Tube Screamer Mini : Wow

What can I say about a mini-take on a classic that hasn't been said already? Maybe that the price-range and the size is a big plus.

I bought the TS Mini as a pre-gain pedal to stack my fuzzes in front of.

It works brilliantly.

Now, I've always used a J.Rockett Archer dialed at 11o clock to do this before, but the mid-hump is so pronounced on it,even at that range, that I decided I would use it as a proper overdrive (and what a gorgeous sound it is) so I needed another pedal that could give me good cleany-break up on its own and a good stack for fuzzes that would give me extra clarity and hmpf. The TS Mini is brilliant at this, as it is known. What surprised me is that the mid-hump is so much more clear and manageable than the Archer, and yet it has such a wide range of possibilities. As a full-on overdrive it's always beautiful classic.

The difference between the Mini and the normal TS /8 /Maxons is rather slim, if even barely existent (only on EQ levels and even that is slight changes in the mid section) which mean, for the price and the size, it's a huge deal. If vastly improved my board to have it on it and released my Archer to do other things, which I'm very happy. If someone else is in the similar situation, don't hesitate, get it. You won't regret it.