Tube Screamer

osageindy1 · #1 10-02-2003, 05:19 PM

What's up guys!!!

I was considering getting a Tube Screamer and I heard something about the brown mod that you could get with the special chip...I heard that Turbo Tube Screamer is basically the reg. Tube Screamer with this mod...Is that true?? I have seen some website that have mod kits for sale and/or a service that will do the mod for you for a price...If the Turbo Tube already has that mod I will spend the $10.00 more and buy the Tubro Tube Screamer instead of paying someone more to modify a regular one...Little help please!!!

Thanks,

John

CrossingStar · #2 10-02-2003, 07:06 PM

No the TS9DX Turbo Tube Screamer does not have the brown mod already, it's just a TS9 with 3 extra modes containing more low end and output. I bought my TS9DX straight from Analog Mike with all the mods done to it already.

vaijem777 · #3 10-02-2003, 07:56 PM

I'd recommend Robert Keeley's "Baked TS9" over Analog Man's (or any other) modded pedals. I had an Analog Man TS9 with the "Brown Mod" and compared it side by side with one of my TS-808s and my Keeley Baked TS9. There's no comparison- the Keeley sounded FAR better than the Analog Man pedal. The difference is pretty vast between a modded pedal and the stock TS9 or TS9DX.

CrossingStar · #4 10-02-2003, 09:40 PM

I've never heard an un-modded TS9, I bought it just because I thought I might as well get it with the correct chip in it. How did the Keeley sound different than AM's?

vaijem777 · #5 10-02-2003, 11:38 PM

The Keeley has an overall smoother tone & breakup, and is more transparent tonally. More gain as well

The_Grindfiend · #6 10-02-2003, 11:59 PM

Vaijem, would you say that the pedal is pretty versatile? I'm really looking hard at that Baked mod, and I've already made up my mind to get his DS-1 Ultra. I guess I'm kind of looking for one pedal to set and use for rhythm sounds (DS-1) and one to set and leave for lead. Will the TS9 do modern high gain leads as well as the bluesy lower gain leads? I'll probably end up getting it anyway, but would like to know.

ScottB · #7 10-03-2003, 03:23 AM

I'd use the DS-1 Ultra for solos and a VooDoo Lab Sparkle Drive for rhythm and primary overdrive.

vaijem777 · #8 10-03-2003, 09:41 AM

The DS-1 is definitely more of a high-gain pedal. Again, the DS-1 is a distortion pedal- it's going to give you more edgy distortion. The TS-9 is an overdrive which is smoother and a bit fuller sounding. For a thick rhythm tone, or a great blues lead tone, the TS-9 is killer. It's not a shredding lead pedal though. When thinking of the TS-9, think along the lines of SRV's tones.

osageindy1 · #9 10-03-2003, 03:49 PM

awesome!!! Thank you guys a bunch for all of the input...I saw a website for the Keeley mods...I think I will check them out...

jpwannabe · #10 10-07-2003, 03:52 AM

[ It's not a shredding lead pedal though. When thinking of the TS-9, think along the lines of SRV's tones.[/quote]

You can also use it as a pre-gain , so it can also be used as an shredding pedal!

by the way I own the Robert Keeley TS9 too, I highly reommand it, it sounds so much fatter and smoother!

toshiro · #11 10-07-2003, 05:30 AM

I usually associate the TS-9 with Paul Gilbert or James Murphy.. Vol on 10, gain on almost 0, tone where-ever, slamming the front end of a distorted amp.

carlos seo · #12 10-12-2003, 02:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by toshiro

I usually associate the TS-9 with Paul Gilbert or James Murphy.. Vol on 10, gain on almost 0, tone where-ever, slamming the front end of a distorted amp.

That's how I use it! This is an awsome pedal for a little boost on solos.