[Comments] Latest Comments from Ultimate-Guitar.Com. en-us Copyright 1998-2013 Ultimate-Guitar.Com. All rights reserved. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html webmaster@ultimate-guitar.com Fri, 28 Jan 2005 02:19:47 -0500 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:57:29 -0500 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/img/logo_rss.gif http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/ 144 44 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_1 POSTED: 03/06/2006 01:48pm]]> Comments Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:48:21 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_2 and yes its a hell of a distortion
my arse...
POSTED: 03/06/2006 02:40pm]]> Comments Mon, 06 Mar 2006 14:40:21 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_3 POSTED: 03/06/2006 03:16pm]]> Comments Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:16:48 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_4 POSTED: 03/06/2006 03:17pm]]> Comments Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:17:13 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_5
My opinion os TS9s are great but are best used with another distortion pedal or a good tube amp.
POSTED: 03/31/2006 05:09am]]> Comments Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:09:20 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_6 POSTED: 03/31/2006 05:10am]]> Comments Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:10:31 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_7 POSTED: 08/04/2006 01:54pm]]> Comments Fri, 04 Aug 2006 13:54:06 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_8 POSTED: 08/15/2006 11:18am]]> Comments Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:18:50 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_9 POSTED: 09/01/2006 05:38am]]> Comments Fri, 01 Sep 2006 05:38:36 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_10 POSTED: 09/01/2006 12:28pm]]> Comments Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:28:02 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_11 POSTED: 09/02/2006 02:34am]]> Comments Sat, 02 Sep 2006 02:34:21 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_12 POSTED: 09/03/2006 09:33pm]]> Comments Sun, 03 Sep 2006 21:33:05 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_13 oscarmg_99 wrote:

actually if dont think metallica uses it better look at some studio pics you can cleraly see kirk with a ts9 and a cry baby

Kirk Hammett uses the tubescreamer quite a lot, particularly on the master of puppets album
POSTED: 12/02/2006 09:05am]]> Comments Sat, 02 Dec 2006 09:05:33 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_14 POSTED: 01/03/2007 11:23pm]]> Comments Wed, 03 Jan 2007 23:23:49 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_15
When talking about Stevie Ray's wicked tone, you also have to consider that he wasn't shy about kicking on his Fuzz Face. Later on he had the Diaz circuit put into an old Fuzz Face. Listen to the solo in 'Life Without You' for an example. I've never heard better tone or sound before or since. And you can still buy a Diaz fuzz.
POSTED: 03/17/2007 03:02pm]]> Comments Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:02:58 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_16 POSTED: 06/15/2007 06:06pm]]> Comments Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:06:22 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_17 WARNING!!!!

I love the TS9, best overdrive pedal I've ever played, my set up = Ibanez AXS42>Digitech Whammy>FM4-Filter Modeler>TS9>Cs3 Compressor> DD-20 Giga Delay, 2 DL-4's>Palamino V32 Tube amp(soon to be a Vox AC30)...

But anyway back to the "WARNING!!!!". I was playing with said set-up, and I simply clicked the TS9 off, and after only 4 months, the switch broke... and is unfixable. The guy at guitar center told me it was just a bad switch and I should get another one, I probably will, but just to be sure you should really get warranty like I didnt do...
POSTED: 07/07/2007 03:11am]]> Comments Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:11:23 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_18
I'm playing with a Vox AD50VT. Is it such a bad idea? I mean I will get a tube amp eventually, along with that american strat.
POSTED: 07/19/2007 04:38pm]]> Comments Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:38:49 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_19 POSTED: 09/28/2007 06:55pm]]> Comments Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:55:36 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_20 so far, im not super exited with it... i play it on a line 6 spider III head and cab. i use i mostly for solo boosts, but the tone is a little bit too clean, any one know how i could get a little more overdrive to give the pedal a little better tone?
POSTED: 10/07/2007 07:49pm]]> Comments Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:49:10 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_21 POSTED: 11/26/2007 08:06pm]]> Comments Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:06:45 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_22 POSTED: 11/29/2007 05:47pm]]> Comments Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:47:19 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_23 POSTED: 11/29/2007 10:10pm]]> Comments Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:10:35 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_24 don't get these people trying to boost their distortion channels, If you want distortion, buy a distortion pedal!What?! No way man, your overdrive/distortion channel on your amp is always going to be better. If you have good pickups too, it makes a huge difference and using this to boost it give a great tone. A ton of big bands use it for that, even a lot of pretty metal bands. Anyway, this thing is incredibly versatile and sounds amazing.
POSTED: 11/30/2007 01:49pm]]> Comments Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:49:01 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_25 SL!!! wrote:
What?! No way man, your overdrive/distortion channel on your amp is always going to be better. not if its a crappy amp. would this be good to use with a fender frontman 15g. its all ive got at the moment and i find its gain is just.. weird, and i dont much like it. i plan on buying some kind of Overdrive or distortion pedal but im not sure what kind. i like ibanez stuff and alot of people reckon these are awesome. also could someone explain which is distortion and which is overdrive. i can tell the sounds being different and im pretty sure i get it but i dont really get it very well.
POSTED: 12/01/2007 04:33am]]> Comments Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:33:15 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_26 POSTED: 12/01/2007 04:52am]]> Comments Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:52:40 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_27 POSTED: 12/01/2007 04:56am]]> Comments Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:56:27 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_28 ammarrehman wrote:

and by the way. the Boss MT-2 is a ****ing amazing pedal. you have to spend time with it. Pedals aren't magic boxes that you can turn on and expect your tone to become legendary. you have to know how to use it and understand what it does. the MT-2 requires no other pedal other than a noise-gate and it can give you any kind of metal tone you want. the only reason i use the rig i use is because that stuff combined with a triple rectifier sounds better, all you need for practice is an MT-2 and an NS-2

yeah i understand what you mean about spending time with it to learn it. i want something really versatile that can play from metallica to the stones. most ibanez things are pretty ranged in what they can do with themselves so i thot this would be the same.
POSTED: 12/01/2007 05:06am]]> Comments Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:06:59 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_29 Ali-b912 wrote:

ammarrehman wrote:

and by the way. the Boss MT-2 is a ****ing amazing pedal. you have to spend time with it. Pedals aren't magic boxes that you can turn on and expect your tone to become legendary. you have to know how to use it and understand what it does. the MT-2 requires no other pedal other than a noise-gate and it can give you any kind of metal tone you want. the only reason i use the rig i use is because that stuff combined with a triple rectifier sounds better, all you need for practice is an MT-2 and an NS-2

yeah i understand what you mean about spending time with it to learn it. i want something really versatile that can play from metallica to the stones. most ibanez things are pretty ranged in what they can do with themselves so i thot this would be the same.



well yeah you can't get that versatile a tone with JUST the TS9 but you can use it in many different ways, that's all i'm saying.
POSTED: 12/01/2007 05:10am]]> Comments Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:10:47 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_30 POSTED: 12/01/2007 11:45am]]> Comments Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:45:56 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_31 Jawkster wrote:

its a Tubescreamer TS9 better than a BOSS MT-2?

Dude, that's like comparing grapes to watermelons, or A 24 ounce steak to a bowl of apple sauce, two completely different pedals. MT-2 is more for metal (and actually can sound great if anyone bothered to master the EQ on it) the TS-9 is more for blues classic rock (maxed out it can do AC/DC). Hope that helps
POSTED: 12/01/2007 02:33pm]]> Comments Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:33:51 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_32 It will take a read idiot to actually go wrong with this thing.
...should check your spelling before you call people idiots :p

yeah i hear mostly praise for this pedal in combination with another distortion... I might grab one to try out with my fuzz face.
POSTED: 12/01/2007 07:49pm]]> Comments Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:49:43 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_33 POSTED: 12/02/2007 05:40pm]]> Comments Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:40:26 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_34 POSTED: 12/02/2007 08:28pm]]> Comments Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:28:00 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_35 THIS IS SO AMAZING EVEN DRUMMERS WANNA STEAL ITHaha, man, drummers want to steal EVERYTHING. Like every drummer ii know is so into gear they want everything. Haha, i guess i do too though, i like to have options and i enjoy a wide array of sounds.
POSTED: 12/02/2007 11:03pm]]> Comments Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:03:43 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_36 POSTED: 12/03/2007 05:24am]]> Comments Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:24:14 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_37 POSTED: 12/03/2007 12:05pm]]> Comments Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:05:02 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_38 POSTED: 01/02/2008 09:50pm]]> Comments Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:50:52 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_39 ammarrehman wrote:

and by the way. the Boss MT-2 is a ****ing amazing pedal. you have to spend time with it. Pedals aren't magic boxes that you can turn on and expect your tone to become legendary. you have to know how to use it and understand what it does. the MT-2 requires no other pedal other than a noise-gate and it can give you any kind of metal tone you want. the only reason i use the rig i use is because that stuff combined with a triple rectifier sounds better, all you need for practice is an MT-2 and an NS-2

you have a triple rec.
and use a boss mt-2.
.....ok then....
POSTED: 04/15/2008 03:41am]]> Comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:41:08 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_40 POSTED: 07/03/2008 05:43pm]]> Comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:43:21 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_41 POSTED: 07/03/2008 06:04pm]]> Comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:04:48 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_42 POSTED: 07/03/2008 08:39pm]]> Comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:42 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_43 POSTED: 07/03/2008 11:02pm]]> Comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:02:03 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_44 POSTED: 07/04/2008 07:46pm]]> Comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:46:43 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_45 POSTED: 07/07/2008 05:50pm]]> Comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:50:01 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_46 POSTED: 07/28/2008 04:49am]]> Comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:49:42 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_47 POSTED: 08/22/2008 09:25am]]> Comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:25:59 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_48 POSTED: 11/03/2008 01:35pm]]> Comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:35:15 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_49 POSTED: 11/03/2008 04:53pm]]> Comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:53:22 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_50 will-loves-zep wrote:

i need a booster for my solos to rise above the second guitar but will this give me much more volume?? should i look at a volume pedal instead?
NNNNOOOO volume pedals only act as a contraollable resistor to your volume this should work fine, take it put volume very high and gain relatively low.
POSTED: 11/03/2008 04:55pm]]> Comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:55:10 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_51 --/aa\bbbbb/aa\bbbbb/aa\ when a space grows it
-/----\----/----\----/----\ becomes more distorted
/bbbbb\aa/bbbbb\aa/bbbbb\but when b space shrinks and a space grows, it becomes true distortion.
POSTED: 11/03/2008 05:01pm]]> Comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:01:02 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_52 POSTED: 11/03/2008 08:48pm]]> Comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:48:28 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_53 POSTED: 01/27/2009 12:05pm]]> Comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:05:16 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_54 POSTED: 01/31/2009 02:11am]]> Comments Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:11:22 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_55 POSTED: 01/31/2009 04:58pm]]> Comments Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:58:04 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_56 sound a bot tooo tiny for i like the real bassy stuff
.bss pedal are my fav

tube screamer not RECOMMENDED
POSTED: 03/05/2009 11:49pm]]> Comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:49:27 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_57
These pedals are not just for tube amps.
POSTED: 05/05/2009 02:57pm]]> Comments Tue, 05 May 2009 14:57:15 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_58 POSTED: 08/20/2009 09:51pm]]> Comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:51:55 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_59 POSTED: 07/30/2010 09:09pm]]> Comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:09:19 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_60 POSTED: 05/09/2011 10:44pm]]> Comments Mon, 09 May 2011 22:44:59 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_61 IT'S REALLY GOOD. But not right for me. Any jazz or alternative artist would love this pedal, but not if you like metal. GET IT!
That's why this isn't called a "distortion" pedal. It's an OD that means it doesn't have that much distortion, it's more like a boost. It's meant to be used with your amp's OD channel to boost it for solos and if you just need more gain. And I think many metal bands use it for that. Of course you can use it with clean channel too for light overdrive.
POSTED: 10/19/2011 08:27am]]> Comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 08:27:41 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_62 that Tube Screamer, you must buy the TS808 Hand Wired Edition. Its price is three to four times higher than TS9's. If you can't afford the real thing, but still want the genuine sound, then you must get the TS808: the same thing, but with printed circuits instead of hand-wired Mogami cables. It's only two times more expensive than the TS9.
As for the TS9, it's a cheap, digital copy of the original Tube Screamer. It sounds good, but it's a noisy effect. At this price, you have a wide area of effects, some of them slightly better.
As usual, MaggaraMarine was right: the TS9 is meant to be used with your amp's OD, for a good metal sound. A little too muddy to my taste, but nevertheless metal.
POSTED: 10/19/2011 09:55am]]> Comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:55:51 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_63 POSTED: 10/19/2011 11:06am]]> Comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:06:01 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_64 POSTED: 10/19/2011 01:42pm]]> Comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:42:43 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_65 gregg freeman wrote:

to best describe the sound this baby creates, think of the stone roses - This is essential in a guitarists arsenal!

Can't believe I'm quoting a 5 year old comment, but this is so true. "I am the Resurection" has so many different tones coming from the TS.
POSTED: 10/20/2011 03:37am]]> Comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:37:06 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_66 POSTED: 01/12/2012 02:27am]]> Comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:27:58 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_67 POSTED: 01/26/2012 04:45am]]> Comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:45:52 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_68 POSTED: 08/09/2012 08:50am]]> Comments Thu, 09 Aug 2012 08:50:26 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_69 POSTED: 10/19/2012 03:04pm]]> Comments Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:04:14 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_70 POSTED: 01/23/2013 11:14pm]]> Comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:14:59 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_71
POSTED: 01/24/2013 03:58pm]]> Comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:58:16 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_72 POSTED: 01/25/2013 06:07pm]]> Comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:07:00 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/ibanez/ts9_tubescreamer/index.html#u_73 POSTED: 02/20/2013 02:57pm]]> Comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:57:29 -0500