Effect pedals thumb|70px|right|Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer thumb|147x147px|right|Ibanez DE7 Delay/Echo PedalIn the 1970s, the Nisshin Onpa company who owned the Maxon brand name, developed and began selling a series of effect pedals in Japan. Hoshino Gakki licensed these for sale using the name Ibanez outside Japan. These two companies eventually began doing less and less business together until Nisshin Onpa ceased manufacturing the TS-9 reissue for Hoshino Gakki in 2002.
Effect pedals thumb|70px|right|Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer thumb|147x147px|right|Ibanez DE7 Delay/Echo PedalIn the 1970s, the Nisshin Onpa company who owned the Maxon brand name, developed and began selling a series of effect pedals in Japan Hoshino Gakki licensed these for sale using the name Ibanez outside Japan These two companies eventually began doing less and less business together until Nisshin Onpa ceased manufacturing the TS-9 reissue for Hoshino Gakki in 2002.