TS-808 Reissue Silver Mod

First I had the Stock TS-808 Reissue, then read about the Keeley & had to try it. After using the Keeley for a year I bought a Analog.man Sun Face (the best fuzz I ever used & I tried & I used many). Now, because I like the Sun Face so much I started reading into the TS-808 Reissue Silver Mod by Analog.man. I purchased a stock TS-808 Reissue to compair to my Keeley TS-808 & liked the tone from the stock one (even after using the Keeley for a year). I still didn't like the "Huge Mid-Hump" from the stock one. So I had to try the TS-808 Reissue Silver Mod by Analog.man. "Here's my review!!" The stock one sounded great BUT way too much mid & not transparent enough!!! The Keeley was better on the mid & more transparent. Remember "transparent" is about bringing the tone of the guitar out. Keeley did this by adding much more top end. Not good unless you have a very dark amp. The Analog.man TS-808 Reissue Silver Mod is the best........ It doesn't change the sound of the TS808 it makes it more useable. Better lows (which in my opinion sounded good on all the pedals), he tamed the mids to where their not gone but less shrill, The pedal seems to be more useable when you roll off the volume on the guitar or change your picking attack & the knobs on the pedal seem to have more of an affect on what they should do. I liked the stock TS-808 Reissue but had a major problem with the shrill tone. Analog.man fixes that & makes the pedal more useable. Oh, & the chip I'm using is The 1982 JRC4558D #5051 (I've tried the Burr Brown, RC4558P, TA7558, The Mylisian & about 6 others I also tried about 4 of "The 1982 JRC's) this one sounds the best. My settings are ? on the drive, 2:00 on the tone & 5:00 on the volume. I use all strats with Gold Fender Lace's into the TS808, Keeley modded vox wah (mellow wah) & a Maxon AD999 then into a 65 Deluxe Reverb a 63 Vibroverb or a 65 Twin Reverb. I'll replace the TS808 with the Sun Face for a different vibe. I use JJ tubes & did bright cap mods on both the 65 DR & 63 VV . Trust me I know what I'm doing. Save your playing time & money. Don't do what I did & try everything if you like what your reading. "Try this first" The TS808 I'm using also has the "slightly better" Maxon board.

It's built tough.

Very Easy to use. He gives you a little more all the knobs & reduces the mid-hump to where it sounds much better than a stock TS-808 Reissue but it still retains the TS-808 Reissue tone. A+

Analog.man will do what he needs to keep his word.

Outstanding! I can't say enough...

I think this is the closest sounding overdrive to the vintage 808s. I do use a Marschall JCM900 and a Gibson LP, with room level volume it warms my sound and I have a total control over it. The best thing is that I have some digital toys too, like the newest BOSS GT-8; when the TS808 is on the signal chain together with the GT-8, it totally makes the GT effects sound natural and vintage!!!

Superior, and well known analogman built quality.. Wonderful

Plug'n Play... You'll definately get the vintage tone easily, with no hassles.

You have the phone number, you have the email, you have the manufacturer himself willing to discuss everything with you on the phone line... Who else gives this service?

Best BUY!

I have two vintage ts808 pedals.  One with RC4558D and one with JRC4558D.  When Ibanez recently reissued the ts808 i was excited and bought one.  Anyone who says it sounds exactly like an original ts808 is either deaf, or... well DEAF!  It most certainly does not.  So rather than sell it, i decided to send it off to analogman and get his ts800/SILVER mod and it is wonderful.  It now acts different than a tube screamer.  More bass, and alot less compressed sounding which is hard to explain in words.  The sound quality is especially improved in the lower gain settings.  It has alot less mids too which is cool. 

This is a toss up here.  Its technically cheaply made mass produced junk in its stock form... But once analogman mods it, he checks thru every pedal to make sure there no problems and replaces all the cheap stuff with this mod so its now very well made.

Very easy to use, but a little more complex because there are so many changes made to this you really need to close your eyes and set the 3 knobs.  The way you normally set your other tube screamers may not be the best way to set this one.

Mike is the best. He is fast and friendly in email and stands by his products.

I'm really happy with my purchase.  Just look a normal tube screamer you can use it on the clean channel for mild overdrive or in front of a distorted amp to boost it, yet its different enough from a typical tube screamer now that it has become another pedal i use and not just a "backup ts808" in case one of my vintage ones would break.  Sounds excellent with humbuckers or single coils too.