Maxon Choice - OD808 or OD9

[Colonel Sanders]

Erm, the Maxons ARE Tube Screamers; one just has a higher price tag for the sake of making people who don't know better think they're getting more.

The gain difference between the OD-808 and the OD-9 are minimal (the circuits are identical before the very last bit of the circuit) and the real difference is in output impedance.

The buffer that remains on when the pedal is disengaged is beneficial for long cable runs and has practically no noticeable effect on the sound after all of the distortion and other processing.

Finally, this thread went over a year and your entire post was atrocious. Please learn to communicate like an actual person, and take more care to notice context and previous discussions.

Jeff

the original tubescreamers sound better then the currents, maxox made the originals for ibanez until the parted there ways, ive ab'ed them and the maxon was slightly warmer and less harsh

 

[JBroll]

The 'originals' and the 'currents' use the same circuit; the differences you heard were a result of component variances, not different circuits, and if you A/B several of them in truly blind tests (having performed some sort of surgery on more than I can count right now, and built more than a handful from bare parts, I have had this opportunity) you'll be hard-pressed to find a real difference overall. The expensive pedal wankery needs to die; you truly have not experienced the idiocy of guitarists until you've taken a few pedals, switched some of the guts out, and had respected musicians claim to hear a difference between the expensive ones and the cheap ones after you've put cheap guts in the expensive box.

Jeff

 

[Colonel Sanders]

Well i was really a TS guy then went to the store and decided to try the TS9 AND a OD9 cuz the guy suggested (spelling) it. i had my heart set on the TS but the OD felt alot warmer. so i bought it, went home looked on maxons site and they explained how they made the original TS's and all that stuff, then i sold the OD and got the 808 cuz i liked it EVER SO SLIGHTLY better

 

[JBroll]

You're fooling yourself and wasting quite a bit of money, but if that's where you think your money is best spent...

Jeff

 

[Colonel Sanders]

i dont think i made a bad choice, when it comes down to it, its all opinion wise, and i think the 808 sounded better then the OD9 and the maxon better to ibanez