New TS9 style pedal day + Family pics

Aceman

Aceman

I am your doctor of love!
Finally returned one of my favorite TS pedal to the fold! The TS9DX or Turbo Screamer and it's glorious 4 modes - TS9, +, Hot, and Turbo!

Just a lot of Tube Screamer goodness and simple but fun mods.

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And, for reference, here is my Green Overdrive pedal lineup:

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As I have always said - there is a Green Overdrive out there for everyone...

TS9DX - TS9 plus three gain/bass mods. + adds output and more bass (cool mode!) And hot/Turbo add more gain and even more bass. This pedal might be a great choice when you don't know what amp is coming up, or have a particular amp the plain TS9 just doesn't quite gel with.

TS9 - TS9, you know it, you love it. Or not. I do.

TS7 - A TS9, but the hot switch dumps more gain on (more than the TS9DX). Cool off you wish a TS9 was more like a Blues Driver.

TS5 - It's a TS9

Bad Monkey - More gain and control over the Bass

Green Screamer - I'm partial to this one as a favorite. Just something about it. Smoother? More refined? Don't exactly know. It's a TS9.

Vintage Over Drive - It's a TS9
 
Is 'Hot' mode like the TS7's? I like that. What's the difference between Hot and Turbo?
 
Mincer said:
Is 'Hot' mode like the TS7's? I like that. What's the difference between Hot and Turbo?
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TS9DX + = TS7 Hot
TS9DX Hot is less gain, more bass, and way more level. This is great output slamming a Marshall
TS9DX Turbo is even more level
 
Aceman said:
Finally returned one of my favorite TS pedal to the fold! The TS9DX or Turbo Screamer and it's glorious 4 modes - TS9, +, Hot, and Turbo!

Just a lot of Tube Screamer goodness and simple but fun mods.

gCnjqvt.jpg


And, for reference, here is my Green Overdrive pedal lineup:

sDNIDHh.jpg


As I have always said - there is a Green Overdrive out there for everyone...

TS9DX - TS9 plus three gain/bass mods. + adds output and more bass (cool mode!) And hot/Turbo add more gain and even more bass. This pedal might be a great choice when you don't know what amp is coming up, or have a particular amp the plain TS9 just doesn't quite gel with.

TS9 - TS9, you know it, you love it. Or not. I do.

TS7 - A TS9, but the hot switch dumps more gain on (more than the TS9DX). Cool off you wish a TS9 was more like a Blues Driver.

TS5 - It's a TS9

Bad Monkey - More gain and control over the Bass

Green Screamer - I'm partial to this one as a favorite. Just something about it. Smoother? More refined? Don't exactly know. It's a TS9.

Vintage Over Drive - It's a TS9
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You almost have a Bonsai with all those.
 
On my TS9DX one of the modes is more like 20db of clean boost. (Can't remember which, either the plus + or the hot.) Apparently in later revisions Ibanez added a jumper to the mode board and later revised the board to not need the jumper which put back some of the drive to that mode.
 
beaubrummels said:
On my TS9DX one of the modes is more like 20db of clean boost. (Can't remember which, either the plus + or the hot.) Apparently in later revisions Ibanez added a jumper to the mode board and later revised the board to not need the jumper which put back some of the drive to that mode.
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That would be Turbo. The last two are loud, but not ultra gainy.

I guess the TS7 Hot - or the + here is one reason I've never really went full Blues Driver.
 
dave74 said:
You really should try an od808 and an od9. They both sound better IMO than a modern ts9. I can't speak for the current ts808.
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I am in the "99% of the differences you hear are pot variances" and the other 1% I can't hear anymore anyway camp.
 
Mincer said:
Maybe need an 805 in there!
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There ya go, something quite different.

Really I was very surprised when I compared the ts9 to the od808. They are not even close IMO.
The od808 makes the ts9 sound like an SD-1, which isn't bad by any means, just very different.
 
Aceman said:
Why not?

Plus, the Vintage was like $20, the TS7 and Soundtank were cheap, plus Hot on the TS7, And everyone needs a Bad Monkey.


Sometimes, this is how you learn. If I could keep one, it would be the new one.
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If you like these then you'd love a Maxon, or the original Ibanez. I agree on the Bad Monkey though!
The od9pro+ set to mid-boost mode is like an improved ts9. It's both clearer and carries more of the fundamental tone, and can be hotter too at the same time if you want.
 
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