Long-time Part-time Pro

Mostly Jazz, but 50's-70's rock/pop as well.

Guitarist

Blues, Gospel, Jazz, Fusion, Funk, Classic Rock

Active Musician

Old time blues

40 yrs...

blues,rock,jazz...and classical...

Have played guitar for 28 years, love hard rock but have played everything from acoustic to metal.

Hard Rock, Rock.

this thing makes a BIG difference. There is no way to get my peavey amp clean so i just turn down the tone and drive knobs and it boosts my sound giving it a little more kick for that clear but distorted sound for classic rock. just crank it up and its great for punk.

kickin overdrive,sick paint. its enough for me

Mine is an original from back in the day and it still rocks. The only thing not perfect with mine is paint is flaking off but i like that used look.

i got the best deal in the world. Its a collectors item and i got it for $40 i also got a power supply and a free cable with it from the music shop in Milan, and since its vintage if i dont want it I canjust sell it back to the shop and get $40 back whether it works or not

didnt need it

the seasick green paint is sick

active musician

classic rock

pro/semi pro

blues, blues rock, classic rock, a little of everything.

Nice - adds some distortion to my little 5w Bugera tube amp, but doesn't overdo it.

Three simple dials, with ample variation, and one foot pedal.

Solid, well made.

It could be a little better looking - basically a green box.

Active musician - retread from the 60s

Blues, Rock, R&B

Amazing sounds, great sustain, kick ass distortion

Simple easy to read controls

Hobbyist

It really hugs the midrange creating a much clearer distortion rather then a much bassier, thicker tone most distortion pedals create.

I can't see many features on the thing, it's just a very good distortion pedal with many clear distortion tones you can select.

As crazy as it sounds, I so far dropped it down the stairs and dropped my guitar case on it with the guitar in it so! Yeah...self explanitory isn't it?

Hey, ya get what ya pay for...Although if that was the case the vintage one would be the best one...lol

didn't need anyones support so I would rate it a 10 because I never had to bother with anyone.

It's got sucha ugly green color...it just attracted me I guess?

I guess I'm to old to remember that either.

I keep my options open to whatever...who needs a genre when you can play everything.

This pedal is not overwhelming and compliments my mesa boogie roadster. Gives channel the edge I need for blues picking and gives both my 3rd and 4th channel the extra shape I was looking for.

Simple yet easy to adjust.

very simple indeed. fine tuning this to any tube amps would be a breeze.

I have had any problems with it. knock on wood!

Well worth the money.

No need them yet.

Green color is alright. I can spot a tube screamer easy.

active musician

rock

Great distortion. Works great for lead or rhythm (especially indie).

Features? It's a distortion pedal... ok... LED, 3 knobs, switch. Adapter not included.

Are you kidding?

No problems whatsoever. I use this pedal all the time and it works like a charm. Good battery life, too.

One of the best sounding pedals out there, so price isn't really an option anyway now is it?

It's green... and it's built very well.

Musician

Rock, Blues, Techno, Jazz

very nice sounding distortion pedal, probably the best at what it does. I use a Marshall TSL2000 60 watt amp and a Les Paul Classic, and a Big Apple Stratocaster. I own a black muff pi, a boss DS-1, a boss metal zone, and a boss ME-50. This is a pedal I always come back to. The ME-50 gets close to being as good. I play in a gigging hard rock/alternative band (Lost Disciples.com). The pedal is built super tough. Great for blues to hard rock. The distortion on this sounds very natural for a pedal. It's not for super heavy music cuz the gain just doesn't go that high. Great for boosting your amps gain for a real good bite. It is a good booster for leads of any type of music. I love this pedal as part of my arsenal If I lost it, I'd find another. I'm considering using it as one of my main tones. I lets you hear the sound of your guitar without coloring everything too much. You can play it lightly for cleaner sounds or hit the strings hard for more distortion!

three knobs... drive, tone, and level. Cover on bottom clips over battery compartment. AC adapter available. Simple features. does what it needs to do. Dial in a little bite or some hard rocking tones.

It's built probably better than a Boss pedal. Feels super solid. Nice heavy duty spring action switching. Never worried about it. Only thing is that after 10 years of knocking around in my gig bag the knobs wiggle slightly. Durability would be a lot better than the newer plastic grey units with the same name.

Great value.. if you really value tone. Only way for better distortion would be to try a very expensive pedal.

Never needed them

Nice color

Active recording and gigging musician

Hard rock

After giving my friend his ts-8 back I had to replace it, I was told that I didn't want a ts9 because the ts8 was so much better. well I couldn't find a ts8 fast enough so i ordered the ts9. I couldn't be happier with the sound. with a stock Studio Les pail and a line6 flextone 3 set to a marshall sound. I could get infinte sustain almost on demand and pinch harmonics everywhere i try. I Love IT !!!

Active Musician

heavy rock to metal

Trumpet & Bass Clarinet through grade school & high school. Picked up the Guitar in high school

Rock,Jazz & some Blues

I play in a blues / rock band, and although I tend to shy away from what the masses rave about and use my own ears, I just wish I had for once listened to what the majority of guitar players out there are saying! This pedal is a keeper. I have tried many boutique ts clones in the belief that they would be superior, WRONG! I use a strat into a Budda wah, dunlop rotovibe, custom built fuzzface clone, TS9, Fender 66'blackface bassman head. My sound was always suffering from being thin, enter the TS9, I can max the gain and still it will clean up enough from the guitar volume knob for double stops, jazzy chords and toneful passages. I must admit I do not know what this pedal sound like through a solid state amp, only a class valve amp, but for my style it sings. I find the tone control to be a touch harsh when maxed, so hey! I don't max it! Probably humbucker users would benfit from the wide range of this control, but I never have it past 11 o' clock. The thing I also love about the TS9, is that it sound just as good when the amp is at low volume as when the amp is cooking, but in a live situation, I use the fuzz to goose it into wild distortion. The thing I cannot understand is that so many reviewers state the pedal provides distortion! IT DOES NOT! It is a overdrive device!and a really good one at that!

It has a DC input, great for saving on batteries, Volume, Gain and tone. What more could you need?

The pedal seems to be robust and well put together, I have heard that on older reissue models the switch has failed, so I hope that this problem has been rectified.

After buying modded TS's and Boutique pedals, this reissue represents very good value.

I have had no contact with manufacturers, so cannot say.

I hate the colour green!

Active musician of 30 years playing live

Rock / blues :Jimi Hendrix trbute

Begginer,I can move around the fingerboard,but my love is working on them,fixing a problem someone cant

I love all kinds of different music,and the TUBE SCREAMER works with them all

It don't see what the big deal is. It just sounds like mediocre distortion/overdrive to me.

Pretty good.

It costs way more than what it's worth.

I guess it's a vintage standard or something. I would take one for free, but I refuse to pay for it.

Producer, recording engineer, and musician

R&B, Jazz, Hip-hop, and funk

This guitar can bring out that fat tone you just cant get any other way. Its adds a nice touch to my distortion channel and a light, bright distortion in the clean channel. Basically amazing all the way around.

Nothing special about the features, pretty basic

3 knobs and a button. Plug n' play. Analog which means its great with anything and you don't have to worry about all that electronic crap like with most pedals.

This thing is a tank. Its actually pretty heavy for its size and really durable. Everything is metal it should last forever.

I'm actually surprised it isn't being sold for more. It feels and sounds worth way more than it really is. If you have enough money for something else, save your money and get this.

I picked it up because I was already spending so much on a tube amp and I thought "ehh this should go nicely with my amp." Heck ya it does. I can't play my amp without it. The sound out of this little stupid green box is amazing.

teenage rocker

CLASSIC ROCK ALL THE WAY

This pedal compleeted my overall tone! I play through a Mesa F-50 with a Gibson Sg. I play a lot of heavy stuff. When i first got my amp I just coulnt get enough juice out of it. I brought home this pedal nd did an exparament. I put my ap distortion at half, then threw the pedal's overdrive on tp of it. WOW!!! I got a HUGE impovement in my tone. I have tried countless other overdrives, but for what i use them for, this one is best. I love the tone!

Easy, like any other stomp box.

Verry sturdy. Steel made and heavy. Zero problembs yet.

I bought mine at $100. This is great deal for this product.

Active Musician

Beatles to Slipknot

if you want that srv sound then you got to get this pedal. that is what he used. just this and a wah. put the drive at 9 and the level at 12 and the tone at 12 and thats it. s.r.v. sound!!! it sounds just like his sound. it rocks. man it is a bad. just buy it now!!

made like a rock!

to easy.... to get that sound!!!!

it is a 10 + the best.

i would pay a lot more for this if i had to.

i bet it is good.

you got to have it for the s.r.v. sound. get it from here. you can not beat Zzounds!! no way...

it has a awesome sound but you need a good cable and a good amp...

its good but need more features. the tone is good the overdrive is awesome the volume at the max, awesome...

just plug it in set it up and ready to go...

its ibanez. its good...

for the price i would buy it...

i do whant it...

Metal, Hard Core, Rock, Alternative

Sound I heard was great on this thing. Ecspecially if you want to play Paul Gilbert music.

Its a tube screamer its green and kicks ass

very easy to use just has three knobs

its awesome not a boss pedal but it still gives you that great sound that you are looking for.

very good priced

I like Ibanez i buy only there stuff like guitar and maybe some pedals

it looks really plain though

very nice soloing sound almost clean sounding but still heavily distorted

thats all you really need

easy use nice easy fast channle switching

very well made pedal

spendy but totally worth every penny

none

the color is really cool it stands out

in a band

rock , metal

it is the coolest sound for soloing it gives it a metalliica solo tone to it

what else do you need

super easy and fast channel switching

built very well

its a little spendy but its well worth every penny

no problems

lets just say you cant lose this pedal easily