4 TS808 Tube Screamer Style Pedals (Ibanez TS808, EHX East River Drive, Mooer Green Mile, EQD Dunes) 

No, YOU are.

@@ThePedalBored 😁😁😁😁

Ha! I sell them (or return them if they're kindly lent to me) once I've demoed them. So although my pedal collection is certainly larger than some, it's relatively small.

@@ThePedalBored What pedals do you keep / are on your board?

@@kosmicwizard (Don't tell anyone: I don't have a pedal board!)

@@ThePedalBored :O

The east river probably looks the coolest and that’s the most important part

Now this is the kind of subscriber I like.

Lol, just watched a bunch of these vids and hit the subscribe button based on the strength of the loops too 😅 I think the Blues Driver comparison video has my favourite loop thus far.

@@duncanpark9101 Same here. The Blues Driver loop really has the groove, imo.

@@duncanpark9101 yup!

No life story lol seriously tho

Same with me. East river wins it for a few reasons. Price is great and it can hang with all the others.

@@user-dw3ey1vl7u Окей, а что из хорошего посоветуете?

It's the same pedal down to the same transistor/opamp/whatever. The authentic one might - or might not - have better quality components (stricter tolerances, more durability). I don't know and that's why I bought the East River Drive. The slight variation in the top end is likely caused by a difference in potentiometer maximum resistance. It's typical for potentiometers to have 10-20% tolerance so that e.g. for 500Kohm pot the value is really between 400K and 600K. Typically it's 0-10% off the nominal. Super nerdy effects builders probaby test and bin their components before assembly to get more consistency but for mass produced pedals that's not reasonable. If you took a few genuine items off the shelf it could be that you would find greater difference between them than to an EHX clone. These slight variations might be a reason why people hunt tone by switching pedals back and forth. They waste time and money searching while they could just switch a few components inside the box.

The Maxon is the same as the TS808, right? Maxon was the factory where the original Ibanez pedals were made?

Thanks! Glad you like them.

Fell in love with the East River Drive in these demos. But I'll eventually get the Dunes; it's my favorite fuzz on RU-vid so far..

Man, I also have chosen a east river. Didn't try it yet.

Thanks!

Well that's very nice to read. It's honestly just me noodling about trying to find something that isn't boring to listen to and fits the tone of the pedal okay - glad I seem to be getting it right.

I bought a Behringer TO800 out of curiosity after the JHS video on Behringers. It sounds EXACTLY the same as a 150$ Ibanez TS808 and as far as I know is true bypass.

hardwire cm2 owner here. that thing is one of the best pedals ever for the price. built like a tank, sounds awesome. there is really NO reason whatsoever to buy an original Ibanez TS at those prices.

Yeah, it's definitely one of the easier ones. Which is why there are SO MANY COPIES of it EVERYWHERE.

True. No hard to find chipsets or diodes to track down. All very common and cheap. You can build your own for $30 (including the pc board and metal box) I’d say assuming you have the soldering gear already. Maybe closer to $75-$100 if it’s your first pedal. Pretty fun experience to build a pedal. Amazon has a decent soldering iron (be sure it’s variable temp or you’ll melt that board) for less than $20. Watch some soldering videos and don’t beat yourself up if you f it up. It’s just pedals. No rockets here. The 808 clone would be an easy first project. I also recommend the queen of bone (king of Tone clone). Amazing sounding pedal. Google it.

@David RF yep I’ve got the TO800 as well and it is a TS808 to perfection. Paid the same as you too... brand new with free shipping from store to door, $23 usd Best $23 I’ve ever spent on gear by far!

It's like we share the same monocle, Monocle Pig.

You're not using them right. Cranked master volume, low gain and this in front The way they are demoed sound like shite

lol what

@@tomvice How is that any different from what he did here?

Just sold my plumes to get a dunes specifically for that full range switch.

You’re welcome! ;)

Sounds great through a fender deluxe reverb or clean channel on a mesa boogie.

This is the kind of slightly Cornish comment I always enjoy as an Englishman transplanted transatlanticly.​

@@ThePedalBored Wiltshire man, me!

Very kind of you. I spend more time on the loops than I should really...

'Precise' - what a great word for it! I like it.

Cheers to you - I really enjoy getting nice comments about them!

I appreciate it.

You’re very welcome 🙏

I think the Full-Drive is based on the Boss SD-1, which is an essentially identical circuit to the Tube Screamer but with asymmetrical clipping (which sounds harsher / better, depending on your preference) instead of symmetrical. Of course the Tube Screamer is actually based on the Boss OD-1, but Ibanez couldn't use asymmetrical clipping because Boss had patented the circuit, so they used symmetrical and added a Tone control, and a much more popular pedal was born.

Thank you! I hope to be able to get back to making them soon once the world gets back to normal... 🦠

In the meantime, I have plenty of books to read 📚

@@ThePedalBored can't wait for you to come back! In the meantime, have fun reading stuff hope you're well

I've got a TS808/TS9 duel waiting to be edited, but other than that I think I'm done with Tube Screamers for a while. (Although I've just got my hands on an MXR Il Diavolo which is a 'hot-rodded' TS, so who knows?)

I remember you said you were not a big TS fan so I figured that was the case. I'm looking forward to the 808 TS9 though.

Thank you!

Thank you! Soon I'm going to run out of musical inspiration...

Thanks!

Thanks! It's my secret fun addition to the world of pedal demos.

I love your comment MORE.

Thank you :)

MAYBE YOURS IS MAGIC...

Definitely. I was surprised how exact it was.

Thanks Bella! ("Home?! I have no home! The jungle is my home! Hunted and despised...")

The Pedal Bored Hell Yeah! Glad we are on the same page

Nice to have it confirmed. Two points to you.

It's very popular with pros here in Australia, where I live. You see it everywhere. EHX is affordable, and gear in Oz is usually crazy expensive.

Thanks! I’m doing okay, just not finding the time to get back into doing more of these yet sadly

@@ThePedalBoredHow are you man?

Thanks! Cool Beefheart fish face hat hand.

I look forward to a later comment shouting 'MAKE IT STOP!'

​@@ThePedalBoredInstead I would say "make a fucking song" lol

M J Thanks!

Thank you!

Ha! Perfect

'blues overdrives' (like the Boss BD-2 Blues Driver, or pedals based on the Marshall Bluesbreaker) tend to have a flatter EQ curve. The TS has quite a pronounced mid-hump (which I think is really due to cutting out bass and high end, rather than boosting mids so much) so it noticeably changes the guitar's original sound. 'Blues overdrives' will sound more 'transparent' - they don't change the original tone so much, they just add grit and drive.

I think that's why I like the Dunes, because you can put that low end back. But then, as I say, is it really a Tube Screamer anymore?