how much for a TS?

[aviel]

just wondering..

Saw someone selling an old TS with TA75558P chip inside. for like 180$. is it a resonable price? and does it really worth buying a "vintage" one and pay more just to get boost? (mening low end tightness).

 

[Mutant]

Just get a SD-1...

1. It sounds better than any TS.

2. No "vintage" bullshit price.

 

[Trevoire520]

No point in paying over the odds for a vintage special chip bullshit tubescreamer. Just get the $40 TS7 and be done with it.

 

[TheWinterSnow]

Just get a SD-1...

1. It sounds better than any TS.

2. No "vintage" bullshit price.

+1

This

 

[BLUElightCory]

OR if you're going to spend that kind of scratch, grab one of Maxon's many overdrive pedals. Many of them are tube-screamer-style circuits, all of them that I've used sound better than actual TS808/TS9s.

I've got the Maxon OD9 Pro Plus but I'm also a big fan of the OD820, OD9, and their 808 model.

 

[amarshism]

my boss od1 was 10bucks brand new

 

[Melb_shredder]

TS 7 man!!!
+666

 

[sevchenko]

No point in paying over the odds for a vintage special chip bullshit tubescreamer. Just get the $40 TS7 and be done with it.

Can't buy 'em new anymore cause they've been discontinued. I guess ibanez figured out people were caching on that they could boost their amps just as well with a 30 dollar tube screamer as they could with one five times the price. But you can still find them used pretty cheap.

 

[StefTD]

try to get an Ibanez TS7, I wasn't able to tell the difference most of the time, in a live situation, nobody will
ever realize it anyways and you can "hide" the pots, so you won't break them live or change the settings.
My old guitar player used a Digitech Bad Monkey, imho a cool little thing, no tone pot, a bass and a high pot
instead, makes it a bit more versatile imho.

 

[aviel]

The maxon stuff are kinda expensive comparing to SD-1 and TS-7. i can get the boss/ts7 brand new for 80$ (still a lot, but shit, everything is expensive here).

it's actually all doing the same shit, right?

 

[Mutant]

The maxon stuff are kinda expensive comparing to SD-1 and TS-7. i can get the boss/ts7 brand new for 80$ (still a lot, but shit, everything is expensive here).

it's actually all doing the same shit, right?

SD-1 clips asymmetrically, so it has a bit more "balls".

 

[aviel]

SD-1 clips asymmetrically, so it has a bit more "balls".

I am going to use it with pasdive pickups do i guess its bettrr then? also does the amp mattets? i have a powerball which is a bit heavy on lows and lacks mid a little

 

[Mutant]

IDK how it will go with Powerball, i can only guess it will be good.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/boss/sd-1_super_overdrive/index.html

 

[aviel]

ok i've found a ts-9 for even cheaper price the the sd1, used, and i can trade it for a crappy pedal i have, might do it..

 

[if6was9]

I don't like the SD-1 as a boost, always sounds harsh when I try it.
I find the TS-7 to be a noisy pedal, adds a fair bit of hiss to the signal and if I have it in the chain and not on there seems to be a bit of tone suck and slight volume drop when compared to not in the chain at all.

 

[~BURNY~]

Saying a SD-1 sounds better than a TS is highly subjective. I own both a SD-1 and an OD808 and the SD-1 is collecting dust. It's a lot noisier and a bit harsh on certain amps. It doesn't have that TS middy kind of character for better or worst.

 

[aviel]

Saying a SD-1 sounds better than a TS is highly subjective. I own both a SD-1 and an OD808 and the SD-1 is collecting dust. It's a lot noisier and a bit harsh on certain amps. It doesn't have that TS middy kind of caracter for better or worst.

Well i can buy a used ts9. but i listened to it and found out that even on 0 gain i get some crunchy sound... not clean at all, i thought the boost wasnt supposed to saturate too much, only clean the lows, right?

 

[fizzinbizzin]

im lookin into a cool cat overdrive by danelectro and is only $40.

 

[~BURNY~]

Well i can buy a used ts9. but i listened to it and found out that even on 0 gain i get some crunchy sound... not clean at all, i thought the boost wasnt supposed to saturate too much, only clean the lows, right?

No this how a ts sound and most people use the drive at 9 o'clock anyway.

 

[sevchenko]

I always liked the sd-1 with marshalls or other similarly voiced amps. Put one in front of a jcm 800 and it's 80's metal bliss. With the modern sounding amps I like the tube screamers.