Members ProToneThinline Posted April 12, 2006 Members Share Posted April 12, 2006 Originally posted by whitegreyblack What would you suggest as an alternative.Bear in mind I'm loooking for a nice overdriven sound and not a ton of distortion (from this pedal, anyway) The Digitech Bad Monkey is an effective alternative. It has about the same amount of distortion as a TS, with slightly flatter mids. As far as a true TS pedal goes, I think the best bang-for-the-buck is the TS-7. In the mornal mode I think it sounds close to the 808, plus you have the option of the hot mode. The switch tends to be irratic when running on batteries, but I've found it to ber pretty reliable when run from a power supply. It's a voltage controlled switch, so when battery voltage drops the switch won't always activate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gil1 Posted April 12, 2006 Members Share Posted April 12, 2006 Blues Devil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members whitegreyblack Posted April 12, 2006 Author Members Share Posted April 12, 2006 Originally posted by tocs100 Slightly OT: What's the Mac Mini/GarageBand got for overdrive and EQ? I want to pick one of those up in a few months. GragaeBand has a full range of amp modeling, effects, etc.You can make it scream, growl, etc. It's pretty robust and versitile in what it can do, to tell you the truth. I'm a simple kind of guy though, and I just want to have a couple pedals that I use to shape the sound the way I want before I put it into the Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mistersuperfly Posted April 12, 2006 Members Share Posted April 12, 2006 I guess nobody else has mentioned that Tubescreamers boost your mids, and cut your bass... Now for some kinds of music this is a good thing. But for hardcore, where chunky palm mutes are a big part of the sound, the TS may leave you hanging. I'd say check out an SD-1, and some of the many overdrives out there that try to improve on the TS by taking the midhump out and giving your bass back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stratmaster48 Posted April 12, 2006 Members Share Posted April 12, 2006 Originally posted by jb1911 Doesn't matter, they are all within two resistors of each other and they all suck. OT: how much did you get your '67 DR for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Matter-Eater Lad Posted April 12, 2006 Members Share Posted April 12, 2006 I really only like the TS9DX when it's turning an already somewhat distorting amp into higher gain. Alone into a clean amp it doesn't do much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members outofmoney Posted April 13, 2006 Members Share Posted April 13, 2006 Originally posted by Matter-Eater Lad I really only like the TS9DX when it's turning an already somewhat distorting amp into higher gain. Alone into a clean amp it doesn't do much. in fact, going into a clean amp SUCKS. I had the same problem when I had a ts9dx and I went through a roland jc-120. it was down-right horrendous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YourHerodDGC Posted April 13, 2006 Members Share Posted April 13, 2006 I use my TS9DX just to dirty up my clean sound and make it a little more interesting. I generally leave it on all of the time. It adds a really cool sustain to my setup. It also makes all of my other dirt pedals sound cool when they're both engaged. The only reason i would recommend the TS9DX over the TS9 is because they both have the TS9 circuit, but the DX has 3 other ones to choose from, for only like ten more bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roy Brooks Posted April 13, 2006 Members Share Posted April 13, 2006 I have a TS10 on eBay right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members whitegreyblack Posted April 13, 2006 Author Members Share Posted April 13, 2006 I'm going to go down to my fav. local store tomorrow morning with my geetar and try a bunch of pedals out. Hopefully all the kiddies will be in school so I can keep it quiet and not have to listen to the intro of Crazy Train 25 times while I'm there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sindran Posted April 13, 2006 Members Share Posted April 13, 2006 Originally posted by FLYING V 83 This one: This ones REALLY good ts9/808 type pedal. It has all the bass you want and the sound is FAT.The best I know...Another good option is to get cheap TS7 or something and Boss SD-1. They work really well together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Matter-Eater Lad Posted April 13, 2006 Members Share Posted April 13, 2006 Originally posted by outofmoney in fact, going into a clean amp SUCKS. I had the same problem when I had a ts9dx and I went through a roland jc-120.it was down-right horrendous Could be because, isn't the JC-120 full range? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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