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| Tube Screamer; Let's discuss this line of Ibanez pedals | |
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| Topic Started: Sep 18 2008, 07:36 PM (596 Views) | |
| Metallon | Sep 18 2008, 07:36 PM Post #1 |
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I tried a tube screamer today and it was rad! I likey! It was a TS-7 that I ran through a 50-watt Marshall JCM 800 combo. So I'd like to give props for a very nice overdriven sound - even though it sounded slightly thin when compared to the fully tube-driven overdrive of the amp. I've heard that the TS-9 or TS-808 are the nuggets, though, when it comes to properly increasing the gain/overdrive of an amp. I've yet to try them, but I'd like to hear the opinion of you who have tried the TS-9 (or the TS-808). Do mention what music you play, as well, and what sound you achieved through it  Discuss everything else Tube Screamer too, while you're at it. Another question: Are the tube screamers gain/overdrive pedals or distortion pedals? |
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| roast | Sep 18 2008, 08:47 PM Post #2 |
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Tube Screamers are booster/gain/overdrive pedals. They compliment a nice Tube Amps tone blissfully. Definitly a nice pedal! -Mick. |
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| monwobobbo | Sep 19 2008, 12:16 PM Post #3 |
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i have a ts-9 and it is great for goosing the front end. i don't use it to get distortion just to push the distortion that much more and for a little additional tone shaping. good pedal to kick on for leads (i just leave it on most of the time). i play hard rock and more old school metal. great sounding pedal that obviously many others try to copy. the boss OD-1 super overdrive is another good overdrive pedal but sounds a little different from the tubescreamer. |
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| + tylerstrat89 | Sep 24 2008, 06:08 PM Post #4 |
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well all i can say is **** the ibanez tube screamer out your windows!!!! go buy yourselfs a Maxon SD-9 thewy are just about the same as a tube screamer but it has a higher gain frequency or something. you can do a lot more with it!! |
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| monwobobbo | Sep 24 2008, 08:48 PM Post #5 |
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yeah but for at least twice the price. Maxon stuff is very expensive. |
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| Metallon | Sep 24 2008, 09:06 PM Post #6 |
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But tube screamers are generally nice, I like the effect they have on tube amps and the sound and tone they produce. I like a few other pedals, sure, but now we're talking Tube Screamers. For instance, I think the T-Rex Mudhoney sounds great with a Les Paul - lots of tone but not so much actual pedal volume. Boost or no boost. A little reverb too, maybe, and you get a lovely warm, fuzzy tone. I don't know why I want to sell it, maybe I should keep it? Oh right I need the money... What's the main difference between the TS-808 and TS-9? I haven't figured that out yet. |
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| + tylerstrat89 | Sep 25 2008, 09:36 PM Post #7 |
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well as far as i know the differance is just that the ts-808 is just an older model of the ts-9, which as far as i heard that the older one i was better?? im not to sure lol but i wasnt putting the tubescreamer at all. its just that i think the maxon sd-9 is more of a unique pedal. the sd-9 does what ever you want with it, boost,gain,distortion wise. you should all try it |
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| monwobobbo | Sep 25 2008, 09:43 PM Post #8 |
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the ts808 is the older model and the tubescreamer as well as several other ibanez fx pedals were designed by the folks now running Maxon. i stand partially corrected as the maxon can be had for about $150 to the tubescreamers $100. |
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| Metallon | Sep 25 2008, 09:48 PM Post #9 |
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I suppose it really is all about what you want. There was this Mk.4.somethingsomething, this boost pedal that was impressively transparent. I think it was called Clean Boost Mk.something.something I can try to find it. I don't know (yet) how to really utilize boost pedals and the likes, which was evident when I maxed the output of an MXR Boost pedal and got very little difference sound-wise. I STILL can't figure out what this guy did, who owns his indie music shop. He used a random so-so guitar with humbuckers. He plugged the guitar into a Peavey Bandit combo, through a T-Rex Twin Boost and then through a Bloody Mary, and he actually got the Bloody Mary to sound really good! I'm going to try it tomorrow. I'm going to toy around with all three EQ's (pedals + amp) but I'm going to be maxing pre-amp outputs and all that, and then toy around with boost/gain levels and such. If I manage to make it work... then I will become angsty for trading back the Bloody Mary for a Mudhoney. |
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| + tylerstrat89 | Sep 25 2008, 09:49 PM Post #10 |
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i think i would pay an extra $50 for the sd-9 well i did get mine for €120 so i thinked i maybe got ripped off
Edited by tylerstrat89, Sep 25 2008, 09:53 PM.
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| monwobobbo | Sep 25 2008, 10:37 PM Post #11 |
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don't max the level knob set it at 5 (half way mark and leave it alone you'll never have to touch it again (LOL). tone knob to taste and dist. knob start at half way and tweak as needed. overdrives really work best with tube amps and not as well with solid state (except the higher end ones) you can crank up the gain on the amp (but resist the urge to max it) and with a little work you'll get a good sound. the purpose of an overdrive is to give that extra push so getting your main distortion form the amp is whats needed. if the amp doesn't really have acceptable distrotion to begin with then the pedal probably won't make it sound amazing no matter what you do. |
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| Metallon | Sep 28 2008, 09:40 PM Post #12 |
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Mwaha, I'm going to try my TS-7 tomorrow  On my OWN amp, using my OWN guitar(s). I can't wait. Something tells me I'm not going to get enough gain from this, so I'm thinking about using this for solo play for some extra volume and tone shaping (haha yeah, they do that neatly, don't they?) so I'm thinking about complementing it with a Hot British.
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| monwobobbo | Sep 28 2008, 11:46 PM Post #13 |
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let us know how it sounds. |
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| sagieiland | Oct 5 2008, 09:41 AM Post #14 |
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One of my friends has Keely's version of the ts-808. It's one of the best pedals I'v heard. You can hear sound samples of it here: http://www.tonepedia.com/index.php?page=category&cat=1&subcat=2&sample=62 |
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| Metallon | Oct 6 2008, 08:07 PM Post #15 |
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I don't know if it's the cables, or the pedal, or just bad jamming space, but the feedback I get from using my TS7 is quite annoying. Sometimes it's there even when I'm playing. But for what it's worth, it really sounds great. I can only imagine what a TS9 or :O a TS808 would sound like. I bet an MXR OD works great. Man... damn feedback. We always have feedback issues! |
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