Ibanez TS9 Model Overdrive Pedal - TS9, Classic, MultiColored

This pedal....so much has been said about it. Legendary...is the word often used. Using this term is extremely accurate. It's THE sound. It's basically turning a tube amp into a higher quality, better sounding Boss Metal zone.Many call it or use it as a "Boost" pedal. That isn't quite accurate. When people say "boost" most think about a boost in volume. It boosts the mid frequency and Gain. Put this pedal in the front(not the FX loop) of the amp with your Amp's distortion channel gain set to around 12-1 o' clock. Set this pedal to 0 Drive, Tone...wherever u want and Volume up past 12 o clock somewhere and you have literal awesomeness.I have a Marshall amp and one of the most irritating things about Marshall's distortion tone is the "woody" sounding bass. You cannot get rid of it unless you dial the bass to 0 and then your guitar sounds like it's coming from some old transistor radio. Use a tube screamer in conjunction with a Marshall amps distortion produces some of the best sounds ever and you will want to play the damn guitar all day!They say it "tightens" the sound. It does far more than this. It increases the mids. It increases the High's and the Marshall's "woody" bass is altered to usable bass. It increases the gain which means you can have your amp's gain level lower and still get some amazing sounds. It's also great on it's own. You need an overdrive just on the threshold of clipping that sounds magical...look no further! This is IT!Amazing Legendary pedal hand's down!

Excelente pedal

Very happy with pedal. Quick delivery. it takes me back to when I was a kid. Sounds great.

Timeless classic. What’s not to love.

I’m not going to add anything to the reviews here - just wanted to celebrate finally getting this pedal again. Before I knew anything about gear I bought this pedal at a used guitar & instrument shop near Philadelphia in the late 80s. I wanted ‘distortion’ so… I liked how it made my guitar sound like Tears for Fears, but it didn’t sound like Metallica or Trevor Rabin so I eventually traded it for computer parts in 1996. The two guys at the computer shop were metal heads and when I presented this pedal as a trade I’ll never forget how they looked at each other like “hell yeah!”After 30 years of recording, and the last 5 years of pedal experimentation, I came to realize what I had, and that the sound I was looking for is in the pickups and amps. I got it today and man it weighs a lot! I forgot what a monster this thing is. It’s an absolute tank of a pedal. It hasn’t changed a bit. I haven’t even plugged it in yet. My Orange & Seymour Duncans already know ☕️

I have a bunch of pedals and multi-effects processors that model classic pedals, one of those being the Tube Screamer. I have an amp with overdrive, and inputting a a Boss CS-3 compression sustainer and DA 2 adaptive distortion pedal (notable upgrade from the venerable DS-1).Between the two of these pedals, I could sort of make a Tube Screamer. But what the hell, I wanted to just try it outright. It is one of the most fun pedals out there, and I really feel that if you have the most basic (good) tube amp and this pedal, you could go a long way.One big downside is that there is no level control in terms of overall gain in the loop. Obviously, when you throw on an effect, you don't want to blow the house down, but that is what this does unless you tweak its processing characteristics. I am still trying to play with that. Most other pedals have some sort of output level control.I don't care because I am having so much fun with this. Play notes, power chords or whatever and listen to the "motor run" on a good amp. It just runs and runs..

Well whats to say that hasn't already been said. The TS9 tube screamer is a must for virtually any guitarist, it offers an amazing drive for your amp with beautiful breakup and added sparkle and note delineation. Great for a basic clean boost as well. This pedal can be used by itself or daisy chained with other pedals. This one is pretty close to the legendary TS 808 although for the discerning ear/player there is a difference, but there's an 80 dollar difference in price. Anyway, definitely worth adding to your pedal collection if you don't own it already....PRO TIP try using 2 back to back for some real tonal goodness.

This is one bad to the bone pedal, it does a very good job of adding "cut", to your sound, and giving a more gnarly, lead-esque type tone. I used this to pair with a ts808 (as the 808 on it's own into a clean amp just doesn't produce enough distortion), and it works VERY well.This to my ears, is a slightly darker, more biting sound, with obviously more overdrive & from what I've read and as well checks out to the ear test, a slight increase in output. That said, it's a great, versatile pedal. This pedal ranges I'd say from very light overdrive, to almost being a faux distortion pedal, and can easily imitate a fuzz pedal with another pedal to boost it (which I do, sounds great).Can't go wrong with the classics, I've purchased some very expensive pedals, and I hated many of them with a deep seated passion. I'd say if you want the classic sound, go classic.