Ashbass TS-9 Mod

TS-808 with brown mod in a TS-9 case, 3 knobs and a switch.
No manual, but very easy to use

This was the first pedal I ever bought, and the best! Now I have a Sovtek big muff, Dunlop Jimi Wah, Digitech RP-150 and Behringer multi-fx and EQ, all between 3 USA Strats and my Music Man HD-130/210 stack (or tweed Blues Jr). No matter what I have plugged in or turned on, the Ashbass TS-9 is always part of it. It just makes the tone come to life, it's dead without it. You do get a bit of background fuzz with the first 2 knobs when you turn them all the way up, but it corresponds with a rise in volume, so you can just roll down the guitar and filter it out easy enough.

Had it about 6 months, no trouble at all.

If I lost all my pedals, I'd have t replace this one for sure. Only one other would I have to replace, the RP-150 but that could be any of the modelers.

Plug in and play!
The combinations are endless.
Each turn of each of the three knobs changes the tone.

This is a great sounding pedal. Warm not harsh.
I use with an AC-30 and the result is excellent.
From crunchy rhythm to soaring leads.

Have not had it that long, but seems solid to me.

Communicated well during transaction.
Have not had to contact with problems

I play Rock/Power Pop.
I would purchase it again for sure.

Very easy to use. No problems

Incredible sound. When you play a chord you can listen to all the strings.

Very good

I've had several TS9's unmodded before and this one is just as easy as the others. I play with tone on 10 and level on about 5. Drive I usually have very low because I just use this pedal to add some punch to my normal sound. Very easy.

Oh yes. The pedal when I got sounded great. Just like the description on ebay said. I emailed ashbas about having even less gain and he told me to unsolder one of his added parts. That little thing made the pedal on drive=0 have almost no overdrive at all. At last! a true clean boost TS9! Undoing that part did also undo the "extra gain on 10" but I don't need that anyway. Thanks ashbass for the tip!!

No problem

The best. Thanks again!

I play rock and blues. It's a great match (moreso now). I've been playing 10 years. Stolen? I'll always have at least one of these so yeah I'd get another for sure. I love the true clean boost with drive on zero. don't hate anything.

TS-9 AshBass Mod. Easy to use even a monkey can make it work.

This is my second one... I own two. I use it with my large road rig (see jamesallan.org) I actually use it with several different rigs and I have found it to be very transparent. I love the sound it... Not HARSH!!! That is the key. I use it with JMP, Laney VH100, Twin Reverb, and JMP-1. Just enough lowend response...not boomy.

No issues here.

Never had to have it repaired but if I did I know that i could depend on AshBass to fix it.

I have owned a number of modded pedals and I took a chance on this TS-9 because of others opinions and I am very glad I did.

Easy to use. No problem getting a good sound out of this pedal. No manual is needed.

Sound quality is what it's all about. This modded TS-9 delivers! My chain includes 3 guitars, an Ibanez AG-75 with Classic '57s, an LP Vintage Mohogany, and a 50th Anniv Strat into > Crybaby way > TU-9 > modded CS-3 (Humphrey) > Ashbass TS-9 > DD-3 > into a Deluxe Reverb RI. A little noise with the single coils in the strat, but not noticeable when playing and not bad when not playing. I get fabulous tone with this setup and the Ashbass is a big part of it. I've compared it "inline" with an unmodded TS-9DX and the Ashbass sounds much fuller, has stronger OD, and I get nice overtones with this setup.

No reliability issues. Seems very solid. I wouldn't be afraid to kick it around any.

Ashley Bass seems like a good guy, responds to emails and we chatted a little. Shipping took a little longer than I expected, but it was DEFINATELY worth the wait!

I play blues and blues based rock, been playing for 24 years. This unit fits my style perfectly and I love it. Not for metal IMO. I would buy another if it were lost or stolen. The thing I like most about it is the tone! It is sweet and uncolored. It just adds some nice beef. I'd highly recommend this pedal. I wish it costs less, but price is fair compared to a new one. The mod isn't very expensive.........they're just overpriced when new.

3 knobs, Drive, Tone and Level. No surprises.

I've never tried any of the other various tube screamer mods or versions out there, but this one is far and away the nicest sounding distortion pedal I've ever used. I'm by no means a pro, I just play for fun, but I can easily get a nice warm AC/DC tone, or Dave Gilmour type lead sounds. I'm using a Laney LC15R with a Marshall 1912 cab, and the tube screamer gave a decent boost to my Epiphone Nighthawk's weedy top end. Sounds best with my Dean V however, great big fat rock sounds. Love it!

There was a minor issue with the foot switch, but Ash Bass gave me very fast feedback and extremely clear instructions on how to correct it. I had it working reliably withing a couple of hours of contacting them.

See above.

I mostly play rock, sometimes veering towards metal. You'd need to combine this with some other effects to get a really crunchy rhythm metal sound, but for rock it sounds great and for lead gives great sustain without being noisy or out of control. I can't recommend these pedals enough. It's so much easier to play good guitar when you're not struggling against your gear.

three knobs and a button...c'mon.

gibson es175/gibson les paul - vintage '67 Fender Twin Reverb

everything you'd expect of the tube screamer. from mild warmth to crunchy distortion, sounds good all the way.

so far so good, no gigs with it yet but held up in a couple 3 hour jams.

purchased on ebay - fast to ship, great customer service wise too.

play a variety of styles - blues, jazz, funk, rock, folk...

11 years as a guitarist, stayed away from any and all distortion pedals. this one's got the warmth rather than the grit.

3 knobs and on/off. My kind of pedal. The mods seem to make the 3 parameters very usable - they all have a distinctive effect on the sound

The warmest, cleanest sounds you will get with a valve amp. If you just want to overdrive a clean channel or push a crunch sound that bit further, this is the pedal for you. All the dynamics of the guitar are brought out, no fuzz just raunch if you want it and singing sustain if you don't. Pinch harmonics are all there with higher tone settings. I'm using it with a Fender Prosonic (all valve boutique amp, kind of the nearest Fender got to Mesa Boogie type) which has a clean and overdrive channel. Works great with both and brings out the best in my Strat, Tele & the warmest sustain from a LP

Only just got it and not gigged yet but it looks built to last so I'll guess an 8 from experience

Great sales service but I only just got it. Arrived in 5 days from the US to UK, well packaged & exactly as described

I play blues, blues rock, country rock, heavy rock and into the shred zone. This pedal adds clarity and warmth to all the guitar/pickup/amp settings I have tried. If you are in search of tone and love that part of Santana, SRV, Duane Allmann, Gary Moore that is nothing to do with the notes they play then you will not be disappointed. Can't wait to test out every combo of sounds & licks!

The Ibanez TS-9 Modd is Easy to get a good sound... Easy a heck to use... 3 knobs.. Put a 9V in..

I'm a jazz guitarist in a B3 band.. I use a Fender Deluxe Reverbe amp with a Gibson ES-175.. I bought the pedal too help get some mid out of my amp and Fatten up the sound.. It does that and give a lite grimey sound I love.. Like early Martino...

I gig for a living.. I play at lest 5 night a week.. with 2 gig a day and teach.. I have use this pedal for 3 days.. I feel I can depend on it.. only thing is batteries do die.. back up batteries..

The guy shipped fast from ebay.. That was nice...

I play Jazz and Blues.. The pedal works for both and can have multipule perposes... I've been playing for 13 year.. I owne a lot of different amps and guitars.. If it was stolen of lost.. I would get another one.. I love the Mid it gives me on my amp and the lite overdive.... I feel like I found my sound useing this pedal.. Thanks..

No brainer!

SRV, Santana, Steve Vai, all in the ranges of this unit. Need to put a good compressor infront of it tho.

Made to take a beating.

Nice folks. They know their stuff.

I use a Vox Snake Charmer Tube compressor as well as a Boss cs3 for a different sound, the TS9 ( I'll be buying another for a second loop), a DD3 delay unit and two vintage VOX AC30s. Nothing better in the whole world now. Life is complete. I want for nothing more.

Everything completed that needs doing.

Excellent all around

Great so far. Only used for a few gig's.

Perfect transaction. Need more sellers like this.

Great product and excellent service. Great experience.

As easy as the original Tubescreamer

A very quiet pedal, easy to dial in a variety of great sounds, from mild grind to complete meltdown. Running a 79 Gibson SG through my modded Traynor YBA-1 Bassman (Basically a Marshall Plexi circuit)the pedal sounded just fantastic, smooth distortion and gowl, yet still nicely defined at just about all settings-- not muddy at all. No problem getting that Clapton Bluesbreakers/early Cream era sound with both the SG and a Gibson Les Paul, although the Paul was definitely darker and lacking the same punch on the bass strings. This is a warm sounding pedal that perfectly compliments the EL34 tube type sound-- after a number of so-so pedals with temperamental personalities this one has been a pleasant surprise.

Only had it a few hours, but sure I'd use it on a gig, why not!

Good communication and feedback, I wouldn't expect there'd be a problem if I needed a repair/upgrade or whatever.

If stolen or lost, I'd buy another in an instant.

100% Ease of Use. It only has 3 controls, anyone can do it...
No manual needed.

These guys have nailed it!! This unit gets anything from pure country tones, to jazz, to southern rock, but to go real heavy stuff unless you use 2 of these pedals, then you can really rock.

So far so good!! and I"ve had 4 of them on my boards for quite a while now.

Never dealt with them other than when I bought the items and they were great then.

The overall perfect pedal for all styles. Great product.

Simple to use. Standard buttons/ knobs.

Great sound quality. Warmer than anticipated- smoother, too. This aint your daddy's TS9! Using Hamer strat copy and vintage super reverb.

Seems to hold up. Construction wasn't weakened.

Awesome to deal with! Great customer service! Happy to do business with them again!

Lots of blues and funk. This opens up for a variety of different sounds.

Creamier and smoother than my other stock TS9.

Three knobs, one switch, idiot proof.

I admit I bought it because of the hype! Keeley was too expensive and didn't fancy modding it myself. Was ready to be dissapointed but WASN'T! Through my Strat and V2 it sounds warm, creamy and old school, bluesy enough for Clapton. I play through a JCM2000 DSL and am only using the clean settings now because through my SG this pedal overdrives plenty, more than enough for Foo Fighters and QOTSA stuff. It WONT make you sound like SRV because your NOT SRV! but it's a damn good overdrive pedal.

Not sure of reliability but fingers crossed.

Only just got it so no comment.

I play all sorts of stuff. Been playing for 25 years. I have a Gibson SG, Gibson V2 and an 85 Jap Strat through a Crybaby, phase 90, TS-9 (now), Uni-vibe into a JCM2000 DSL50 or JMP MK2 Masterlead 100. The TS-9 probably completes my rig now.

3 knobs (tone,drive,vol) same as usual.

using with fender tube amp and american series strat
the mods on this pedal are great you get everything the ts808 will give you only with a great low end response and a bit more drive, much smoother sounding than the stock ts9.

metal chassis pedal never had a problem and ive been knownto have a "heavy" foot. Would definetly gig with it eith no worries.

answers emails and questions in mins. not days like some others Im very impressed by the support they give thier customers.

blues, rock - great match
playing for 18+ yrs
if lost or stolen theres no doubt id get another.
love the great tone improved low end and other great mods.
almost bought a 808, glad I didnt this one sounds twice as good.
would like to get an adapter for it.

super easy to use. three big knobs and one big button to turn it on or off- no way to get confused.

i've only had it for about a week, played it through just one guitar (81 fender lead II), but i have found it very versatile. range from light overdriven sound to real distortion. no loss of great tone from low to high, never sounds muddy. makes my guitar sound like it was expensive! i cant wait to play with some humbuckers...

i cant imagine this thing breaking- theres nothing fragile on it. its like a small battleship. i cant vouch for battery life(hence the 9 rating), as i've only played with it plugged into the wall, but as far as durability, it would survive any gig.

never spoken to ibanez, but i bought it from ashbass on ebay, and she/they(?) are particularly friendly.

i think i would buy this pedal again, but i really havent tried a lot of other pedals like it, so i might give something else a whirl. but thats not to say that i am not completely satisfied. i love that it is sooo easy to pull good tone out of it- pretty empossible to make it sound bad. it would sound great by itself or as something to ad a little extra to your lead line. good for any style of music that might need great creamy tone. doesnt leave much out does it?

Just plug it in and it wails... great sound...

Strats, Pauls, 335s... all sound great. Drives my Carvin 100W halfstack with ridiculous ease... great SRV sounds with the Strat-DeVille combo...

My first experience, will use again certainly.

I play Rock, Blues-rock, Prog.... I've wanted one of these since I used a friends' stock TS9... this one is way better by far..... now he wants one like mine.... I have DOD, Digitech, Boss(yech), and now this... blows the others away.... awesome

The use is soo much easy! 3 knobs, like any usual TS9! I have a "mod" one, so it have been upgraded!

It sound great! the modification (chipset) Is really usefull! It hads more bass in the sound.

I use it in my pedal board, and it will probably be one f my favorite!

I bought Ashley TS9 MOD on ebay!

This pedal sound amazing! As far as i'm conerned I feel this round and creamy sound. The light grain (which is not the only sound that you can do with) that I use is a perfect union with my Marshall amps!

Pour les francais: Cette pedale est monstrueuse! Le son et super, doux, moelleux, et crunchy a souhait! elle vaux moin cher qu'une reissue classic en passant par ASHBASS! Serieux foncez, je suis deja fan moi!

Very wide range of usuable distortion is available with the Ashbass mod, more than other TS-9 mods that I've tried.

Great sonics with Strats and Les Pauls through various Fender/Marshall amps. The maxxed gain settings really scream; truly excellent!

Used these mostly in the studio. No problems at all.

Ashbass always responded quickly to questions about the TS-7 and TS-9 mods that he does. Very pro-active.

The best TS-9 mod that I've used. Exceptional versatility at a great price. I'm using these on all my new pedalboards now. Highly recommended!

It's very easy to have a good sound, just put the jack and you can have the sound you are looking for

Sound quality is great! I was looking for a Stevie Ray Vaughan sound and I found it

I play with the pedal always on adn I use a volume pedal to increase or decrease the amount of distorsion

The best of Ashley is customer support. the help during transaction was incredible, communication was great. Everything you can have from a great vendor!

I play rock-blues as SRV way and this pedal was what I'm looking for to have that sound.
Ashley was great during transaction cause we had some problems with the expedition but Ashley solved everything. Thank you again!

It is a stompbox with three knobs, easy to use. Setups are easy to come by and believe me, playing covers you need more than 1 overdrive setup.

This is the best OD I have ever owned...I use it to push a Boss Blues Driver when I want a really overdriven sound and use it as a boost to my Lonestar's Gain channel.

I play a '52 Reissue Ash Telecaster w/ Duncan Antiquities PUPS through a MESA Lonestar.

So far, so good.

I have not had to complain, but the answers to my questions prior to ebay purchase were very forthcoming and honest as it turns out.

I play rock, disco, country, metal, blues, and everything in between.

This kills the regular TS-9 or 808. You need the mod, believe me.

Unbelievably easy to plug in and dial up a nice sound.

I'm using a Fender Jeff Beck Strat & a Carvin TL60T running an un-modded TS-9, Ashbass TS9, EH Electric Mistress [love Andy Summers], and Phase 90 into a '76 Twin Reverb.

This pedal is tremendous. The tone is amazing. I can go from clean boost to SRV/John Mayer to Chevelle all by turing the drive knob clockwise from ZERO.

This pedal kicks the crap out Fulltone Full-Drives, Blues Drivers, and pretty much anything else in this price range.

Works everytime I step on it. I'm completely unconcerned about it crapping out on me.

Ashley Bass is a super guy. Responds to emails ASAP and thanks me when I post nice things about his pedals on the internet. What more could you ask for???

I'm just a blues rock guy and this thing covers the gamut for me. I don't need anything else.

I've played since I was 16 or 17; I'm 24 now. What's my age again?

If it was lost or stolen I'd just buy another one; nothing else comes close to this thing's tone. I love the extra gain and bass on this thing.

This thing is muudy or dark like a fulldrive and doesn't cost $220.

I do wish the tone knob did more to shape the tone...but, i'd never dime the tone knob anyways... so i can't complain really.

VERY EASY TO USE, THREE KNOBS. START AT NOON AND TAKE IT WHERE YOU WANT.

IT SOUNDS GREAT, DRIVES MY ORANGE AD-30 JUST FINE.

I LIKE CLASSIC ROCK SOUNDS, COUNTRY ROCK, JAZZ-ROCK, _____ROCK, AND THIS WITH MY DELAY IS A NICE MIX, OR SEPARATE. THE BOTTOM LINE: MY ORANGE AMP SOUNDS GREAT WITH STRAIGHT SIGNAL OR I CAN ADD SOME DELAY OR SOME DRIVE AND IT GETS F____IN' BIGGER BUT NO BETTER (IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE VOLUMN FOR ME, IT'S ABOUT THE PRESENCE). IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GREAT TUBE AMP THEN I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS PEDAL WILL MAKE MUCH DIFFERENCE OVER ANOTHER..BUT REMEMBER, THIS IS MY OPINION AND NO ONE PAYS ME TO GIVE IT, I JUST DO :-). IT'S ALL INDIVIDUAL TASTE BUT THIS PEDAL IS A SOUPED UP VERSION OF THE STOCK TD-9, AND I THINK FOR THE ADDITIONAL $20 IS WELL WORTH IT (THAT ALSO INCLUDED SHIPPING).