Analogman True Vintage Mod Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer w/Orange LED

Description: I can.not believe I'm selling this.Once upon a time I had an Analogman Classic/Brown mod TS9, a silver mod, and this True Vintage mod on hand at the same time and this was my favorite, and the choice was pretty clear.This has the very expensive True Vintage mod with the JRC chip, I believe (I can't find for sure if it was that or the new RC chip, but I'm about 95% sure it's the JRC). Sounds incredible. Also has an upgraded orange LED and is modded to true-bypass!See below for info from Analogman.Some minor wear but overall excellent and works great. "The TRUE VINTAGE mod is a fun mod, like putting original PAF's into a '59 reissue Les Paul (but a lot cheaper!!). To do this, we use a new Old Stock (NOS) actual early 1980s IC chip of the exact type used in an old TS-808. We ran out of the JRC4558D chip in early 2017 but we can use rare TL4558P chip. The TL4558P chip is a Texas Instruments chip, made in Japan as is the JRC chip... The exact original TS-808 sound is what we are going for with the TV mod, it is a classic due to the components they used which worked together wonderfully. We are not "fixing problems" with the TS808, as they have been used for some of the best live and recorded tones ever. That would be like plastic surgery on Halle Berry- some people might like larger, um, "parts" but sometimes the original is just wonderful! Have you ever heard anyone say "SRV played great but he needed more low end"? By the way, Cesar Diaz was a friend and we communicated a lot about pedals and amps. I helped him and sold his pedals and he was very generous with info and even gave me a vintage Fender amp transformer free. He didn't modify SRV's Tube Screamers, but did modify some of his Fuzz Face pedals. We are getting as close as possible to the subtle nuances of the best of the old TS-808 pedals with this TRUE VINTAGE mod.On the left is Jim Weider comparing his old TS-808 (which he rebuilt into a TS9 case after Rick Danko stepped on it- note the TS808 knobs!) with our new TS-808 reissue True Vintage mod. I used a dual loop box with a switch to switch between the loops. It also has a toggle switch to turn off the LED so you can do true blind comparison tests. After testing for a while, you determine which one you like best and why, then turn on the LED switch and see which one it is. You have to use this blind method otherwise there will be psychological bias. When we did this, Jim picked our new pedal as often (actually more often!) than his, proving we had FINALLY been able to capture the true vintage tone of his old TS-808.We don't like to put a true bypass stomp switch on these as they look a bit funny that way. If you want true bypass, the Maxon OD-9 with one of our 808 mods is the best bet and cheaper, and looks fine as the stock switch is true bypass. But if you want a TS-808 or TS-9 with true bypass we can do that along with one of our mods. Here is a picture of the TS-808 silver (RE-J sticker) with the bypass switch.What is the difference between the TV mod and Silver mod?Someone asks me this every day so I will put some info here. The silver mod is explained in detail on the Silver Mod page. The Silver Mod is designed for people who want more clarity, less compression and midrange than a standard tube screamer. The TV mod is the exact vintage TS808 circuit and sound, ultimate warmth and smoothness. But the differences between silver and TV are pretty subtle, if you have not played tube screamers much you probably will not hear a lot of difference. Just choose silver if you strive for clarity, or TV if you like vintage tones and warmth. You really can't go wrong with either choice. "

Price: 265 USD

Location: Midland, Michigan

End Time: 2024-10-12T00:23:23.000Z

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