Author Topic: Tubescreamers? (Read 4473 times)

the_bleeding · « **Reply #15 on:** March 10, 2007, 01:49:53 AM »

to answer a bunch of questions....

ALWAYS put an overdrive infront of an amp. Putting it in the loop doesnt sound very good, and could damage some poweramps.

YES it will work with SS amps, effectively increases your gain and tightens your amp.

true bypass DOESNT MATTER with 808's. This is because they use "buffered bypass". In otherwords, the input is high impedance, because the power starts at the jack, essentially increasing the voltage of your signal to carry it through the effect without losing tone when the effect is disengaged. That way the low impedance that the effect causes is negligable because of the buffer.

Metal-Assmoney · « **Reply #16 on:** March 12, 2007, 06:57:24 AM »

try to get your hands on a Keely TS9DX. its a TS9DX with the 808 chip in it and a ton of mods to it.

anyways, check out anything by Keely @ www.robertkeeley.com

LazyNinja · « **Reply #17 on:** March 12, 2007, 08:40:21 AM »

Quote from: the_bleeding

YES it will work with SS amps, effectively increases your gain and tightens your amp.

true bypass DOESNT MATTER with 808's. This is because they use "buffered bypass". In otherwords, the input is high impedance, because the power starts at the jack, essentially increasing the voltage of your signal to carry it through the effect without losing tone when the effect is disengaged. That way the low impedance that the effect causes is negligable because of the buffer.

It WILL work certainly, but the effect won't be as good as on a tube amp. When you add OD to a solidstate I tend to find the pedal thin out the sound more than anything else. OD pedals are primarily designed to drive the input stage preamp harder and cause it to drive more. This doesnt happen on a SS because the gain is less to do with the guitar and more to do with the preamp circuit itself.

About the buffer, I certainly don't mind it on the TS but the same high impedance buffer system is used on the Boss pedals and a lot of people complain about those. But buffers do have benefits because as you said, it helps the signal to be pushed through the circuit and one or two buffered pedal would be useful in a pedal board full of true bypass pedals.

Pieter-Jan · « **Reply #18 on:** March 15, 2007, 03:27:14 PM »

Ok, thanks for all the feedback!

I heard about the idea of using a tubescreamer before a dirty amp from andy sneep in a total guitar edition.

I went for the GAS 828 pedal (http://www.flexamp.com/). It should be shipped soon, mine will be serial number 21 :).

Thx again,

PJ