Ibanez Tube Screamer Mini Reviews

Mini TS!

I wanted a TS for ages and finally I decided to buy this one, mostly for space needs. I use it as a booster for a VOX AC, or right before a Mesa Boogie Throttle Box or before an Xotic AC Booster. It's good also paired with a compressor to give a little gain on the clean sounds. Super recommended!

Sounds good but does have a minor noise issue sometimes.

What else can I add to this classic?

Nothing...is simply perfect.

Been avoiding this pedal since a long time ago and oh boy good I decided to get it.

Pros

Anywhere you turn the botton you get a great sound

Cons

None as it works for me

Enjoy get one if you want a good guitar tone.

The way to go

Don't think because it's small that this pedal doesn't pack a punch! the perfect overdrive/boost that you need for you lead playing. Certainly has a permanent spot on my pedal board. Really 10/10.

Great quality and great for pedal boards

This is a classic sound. And to be honest, there may be differences to the TS808 or others, but in many scenarios, you cannot even hear them (in blind tests most people would fail). If you are playing in a group and need a overdrive for your board, do yourself a favour and get this one.

Pros:

- Size (obviously)

- Quality (can last really long)

- Great sound

No cons!

Great for the price but indeed not very practical to see where the tone and volume are set in a dark environment.

mini TS

Same as regular but cheaper. Only thing that you cannot place the battery inside pedal.

Great pedal for the money

The ibanez ts9 is a great pedal. You get that sweet tube screamer tone in a smaller box and for almost half the money. It works great with other pedals too (with my Blues driver i get an amazing lead sound).

Pros:

-great sound

-small (and relatively cheap)

-works great with other pedals

Cons:

-small controls for the tone and level

power enhancer for strat

you cant make a glassy clear single coil strat pickup roaring, like you do with a humbucker. usually it ends up with a very thin and funny, buzzing noise. this pedal also does not make it roar but when i switch it on my strat begins to tell stories more louderwith eager. it sounds like a man speaking very loud with a gnarly throat voice, spitting out while talking, and telling dirty things done with a woman. if you switch it off your strat pretends like nice a guy again. no cons for me. i am giving the answer you are looking for right now. it is not different than ts 808 nor ts9. only difference no batteries allowed on board and small enough for your pedalboard.

Brilliant and Board Friendly

As the heading. Can't go wrong with it as a boost or drive. Fantastic.

Good ol tube screamer

if you had a TS-9, this sound kinda alot more bottom end to my ear. The build is tank-like obviously ITS PROFESSIONAL. No issue whatsoever...just worked...pushed amp to metal city and chug away.

another OD

I wouldn't compare it to original TS. In fact, which one is really original and the most recognisable? You may own this one If you really want't to save some space in your pedalboard. In that case it really works and It may be close to na original TS, unless you don't really care.

Modern Classic in a small package

I finally got around to getting the 'Screamer after using a Fulltone Overdrive for several years. Nothing against Fulltone, but the Ibanez is a modern classic. It truly is transparent, leaving my Strat's voice untouched -- no, complementing it! It fattens up the sound blaring out of my Vox AC15 beautifully. Even when totally cranked, you get slight breakup sweetness, as opposed to the Fulltone which does become a distortion pedal at around 2 o'clock. Did I mention it takes up little real estate on your board?

A great pedal

A great alternative to the original, sounding very much like it. Very handy and small. No space for a battery though, and the knobs are a bit dodgy (the small ones). Overall very good for the price.

Tiny Tubescreamer

Want to save pedalboard space, while retaining the 808 sound?

Give this a shot! The overdrive is really good, the level and tone knobs are a pain to check without light.. It's a really sturdy pedal, really well made.

mini mini rules ...

a lot of fun and pleasure packed in a small box

Man, the true TS

Made in Japan, true bypass switch does exactly what a TS9 sould do, but in a smaller format, and I could not me happier for that.

And it costs almost half the price of a TS9, without loosing any sound form an original TS9.

Top Class Mini Pedal

Perfect sound, killer sound (in my opinion) and amazing for my personal home, mini pedalboard. Great sound for the size. Very reliable as no problems or issues have risen since the purchase. Basically very happy with the product at present.

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.

Ibanez TS Mini

I like this Tube screamer,it's like a half effect pedal with same characters like his brother-sister TS9.