The EM5 is at it's core, a digital delay pedal that sounds incredibly warm and very much akin to the tones of a great sounding Echoplex or Tape Delay unit. It's repeats are clear, yet warm --- they never "get in the way" of your playing. For this reason, it finds itself on a lot of pedalboards over the years and is an increasingly more sought after delay. The Ibanez EM5 Echo Machine was one of the first to use digital technology with a distortion circuit to emulate analog delay. And it does exactly that in a very fine fashion. This pedal is on its way to become a true collector's item, so order this one Max Guitar offers while you can!