Ibanez SMMINI Super Metal Mini Distortion Pedal

£109.00

This is a New Ibanez SMMINI Super Metal Mini Distortion Pedal from Ibanez is in our Distortion Pedals category on Just Pedals. Read More below.

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The Ibanez SMMINI Super Metal Mini pedal delivers tight, aggressive high gain in a compact, pedalboard friendly enclosure. Made in Japan with true bypass switching, it serves up searing distortion tones while keeping your core sound intact when disengaged. If you want classic Super Metal style saturation without sacrificing space or reliability, this little blue box is built to do the job night after night. Despite its tiny footprint, the SMMINI is all about big, focused distortion. It is designed to provide the kind of cutting, high gain sound that stays tight under fast riffing and palm muting, with enough saturation for modern metal and hard rock. Whether you are boosting an already driven amp or creating your main distortion sound from a clean platform, the Super Metal Mini gives you a powerful, aggressive voice in a simple format. True bypass switching keeps your signal path clean when the pedal is off, preserving the feel and character of your guitar and amp. That makes the SMMINI an ideal choice if you run a larger board or use multiple gain stages, as it will not colour your tone when you do not need it. The robust Japanese construction further inspires confidence, offering a solid, road ready feel that belies its small size. With its compact design and focused purpose, the Ibanez SMMINI is a great option for players who want serious distortion without cluttering their board. From tight rhythm work to saturated leads, it delivers the kind of high gain tones that cut through a mix while remaining controlled and articulate. Compact High Gain Distortion The SMMINI is built to provide tight, aggressive distortion in a streamlined format. Its voicing is tailored towards high gain styles, giving you the saturation and bite needed for heavy riffs and solos while maintaining clarity and definition. Pedalboard Friendly Mini Enclosure With its mini housing, the Super Metal Mini saves valuable pedalboard real estate. It is easy to slot into an existing setup, making it ideal for players who want to add a dedicated high gain option without reworking their entire layout. True Bypass Signal Path True bypass switching ensures that when the SMMINI is off, your signal passes through unaffected. This helps preserve your guitar’s natural tone and dynamics, which is especially important if you run long cable lengths or multiple pedals in series. Made in Japan Build Quality Manufactured in Japan, the SMMINI benefits from precise construction and reliable components. This attention to detail gives the pedal a solid, dependable feel that is well suited to regular gigging and rehearsal use. Key Features Compact Super Metal Distortion – Delivers focused, high gain distortion in a small format, giving you powerful, saturated tones suitable for heavy rock and metal styles without taking over your board. Tight, Aggressive Voicing – Voiced for punchy, controlled distortion that stays tight under fast picking and palm muting, helping your riffs remain articulate and defined in a band mix. True Bypass Switching – Keeps your clean tone intact when the pedal is bypassed, maintaining signal integrity and ensuring your core sound is not coloured when the effect is not in use. Made in Japan Construction – Japanese manufacture provides a reassuring level of quality and consistency, offering a durable, road ready pedal that is built to withstand regular use. Specifications General Product Name: Ibanez SMMINI Super Metal Mini Pedal Type: Overdrive / Distortion Bypass: True Bypass Country of Manufacture: Japan 9V DC power supply Physical Enclosure: Mini pedal format Colour: Blue Net Weight: 0.3 kg

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Ibanez

Ibanez is Hoshino Gakki’s guitar and bass brand, with a substantial effects, tuner and accessory range alongside its instruments. The green Tube Screamer is its best-known pedal family: the TS808, TS9 and Tube Screamer Mini offer different sizes and versions of the familiar overdrive design. JustPedals listings also include the WH10V3 wah and BIG MINI tuner. Ibanez effects sit within a much broader guitar catalogue, which makes the brand relevant both to individual pedals and to complete instrument rigs. Manufacturing varies by product and model, so the Ibanez name alone is not a country-of-origin label.

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Distortion Pedals

Distortion clips the waveform more firmly than overdrive, generating dense upper harmonics, longer sustain and a more compressed response. Circuit topology and filtering decide whether the sound is tight and focused, broad and aggressive, smooth or deliberately abrasive. Gain sets the amount of clipping, while pre- and post-distortion tone controls strongly influence low-end definition, midrange presence and high-frequency texture.

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Mini Pedal

Uses a reduced-width enclosure to conserve pedalboard space. The smaller format can limit battery access, footswitch spacing and the number or size of controls, while side-mounted sockets and power placement determine how much space is actually saved once connected.

True Bypass

Connects input directly to output through mechanical or relay switching when the effect is off, removing the active circuit from the audio path. It avoids buffer colour but leaves cable capacitance and switching design to influence high-frequency loss and possible switching noise.

Vocal

Designed for microphone-level signals and the frequency, dynamics and feedback behaviour of the human voice. Input gain, balanced connections, phantom power and pitch tracking may be provided so effects respond correctly before the signal reaches a mixer or PA.