Fresh_Start
New member
The first pedal that I ever bought was an Ibanez TS-7. I'd heard that "TubeScreamers" were good and didn't know this one was crap until I took it out of the box and plugged it in. The tone was thin, the pedal was noisey, and the TS9/Hot switch either gave you a weak, digital sounding version of the original or an unusable metallic super-gain.
So John offered to mod a TS-5 for me and I told him this TS-7 was lying around unused and unloved. He did some research, then asked me to send it his way. In a week, it was back - or rather a really nice pedal in the same package returned
On the TS9 setting, it sounds almost indistinguishable from my Route 66 overdrive channel with the bass boost engaged. That was the good news. The great news was the tone from the "Hot" setting - don't know how to explain it exactly except to say with my TradeMark 10 dialed in for a Marshall sound and the gain on the pedal maxed out, "Sunshine of Your Love" came out effortlessly (ok, just the opening riff, but I can't play that well anyway 
).
Anyway, neither of my amps has a footswitch for gain, so having 2 overdrives may come in handy. Plus that "Hot" setting is a sweet combination of overdrive and distortion now.
Thanks John!
Chip
P.S. the DS-1 he modded for me is a permanent part of the signal chain too.
So John offered to mod a TS-5 for me and I told him this TS-7 was lying around unused and unloved. He did some research, then asked me to send it his way. In a week, it was back - or rather a really nice pedal in the same package returned
On the TS9 setting, it sounds almost indistinguishable from my Route 66 overdrive channel with the bass boost engaged. That was the good news. The great news was the tone from the "Hot" setting - don't know how to explain it exactly except to say with my TradeMark 10 dialed in for a Marshall sound and the gain on the pedal maxed out, "Sunshine of Your Love" came out effortlessly (ok, just the opening riff, but I can't play that well anyway ). Anyway, neither of my amps has a footswitch for gain, so having 2 overdrives may come in handy. Plus that "Hot" setting is a sweet combination of overdrive and distortion now.
Thanks John!
Chip
P.S. the DS-1 he modded for me is a permanent part of the signal chain too.
. I had fun the last couple days playing a strat with the SD-1 into a Micro Vibe - very juicy, fat and resonant. I hope to get clips soon...
