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Ibanez TS5 Tube Screamer

Overdrive pedal from Ibanez belonging to the SoundTank series

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Published on 02/20/10 at 14:43
Pedal all digital, editable via firewire on mac ... Non j'déconne.

Over drive light distortion type, suitable for blues, jazz and vintage styles. Pedal jacks plastic base with 2 (E / S) and a power supply transformer or 9V battery (handy: no need for screwdriver). All plastic casing, but beefier than some current (Berhinger kind ... I know I have). No problem with my own strength, yet she follows me everywhere for years.

UTILIZATION

Setup could not be more simple. I also use as my second boost or distortion of the amp and the result is nice (but the settings picky).

Super easy to use provided you do not take it for what it is not.

SOUND QUALITY

So here it is important. To be honest, the sound is not worth that of a Green TS ... BUT it is very very close. I got lots of OD pedals (which sounds like crispy), lack the warmth and realism of this slightly compressed "soundtanck. And I do not talk about the colorful pedals of a famous Japanese maker of synth ...

We must realize that it's subtle distortion and this pedal does allow the work to move slightly dirty sound clear enough solo sound with sustain. You should know, unlike some testers that "crunch" is the stage before the distal but not before fuck death metal. Here is the crunch, who agrees to be subtle. It's good for all sounds, from light, bluesy, jazz, country ... Moderate to rock. But there will be no Santana or Gary Moore with her (but with a big microphone, all thoroughly and touch it can furiously approaching it ...).

Therefore usable with other distos boost it can work, but it is better to attack in this case a tube preamp or a pedal simulator a good transistor. In any case coloring "lights" undeniable, even if purists râleront always or always seek the modif 'miracle (it seems easy, I remain skeptical).

As for testing 380V pedals green was to derive a higher level of distortion ... I pity the pedals and fuses that have gone through this. This is not for ...

Detail, for those who want SRV sound with a Start is a good plan ... to expand its reach because the hardware is not everything, far away ...

OVERALL OPINION

Because she is under-rated, value for money from hell. Like all the distos cradouille increases with the value of the knobs, but the sound is there.

A must for anyone who wants to work its sound (if not playing in the extreme range of course) slightly crunchy distortion.

After all, we're not all cattle, MMEEEEEUUUHHHHH?