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Ibanez Destroyer Information Exchange
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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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The site was last updated on 03 June 2013. Please refresh your browser cache to ensure you get the latest changes.
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We have added another new section to TheDestroyerGuy web site. This one is for decoding Destroyer serial numbers: S/N Decoder.
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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.
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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.
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We have added images for the DTB-100 and MDB3 to their respective pages and to the Gallery.
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The Pick-Ups page has been updated to include the MDB3 and the DT-520.
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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.
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We have added a new page for the recently released MDB3.
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Another new Destroyer is coming this Summer: the DT-520. They will begin shipping around 21 June 2013.
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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
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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
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1975: Mahogany Model 2459[1]
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1976: Model 2459
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1980: DT-50,
DT-400 (first incarnation)
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1982: DT-300
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1983: DT-100,
DT-150,
DT-155,
DT-200 (first incarnation),
DT-500,
DT-555
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1984: DT-355,
DT-450
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1985: DT-250,
DT-330,
DT-350,
DT-380,
DT-4550
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1986: DG-350[2],
DG-351,
DG-555[2]
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1992: DT-420[3] (first incarnation),
MED-320[3]
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1996: DT-400 (second incarnation)
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2001: DTX-120
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2002: DT-420[3] (second incarnation)
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2004: DT-200 (second incarnation)
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2009: DTT-700
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2011: GDTM21 Mikro
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2013: DT-520
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Speculative Models (urban legend)
Unknown Models
Similar Models (not Destroyers)
Bass Models
Known Models
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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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note the model name changes in 1986 from DT-350 to DG-350 and from DT-555 to DG-555.
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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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