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Forty-plus years. Countless records. Still, it is the benchmark that every transparent overdrive gets measured against, whether it wants to be or not.
The TS-9 is the mid-forward, soft-clipping overdrive circuit that defined what it means for a pedal to work with an amp instead of against it.
Drive pushes your signal into harmonic breakup, Tone shapes the top end without getting brittle, and Level sets where it sits in your rig.
Roll back your guitar's volume, and it cleans up completely — roll it up, and it blooms. It doesn't color your tone so much as it concentrates it, which is why it sounds right on a Strat, a Les Paul, a hollowbody, and everything in between.
This is the reissue, not a vintage original — same circuit, same green housing, same three knobs, a fraction of the price. For most players, that's not a compromise; it's just the smart call.
Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer Used
$95.00