Modded TS-9 to 808 specs:

tone: huge improvement in clean od from the normal ts-9... yes... better than the original. When used as OD for dist i believe that very few can match against this pedal. It retains your original tone and makes it better, what more can you ask? A big improvement from the old one trick pony

durability: extremely tough and the finish does not fade or chip easily unlike most of the Boss pedals.

overall: 10/10. Try one and you'll love it. Even the original will make you weep. IMO its the best OD pedal ever and it doesn't cost a bomb. Don't know how it compares with some of the other boutique pedals but it beats the Hotcake hands down in terms on clean OD and value.

Ibanez TS808 reissued

tone: Can never get a clean OD better than this, PERIOD.

10/10. Had the chance to mess around with this pedal for a few weeks. Dist OD is pretty much the same but the clean OD is better.

Ibanez RG470L

I bought this baby last year from Bentley. Wanted to get a lower end Ibanez model.. either the 350DX or the 320FM but there wasn't much choice considering teh fact taht i was after a left handed model. I have 3 guitars to choose from, the MIA fender strat, Jackson DK2 or this. Fell in love with her the moment i grabbed its neck
*the MIA strat was way out of my budget anyway Rm4000 without discount

The 1st thing you'll notice is the incredibly thin neck. No problem executing jimis baseball grip. Smooth unfinished neck with little to no friction when sliding along. Shes made of Basswood like most Ibanez guitars, which makes it very light.

Shes got a HSH configuration with Ibanez V7/S1/V8 pups, which i later switch to the Tonezone/BV/Air Norton. Stock pups are quite "dead".... only found this out when i use her with my 15w cube. "Strangely" however she sounded pretty damn sweet on the AVT100 amp...lol. One of the mistakes i made when choosing my guitar.

Action was pretty damn bad and the strings were quite rusty. But it was all good after sending it to my friend for a set up. Before that it was almost impossible to get a good legato run.

She is fkin beautiful with the ermm.. cosmic black finish or watever its called. But the finish is very weak... the coat can be easily chipped off. I bet i can do a better finish than that.

She also came with a Edge Pro bridge. It holds tune better than most floating trems but it stills go off by a few cents after each divebomb. Did a few mods with it and its much better now. Credit goes to Rich from Ibanezrulez.

Overall i give it a 7/10 stock. As you can probably tell i had to make alot of mods to ensure she plays well. And ive been told that shes a 2nd class model... which most guitar companies sell to most Asia countries. But heck... I love her now and thats all that matters
Valuewise Ibanez guitars definitely tops the list. With a few changes you can make any Ibanez guitar play like a custommade one.