All user reviews of 4/5 for the Ibanez TS7 Tube Screamer

The TS7 is a really cheap version of the Tubescreamer. It has the added feature of a 'hot' switch. The hot switch takes your normal Tubescreamer sound and adds a bunch more gain.

A cool feature of this Tubescreamer is the knobs push into the pedal case. You can pop them out, set them how you want them, and then push them back in. This makes it impossible to accidentally tweak your setting while gigging.

As far as I understand it this pedal is just a few component values off from the original TS808 circuit. Having owned both this pedal and a TS808 clone at the same time I can safely say there is little to no difference when the hot switch is disengaged.

This pedal is built like a tank, you'd have to try to break it.



UTILIZATION

Its setup like your classic tube screamer with an extra switch. It has tone, level, and gain. Its pretty much as simple as it gets.

SOUND QUALITY

I've only ever used this with guitar.

With the hot switch disengaged it works just like a tubescreamer should. Mild OD, great for slamming the front end of a barely broken up tube amp. Sounds gorgeous.

I believe it has a buffered bypass, but its still a very transparent pedal. When bypassed it doesn't color your tone.

The hot switch brings something new to the table. When its engaged this pedal has tons of gain. In my opinion more then you'll ever need with this type of pedal. The Tubescreamer circuit really shines when its boosting a tube amp, by itself its nothing special. The hot switch takes that nothing special tone and just gives it way more gain. The worst part is that is also jacks up the noise floor to the point that its essentially unusable due to noise.


OVERALL OPINION

The think I like least is the hot switch. Its a completely useless and unnecessary feature in my opinion.

That said, with the hot switch disengaged this pedal is pretty much a TS808. Which is a thing of beauty.

You can find these things used for less than thirty dollars. At that price there is no reason not to buy one. I sold mine because I built an exact clone of a TS808, and honestly I would have been just as happy if I had just stuck with the TS7.

Overdrive with two saturation intensity: TS9 and HOT (blowing very hard for that matter).

Analog pedal, which I classify simulated tube overdrive.

It plugs into an effects loop with mono jack input and one output.

And you can shoot in on stage, it holds up.

UTILIZATION

General configuration simple.

The effect of the Tone button is clearer from 3 / 4 of a turn toward the treble.

The manual configuration of sounds on which I did not linger.

SOUND QUALITY

Effects effective, especially in hot.
What I like is the aspect simulator lamp. When you saturate the pedal (which has a high output!), And the amp is behind, it's great. It gives a good heat!

I make it spit out a max of my little Fender 15G. It's bold, it's dirty, it's hot, it's rock'n'roll. Yum.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it forever. She gave me a good feeling on all the amps I've used. I do not see it elsewhere even to test an amp without the pedal. I would like to offer me the original version or edition, for the REAL TS9's, not the simulation of a simulation-O)

The value for money is good. It is worth a cinquentaine euros. For small config is already very good.

Good saturation '!

It's an overdrive pedal (not distortion), completely analogique.il should be noted that the possde clbre rc4558d chip which is the Malaysian version of the JRC is supposed to reproduce 4558D.elle the famous Tube Screamer

UTILIZATION

Trs many think, the bug: three knobs that can get in and out of his pedals to mmoriser rglages. No need for manual, turn the knobs and it cost whatever it gives! The case is made of steel, against the switch by switch-trs is sensitive on mine (press the tip of the foot to the effect .... shame Inrush)

SOUND QUALITY

I use a Fender Lite Ash Telecaster, a TS 7 and TS 9 sent to a Peavey Bandit 112. I put the TS7 and TS9 with the three knobs in the center and looked the Difference: h is quite small though! say that the TS9 offers rglages sounds thinner and slightly less rough .... but the TS 7 is doing well trs.
as a booster of his clear tone drive a 0 in the center: a nice little vintage trs
as slight overdrive: her trsractif attacks, seems more size for single coil pickups: one pint quickly the warm sound of SRV or gilmour (well everything is relative)
Overdrive muscle: possible!, Not my rglage prfr but it is possible!

how HOT is enough anecdotal ... I never use it.

OVERALL OPINION

A good affordable pedals for the guitarist who wants to familiar to this kind of effect. Ca never replace a tube amp, but it can boost an amp transistor Manir convincing.

Shame about the faulty switch (apparently generic problem on these pedals)