Ibanez TS9DX

Please read previous reviews ...The major thing about this unit that many of the negative reviews fail to recognize this is a Overdrive pedal not a Distortion pedal...

This pedal if used properly will give you what it is advertised as a Tube Screamer..It is not a high gain distortion pedal..The TS9 and Turbo mode are the two settings i use the most..I use the TS-9 for pushing leads and the Turbo for a warm rhythm setting..
In the TS-9 mode it is mostly used with the lead channel of my Marshal to give it the extra push through the mix that is sometimes needs .When using it in this manner i kick it on as needed not as a full time pedal ..
In the Turbo mode it reminds me a whole lot of the BBE green screamer which is one of my favorite overdrive effects boxes..When using it in this mode i use it on the clean channel along with a EHX soul preacher for a warm mellow slightly overdriven tone..

It appears pretty tough although i do have a problem with it..The board that connects to the power supply jack has cracked and a piece fell off so that i must be careful not to push the board back into the box when connecting a power supply..

I have never owned any other Ibanez pedals but have owned 3 different Ibanez guitars...I have found the people easy to deal with at Ibanez as far as the guitar side of there business goes..But have not tried to contact them about the pedal although i may on the previous mentioned problem..

I play mostly electric Blues and blues based rock..With occasional hard rock and metal thrown in when the feeling hits to relive earlier days..I have been playing for 25 + years with the majority of those years as a professional musician making a living one way or another in the music industry..
There really anything super remarkable about this pedal it does its job and does it well ..It is a real working class pedal..It is something needed for my kit but not the type thing to rave about..
I compared it with the regular TS-9 and 808 along with the BBE green screamer..I think all those pedals fit into the same category as this one ..Truth be told i like the BBE green Screamers for full time tone better but this is more versatile for lead work as well as the full time previous mentioned tone..
If it came up missing i would replace it with a pre modded Keeley version instead of having this one modded as i plan on doing ...That will make this pedal something to rave about ..

Ibanez TS9DX. Same as TS9 plus 3 alternate modes. Tone knob, gain knob, level knob, and the mode selector knob. I give it a 7 because of the volume boost between modes.

The sound on this pedal is very authentic. It sounds very close to a tube distortion. Not quite there, but close. The modes drop in gain while increasing in volume from TS9->Plus->Hot->Turbo. I am using mine in conjunction with an MXR Distortion 3 on Turbo mode. The TS9DX provides most of my tone, while the distortion 3 adds extra gain. I am going guitar->distortion 3->TS9DX->other effects->amp, and it sounds wonderful. I have my amp set to a clean sound and use the distortions to boost it into overdrive. It is FANTASTIC as a "channel" switcher. I would not recommend it as an "always-on" style pedal, as it mudds up the clean tone if doing your switching from the amp.

It seems very sturdy. I plan on gigging without a backup.

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Overall, an excellent pedal. Like I said, I need to add the distortion 3 on top of it to get a nice thick distortion. But this box has all the tone you could need, just needs the gain boost to be used for more high gain situations.

Very, very simple. Foolproof.

Love it. Gritty, fat (if you want it to be) just the right amount of gain for most grown up types of rock music. None of the fizzy high-freq overlaying artifacts that I get with BD2 or other pedals. Personally I could occasionally do with a little more gain depending on how pushed the amp is by it's self. I use hot PU's so this also helps get me in the zone. Having said that I've put Single coils into it and it still hangs in there with the right amount of gain/distortion.

I've spent too much money lately on pedals. I have been very disappointed with several boutique pedals which do not come up to scratch build-wise. One of the reasons I love this pedal is because it has all the right build ingredients and design features. It's heavy for it's size and instills a sense of confidence. I have Ibanez pedals that I have used for over a decade and are still going strong.

This is always the section that tarnishes a good product reputation... either because you need it or because you don't... I have never needed it. There's always a 50/50 chance so I'll give them 5.5 and round it up.

I read a few of these other reviews. Look, this is a pedal with a switch. It's designed to be switched on and off to CHANGE the sound of your amp/guitar. It's not going to fix a bad sounding rig, there is no magic, it won't cover up your sloppy musicianship. so in that respect this is not your answer. It's not transparent and I would be disappointed if it were. For 100 bucks... I want to hear something happen. If you are feeling that you need to leave something switched on to tailor your sound then perhaps you rig is not up to par. Perhaps you're not playing the right guitar/amp.

Also addressing the JRC chip issue: If it matters to you, the JRC4558D is the one chip that was common in both the TS9 and the 808. It is the one that is in the current production model. If you still believe that the chip matters more than, or even [i]as much as[/i]??? a cable or a preamp tube, for example, then watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpTv2jAree8

Then go play your guitar...

Very easy.

Not good. I too bought this pedal based on the reputation of the "Tube Screamer" name and thought the DX would have a little more flexability if I needed it.

I ran it through a ISP Decimator into a BBE sonic stomp and into my amp: B52 AT100. My hope was that this would at the slightest amount of dirt to my clean channel to make it sound more vintage and enhance the overdrive channels to give more life to my crunch and lead..basically an "on all the time" pedal that would increase the overall signal received by the amp.

The result was not what I wanted. First of all the pedal has a lot more break-up than I expected. I basically had to turn down the gain knob to almost zero to get the kind of clean drive I wanted. The other problem was that the pedal is not really transparent. It kind of muddies up the sound unless the tone knob is wide open...like a tone knob on a guitar.

A few other things I didn't like were that the pedal's breakup was kind of scratchy when I played hard. There may have been a defect in mine thought. Also a very important point...Musician's Friend, where I bought it from advertises this pedal as being built with the same chip that comes in the 808 model...the one that everyone mods the TS9 to have. This was a major reason I had for buying it but it isn't true. I opened it up and saw the same chip that the TS9's come with stock. Could be the reason for the crapy sound. Not too cool of MF.

I've always heard these things are built like a tank. I don't really see them being any more solid than any boss or digitech pedal out there.

I tried mine out for a day and then sent it back to MF. I was kind of disappointed because for the price I expected better. I used to have a Digitech X Series Tonedriver pedal and a Line6 Crunchtone, both of which sounded much better than the DX(especially the digitech).

I won't buy the DX again. I have always been curious about the 808 reissue but I don't think I'd ever pay that much for a simple overdrive pedal.

Very easy to use but pretty over-rated IMHO.

I bought mine online and it was advertised as having the JC4885DC chip that the original 808 has. I always here that people have to get this in a mod for this pedal so I thought maybe Ibanez decided to improve the design. Not the case. This pedal was falsely advertised and comes with the chip that everyone gets removed. I don't understand why a company would manufacture a product that most people have to pay extra to modify.

I tried this on my 100 watt all tube head which I use in my live set up. I play schecter 7 string guitars with seymour duncan pickups(JB/'59) and not many effects; just a TC Electronic rack unit in my live rig that I use mostly for reverb. I wanted this pedal to be an "on all the time" unit so that I could have a hotter signal throught the front end of my amp for a tiny bit of dirt in the clean channel and a slightly more reactive overdrive channel.

The closest I could come to a usable sound was on the TS9 setting with the level at about 9 o' clock, the gain at just about one notch from zero and the tone cranked all the way open(Interesting note: the tone knob on this thing isn't like those on other distortion pedals I've used. It acts like a passive tone pot on a guitar: bypassed when fully open and can only cut frequencies when turned down. It isn't like an active tone circuit that boosts when you turn it one way and cut when you turn the other way).
Anyway, on the clean channel of my tube amp, I got an increase of volume but with a scratchy, crackeling sort of break-up that was totally unpleasant and just sounded like the pedal was clipping because it couldn't handle the signal.
It just made my overdrive channel sound fuzzy and less articulate though it did increase my sustain by a good amount.

Another point: the other three mode settings; Hot, + and Turbo, while they do change the voicings and increase saturation and low end, also decrease the volume on each setting. The TS9 mode is at least twice as loud as Turbo on the same level setting. This seems very counter-intuitive to me and was very unexpected.

It doesn't seem as solid as other people have said. I'd trust a boss or digitech pedal over this any day.

I play progressive metal and I've been playing guitar for almost 15 years. And of course, since we guitarists are especially suseptable to G.A.S. I've played through many, many distortion and overdrive pedals. This one has been the most disappointing one in a long time. It is possible that this unit was defective but that just makes me all the more disappointed in Ibanez for neglecting quality control on a line of products that is supposed to be a modern musician's standard go to pedal. For my purposes I could probably get a better result from a compressor or a simple boost pedal. But for classic overdrive sounds, I can think of at least half a dozen other pedals that sound better than this and cost half as much. Try before you buy.

Can't get a useable sound.

Ropey.

Don't know.

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I bought this unheard on the strength of its reputation. Judging by the other reviews here, maybe there's something wrong with mine but it was a complete and utter waste of money. I play a PRS RG4 through a Blackstar A30 (a really good valve amp) and a blackstar HT boost pedal (also really good). I wanted to add something to get a 'singing' solo sound for home practice or recording at low volumes, nothing too fancy, just a useable lead sound. Forget it. All it did was add some toneless fizz with no body or anything. ??90 down the drain.

If you bought one of these, you know what you are seeking. I thought it would more of a distortion pedal but it is more subtile and you have to develope an ear for it. As an antagonist for a tube amp-- it is standard equipment. Some experimentation with the modes is in order to find the shape you want. it is not difficult.

ts-9- classic, creamy chock full of mid range. The closest to a tube amp you can get in a box under $200. the "hot" and "+" are not useful to me as far as I can tell. The "turbo" setting is awesome especially if you use a guitar with humbuckers- it has great bass responce and a real compressed mid range growl that is just slightly evil! With my strat it is just kinda of bassy but not bad. If you use another distortion pedal, put this in before it in your chain. If it is after your dist, it will get a real nasty spitting grunge that is really cool if you want to use that effect ( think a really overdriven tube amp about to crapout its speakers)! I use this through a Randall SS and Fender Frontman 15R. I have a Peavey 212 Classic in the shop and I would love to see what this will sound like with that!

tank...I have been using Ibanez since 1982 and they all are still working fine!

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you have to have a ts-9, why not have one with extras? It has lots of output so keep your level down. The Turbo and + modes have increased levels so watch that too. I have been using it with a Randall SS amp and I get a great tube thang when I need it. The Randall has enormous gain and I am a gain junky but a Strat through a Randall to get a bluesy sound is difficult s the single coils just shout, " hey...this is solid state!!!!!!!!!!" Jimi would kill you!!!. Enter the TS-9 DX with the extra gain available! I play in a blues outfit also and this is great through a Fender Frontman 15R coupeled with a Danelectro FAB distortion. With a strat, it is priceless- perceptibale distortion with not alot of color taken out of your tone. With a humbucker ( mine an Electra Phoenix or Dean ZX) a great growly compressed distordion very unique sounding. GET ONE!

Easy to use. Only 4 Knobs. They are all clearly marked and self explanatory.

On the origional TS9 setting it sounds great no matter how it is set. I use it with a Tele through a class A Fender tube amp. I couldnt imagine a better set up. Crisp, crunchy and clear. Think SRV tone (now all I need is to learn to play like him- wish me luck!). The turbo and deluxe settings seem worthless to me, with these settings the distortion decreases, while volume and bass are added progressively. Each setting just gets louder, flabbier and boomier. Im glad I got the DX to stisfy curiosity, but would have done just fine with the standard TS9.

I had it for 6 months, and the on/off switch crapped out on me-doesnt work at all. I never even stomped on it with a shoe. I play bare foot, and am very gentle, it looks brand new. Thats faulty maunufacturing, and Ibanez says I have to pay for shipping to get it repaired. What a crock. If it didnt sound so damn good I would choke it up as a loss.

I had it for 6 months, it craps out and I have to pay for shipping. Thats one crappy warantee.

Ive been playing 15 years. Mostly bules, reggae and alt rock. It sounds great, though the deluxe settings arent useful to me. I wish the quality control and warantee was beter.

Very easy to get the right sound out of it

I play a Jeff Beck strat into an AC-30 Vox - great blues and rock tones but i needed it to kickit up when soloing or for playing harder rock.
This does the trick!
It makes my strat CRUNCH and ROAR and SING.
Great for solo boosts. Hard to believe its a strat at those times.
The Turbo mode is my favorite and packs the fullest and tightest tone.
Definitely mid-dominated but that is what the strat lacks.
I have noiseless pickups so it is silent.
I use a BigMuff Pi for fuzz and cream and use this for crunch and concrete.
It's a cross between overdrive and subtle distortion.

Seems solid.

No need.

Great for blues and rock.
Better than Marshall Guv'na.
Would definitely replace it if stolen.
Great buy.

Simple to use. Changing modes on the fly takes practice, as the output volume gets significantly louder as you go from "TS-9" to "Turbo." Once you get familiar with the settings, this ceases to be a problem. If you're using a pedal chain, I recommend placing this pedal after your other distortion/overdrive units (i.e., closer to amp).

I play a gibson les paul studio (1994) through a fender twin reverb (blackface reissue). Pathway is guitar > Teese RMC-3 Wah > ts9dx > EH Metal Muff > MB V-Twin > Dunlop Univibe > EB Volume pedal > amp. With this particular setup, I am primarily using the "Turbo" setting with 1/4 gain and 3/4 tone. This serves as an excellent boost. I am able to add volume, bass, and a slight bit of overdrive to Clean, V-twin, or Metal Muff driven signal. I find it a lot more satisfying, tonally, than simply using the volume pedal. It really adds balls to your sound. With my pickup selector in the treble (bridge) position, and a little more gain, I am able to get a passable AC/DC tone with the clean signal at garage-band volume. This is not a Marshall Plexi substitute, but it makes for a fun and useable imitation (again, in a garage band) for a lot less money. I did get the Analog Man "808" mod about 5 years ago, and it made the tone slightly warmer and less bright. I like what the mod did for my sound, but I don't think it's a must-have feature. Comparing pedal to pedal, for a bluesy-overdriven/crunch sound, I prefer my V-twin. That being said, I would feel crippled if I didn't have my TS-9dx to beef up the V-twin. It also changes the character of the Metal Muff from a heavy metal distortion to a dark/grungy heavy overdrive without muddying up the tone much. Again, this is not a replacement for a high-gain diezel or mesa boogie amp, but I think it gets the job done for the semi-serious musician hobbyist on a budget.

I have owned this pedal for roughly 8 years, and I have not had any problems with it. I bought it used, and it works as well today as it did the day I bought it. Its very sturdy.

I have never had to deal with Ibanez customer service.

I have been playing for about 12 years, and I have owned this pedal for quite a long time. I posted a review 7 years ago on this very same pedal (dinesh, 1/29/2000), and I am just as impressed today as I was back then with the tonal qualities of this pedal. My gear has changed slightly over the years, but I'm more or less using the same style setup. My ratings and opinions are based upon using this kind of setup (les paul through a fender tube-amp plus "boutique" overdrive pedals). I'm currently playing in a garage-band that plays everything from Santana to The Ramones to Tool to Smashing Pumpkins to Grateful Dead. I use this pedal during most songs, especially when I need to cut through with a solo. I would certainly buy another if lost or stolen. Highly recommended.

4 knobs; level, drive, tone, a 4 position mode switch. A hair more difficult than a standard TS-9, but it's quite easy to operate.

On the TS-9 setting, it sounds like a TS-9 reissue. As you notch it to turbo, you get subtle drive intreases without straying away form the original character. TS-9's generally add light overdrive (not highgain distortion), or it can boost other drive units/amps. The TS-9DX doesn't get too fuzzy, or harsh, and I've run this with another TS-9 to do a 2 stage overdrive and it worked great. I already had the TS-9 Reissue and was looking for the same sound with a little more boost, and the DX delivers.

The casing (i believe designed by Maxon) is solid, but I managed to break a shaft on the level pot, making it a handy on/off kill switch. I was able to replace it with a standard pot. otherwise, no problems.

Follows the TS-9 vibe quite well. The price is right, and it can be modded to a TS 808 type sound (which would be interesting to hear a TS 808 with the 4 modes). Even with the boosting, I still use it as an overdrive, for highgain distortion I use a Marshall Gon'Nor II pedal.

Very easy to use. The "Drive" control is like a distortion pot adjusting the overdrive, then there's a switch with four settings as already described, along with a gain pot and a tone pot, and the foot stomp button indicated by a LED. This is not an all-out distortion or fuzz pedal and the settings are subtle yet distinct levls of overdrive.

Exceptional tone and very quiet with my rig. I use this in a bedroom set-up with a Warmoth tele I built with Bill Lawrence pickups and Bill's five-way switch. The guitar goes into an old Ampex 6V6 push-pull tube amplifier I turned into a head after a complete rebuild job with fancy film and foil caps and a new power supply, along with a speaker cabinet I built with a 16-Ohm Eminence 12" speaker (their clone of the Celestion Vintage 30). This setup was very clean but needed some more gain to drive it, and after some research I guessed that the TS9DX had a little more range than the other Tube Screamers. I guessed right and am very happy with its versatility: between the guitar's five settings and the Ibanez' four, I get a variety of tones from Esquire-like high-end sparkle to near-marshall stack roar. And no noise at all. None. Zip Nada.

Don't know yet, but it looks to be very well built. I use it in my bedroom every night without a backup.

Dunno yet.

I play my own music which ranges from blues to country to alternative. I find this to be a perfect fit.

4 knobs, all basic functions; Drive, Level, MODE, and Tone. The Main difference between this tube screamer and the TS9 is the addition of the MODE knob. You can choose between 4 different Modes; TS9, TS9+, Hot, Turbo.

I use this pedal with my Peavey 5150 II Head and Randall 2x12-1x15 cabinet and a Jackson King V USA with Seymour-Duncan JB pickups. The 5150 sounds good on it's own, but lacks the midrange and sustain needed to get a really brutal death/black metal tone. That's where the tube screamer comes in handy. I front end the pedal (Guitar>Cable>PEDAL>Amp) and use it as sort of a Compressor/EQ. In the TS9 mode I jack the Level up to about 8 and the Tone to 7 and just a bit of drive(3)to give it a little more gain. The pre-amp (gain) is set to about 4 and a half on the 5150. I also have the bass set to 4 and the MID to about 2 and the High is up to 10. This set-up is relatively noise free, I don't use a noise suppressor. Overall I really like the sound the pedal gives me, more midrange and sustain. The tone is suited for Arch Enemy, Avulsed, and Emperor inspired metal.

These pedals are known for being as tough as they come. They feel heavier than other pedals their size and it seems to be made very strong. The knobs are recessed far enough away from the footswitch so no worries about accidentally messing up the settings with your dumb feet.

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I listen to Black, Death, Progressive, and Thrash Metal. I've been playing for about 9 years now. If it were lost or stolen I might get another one. I love the boost in distortion it gives me. I think it could be a little less harsh sounding but it still sounds great. I like the flexibility of the MODE knob. Overall I like this pedal and it does what I want it to do.

4 knobs: Drive, Level, Tone, Mode. How hard is that? In case you are in doubt, there is a manual, which explains: "that knob controls this, this knob controls that, that knob changes modes..."
I only use the TS9 setting, however I can get a Santana sort of sound with the + setting and midrange boost on "Blackie," my Eric Clapton Strat.

Strewth! I got this pedal on a whim; I had never tried one before I got it. I was blown away by how smooth this little seasick-green box sounds! There is that middle hump that is associated with the Tube Screamers, which I like. Although, with the midrange boost on Blackie, it's a bit much. I mainly use the TS9 setting as I said, although it's nice to have the extra settings there if I decide I need it. It's not noisy, except on really dirty settings on the amp. I mainly use this with a little MS-2 mini Marshall to get a nice overdriven sound (nice to my ears anyway!).

Built like a tank. Dropped it a few times and it's still tickin.

Never dealt with Ibanez

I've been playing about 18 months now, and I've got an Eric Clapton Strat, an Epiphone Les Paul 100, and a Maton J808 acoustic. I play mainly blues, classic rock and Christian rock, and it suits these styles perfectly. It's not a distortion pedal, it's an overdrive pedal! Not for metal! If it was stolen (I wouldn't lose it!), I would get another one straight away, although I might think about so-called "holy grail," the TS808. I love everything about this pedal, it's dead simple to use, easy to get a good sound out of it. I do wish it had some sort of control for the amount of mid hump you want, but I don't know if that's possible. I bought this pedal because I read that a few guitar heroes used them (SRV - the most famous Tube Screamer user, Carlos Santana, Tommy Emmanuel's electric stuff) and wasn't disappointed.

Very easy to use. I only use the ts-9 setting. drive at 8-9oclock, tone at 12-1oclock, level around 2-3oclock.

It could be my imagination but having owned one of the standard ts-9 re-issues to me the TS9DX sounds better. More depth in tone. It has the standard ts-9 mid hump which I like but there are some songs which can do without it so I use my Rat for those. I run an early 70's Telecaster through the Dx, Rat, Bossce-2, Bossdd-3 into a Vox ac15 or Pro Junior depending on the gig. Very nice.

Tough as nails. Look after your gear and it will look after you.

I'm a working musician so I play a whole variety of gigs from my original music to 'rent paying' cover gigs. Playing for around 21 years and own too much gear to mention, not that I'm a gear freak its just gear that I've bought over the years. I'm really happy with the combination of effects I'm using at the moment the ts9dx is a great all round overdrive.

I must mention that mine seems to be one of the earlier pedals as it has the Maxon circuit board. Maybe some one can comfirm this??
Fabulous pedal, easy to use and easy to get a good sound from.

I use a telecaster through this with a Rat and dd-3 through various amps depending on the gig. The ts-9dx has a very transparent but thick tone to my ears and is fabulous as my cleaner o.d pedal. I use the Rat to dirty it up a bit more.
Very pleased indeed!

very, very dependable......for all you young cats jumping around on stage playing your "Blink 182 post punk" don't jump on your pedals THEY WILL BREAK!

I wish people new what they were talking about and how to use thier gear before placing reviews!! Some one even suggested that it has the same circuit board as the Boss DS-1...PLEASE!!! If you're experiencing noise from this pedal you are probably a bedroom player with gain and tone knob cranked to 10 trying to play Metallica's "Enter Sandman".
this is a brilliant pedal IMO better then the standard ts-9. having said that mine seems to be one of the ealier versions with the Maxon circuit board, that may be the difference....I've been playing for almost 20 years, many styles of music, this pedals does it all.

Easy to use, of course! I would have liked a manual with more settings, it would not have hurt! Not so easy to get decent sounds.

This thing is really poor. Noisy, lifeless and simple. You'd better trust in a good amp tho get the natural overdrive. Expensive for the price as ithas the same schematics of a Boss DS-1 and the likes (really!). It comes with a crappy chip and components. I would have replace it with a LM833 as one of my friend said--noiseless and with a greater clipping. I do not have any idea why is it that this pedal does not come with a better chip, as they are not really expensive. The JR4558 is crap compared to the LM833, and the one that comes factory is even crappier. The sound is mediocre. I would recommend other great pedals for the price--there has been too much hype about the TS808 and TS9. Look for Carl Martin's Hot & Drive MKIII, the Jaques Fuseblower, Toadworks Death Rattle II, T-REx Mudhoney (a clon of the MXR distortion+), etc. TS9DX is not so versatile, despite you can choose the clipping stage diodes, which sound more or less the same. It does not matter what do you use it with.

Why do you want to depend on it? Get a better thing and save some bucks. There's too much hype about it PERIOD. CHeap components.

Not needed.

I regret getting this ugly thing. Hard to re-sell. A nightmare.

Four knobs in all -- one of them selects the style of effect. Really simple to find something you like.

I play mostly early 90s type rock, some blues...using a Gibson Les Paul Standard or a Gretsch Duo Jet (with dynasonics) into a Traynor YCV20 for recording, or a Fender Blues Deluxe for gigging. The pedal has some very nice sounds -- three of the four settings sound great, the last I had no use for.

Unfortunately, as nice as it sounds when active, it completely kills the sound when it's turned off. Especially when you play single notes, you can hear a lot of buzz after every one. I actually thought my amp was busted, but as soon as I unlugged the TS9 the buzz was gone. It's really too bad, because it's a nice sounding pedal when in use.

feels as solid as anything I've owned.

Never used them

Well, a pedal is only as good as it sounds -- I would give it a zero for the noise it generates when off, and a 10 when tuned off. The avg. is 5. So, that's what I'm going with. I replaced it with a Boss SD-1. The sound isn't as natural and it doesn't have a true bypass switch either, but it's MUCH quieter...not to mention cheaper.

Its easy, 4 knobs 1 footswitch

Alright about time a pedal that was better than I expected. I put the TS9DX Tubescreamer in the loop of my Boss NS2( Noise Suppressor ) that goes into my Ampeg Vh140c halfstack. If you know anything about that Ampeg its a High Gain solidstate that emulates a Tube amp. Kinda like Mesa Lows with Marshall Highs. I love the sound of the head by itself but the TS9DX adds more definition and flexibility to my sound. The Four modes are cool,I use only the TS9 and + settings on my distortion. The Hot and Turbo settings are too much on top of distortion. On the clean channel it could be used for tighter low to medium gain stuff so the Hot and Turbo modes are not useless. Its a really great pedal kicks the Boss SD-2 ass all over the place.

The guy I bought it from said the Turbo mode didnt work, well on my rig it did and everything was working like expected. But anyways this feels as well built as my boss pedals.

I really wanted the TS-808 but those are really expensive plus I think the TS9DX was made for metal players so it fit me perfectly. Im goin to buy as many of these as I can find its that good. Dont pass it up even if you think you dont need one, you really do. Bad ASS all the way.

4 knobs. level, mode, gain, and tone. how hard can it be?

i am using an epiphone sg standard loaded with an emg 81 and 85 through a line6 spider2 30watt 112. i use it on the metal channel to give that channel some more kick. it also smoothes it out. sounds awesome for a boost to the clean channel too. its good to use if you want to give a pre-existing dist. some kick and if you want to play blues. i mainly use the + and ts9 settings. good stuff.

solid as a tank.

if i had it stolen, i more than likely would get another one. but don't use it for a straight up distortion. use it as a boost to a pre-existing dist. or for clean sounds.

4 knobs - cinch! I always use the ts-9 setting but it's good to have something to play with once in a while.

As I said above, the unit really rests on the ts9 setting. The reason I bought this and not the TS9 was simply because I needed a good overdrive and my local shop only had this one (so they gave me a TS9 price and less). Tried it out and thought is was ok enough to buy (in the store I was using some sort of average humbuckered Godin through a Fender Hot Rod type thing). Well once I got it home and got her cooking it totally blew me away...it was EXACTLY what I was looking for. You can go from a kinda chunky dry hollowed tone to a more saturated hendrixan type effect pretty easily. After that I kick in my SD1 for smoother solos etc. I have a small collection of effects most of which are ehx but my current simplified setup is Tele (replacement pups/pots/switch and callaham bridge) => Boss TU-2, Dunlop 535Q, Ibanez TS9DX, Boss Super Overdrive SD1 => '69 SF Super Reverb Amp w/4x10 Weber california speakers. That's it. Just a plank through a tuner and wah and two overdrives and into one of the best amps ever made. This sounds glorious by itself but add in a band and man oh man! This pedal just reacts BEAUTIFULLY with the Super Reverb at band level where the amp itself is beginning to break up (holy grail clean tone). We play a particular tune where all I'm doing is single strumming open chords Em, G, C, Am, D, Em, A, B one chord to each bar with the odd little fill and embelishment. Each strum I draw out and articulate and nuance with the inspiration that this sound evokes. You know that if you start romanticising about simple chord progressions then there's something special going on!

No problems at all. Keep a spare battery around - you don't even need a screw driver or 5 cent piece to open it!

Local dealer has it sorted - like I'd need them! :)

I play in a pop/rock/suburbs/piano based/whitlamesque band and this pedal fits the bill perfectly for me and how I approach the guitar and my role in the band. I just love it because I find myself squeezing all I have out of the neck of my tele to get her howling and wailing and just cooking good and proper. I think there are a lot of botique pedals out there with this chip and that chip and the original this and that etc etc but all in all this pedal has an attitude and sound that I just love. The pedal simply gives me *Exactly* what I was looking for!

File under; Jangly, Thinline, Edgy, Cool, Beer, Girls Dancing, Pubs.
Cheers!

sencillo de usar! 4 botones, que mas quereis? drive,level y tone, y claro, un boton para los distintos tipos de distorsion, el modo ts9, ts9+ el hot y el turbo. simplemente es mas distorsion en cada paso.

SI BUSCAS UN SONIDO VALVULERO AQUI LO TIENES! sin lugar a dudas la mejor compra que he hecho, el ts9dx te da ese sonido overdrive que andabas buscando! y en el modo turbo llega a una buena distorsion, PERO MUCHO OJO! esto es un overdrive!!!!! nada de distorsion, no encontraras metal en este pedal! la mejor manera de usarlo es con un buen amplificador con distorsion, encima de esta. te teletransporta a un sonido que no pensaba que pudieses entrar nunca, con los harmonicos que andabas buscando para tus solos. yo lo utilizo para el sonido crunch de mi amplificador.

stratocaster del 74 y epiphone lespaul-fender pt10-whawha crybaby-IBANEZ TS9DX-marshall shredmaster-boss os2-mxr phase 90-daneletro reverse delay-bossdd6 conectados a un fender twin reverb.

a pesar que te lo dan nuevecito, no es muy dificil desgastar su pintura, al a?o lo tienes picado de por todo...

de momento nada de nada

toco desde radiohead hasta oasis, britpop del bueno! indi-rock y algo de blues, y en todos estos estilos el ts9dx me da lo mejor de el, si lo perdiese compraria uno nuevo, y si no tambien, pienso comprarme otro y usarlos en cadena!

Real sexy sounds come through this beast. Eeasy to shove in some great tones especialy with a strat and VALVE amp. Takes time to find your own kinda sound but when you do get it is just lush.
No manual don't need it though if you bought an overdrive pedal you really aint gonna screw abouit readin a manual.
No dont know or care its just reall hot ok dudes!

Mex strat- boss wah- compressor- boss sd1- ts9 - BIG MUFF! - Carvin Bel air 212 or marshall avt 150.
Real quite and suppressed.
Always cooks up my tubes and kicks the amp over real good.
Carvin bel air is employed mostly. "cook those valves up brother!"
Come on SRV is the man and if a TS9 is good enough for him it has to be for me i just bought dx for the bonus of harsher distortion settings of turbo hot etc!

Yes cause i can my pedals are treated like golf balls but they can all take it especialy mr green. SD1 always with me for back up.

no need it wouldnt break

top man dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Roery Gallagher SRV Hendrix pink floyd Muse bify clyro bach mozart Yngwie Malmsteen buddy guy rage audioslave punk n e thing good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Coming into third year of playing(still crap)
Buy another but probably t=get TS808
Favourite feature is the fact you can shove it through a cranked valve amp and just go to heaven (almost) thats not to say it has electricuted me though!More gain would be bonus for metal.Helps be get beetteerr tone yes sir! Jimmy Page and les pauls are both seriously overated. oh yeh why are rory stevie and jimi dead?

This is a great pedal. Takes some time to find your sound. Got 4 controls. Drive, Level , Tone and an 4way mode button. wery cool. Evry knob responce nicely, chanes alot when you switch modes. I would like to have mid control, to dial some more mids in.

Well. I'm usin this pedal with my Hiwatt Custom 100 allmost cranked. I read somewhere that this pedal was unusable for Metal, well IMO this pedal is most exelent. You just have to have slighty overdriven amp. I use him with couple of difrend guitars. LP's, Jackson kelly , Kramer, Fender Strat, Washburn MG and G&L tele. The Jackson is my main guitar. I have loaded him with duncan JB in the bridge and '59 in the neck. This gear absolutly sings took some time too find out what combo would sound best.

Never let me down. Giged with it for couple of years, no problem (other than my marshall pedal)

Great pedal. Just have to use it with cranked single channel amp, othewise it sound flat and powerless. If I would lost this pedal, I would probibly buy TS-808, but I'm no so sure. just wish it had middle knob.

Fairly easy to use; it's an OD, so nothing really scientific about setting it up.

I use it with a Fender Vibrolux and either a Strat Plus Ultra, Mid-70's Tele (w/Texas Specials), or an ES-335. I've never used anything other than the standard TS-9 setting live, but have played around with the other three on my own time. Works best with the Strat or Tele - the ES-335 does a pretty good job of overdriving the amp all on its own. My pedal chain is usually: Digitech Compressor-->TS9DX-->Digitech Delay, sometimes preceded by a standard Crybaby or a vol pedal. BTW, don't attempt using the comp and OD together; not that you can't, but the degree of difficulty is such that it's not worth the effort. Bottom line: Gives a nice warm OD - for my styles (Gospel, Blues, C&W, R&B), it's all I really need. I give it a 9; there might be a 10 out there, but I haven't tried one yet, although I understand the Barber Electronics box to be pretty close.

Haven't broken it, although I'm pretty easy on equipment. I don't know of anyone else who's broken one either.

Never dealt with Ibanez.

I play for a church choir, where we cover a lot of diverse territory (hymns, southern and urban gospel, contemporary, etc.), and play blues, c&w, and some r&b on days other than Sunday. I've been playing guitar for about 20 years (with a 14 year gap - which I don't recommend, BTW), and the TS-9DX does a great job of giving the Vibrolux a little more juice at lower volumes, although I'm fairly selective about when the OD is inline (I can't crank the amp much past 5 in church without knocking the front row over, but usually have it much louder elsewhere.). If it were stolen? I'd either buy another one, or maybe the Barber OD, based on what I've heard about it.