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The BEST Way to Use a Tube Screamer
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- Опубликовано: 29 июл 2019
- Have you ever dialed in a awesome tone, but wanted just a little bit more? Well in this video I share my favorite setting on any Tube Sceamer to capture your tone, push it into the next stage of breakup, and not color your tone at all! This trick works for any Tube Screamer (TS9, TS808, Mini, etc) They all do this and it really shows off why the tube screamer is so famous! What did you think? Let me know down below!
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Very useful tip. One note about the tone knob on a TS-9: It isn't neutral at noon. It's neutral at more around 9:00. A lot of people don't know this and say it can be harsh but it's only because they have the tone way up, thinkig it's at unity.
I actually use my tube screamer now ... Great video..I couldn't figure out for the life of me why people loved these pedals until I watched him explain it. Sounds great.
The most common way to use it is secret?
Sssssh
Hell I was using it with everything full blast
🤣🤣🤣
Auch
The "problem" with this is that not enough people know that with a TubeScreamer, when the tone stack is set at "noon" (or straight up) it's not "neutral" or "flat"...At "noon" it's ADDING midrange AND high EQ... If you want the EQ to remain the SAME as when the pedal is OFF, you have to turn the tone button ALL the way "down" (to the left)... I had no idea until I started studying the TubeScreamer, but just try it, and you'll see for yourself... Oh, and by the way; Turning the gain all the way down and the level all the way up (ala S.R.V.) is the MOST common way that people set these, I thought anyway, lol...
Tone control pretty much just cuts the treble and a touch of the high mids.
No matter what the settings on a ts9 bass is cut and mids are added to the signal.
@@smokepeddler sure as shit. That's the best part. Tightens up that attack and gives a mid boost for cutting through on leads. Higher perceived volume is usually better than higher actual volume. And if you want higher actual volume you put it in the loop or after a distortion but I like a graphic eq for that job.
I use the TS9 for my clean tone. It does something nice to it. I set the "drive" to 0, the level to unity and the tone wherever I like best depending on the guitar I'm using.
Tube screamers will always color your tone..
They are far from transparent..
But always offer a usefull mid boost..
This. Mid hump with a slight bass cut. Definitely not "transparent".
They sound horrible with mid-high focused amps like old marshalls though
@@aniketdatta2450 No your treble is too high. set treble to like 4.5
There isn't a pedal you can buy that is transparent. It is all about trade offs. No one thinks of SRV as having a processed sound so after taking a tip from his sound I use the ts like he does as a boost and leave the gain virtually off and it works better than several gourmet boosts I bought that were all major disappointments.
I have bought about 180 pedals over 5 years. For my pedal rig I use 70 pedals wired up as 4 self contained boards linked into one switcher. One half of all my pedals are OD's low, medium. high gain and Fuzz. I use a Plexi 50 watt set just shy of crunch and the pedal are all set to unity gain. My problem has always been to get enough sustain on various tunes where I need it. I have found nothing is more reliable than a ts.
@@Paul_Lenard_Ewing Love mine....A good EQ will take that mid hump out if so desired About the sustain well I'm on the verge of trying a Big Muff set for a nice violin type sustain matched with my TS and Klone FF's don't seem to do it for me Cheers
Ah yes… The very secret setting that 95% of all TS-users ever use. Thanks! 👍
This has been no secret for a few decades...well maybe for new players..
You'd be surprised
Love the TS-9. Tryed several Boutique version of Tube Screamer & nothing sounds as good as the TS-9 .. The SD-1 is another amazing pedal. My 2 favorites.
Yes I keep going back to my TS....I do kin of like the RYRA Klone and run it with the Ibanez Cheers
Late to the party but I agree Ibanez ts9 is the best overdrive for the money. it's a permanent fixture on my board! I have the sonic distortion sd1 also, it's the oldest pedal I own, Japan made damn near 40 years old, still works fine!
Basically the SRV technique
Hmm.... I learned something new. Thanks.
what is SRV?
@@WillVRam Stevie Ray Vaughan. Look him up. One of the best ever.
@@newgunguy4176 ty I will chck right now. I already heard his name a lot of times but never checked it
@@WillVRam Live at El Mocambo is very good.
Really like that setting, I use it all the time to push the amp tubes. Tone control should be dialed back completely in order to not color the tone. Everything above zero cuts the low end frequencies. That's the way a Tube Screamer tone control works.
Tube screamers also boost the mids quite a lot. Can't remove that without an EQ box. Although why would you want to remove the mid push, that's what makes it a good lead boost.
@@JohnShalamskas But what about using it for rhythm?
@@51MontyPython Sure, rhythm with crunch too. Like the opening of the video, for example. The mids are breaking up while the treble and bass are not. That's the point of the built-in mid push.
@@JohnShalamskas What about for metal where you have a scooped sound, al la Metallica? Would it theoretically defeat the inherent quality of the tone or would it still make it sound better?
I run my screamer the same except I set the tone at 25% on the dial. Its like the TS9 merges with your amplifier. Killer pedal.
Isn't this how everyone uses it?
Exactly what I was thinking. I never even considered doing it any other way
Think of it like this. The output is like your power tubes in your amp. It's not changing the tone, it's just increasing or decreasing the output volume. The tone control is neutral when it's at 0. As you move it up, it starts adding mids and a little bit of highs to that tend to get lost when you add distortion. The gain control is actually adding gain to the signal like an additional preamp gain stage, and as you crank it up, it will start to overdrive and distort the signal BEFORE it hits your amp. If you want to push the front of a tube amp, you're letting the preamp tubes distort the signal and not the pedal itself, so you dial the gain back and crank the output to feed your amp a much bigger, but mostly clean signal. It's effectively using it as a clean boost, but I like to add a little bit of gain and bump up the tone knob until I get the sound I want. You can also dial back the output if you don't want to push your amp as hard.
I tried this with mine and it works BEAUTIFULLY! Thank you!
You're welcome!!
Just saw on a Five Watt World tube that this was SRV's preferred setting. Now I'm completely sold on using it all the time with this bass. Souds so good with vintage humbucker pickups.
This is how I like to use them too. Not true that it doesn’t color your tone though. For one you’re introducing diode clipping into circuit and the EQ curve of the tubescreamer chip/circuit is decreasing the bass and pushing the mids, which is what is giving you the perceived “push” to the next level. The amp can break up more efficiently, sounding more pronounced in the frequencies our ears really want to hear
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...the best way to use a Tubescreamer or any boost - Your Ears
Just plug it directly into your ears.
this was literally the first thing i did with the tube screamer when i bought it. lol good call.
This is great for me as a synth player. I bought a ripped speaker and although cool, there is very little in between on that pedal for a synth. Adding a little push to a synth that already has some filter drive and gritty saw waves without turning it into distortion mud really sounds fantastic!
Glad you posted this! We used them like this “back in the day” and you’re right…it’s the best way to use any tube screamer type pedal. For those who might not have discovered this, great info!
I just watched this and just tried this setting. It's Money!!! Thanks, Billy F. Otis
Got it, thanks!
I just found a Boss MT2 in a pawn shop as new so thought I would give it a try ( actually they had a fender Tele 2008 and I wanted to get the price down so got both for the price of the guitar). I digress.
What I found was the MT2 has amazing control of tone with the 2 different mid controls. I know the MT2 was hated for a while because everyone considered it a hair band pedal? I Guess? Not really sure but nobody wanted them for a while. Well to be sure, the distortion is very over the top and fizzy so I was playing with it and found if you turned the distortion right down and played with the tones it has a half decent distortion. With plenty of headroom on the distortion on tap.
Man, I been looking for this video for a minute. Couldn't remember the setting aster seeing once randomly in my feed. Thanks muchly.
Precisely what I needed to know, right on
Glad I could help!
I use mine in front of a digitech death metal with the volume very low to tame the DM distortion a bit and tighten up the low end also.
Awesome! But, what's best.....placing it BEFORE, or AFTER, your distortion/hard clipping pedals? I found it works best to place it BEFORE an amp simulator pedal, but I was wondering about using it with distortions
Great video, thank you! Just got my mini tube screamer today so this will helpful. I like the idea of keeping the tone of my valve amp up but just boosting it.
Wow. I remember seeing one of those Strats in a store here in England around 1990. Never seen one since!!!
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Leaving it here...
Great video! Helped me a lot!
Happy to help!
This demo shows how most pedal reviews are actually amp reviews - the pedal tone had very little to do with the overdriven amp tone. A "clean" boost sounded pretty close to the dirty boost. Yes there's EQ going on and still a little pedal grit even in "clean" mode. But the difference wasn't huge on an already dirty amp.
Thanks a lot! Just got the mini.
Any trick for using it with a bass for a punk rock band ?
love it. I'm going to try it with my TS9. Thanks!
That is a great way to utilize a TS9. I always use a EQ pedal after my Tube Screamer because I need to scoop the mids a bit and bump the lows.
Then why use a Tube Screamer?
Thanks for the awesome info! What is your personal favorite setting if you would choose? The “everything set to noon” setting or the other one :) ?
Can I use it to make disco music?
I belive that tone control is passive so I crank it up to have the most natural response
Yes I always have tone at least noon to 3......unless you're always playing in the bedroom Have to cut thru the mix
Dear jake
Thank u for this video n settings....
I use a bass tsb9 and a ts9dx....and cutting off the drives to a minimal has changed the game...sounds crunchy enough....and I followed suit with the darkglass b7k and Wampler n mt2....now nothing jars n yet sounds powerful, punchy n kick-ass......am ready for SLAYER tonality of dissonance..... seriously thank u....just goes to show.. how afraid we are to touch the drives...what a difference man
dude, great tip, thanks so much!!!
Happy to help!
So the level setting sort of defines how much push it gives your amp, while the drive knob determines how much “color” the pedal gives your tone? I know it’s difficult to describe sound with words, but these terms are so vague. Experimenting on my own is very confusing really hard to tell what the knobs do really.
Cool setting man👌🎸🎸 what brand is your electric guitar?
i use my tube screamer followed by a tone job with bass and treble on max, and mids cut all the way
Jake u r crazy.
Not only have I gotten the sounds that has eluded me for years but I also added the fuzz n odb back on the board. ...ur video has done wonders...so I thank u sir..... godbless n stay safe. We always tend to forget gratitude. But this is from me from all of us.
To my ear, this DID change the tonal character quite a bit. It brightened it up quite significantly. I think you would need to roll that tone knob back and try and match before and after. Not sure you will ever get an exact match, but you can get alot closer than this.
The tone nob on the ts9 is only a match when to 0 unlike most other pedals. The tone nob acts as a lpf that's where he was wrong
@@2305denver What is a lpf?
@@51MontyPython low pass filter
I use it almost the same. I have the gain just barely on and the tone around 8-9
But he has his tone at 12:00.
@@51MontyPython Depending on part tolerances and the exact values of the components in any one pedal, the sonic results of the different settings may be closer than you think.
If one has a very bright TS and the other a very dark sounding TS, the bright one may sound just as bright at 9 as the darker one does at 12.
@@powerdog242 I think you meant the other way around, but I get ya. Yeah, mine seems to be a rather bright one (my TS9 especially). I tend to like bright sound, but not at the expense of the right balance of warmth and body. Sometimes it's hard to find that right balance -- I have a tendency to lean too much into the former (because I like that presence). Though I believe and will keep saying that the two are not mutually exclusive, that the _best_ tones incorporate the best of _both,_ brightness _and_ warmth.
I like my TS more than not having it, though, it's actually seems to sacrifice something for what I gain. It gives more presence which I like, but, at the expense of bass, and tends to sound rather thin.
Also out in a live mix you usually need to crank the T a bit to cut through
Nice! I had never seen any vid with those settings!
I never seen the BIG DEAL about tube screamers, I played without one for a long time. The best sound comes from a GOOD ! Fender amp, or any GOOD amp for that matter in which you have good built in accessory knobs, and of course you need a good axe ! Very impotant ! And you will find many great tones you can create without ANY PEDALS. Rock on Peeps !!! 😎✌️🎸💕🎶💕🎶🌴🌴🌴🍻✊️
That’s the only way to use a tubescreamer. I never even considered using the gain knob. Level all the way, tone between 3 o clock and full boat, gain all the way down. It’s the only way to go. Essentially it becomes a boost pedal, which is sort of what a TS is anyway. It’s overdrive/boost, not a gain monster distortion pedal
Nice. Is this achievable on solid state amps?
Pretty cool trick, but I wouldn't say its the best way to use the TS9, it always differs in everyone's personal setting preference, I prefer having the pedal's drive up in every different settings I do.
I love your guitar man.
Thank you! Me too ;)
Thank you for your settings!! It sounded tiny before which was my doing..and that it controls the high frequency contour. (I just bought the pedal and haven't lost the manual yet). Sounds pretty badass with the tone at 10
Glad it helped!
Try the tone at zero.
Hi friend, how do I connect the tube screamer ts 808 and a noise suppressor like silencer o mxr smart gate into a Mesa Boogie mini rec , Do I have to connect directly into the front of the amp ? or into the fox loop ? And how it was ? I always use the tube screamer directly into the front but I have no idea to connect the noise suppressor correctly ? Thank you
I'm using an Ibanez ts9dx pedal after a distortion pedal what will be your recommended setting just to thicken up the distortion pedal using the Ts9dx ?
A great boost pedal is taking an inexpensive, but actually very well made (with an actual LDR not unlike the CLM6000, LDR) *DONNER RIPPLE TREMOLO PEDAL* , but instead of powering it with 9-12 volts drop the voltage between 4.5-6 volts. The tremolo Rate and Depth won't operate at all, but the Tone will be fully operational.
Oh shit I saw your rig on fluffs rate or roast
haha I was honored!
Fender Tone Master Pro sent me here.
i have a fender mustang 3 it has all this stuff built in so fun.....and i added a 2 12 cab.....under it...and by passed the internal speaker.....ooooweeee...,,,,and hey bro great videos...love all you do..!
Sounds great
Тhat's the nerd-ish version of Ola Englund
Plz do a video on mt2.....I know it will b similar but it would b soul to the eyes n ears
So how do you recommend to use the MT-2? I have one but it sucks.
You're awesome man!
WRONG! The Tube Screamer is a mid boost effect. That's it's main purpose. It was designed to change your tone in exactly that way. Setting the TONE knob at 12 o'clock does not change that fact. The tone knob on this pedal adjusts the tone of that pronounced midboost in a subtle way. It is not a typical tone adjustment. The ONLY setting of the Tube Screamer that may not affect your original tone is the OFF setting.
All these years and we could have asked you the designer,
Use your ears and if you struggle to hear the differences, turn your amp up so it starts cooking properly before adding spice 🙂
Is that only for tube amps?
That guitar's color is killer.
That's what I use my tube screamer for just to push the Channel harder but I throw more distortion on to do that as my channels gain isn't all the way up
What guitar is that please?
Are you ola's lil brother/son?
kurt cobain’s GrandSon
I think it sounded pretty bad but, too harsh, but it could be your camera's mic. It's a pretty cool trick nonetheless, especially if your guitar pickups are low output.
I wonder why this isn’t more common in home 2 ch set up if people wanted tube sound from tube amp or preamps?
it's called a clean boost. ;)
No shit, who would not know that!!
Holy fuck dude ,who didn't know this .
An you say your guitar sound is just coming into breakup 🙃🤣😂 man that sounds heavy to me before you add the TS9.
Thankz
Your very welcome ;)
Tube Screamers will always color your tone, the only one that doesn't is the OCD w/LP switch mode. Or...put an EQ pedal in from of the amp and only use the Level control for a boost without color.
Yes EQ.... important
Thanks !!
You're very welcome!
Point well made!
I've seen lots - too many - YT vids where people are 'listening' to the tone of a TS. Even evaluating it thorough clean amps... Yuk! a TS will _never_ shine that way!
Some drive pedals sound great 'by themselves' into clean amps. Cool, but those same pedals may not sound great into a slightly dirty amp.
IMO, We shouldn't 'listen' _to_ a TS style OD, we should hear/feel the effect that a TS style OD has on our existing amp amp sound. Preferably that starts with an already cooking amp sound..
A TS or SD-1 pushing an already on the edge amp is a thing of beauty.
And simply what it was always designed to do - slight bass cut and all. \0/
if you push an already dirty amp with more signal level, the pedal tone won't be very discernible. I'd like to see all pedals demoed on both "clean with high headroom" and "edge of breakup" amps.
Does the same apply for solid state amps? or are you speaking only of tubes?
It's also awesome on bass. Does lose a little low end though. But it will make your bass cut through the mix like crazy. I noticed you have JBL monitors. I do too, along with Yamaha NS-10 Studiios. But the JBL's have huge dip at 100k. I discovered this when I bought Sonarworks and measured my speakers. If you don't have Sonarworks, you might consider putting and EQ on your mix bus with a rather large bump at 100K. I've got the 7" JBLS and the 100k dip is -12db!! Not kidding. So, your JBL's will a have a similar dip. That's why they are so cheap lol. Great for listening to music, though.
Yup
Seems to be a bad spot for most
Hi
Thanks a lot it's really good tip
Just what place it should be in pedalboard chain...
In or out of pedalboard?
Pawel Drezek I typically place my drive pedals in higher gain towards lower gain. That way my lowest gain or boost increases the vol of my higher gain pedals. The other way around sounds different but mostly because your output vol is less affected so solos won’t pop as much. IMO
OK Thank You @@PeterPug
Great!!!
Great Tip!!! Thanks 🤟🏽😎
You bet!
🎉 thank you for sharing 🎉 hope you are well God loves you deeply shalom 🤗🐼♥️✝️💐 Philippians 4:8
1000% on this one bro.
Wow!!!..it has made my Gorilla amp really stand out in the band!
Marshall & Fender amp users gonna hate now!!
Thanks man, don't let the secret of Gorilla amps and a tube screamer get out please!!
I won't tell anyone!
The only way to get a transparent tone from a tube screamer is to remove it from your pedal board and return it to its box.
Hmm that was a secret? I guess I'm bad at keeping secrets cause I thought that was just common sense. I'm either using my ts9 (I've modded it in a couple ways but it still has a stock setting) like here or with the tone at around 2-4 o' clock and the gain at 0 and the level about 3 o clock for the classic mid boost (most common setting). Those two settings are what pretty much every tube screamer owner who can actually play their guitar uses lol. There's certainly other good settings but for a good "works with just about any amp setting" tone those are your best bets. My mods are for frequency shifts that allow for two levels of boost. Boost 1 is a bass boost and boost 2 is a bass and gain boost. The boosts are on a 3 way on off on that controls boost 1, stock or boost 2. Than I added a 3mm led bezel with a red 3mm led which is much easier to see than the stick diffused led that you have to be right above to see. And I'm running out of builds so I think next project will be adding another switch, on on this time, for the tube screamer on steroids mod which adds 6 diodes in series.
Why does the intro clip sound so much better than the demo towards the end of the vid? Did you use different settings or was it just recorded differently?
Mixed vs raw audio
That rubs power and a hotter signal into the front of the amp.
I never used one of these, but does it make the sound coming from the amp louder?
i’m a beginner and from what i’ve taken in it distorts the sound and makes it louder.. sorta gives it more gain 🤘🏻
@@emma7109 oh ok thanks much
Putting a 808 before my Metal Muff makes it go from stoner doom weed to trve kvlt 666 edge in just one click.
For metal we turn the tone all the way up and the volume just past noon, that's the proper use.
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Uau!!!! Great tip!
Glad you liked it!! Thanks for watching.
Secret?
He's got a leaky cap in that pedal. I can hear it.
is that the new fender at Namm 2020 ?
Tùng Huỳnh mine is a original model from 1989. I have a video coming out January 31st comparing mine to a new one. Stay tuned!!!
@@jaketanis3069 alright, look forward to seeing it man
I'll give that a try! I have a moded (Anolog Man) TS9 I'll let ya know!
What is that, exactly?