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Effects for Me & my Monkey YouTube channel Facebook Fretboard's "resident pedal supremo" - mgaw
Effects for Me & my Monkey YouTube channel Facebook Fretboard's "resident pedal supremo" - mgaw
I remember years ago trying a TS and a big-box Rat in a shop. I ended up walking out with the Rat.
This is magnified with older pedals, old TS-808s go for far sillier money than OD-1s.
I remembered a friend from school had an SD-1, this was a long time ago. It was his dad's, but we used to use it to kick our amps up a bit, so I went with the Boss as I remembered it working well. £39 from Anderton's, done.
I've made my sound around it now, so not convinced I'm missing anything that I could magically get from a TS, if you see what I mean. I could have been a bit clearer in the first post.
I've tuned everything around the SD-1 now and love it, but I do miss that Vox.
The overpriced bit really applies to that name "Tube Screamer" which of course is an Ibanez trade mark. But fortunately you can buy many a good 'tube screamer' for SD-1 kind of prices just by other brands under other names. There are tons of decent TS clones out there that sound as good as a TS-9 (or an 808 etc). Digitech CM-2/Bad Monkey, Moorer Green Mile, Joyo Vintage Overdrive etc etc all make doe a very decent sounding clone....the Digitech Hardwire Overdrive I'd say is BETTER as it has extra features added. Another notable mention is the Visual Sound Route 808 has a handy bass boost option for those that dislike the TS's inherent bass cut. I had the Double Trouble pedal for a while - that was great (2 TS's in one pedal).
Basic point being - if one isn't fussed about the actual name/look sitting on their board they can have that sound for cheapo money....via another brands clone.
no no you're right, everyone says the SD-1 is a tubescreamer, but for me, I just don't get it at all, they sound nothing alike, no matter how many people tell me they are basically the same circuit or voicing.
I like the SD-1, but I like it because it doesn't sound like the tubescramers I love.
It's a bit like the Fender Bassman and the Marshall JTM45, which are even closer in circuit terms but sound quite different.
It's not just big non-MV amps the TS sounds great with either - they work extremely well into a Mesa Dual Rectifier at any volume, for the same reason - they tighten up a loose, scooped sound and produce a singing lead tone that the amp won't do by itself.
I prefer the TS with Mesas and the SD-1 with Marshalls.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Now I use it to add extra bite and tighten up my 6505+'s flubbiness sometimes, by dialling in lower gain on the amp, setting drive to zero and level to around 3/4's of the way up. You get a mid-hump and more punch which is great and I like it. Usually flit between that and a Maxon OD808, I find the TS9 is creamier and ballsier, the OD808 is tighter sounding low end wise.
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
And the other 1 out of 10 is more or less an Electra Distortion .
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I digress. Back to Tubescreamers.
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
To also digress, it absolutely amazes me the hype there is around this company and these pedals, and the various other stupidly-named variations they do - they seem to be rated for "just adding more " and "sounding great into a cooking valve amp"… well of course they do, the clue is in the cooking valve amp bit! And that they're not really adding much at all - one transistor and some diode clipping.
Emperor's new clothes in a marketing package. At least the Tube Screamer circuit is a bit more sophisticated.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Tubescreamers work well will a BF Fender-style amp and a Fender guitar.
Fender BF-style amps have a pronounced mid-cut and this is complemented by a mid boost of the Tubescreamer.
However, I can't imagine a Tubescreamer workng well with say a Les Paul and an AC30.