BEHRINGER TO800 VINTAGE TUBE OVERDRIVE ANYBODY TRIED ONE

[Gstring]

Thought I might dabble with another pedal instead of relying on amp effects . I have a 16 year old Behringer Chorus pedal that still seems to work well despite the very low price when new. .Accordingly the plastic body is not an issue with me

The TO 800 is pretty cheap here in the UK .Around 25 pounds sterling . Am not expecting full Tube Screamer performance but wonder if anybody has given it a try. There have been some good reviews if these can be believed.


Am also wondering if its possible to somehow run both pedals off the same 9v charger . But there's always the 9v battery option.

 

[DankStar]

yes, bought it like 10+ years ago and still have/use it. great pedal. I always think I'm going to replace it with a sturdier one, but then I'm like F-it, it works fine.

sonically, it's the full TS experience IMO.

having said that, if it broke I'd get a solid maxxon or ibanez or something

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Yep, it's a Tube Screamer clone. Not sure if 808 or 9. I know there are two Behringer Tube Screamers, one is the 808, the other is the 9. Don't know which is which. I would suspect the green one is the 800 is the 808 clone, but I don't know the name of the other to know for sure.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

It's the TO100 that's the TS9, just checked.

 

[Gstring]

Thanks for the responses guys..Will definitely order one.

 

[Securb]

yes, bought it like 10+ years ago and still have/use it. great pedal. I always think I'm going to replace it with a sturdier one, but then I'm like F-it, it works fine.

sonically, it's the full TS experience IMO.

having said that, if it broke I'd get a solid maxxon or ibanez or something

My experience with Berringer gear is sonically they are very good. I have always been happy with anything Berringer while it was working. The problem with Beringer is the durability of the products.

 

[ErikH]

I'd rather order a Joyo JF-01 Vintage Overdrive or get a BYOC Classic Overdrive kit and build it out than buy a Behringer.

Or find a used TS7 Tone-Lok TubeScreamer. Same circuit, different enclosure.

 

[Aceman]

I have one. It's a TS9** Same thing. Standard screamer. As mentioned - a gigging pedal? Perhaps not. Definitely not a connately stomping pedal. Maybe an always on. But, you can buy two...so there is that.

**I believe that the difference between a TS9 and TS808 are so small as to be explainable purely based on the pot variances. A screamer is a screamer. I say that having TS 5, 7, 9's etc....

 

[Rex_Rocker]

I also recommend the TC Electronic Mocambo. it's a very competitively priced alternative to the TS. It's slightly less honky and slightly less colored, but it still sounds 99% like a Tube Screamer. You'd almost bet it's kinda like if Ibanez came up with a TS-11 or something, LOL.

 

[maug2122]

My experience with Berringer gear is sonically they are very good. I have always been happy with anything Berringer while it was working. The problem with Beringer is the durability of the products.

I bought a Behringer 1124P Feedback Destroyer back in 2003, I use it as 12 band Parametric Eq to handle the frequencies my two 31 band Eq's don't handle .
It has been working flawlessly since day one .