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Ibanez TS5 Tube Screamer

Overdrive pedal from Ibanez belonging to the SoundTank series

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Published on 08/10/08 at 05:44
A slight overdrive, the Tubescreamer is a registered itself as fridge.

Transistors, input, output, a 9v power supply. Made in Taiwan.

Plastic housing still strong enough, the knobs, too, is built better than behringer: it's not disposable.

I own two. The oldest has the support of the input jack is split: it is rather thin plastic. I'll tinker.

UTILIZATION

A level, a tone, rate distortion, and finally to Overdrive, and a push or not to trigger the effect. Ultra simple. No click / noise or latency when it puts / removes the effect.
No breath when everything is donf, even on a crunch. After, a channel Overdriver already highly saturated, is something else.

SOUND QUALITY

If taken for what it is, ie an overdrive that "srv-ise" a clear sound, a booster crunch or saturation, from a solo or to add a little gain, a second (or third) sound amplifier 1 (or 2) channels, it's great. Very dynamic, a touch of acidity, very hot, it sticks to the sound of your guitar and your playing

This is NOT a distortion with a max gain hideout behind which his bread, rather, it amplifies them.
For the rest, at 20-30 €, any guitarist should have one lying around in his drawers.

OVERALL OPINION

I own two, the first for at least 15 years, the second for 5 years or so, it paid € 10 in cash converter.
Underestimated, they are great pedals, plastic, but solid (except for my problem chti support jack in, good moo, after over 15 years of service, I do not blame him).

I also have a Jacques Tube Blower, which is clearly above, manufacturing quality level and sound (and price too), an old Ibanez MS10 Japan, spirit with a bit of gain and which is indestructible with its metal case .
I have owned (as to the past forgotten in the local rehearsal here approx 2 years ... a boo ....) Ibanez TS10 Japan, almost identical in sound, almost, for the benefit of ... TS5.

The NT5 broadly support the comparison (except for Jacques it must be said), I do not know if I differentiate in a blind test. It's more a matter of taste or color of sound and quality. They rate overdrive the lowest of the lot. They also have a dirty side in a less perfect / clean the Jacques eg, which gives a great blues side. It is this aspect flaw that makes them typed, and makes them more.

Note, a TS5 (not equipped with the famous jrc4558) sounds a bit better than the other (which has the JRC): a bit warmer, more dynamic, I do not know why.

Sounds great, cheap, solid. They underestimated I think their made in Taiwan.