Transparent, zero noise, powerful, and precise EQ in a tiny package. I'm using mine not as a pedal, but as part of my "channel strip" and it has become indispensable. I use it on guitar, bass, and synth. I also have the Empress EQ and this is just as transparent and maybe even more versatile. The build is rock solid metal construction, has a good weight, and the sliders and knobs are solid and not wobbly. Highly recommend for guitarists, bassists, keys, or general studio recording.

Easy to use. Sounds great on Orange Gain Baby 100 but. It is quiet noisy in effects loop, loud hiss. Not tried with noise gate yet.

It definitely works best in your effects loop (or after your distortion), and for the price it's pretty good. However, it's no WMD "Utility" EQ or Whirlwind "Perfect Ten". It would also help if it ran on 18v, especially since it was designed to be used post-distortion. Plus, the lights on the sliders are just unnecessary, especially because they're the same blue lights from the newer MXR EQ's. Hopefully, if they make a 2.0 version, they'll fix all of that (18v, red or no lights, and.. add the noise gate, even if it doubles the price).
With that said, it is better than using a Boss GE-7 or MXR 108S (which were both designed to be used in front of amps), and you do have a lot to work with for dialing in the frequencies you want.. especially for the price. If you do plan on buying this, I would just recommend getting the Pentatone Gate along with it, and running the EQ through the gate's "Send and Return", then running the Gate into your FX loop.
Overall.. not bad, Ibanez.

I'm a fan of Parametric EQ, especially for bass. The "Shape" tone adjustment on my Hartke Bass Attack showed me how much better/more natural my bass sounded when I notched-out the boomy/blankety freqs around 100Hz on my P-bass. I realized I could get very close on any setup with a high Q/narrow band notch filer available with a parametric EQ. Par EQ can be much more precise/on target than a standard graphic stomp box. You can also add warm "bottom" around 50Hz and get the Q just right so it doesn't turn muddy, dial out some of the dirt around 400Hz, and add clarity/presence in the range, and many, many other possibilities. The picture is my current setup for my P-bass. Too heavy? - just move the far left slider down a hair? Not enough "push", increase the second slider a hair, etc. Do an A/B with the EQ in/out and I bet you will never play without it again.

I had my eye on the Empress (I love my Empress compressor), but the lowest cost model is only 3 bands, and then I stumbled on this - 5 bands of fully parametric eq with fully adjustable Q. Wow. 5 BANDS. Two days after I bought it, I loved it so much I bought a second (so I can use this as a stereo par, switch between two crafted bass EQs, or use the second for a hundred other applications besides bass.) The Q pot settings are hard to see so I added white lines (toothpick and nail polish) and highly recommend this. It would be beyond perfect if the gain was say +/-15dB (instead of 10) and if it had balanced ins/outs. But as it is INCREDIBLE (zero internal noise) and can't be beat for this price.

Just get one. No, get two.

Five EQ channels with level +/-, center frequency, and Q controls. This is perfect, I can set the highest or lowest with a sharp knee for a high or low-pass filter. For my bass rig, I can boost lows, cut out the mud of the low mids with a narrow band filter, and boost whatever high mids I want for attack and definition.

Love it.

I bought this as a replacement to my Behringer EQ pedal…I know. Wow, I really like the flexibilty, and precision, I have in sculpting my tone. The pedal is straightforward however it would've been nice to have some example settings in the manual. My bassing is better, thanks Ibanez!!

I have owned both MXR eq pedals, and was recently using Boss Ge7. They are all great pedals, especially for electric. But I have been chasing a realistic, amplified acoustic tone forever. Running fishman rare earth blend in my Taylor Academy 12. It sounded pretty good going into Blackstar Sonnet 120. The LR baggs session and delay pedals were an amazing addition. But there were some frequencies that I just couldn't reach to cut with GE7. Something between 400-800 hz. An itch I couldn't scratch. I searched forever and I was super interested in Para Eq by Empress but the price tag is a bit too much and I would have had to upgrade my power supply as well. The Lr baggs eqs looked good but I wanted even more control and precision in sculpting, not just one sweepable knob.

Found this guy and it has been the missing ingredient! And it was the cheapest option!

It feels solid in hand, knobs are great condition. Took less than 10 min to dial in. No more low mid mud, no more 500-700 honkiness, no more "quack." My guitar now sounds like an acoustic, just louder, couldn't be happier.

My only complaint is the lowest frequency range is pretty useless, except maybe for a bass player. Ibanez, I think that should be either a hpf or a notch filter!

Now that 20 years of tone chasing is over I have to find a new quest haha! Thanks to folks at Sweetwater. Happy playing.

Elegantly designed parametric EQ pedal that is nicely put together and works flawlessly. This is the correct way to lay out a parametric equalizer and it makes you scratch your head when you look at some of the other complicated and confusing (and generally much more expensive) alternatives out there. Plus, it does exactly what a PEQ promises and allows precise tone shaping. I might have lowered the center frequency of the highest pitch band by a bit, but that's about it for (minor) criticism. This thing has to be one of the best value propositions in music gear at its asking price.

I put it in my FX loop on my amp and it lets me get pretty much any sound I want out of my amp

This is an excellent, super-versatile EQ pedal! It can impersonate all the popular 5-band graphics (MXR, Mesa, etc.), plus it can impersonate the old Furman PQ-3 & 4 parametric EQ's in a far more convenient, affordable package! This is a ton of bang for the buck, I'd recommend this to anyone looking for an EQ, it's a no-brainer!

I love this pedal. It sounds very natural, the 10db plus mines is much more than you'd expect in range. The width and frequency targeting in incredible. The build quality is top notch.

Looking around for a decent EQ for my end of chain post modeler EQ needs I ran across this one. You can set up the classic Mesa style EQ curve on their amps with this or just use it to boost or cut exact frequencies, you don't get that option on other units. This is fantastic price on a versatile EQ more in line w guitar and musical instruments and not just generic bands and fixed Q widths. Very cool indeed! I think I paid 3x this much for a similar "real deal" model and this one just has so much more capability and usefulness. Big recommend!

I usually use my amp EQ for my bass tone, but every room has that one resonant frequency. This was perfect for room correction. No noise or tone difference when things were set flat. It's easy to sweep for that resonant sound and then just lower the slider until it balances. The Q knobs help get just the right spread of reduction so that you aren't affecting too little or too much area.

Really well built for the price -- very solid.

The graphic boost/cut sliders, coupled with frequency and Q knobs, is very intuitive (to me, anyway) and is more versatile than a fixed graphic EQ. It is very quiet, too. At zero boost/cut I did not notice much if any change in tone when switched in and out which means they took some care with the filter implementations. No angry pops when engaged/disengaged.

It would be absolutely perfect with maybe 4 storable presets, but that probably would cost 2-3X as much based on my research into other pedal options. As most of my stuff is per-song in the studio, it's not a big drawback. If you wanted different EQ for every song live, you might have to look elsewhere.

Nits: the Q knobs are pretty small. I might paint the little notches white to see them better. Some folks might like the in/out jacks on the side, but I don't mind.