Who really likes the Tubescreamer?

thermionic

I've used an old OD-1 with an AC15 and (in the dim and distant past) an AC30 with an Epi Sheraton. I think it works well, the mid-range character of the overdrive blending well with the mid-range character of the amp's drive. I can see why TS/OD pedals would work well with Fenders (boosting the mids into a scooped amp) but the converse (scooped BD-2 overdrive into a mid-rangey Vox) didn't work at all for me.

ICBM

thermionic said:

I can see why TS/OD pedals would work well with Fenders (boosting the mids into a scooped amp) but the converse (scooped BD-2 overdrive into a mid-rangey Vox) didn't work at all for me.

I never find that way round works when stacking pedals either. I always go mid-boost into mid-cut, regardless of the amount of gain or any other characteristic - it just sounds better to me that way.

nick79

Reading this thread the other day prompted me to try my ts9 mini into the clean channel of my Mini Rectifier at saturdays gig, i've only ever used it as a boost for the gain channel as the one time i tried it to provide overdrive it sounded a bit crap. But lo and behold this time it sounded quite good. In fact it sounded very close to the pushed mode with a fair bit of gain dialed in. 

It wasn't quite as good but considering it meant i could leave my clean channel alone it was worth it, and it's not really like the crowd really cared. 

prowla

I've got a Joyo clone which I picked up at a Bass Bash; it's OK.
But it's not as good as my Boss SD-1.
I've got a second SD-1 and apparently you can mod it to a TS because it's got the same chip; I might do that.
TS themselves seem a bit overpriced, but if I saw one cheap I'd buy it.

bermudianbrit

must agree. I have a Maxon 820 pro and into my DR Z amp which is blackface style, it sounds great with the Telecaster, not really amazing with the Les Paul. But the amp itself is so clean that maybe that's the problem. I have used it to boost my Angry Charley pedal though, and that is bloody lovely.

rico

I built a Fuzzdog TS808 kit a couple of weeks ago and it's the first TS I have ever used. Sounds great with a LP into a driving Marshall. Sounds killer when boosting an OCD!