Tube screamer

Ibanez Tube Screamer TS9

A Tube Screamer is an effects device for distorting the audio signal for the electric guitar or the pedalboard of the guitar rig . The overdrive pedal was developed by the Ibanez company . It is produced in different versions by Ibanez as well as by other manufacturers and is one of the most copied pedals.

description

The pedal emulates the non-linear distortion of an overdriven tube amplifier and produces an artificial overtone spectrum with a warm distorted sound. The device has three controls: Level, Tone and Drive. The volume control (level) regulates the distorted signal, but leaves the original signal unchanged and thus enables an adjustment to one another. The tone control (Tone) changes the frequency range of the upper middle spectrum and allows sound variations from snappy-sharp to butter-soft. The degree of distortion is controlled with the help of the drive knob. The higher the degree of distortion, the lower the dynamic range of the effect signal.

On the side is the input socket for the guitar (IN) and opposite the output socket (OUT) for the amplifier. (Both 1/4 "TS jack sockets ) The IN socket also has a switching contact which switches off the built-in battery as soon as no instrument is connected to protect it. With the foot switch on the top you can switch between normal signal and distorted signal A bright LED indicates the operating status even on very brightly lit stages. Power is supplied either by a built-in 9 V battery (IEC 6F22) or an external 9 V power supply unit. The TS808DX can also be equipped with an adapter switch 18 V = operating voltage.

Variations

• TS808 - The first tube screamer had a Japanese JRC-4558 chip. Some units had the RC4558P chip from Texas Instruments.
• TS9
• TS10
• TS5
• TS7
• TS808DX has a switch for the boost and a switch for the order of distortion and boost.
• TS808HW hand-wired version
• TS9DX
• TS9B pedal for electric bass
• TS Mini

Known users

• Trey Anastasio - TS9
• Joe Bonamassa - TS808
• Jerry Cantrell - TS808HW
• Gary Clark Junior - TS9
• The Edge - TS9
• Kim Gordon -TS9
• Buddy Guy - TS9
• Kirk Hammett - TS9
• Greg Howe - TS9
• John Mayer - TS808, TS9, TS10
• Joan Jett - TS9DX
• Carlos Santana - TS9
• Andy Timmons - TS808
• Steve Vai - TS9DX
• Stevie Ray Vaughan - TS808, TS10

Web links

• Vintage guitar effects: Ibanez Tube Screamer History , analogman.com
• Martin Thewes, Thomas Berg: Little Green Monster: The Ibanez Tube Screamer Story , Guitar & Bass , June 17, 2015

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dave Hunter: Guitar effects pedals: the practical handbook . Hal Leonard, 2004, ISBN 978-0-87930-806-3 , pp. 68-71.
2. ↑ Shawn Hammond: Rig Rundown: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. In: premierguitar.com. Retrieved January 8, 2016 .