Ibanez TS-7

Quite easy to use, I am still unsure why the knobs are set up like they are, but they are. I guess it would be better if you could switchh tfrom the ts-9 to the harsher "hot " mode with your foot. That would be useful.

It models a ts-9 well, and the distortion on the hot channel is a bit full of midrange, but it does not sound like a solid state crappy amp, so this is a giant plus.

I bought it used but it seems reliable enough, as tough as a boss pedal for sure.

I own a Boss DS-1, a TS-9, a danelectro daddy-o, a hm-zone 2 and various other effect for distortion. My main amps are a vox valvetronix ad-120 vt and a Magatone m-15a 65 watt vintage all tube. On my pedal board is the Ds-1 and ts-9. I use them separate and together for leads. This pedal faithfully recreates the ts-9 sound and I like the added distortion of the hot mode. I couldn't resist buying it for 20 dollars. It is really worth this price, and IF my ts-9 was gone I would throw this on the pedal board without reservation. There are a lot of nice intricacies here- the level knob, teh tone and how it interplays with the tubes.

Bottom line, decent analog sounding pedal.

Bought this pedal because it seemed pretty straight forward, 3 knobs nothing hard. Manual was included but not need it, it is one page of common sense in x number of languages.

I have a pedal board full of stuff (ie. a crybaby, big muff, whammy pedal, noise gate, talkbox adnauseum) got this pedal for a Crate VTX^% 50 watt 1x12 with a 3 button switch,3 channels and built in effects ( reverb, delay, auto wah, toch wah, phaser etc.) use the pedal board on a Vox AC30 and a Fender "Frankenstein" amp. Good sound quality with the VTX65, enhances the amps effects nicely, using an Epi LP Standard, 2 Carlson Tele copies, a 335 copy and a couple of vintage Gibson Lp Standards. Clean is clean, distortion is off the chain

have used it without back up no problem, metal casing and adapter seem very road worthy.

Haven't needed it.

A keeper,. Great with the great amp, haven't tried it with the others(have an older Tubescreamer for them). Would recommend this for anyone, especially a newbie because of price, sound quality and ease of use.

Very easy to use if you are familiar with the TS-9.

I use it with a couple of differten tube amps; Fender musicmaster, Crate v5, and Pignose g40v. I play mainly strat, sometimes tele or SG. This is a very nice sounding box.

Seems rugged, have had no trouble, so kinda hard to rate.

Can't comment, never used.

Ok, this is my bottom line. DO NOT waste your money on a "brown modded" ts9. I challenge anyone out there to differentiate between this pedal and the ts9. I know we all like the classics, but as one reviewer said, Ibanez knows what they are doing. And the price of this pedal is unbeatable. Spend your money on this because it is well worth it.

Very simple to use...level gain and tone (like the TS 9) and one switch to the "hot" mode.

GREAT! I try it with Fender Stratocaster Reissue and Fender Stratocaster '79 plugged into my Fender Hot Rod Deville and Fender Twin amp...It sound very good,natural and sweet like the TS 9.
Tone level and drive are very sensitive and realy changes your sound.
I lkie also the "hot" mod,it sound similar to the Ibanez Tube King.
IT' really a very good pedal!

I'm a professional guitar player and i love tubescreamer TS 9 and TUBEKING since 1997. I have many other overdrive and distortion pedal (boss od-3, boss ds-1, boss sd-1,boss bd-2).
IBANEZ TS 7 it's very good pedal,great sound and small price ( i've payed only 30 $ on ebay!!!).

It's no problem to turn the 3 buttons in the wished position and the the big kick-switch tight enough to prevent a change by accident

I play a Fender Stratocaster with seymour duncan pic ups and an Epiphone Les Paul into a Fender Blues Deville 4x10.

The TS offers a powerful sound especially in addition to the standard overdrive of my amplifier. I even contemplate buying a second one because i like the different sounds it makes when it's used in front of and after the preamp.
If you push the tone level very high or low it really changes extreme while it is pretty constant in the middle region.
In my opinion it is perfect in conjunction with amps which doesn't have a high overdrive or to give a warm tube crunch.

never had problems very robust

I would recommend it to players who like blues and rock

Very straight forward and most settings make a good sound.

Its been debated already. I can't comment on on how "original" it is. Last time I played an original ts9 was when they were new 20 years ago. I can say it sounds great specially compared to my boss df-1 super dist and feedback. The boss is a toy by comparison. I'm not fooled into thinking I have a tube amp but the ts-7 is a well voiced pedal. I bought this as an inexpensive pedal that I could modify but after playing it I'm going to hold off any changes. I'll modify the boss instead. If I hurt it there's no loss.

It seems to be built like a tank. Its obviously metal and should last a long time. I want to comment on something I haven't seen mentioned here. I opened my ts-7 up and looked inside. It has the famed JRC4558 chip although it makes sense that the diodes that do the clipping may make the most difference in the sound. As I dug in I was amazed at the build quality. 4 or 5 component boards and very hight quality wiring all in detachable harnesses. The 1/4" jacks are not connected to the metal chassis but to metal brackets inside that are screwed to the chassis. Frankly it looked over engineered and overly complicated to build but its so reasonably priced I must assume it was designed for automated assembly. Its not hard to get into. I see they could have built it with a single pc board by mounting all jacks and pots on the board but that always causes broken solder joints. I took it half apart and it went well. Very high quality but it does use self tapping screws into the chassis so if you were to take it apart too many times the screw holes would likely strip out. Also the push-in pots are a great gimmick. Possibly useful but certainly more costly than simpler ones.
The insides may not matter to most users but there are many who may want to modify their ts-7 into an 808 or ts-9. There are many hotrod tips on the internet and the price makes it affordable to play with.

If they make it work this well and this solid then it seems their job is done.

I really have not used it enough as guitar effect but its great as a science experiment.

Easy, 3 knobs and a switch. Manual I found useful, but didn't really need.

Sonic revelation!

I play through a multitude of effects into a Laney VC15. I use this to take the overdrive of the amp into proper distortion, and this is does perfectly.

I don't give two shits whether it sounds like a 'Proper' TS-9, it sounds good to me.

Incidently, I was always under the impression that Tubescreamers were called thusly because they were supposed to be used to boost tube amps. I've seen so many poor reviews of this good product from ignorant fools who use it as a standalone distortion pedal on thier solid state amps, and who then complain when it sounds like shit. Think people!

Only had it a week, but have already fallen in love. I had the FZ-7 for months without fail, and have had the PM-7 for a while now too.

I suspect this TS-7 is no different.

So many people complain about the small internal switch and how it will fail. Has it failed? No. So shush.

The manual it came with had loads of languages, told what everything did, and gave a few suggested settings. I like the latter.

Never dealt with Ibanez, but I hear they don't like responding to enquiries...

This is a great pedal, and for what I use it for, it does well. I paid just ??35 for it, but would have paid twice as much if I had to. Luckily, I didn't need to.

very simple pedal... just remember that the "tone" knob makes a huge difference depending on where your drive and volume setting are set.

the "hot" switch is very nice when shifting into leads... just wish you could activate it by foot... anyway you look at it, that little switch is not easy to use when playing live. taking off 2 points for that.

this pedal can dial in very nice blues (from smooth to gritty) and can also dial in very nice overdriven rock and roll. the lead tones from this pedal are exceptionally huge and violin like, if set up right with some volume going on, via a tube amp, and a smidgen of delay behind it.

while i continue to perform side by side comparisons with the ts-7 and my old RAT, the TS-7 seems to have the lead spot in my chain and gets used the most. the RAT is very edgy and will not provide the smoother bluesy tones of the TS-7 quite as well (but close).

seems to be fine in the dependability department, mine is somewhere around 2-3 years old now with no issues. yes it is a gig worthy piece of equipment... but then so are most pedals on the market today. so since this one is built stoutly and came to me for only $39 brand new, i'm gonna give it a 10 here.

i have no idea... i have never dealt with the company.

rock and roll mainly... improvised with blues and my own styles. i'm 51 and have been playing since i was 8-9 but i should be a much better player than i am.. i have owned a lot of gear in my many years of playing, but this pedal only plays through my G&L ASAT and my 1974 Music Man 112/65 amp. if stolen i'd probably buy another or the TS-9(???). i would definitely consider getting one that has been professionally modded as well. if the modded TS-7 sounds any better than it already sounds out of the box from ibanez... that would be pretty darn sweet.

Very easy.

Tube screamers aren't for everyone. They reproduce the sounds of the early 70's natural overdrive tube amps. Compared to the TS-9 reissue, in standard mode it is identical in sound. I paired both up and could not find a different tone between the two on many configurations of settings. My opinion is if you want a TS-9 and don't want to pay 3X the price, get the TS-7. The added HOT mode gives it one more feature the TS-9 doesn't have. It basically converts the petal to a higher distortion that you may or may not like. But there's no rule saying you have to use it. Is there?

I bought mine as a store demo with the battery door not holding and the rubber backing missing, but othwise, just fine. I paid $25 for it 2 yrs ago. I spent $.45 on some rubber "feet" at a hardware store and rigged the battery door so that it appears without any defect by stuffing an 0-ring inside the latch channel. It has still operated perfectly for me all this time. I then sold my TS-9 on ebay for $80!
(Retail new was $99)

To sum it up, get it if you want a TS-9 and want to save a lttle dough.

ez to use only 3 knobs and switch so not much tweaking to do

not bad when i first tried it but after awhile it wasnt what I was looking for, a bit muddy or muffly or flabby or somthing but this pedal is better than the Fuzz and de7 tonelock pedals so that is saying alot and not much at the same time...

Telecaster, Epiphone sheraton 2, Fender deville 212, various other pedals...

didnt have it long enough to tell but it seemed built like other stomp boxes that use metal like boss or Dod etc.

just wanted to try it out to be honest and didnt like it after about an hour of playing it but at first it seemed like good distortion so I recommend this pedal for people on a budget who need an overdrive dirt pedal and cant find anything better, the tone lock is cool too, this pedal had velcro on the bottom of it when i got it from pawn shop so someone -i dont know who- thought it well enough to keep for awhile before giving it up i guess so...