Ibanez TS9 Reviews

A stone cold classic

Sounds and looks great. Every guitar player should have it.

The classic pedal - does what it's supposed to

Bought this together with my first ever valve amp and very happy with it. It doesn't have 5 different pedals in it, it's just one, which for me is a bonus - less time tinkering, more time playing and learning how to use the sound you've got.

Awesome

Great pedal, the light could be a little more bright but other than that, look no further! Perfect to give you that little bit extra punch that your amp needs. Throw it over a clean channel and your amp comes to live.

Quit thinking about it and just buy it already.

Ibanez TS9

Classic tube sound, excellent workmanship. I am very happy with the purchase.

Simple yet awesome!

I've never owned a Tube Screamer so the first time I switched it on I was a little underwhelmed... It didn't seem to do much. (Can't believe I thought that now). Now I don't play without it. It gives the amp a nice little push and really boosts the signal. Beautiful sound. Very happy with the purchase.

TS9

One of the best pedals ever, for sure. However, even when it's played a lot, the use of it, might be a little bit more than it can bare. But it's one of the best ever!!

der Klassiker

perfekt um einem Tube Amp nochmal etwas mehr Schub zu geben und die Bässe etwas tighter zu machen

A great classic!

I don't know what can be said about this pedal. It sounds great and it's built like a tank. For me it works great both as a boost and as overdrive.

Exactly what you would expect

Great pedal, great tone, exactly what I was looking for.

Not my sound

I used this effect for a little bit for a few gigs. Totally didn't like the fact that it really changes your guitar tone and makes the mids stick out in an ugly way. I play with a tele in drop B through a mesa boogie and this effect just didn't sound right for my setup at all. Doesn't mean it won't work for you, but I just felt that this effect butchered my sound and ending up selling it

TS9

Doesn't really need any presentation. There are no reasons at all not to have one in our pedalboard, no matter what music genre you are playing.

Ronseal...

It is what it is! I use a '59SLP reissue and indoors at least, that needs a tube screamer! I've used more modestly priced OD pedals in the past but tonally these are of a higher standard so the price tag is somewhat justified!

The range of the TS9 is great from clean boost to heavy drive it can be used for a variety of styles. The endless debate between the TS808 and 9 isn't as clear cut to me as saying as the 9 is more "modern" or it's "edgier". As with any signal processor you can manipulate it further using your guitar's volume and tone control. This pedal isn't true bypass so that's worth noting, but it's versatile and very good ad what it's built to do.

Great sound

Great with a valve amp to add that extra distortion level. If you have a 2 channel amp this can effectively add a 3rd channel in between clean and lead.

Sounds great on any amp!!

Gain on 0, level on 10, tone to taste. I use over a dozen od pedals for this purpose, but the ts9 is the only one that plays nice with every single amp I own. Also works well with other pedals and can definitely add tightness and definition to any pedal that you put this in front of.

The classic overdrive

Use this as an overdrive for the gain stage of my Dual Rectifier, it is obviously a classic with great quality build. Setting the gain to 0 and level somewhere between 50-100% and the tone at 50-75% is awesome and transforms the sound to be much tighter than without. Specially the low end.

a classic

if you play more than jazz - you will need one of these.

sure there are a lot of similar models out there or newer versions with more features but this one is a classic for a reason.

Great pedal

A great pedal to use either as an overdrive for a clean amp or as a booster to an already driven sound.

It worked great with my Fender mustang 3 (which usually does not work good with pedals). It gave all my sounds that something more.

Classic Overdrive pedal

Like all overdrive pedals, the Tube Screamer is designed to give your tone some warmth, crunch and gain. Unlike all overdrive pedals, the TS9 excels in complementing your guitar tone, rather than reinventing it. With only 3 controls, Drive, Tone and Level, the TS9 is a simple and low fuss effects pedal.

Best overdrive pedal

The best quality and sounding overdrive pedal I've owned. Much recommendable

Amazing pedal

Solid build quality

Great sound

Versatile