george lynch told me at a clinic to use the ts9 when you already have the gain on your amp up as far as you like then engage the ts9 and dail the tone in on the pedal to enhance your gain best tip ever
You're right. That guy's a "poser". He definitely never used that kind of "simple pedal" for what it was built for : take your tube amp, gun it up, and engage the TS, and obviously adjust the pedal to your liking. The TS is 3 things : a boost, a soft clipping (distortion) and a specific EQ filter with a pronounced mid boost and something similar to a high-pass filter (remove low-frequencies) which has the tendency to "tighten" the tone. The TS was designed as a tool to get a nice distortion with a tube amp when playing live and loud, push the natural distortion of a tube amp over the edge, that's where ANY of that kind of pedals shine. I'm removing that channel from my RUclips (the "don't recommend" option), there's more than enough of these kinds of useless videos on the web.
“On its own,” meaning used without distortion after the TS9, which is the point of this video. By the way, both of you come across mentally ill. The usernames, criticizing small details that miss the point of the video, calling someone a “poser” as a grown man - all of it.
@@andrewsiemon Calling someone mentally ill over light jabbing criticism lmao. I didn't read the other dude before hand though. He's a bit off the goop lol.
A TS-9 sounds nothing like a tube amp. It sounds like a weak, fizzy distortion with low output and little gain. The TS-9 DX is better and it's the only one I didn't sell or let collect dust. But if you try to use the DX with a solid state amp, specifically without amp modeling, it will sound like ass. The pedal doesn't have a tube sound, it's designed to goose tube amps.
@@andrewsiemon using it that way sounds okay with a strat neck pickup and a fender amp for blues and classic rock. There are plenty of better options for other styles imo. The TS-9 doesn't have enough output to give a significant boost. For the same price the Wampler Triumph does a better job and has a 3 band eq, or even a Boss GE-7 with a +15 db clean boost and 7 band eq. For a third of the price of any of them the Caline Pure Sky does clean boost, transparent drive and sounds better than the price would suggest.
I bought one of those new back in 1988 on clearance for $20. it was already like 3 or 4 years but had been sitting in that store for a while. Didn't have RUclips to tell me what to do with it or how to use it, At 17 I saw the word "Screamer" and thought, this must be an awesome distortion pedal. Took it home and was disappointed. I think I sold to a friend. Of course I had no idea it would be worth $500 to a grand now. (depending on how bad someone wants one) I bought that pedal, a BOSS Octave, BOSS EQ, and something else I cant remember, all for about $80 bucks that day. Then later on in maybe 1991-92 I bought a Tube Screamer in the "Soundtank" design. By then I was in a working band and around other professional guitarists who taught me a lot.
Yeah, I've mistakenly considered many things as being subpar but it turned out I just didn't have the proper knowledge. I hated the TS9 initially, but now I see why some people love having them around. I imagine there are probably some even better purposes for it I haven't discovered yet.
george lynch told me at a clinic to use the ts9 when you already have the gain on your amp up as far as you like then engage the ts9 and dail the tone in on the pedal to enhance your gain best tip ever
I'd trust George Lynch.
"When I use it on its own"
Brother, half the board is on.
You're right. That guy's a "poser".
He definitely never used that kind of "simple pedal" for what it was built for : take your tube amp, gun it up, and engage the TS, and obviously adjust the pedal to your liking.
The TS is 3 things : a boost, a soft clipping (distortion) and a specific EQ filter with a pronounced mid boost and something similar to a high-pass filter (remove low-frequencies) which has the tendency to "tighten" the tone.
The TS was designed as a tool to get a nice distortion with a tube amp when playing live and loud, push the natural distortion of a tube amp over the edge, that's where ANY of that kind of pedals shine.
I'm removing that channel from my RUclips (the "don't recommend" option), there's more than enough of these kinds of useless videos on the web.
“On its own,” meaning used without distortion after the TS9, which is the point of this video. By the way, both of you come across mentally ill. The usernames, criticizing small details that miss the point of the video, calling someone a “poser” as a grown man - all of it.
@@andrewsiemon Calling someone mentally ill over light jabbing criticism lmao. I didn't read the other dude before hand though. He's a bit off the goop lol.
If you are into the tube sound then it's something you will like...
A TS-9 sounds nothing like a tube amp. It sounds like a weak, fizzy distortion with low output and little gain. The TS-9 DX is better and it's the only one I didn't sell or let collect dust. But if you try to use the DX with a solid state amp, specifically without amp modeling, it will sound like ass. The pedal doesn't have a tube sound, it's designed to goose tube amps.
@@onlyusernameleft2 The best pedal I ever got was the TC ELECTRONIC FANGS METAL I would suggest it to the hardcore metal guys....
lol that is what it sounds like. Ultimately I’ve learned that the TS9 is something you use to boost other pedals/amps.
@@andrewsiemon using it that way sounds okay with a strat neck pickup and a fender amp for blues and classic rock. There are plenty of better options for other styles imo. The TS-9 doesn't have enough output to give a significant boost. For the same price the Wampler Triumph does a better job and has a 3 band eq, or even a Boss GE-7 with a +15 db clean boost and 7 band eq. For a third of the price of any of them the Caline Pure Sky does clean boost, transparent drive and sounds better than the price would suggest.
I bought one of those new back in 1988 on clearance for $20. it was already like 3 or 4 years but had been sitting in that store for a while. Didn't have RUclips to tell me what to do with it or how to use it, At 17 I saw the word "Screamer" and thought, this must be an awesome distortion pedal. Took it home and was disappointed. I think I sold to a friend. Of course I had no idea it would be worth $500 to a grand now. (depending on how bad someone wants one) I bought that pedal, a BOSS Octave, BOSS EQ, and something else I cant remember, all for about $80 bucks that day. Then later on in maybe 1991-92 I bought a Tube Screamer in the "Soundtank" design. By then I was in a working band and around other professional guitarists who taught me a lot.
Yeah, I've mistakenly considered many things as being subpar but it turned out I just didn't have the proper knowledge.
I hated the TS9 initially, but now I see why some people love having them around. I imagine there are probably some even better purposes for it I haven't discovered yet.
It was okay for its time but there's better options today: Spruce Goose and Hot Wax are my favorites right now.
Haven’t heard of either of them. Do you use them for the same purpose or just as drives
@@andrewsiemon definitely check those out Goose is like a Bluesbreaker and the Hot Wax is like an Amp in a Box