Ibanez Nu Tube Tube screamer.

mantis

mantis

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Hey guys,
I saw a video on youtube about this pedal and now I want one. I had a few tube screamers over the years and sold them all as I found a different flavor( Of the month of me LOL) and moved away. But I always enjoyed the tone out of a tube screamer and this one new to me looks very interesting.
I also saw they make a hand wired model, anyone mess around with these?
 
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I'd be interested to know what it offers over other TS pedals- I have a TS7 and TS5, as well as a Bad Monkey. Of those I like the Bad Monkey the best. But I use the SD 805 the most- best EQ and gain range of all of them, but it can also clone the sounds of all of those.
 
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Mincer said:
I'd be interested to know what it offers over other TS pedals...
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It has an actual vacuum tube in it. Of course it’s a very unusual tube. It’s based on a fluorescent display tube. Google Korg Nutube for more info.

Does that make it sound better? It probably sounds different from the regular diode softclipping circuit.


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DavidRavenMoon said:
It has an actual vacuum tube in it. Of course it’s a very unusual tube. It’s based on a fluorescent display tube. Google Korg Nutube for more info.

Does that make it sound better? It probably sounds different from the regular diode softclipping circuit.


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Well, Id be interested to try. Escpecially a TS into a Fender-type amp is the sound I usually go for. But I own a bunch of TS-type pedals already, so I wouldn't really be the target market for it.
 
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Andertons did a comparison video. They weren't very impressed, and I have to say I wasn't either. I would have just gone for a TS mini.
 
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Does it sound better? probably not

Does it's make you feel like it sounds better with the little vacuum tube? definitely!
 
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DavidRavenMoon said:
It has an actual vacuum tube in it. Of course it’s a very unusual tube. It’s based on a fluorescent display tube. Google Korg Nutube for more info.

Does that make it sound better? It probably sounds different from the regular diode softclipping circuit.


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Here's what I found https://korgnutube.com/en/ . Is it the same tube that Vox use in their new amps?
 
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Mincer said:
True, but the market doesn't care. They see 'Tube Screamer with an actual tube, dude!' and plop their disposable income down.
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Great point, fortunate for the seller, but an educated consumer is the seller's nemesis....
 
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The hand wired is a really great sounding TS but the NuTube Screamer is a gimmicky piece of trash IMHO & I own at least one of almost every version, including the anniversary series ones!!! I ordered one when they first came out, tried to like it for a couple days & then I sent that thing back ASAP!

Compared with other 9 Series pedals it feels cheap & flimsy, not like what I’ve come to expect from Ibanez pedals at all! A real TS-9 should be able to get thrown off the roof of your 10 story apartment building without even chipping the LED.....
 
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It's about time they put a tube in a pedal with "tube" in the name. It makes sense from a marketing perspective. Doesn't even matter if it's worse.

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"Just slap tubes in it for better tone" is a game the manufacturers haven't stopped playing since the 80's.
 
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Edgecrusher said:
I thought it sounded great, until I heard something that sounded good.
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That right there is the tonal transformation that happens to every guitarist once they actually try some good quality gear instead of the typical Guitar Center ass-tone offerings... from time immemorial; for instance bragging about how awesome their CRATE practice amp sounds... until they plug into a 70's Marshall metal panel and see the f***ing light...
 
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