kind Ibanez used for its compact pedals of that era1.
The AF 201 is a rare pedal today. The reference site TONEHOME lists its collectibility as high and its availability as rare, and it has never been reissued1. Players hunting one usually run into the related Ibanez AF9 Auto Filter or Ibanez AFL Auto Filter, which Ibanez sold in later series.
Two versions
TONEHOME distinguishes two versions of the AF 201. The first version carries a registered trademark symbol on it and is described as extremely rare; the second version, from 1981, omits the symbol and is the one usually photographed and collected1.
Rarity and original price
The AF 201 is a rare pedal. TONEHOME lists its availability as rare, and marks the first version, identifiable by the ® mark on the enclosure, as extremely rare1. The pedal was made in Japan in a standard box from late 1980 to 1981, a production run of roughly a year1.
The AF 201 has never been reissued by Ibanez, so any example for sale today is a 1980 or 1981 original1.
Manual
A scanned manual for the AF 201 is available as a PDF from TONEHOME at Ibanez_AF201_Manual.pdf1.
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Sources (1)
- TONEHOME, TONEHOME, 1981
