Timeline & Models
A note on years: unless otherwise indicated, the years provided in the timelines below are the years each model first appeared in marketing materials (i.e.: catalog, flyer, brochure, etc).
6-String Models
There were 3 model numbers 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 Prototype[1]
1976: Model #2459
1980: DT-50, DT-400 (first incarnation)
1982: DT-300
1983: DT-100, DT-150, DT-155, DT-200 (first incarnation), DT-500
1984: DT-250, DT-350, DT-355, DT-450, DT-555
1985: DT-330, DT-380
1986: DG-350[2], DG-351, DG-555[2], DT-4550
1992: DT-420[3] (first incarnation), MED-320[3]
1996: DT-400 (second incarnation)
2000: DTX-120
2002: DT-420[3] (second incarnation)
2004: DT-200 (second incarnation)
2009: DTT-700
2011: GDTM21 Mikro
Speculative Models (urban legend)
DT-388, DT-480, DT-550
Unknown Models
Mystery 6-String
Other Models (not true Destroyers)
2007: Arondite ADD120
Bass Models
Known Models
1976: Model #2459B
1981: DT-700[3]
1983: DT-600
1984: DT-650[3], DT-670, DT-870, DB-700
1986: DT-6750, DB-800
2011: DTB-100
Footnotes:
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[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). |
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[2] |
note the model name changes in 1986 from DT-350 to DG-350 and from DT-555 to DG-555. |
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[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. |
