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TheDestroyerGuy is a fan site devoted to the free exchange of information relating to the various models of the Ibanez Destroyer electric guitar.
 
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Site News

New  We have added another new section to TheDestroyerGuy web site. This one is for decoding Destroyer serial numbers: S/N Decoder.

New  We have added a new section to TheDestroyerGuy web site called: Showin' Off. It is a gallery of reader-submitted images of their beloved Destroyers.

New  We have added a page for the brand new DT-520. It appears to be a modern version of the 1981/1982 DT-400. Unfortunately, it seems the DT-520 will be released only in Australia and Europe.

New  We have added images for the DTB-100 and MDB3 to their respective pages and to the Gallery.

New  The Pick-Ups page has been updated to include the MDB3 and the DT-520.

We have corrected the neck pick-up listed for the DT-300. It was erroneously listed as a Super-70 and should have been a Super-58.

We have added a new page for the recently released MDB3.



Latest Releases

New  Another new Destroyer is coming this Summer: the DT-520. They will begin shipping around 21 June 2013.

There is a new member of the Destroyer family that is now shipping. Read all about it at the Ibanez web site:

MDB3 - Mike D'Antonio MDB Signature Series



Timeline & Models

A note on years: unless otherwise indicated, the years provided in the timelines below are the years each model first appeared in Ibanez marketing materials (i.e.: catalogs, flyers, brochures, etc).

Actual dates of manufacture may precede these catalog appearance dates.

 6-String Models 

Three model numbers were reused: DT-200 (1983/2004), DT-400 (1980/1996), and DT-420 (1992/2002).

The second incarnation of the DT-420 (2002) is a reissue of the second incarnation of the DT-400 (1996).

Known Models

  1975:  Mahogany Model 2459[1]
  1976:  Model 2459
  1980:  DT-50DT-400 (first incarnation)
  1982:  DT-300
  1983:  DT-100DT-150DT-155DT-200 (first incarnation),  DT-500DT-555
  1984:  DT-355DT-450
  1985:  DT-250DT-330DT-350DT-380DT-4550
  1986:  DG-350[2]DG-351DG-555[2]
  1992:  DT-420[3] (first incarnation),  MED-320[3]
  1996:  DT-400 (second incarnation)
  2001:  DTX-120
  2002:  DT-420[3] (second incarnation)
  2004:  DT-200 (second incarnation)
  2009:  DTT-700
  2011:  GDTM21 Mikro
  2013:  DT-520


Speculative Models (urban legend)

  DT-388DT-480DT-550


Unknown Models

  1983:  Mystery 6-String


Similar Models (not Destroyers)

  2007:  Arondite ADD-120


 Bass Models 

Known Models

  1976:  Model 2459B
  1981:  DT-700[3]
  1983:  DT-600
  1984:  DT-650[3]DT-670DT-870
  1985:  DB-700DT-6750
  1986:  DB-800
  2011:  DTB-100
  2013:  MDB3





[1] the Model 2459 prototype was created for the 1975 Summer NAMM in Chicago, IL, USA (Ibanez - The Untold Story, Specht, Wright, and Donahue, 2005, Hoshino (U.S.A.) Inc, ISBN: 0-976-4277-0-2, pp 73, inset).
[2] note the model name changes in 1986 from DT-350 to DG-350 and from DT-555 to DG-555.
[3] the following models did not appear in any known catalogs so the years provided are from actual dates of manufacture: 1981 DT-700, 1984 DT-650, 1992 DT-420, 1992 MED-320, and 2002 DT-420.
 
     
   
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