which tubescreamer?

[greyskull]

hey guys, finally got some cash in my pocket, and itching to get a tubescreamer...although which one??? i know the maxon is sposed to be way better than the stock ibanez, but errr which maxon one??? the od-9 , 820 or 808... btw its to go infront of a dual rec, 5150, or dsl100
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[Torniojaws]

I seem to remember a lot of people actually liking the 880 here (not 808 but 880).

 

[nwright]

The 808 is the one I hear about the most for boosting, but some people, including Andy I think use the OD-9. I've heard the OD-9 has a bit more edge to it, while the 808 is a bit smoother?

 

[Torniojaws]

Personally, I use the Behringer EQ700 for boosting. All EQ settings at 0, and level at +15 dB, in front of the amp and sounds sweet

 

[Sinister Mephisto]

"the stock TS9 works fine for me, I have 2, one which is just destroyed from years of use and another I bought three or four years ago. I also have the maxon 820 which to me is the closest thing I've heard to the original TS. I did a test last year with the Ibanez 808 reissue and the maxon against an original, and the maxon won. All this is very slight though, if you trying to acheive what I've been mentioning all along, a tighter low end, touch of compression, then the TS9 works fine, to me the 808 and 820 both have a sweeter mid range and a tiny bit more openess, which once you get someone going AAARGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH over the top, you'll never notice.
Just try like I've said before, dial your tone in with just the amp, no pedal, then add the TS with drive at 9 oclock, tone and level at 12 oclock then tweek from there."

-Andy

 

[greyskull]

kse use the maxon 808 apparently, i'm sold