Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.mobilesdata.com Mobile Phones  Alcatel  Amoi  Apple  Asus  BenQ  BenQ-Siemens  Benefon  Bird  BlackBerry  Bosch  Chea  Ericsson  Eten  Fujitsu Siemens  Gigabyte  HP  HTC  Haier  Innostream  Kyocera  LG  Maxon  Mitac  Mitsubishi  Motorola  NEC  Neonode  Nokia  O2  Palm  Panasonic  Pantech  Philips  Qtek  Sagem  Samsung  Sendo  Sewon  Sharp  Siemens  Sony  Sony Ericsson  Tel.Me.  Telit  Thuraya  Toshiba  VK Mobile  Vertu  XCute  i-mate   Maxon MX-3204 MX-3205F MX-6804 MX-6805 MX-6810 MX-6811 MX-6814 MX-6815 MX-6869 MX-6877 MX-6879 MX-6899 MX-7600 MX-7750 MX-7830 MX-7920 MX-7940 MX-7990 MX-A30 MX-C11 MX-C110 MX-C160 MX-C180 MX-C20 MX-C60 MX-C80 MX-C90 MX-E10 MX-E80 MX-V10 maqxon , maxo , maxonj MaxonMaxon Maxon is the name used by the Nisshin Onpa company of Japan for its line of effects pedals designed for guitar and bass. History Maxon (Nisshin Onpa) started out in the mid 1960's as a guitar pickup manufacturer. In 1969 they became an effects pedal manufacturer, primarily as a producer of OEM products for other companies. During that time Nisshin Onpa was responsible for building a fuzz/wah pedal that was very popular, being marketed under a multitude of trade names including Ibanez. During the 1970's Ibanez became one of the company's main OEM customers. Nisshin Onpa designed and manufactured the now legendary TS-808 and TS-9 Tube Screamers for Ibanez, and many other models, including the FL-9 Flanger, CS-9 Chorus, and AD-9 Analog Delay. Nisshin Onpa also marketed its pedals under its own Maxon name during this time. When Nisshin Onpa and Ibanez parted ways in 2002, Nisshin Onpa began to more aggresively market its own line of Maxon pedals. Repositioning itself as a manufacturer of high-end mass-produced effects, Maxon expanded its line of analog pedals, using rare NOS components and classic circuit designs that are to this day highly respected and sought after. Maxon continues to expand its product line. Although they produced digital delays and reverbs during the 1980's and 90's, they now concentrate mostly on "hard-to-find elsewhere" vintage type effects such as analog delays, analog choruses and flangers, and classic overdrive and distortion units. Most of the old Ibanez Nine Series is available in Maxon form these days, but the Maxon pedals now include true-bypass switching and circuitry equal to or in many cases superior to the Ibanez originals. The company prides itself on a reputation of quality over quantity. Maxon's big break came when they began building the Ibanez Tube Screamers. Ibanez Tube Screamers were built by Maxon from 1974 until 2002. If you take the cover off any Ibanez TS-808 or TS-9, and other Ibanez pedals from this period, the Maxon name will appear on the circuit board. These Maxon manufactured Ibanez pedals became famous through users such as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Rory Gallagher, Carlos Santana and Gary Moore, amongst many other famous users. Ibanez still make these classic pedals but using different circuitry, thus losing some of the classic Tube Screamer tone, hence the Maxon models are so sought after. Maxon still makes these pedals today under their own company name (called the OD-808 and OD-9 as oppose to TS). However, supply of these pedals is very short and because of this, the Maxon pedals using the original Tube Screamer circuitry are little known and often overlooked. Currently, Maxon manufacture around 23 effects pedals for guitars. The company began in 1955 as a Third Party Administrator for collectively bargained Taft Hartley multiemployer Health Plans. When founded, Maxon administered basic medical plans incorporating limited benefit schedules. All administration was done by hand. Despite the labor intensive nature of the task, record keeping included most data points which are currently accepted to be required for plan analysis. Maxon’s first data processing department started in 1967 using leased time on General Electric’s room sized mainframes in Bethesda, Maryland. Raw data was transmitted via paper tape with batch output printed the next day. As Plan designs evolved, so did the sophistication of Maxon’s systems and procedures. Maxon began employing medical personnel to assist in the review of benefit requests, and acquired its own computer technology. In both cases Maxon was, if not the first, then among the first administrators to do so. Breakthroughs The Maxon website claims to have made the following breakthroughs in the effects pedal industry. Firstly, that it made the first realistic tube amp overdrive. Secondly that it made the first compact analogue delay, thirdly that it made the first programmable effect and finally that they made the first multi effect unit.

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