The original Ibanez TS-9 was discontinued in 1984. But by the early 1990s used TS-9s were selling for 100s of dollars - so it was no surprise when in 1992 Ibanez decided to reissue the TS-9. Although there was some resistance to this idea within Ibanez company a stubborn brand manager managed to make it happen and within weeks of its re-release 5,000 TS9s had been sold.The reissues are a faithful copy of the original pedals.