ts808hw?

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Any of you guys have experience with this one? It looks interesting on paper... but that doesn't mean squat.

Wondering how it would hang with the od808.
 
Of the reviews I have read its actually better than the re-issue.
 
wow, sounds REALLY good man....... but it's too fucking pricey.
 
blackba":1mo5v6cq said:
I have read good reviews on it, but its hard to put that kind of coin for a pedal for me.

http://www.legendarytones.com/TS808HW.html
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Yeah, that's my whole problem. Usually with pedals I just bite the bullet and buy them, then A/B with what I have and trade in whichever I don't like.

But that's a lot of money for a non-boutique OD pedal.
 
You all are better than me if you can tell a difference between the various tube screamers in a boost situation (gain off, level cranked). Going into an already dirty amp they ALL sound the same to my ears.
 
I'll take my TS-9 that I modded over that anyday and it was about $300 cheaper.
 
There is one on ebay for under $300 that says it has been modded with a socket that lets you swap chips and supposedly has an original chip in it rather than a reissue.
 
nevusofota":91ym2fcx said:
You all are better than me if you can tell a difference between the various tube screamers in a boost situation (gain off, level cranked). Going into an already dirty amp they ALL sound the same to my ears.
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Lol. I got an OD808 today and I have 7 Tubescreamer type pedals sitting on my amp and I am clicking them on/off telling myself that only one will stay now that it is 2012. I am about to go insane :lol: :LOL:

I can tell the difference, but I think it would be less noticeable if I wasn't going back and forth. I keep trying to pick my favorite, but I think I could live with any of them honestly. Usually the biggest different is overall volume, the amount of bass thump not sucked out, and how fizzy the highs are.

The biggest difference to me are the TS-9/808 based pedals, and the Boss SD-1 based pedals (MXR, etc..). That is the biggest difference between them. There are 2 distinct "families" and it gets hard to tell within each family.
 
Shask":tv7vmmqi said:
nevusofota":tv7vmmqi said:
You all are better than me if you can tell a difference between the various tube screamers in a boost situation (gain off, level cranked). Going into an already dirty amp they ALL sound the same to my ears.
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Lol. I got an OD808 today and I have 7 Tubescreamer type pedals sitting on my amp and I am clicking them on/off telling myself that only one will stay now that it is 2012. I am about to go insane :lol: :LOL:

I can tell the difference, but I think it would be less noticeable if I wasn't going back and forth. I keep trying to pick my favorite, but I think I could live with any of them honestly. Usually the biggest different is overall volume, the amount of bass thump not sucked out, and how fizzy the highs are.

The biggest difference to me are the TS-9/808 based pedals, and the Boss SD-1 based pedals (MXR, etc..). That is the biggest difference between them. There are 2 distinct "families" and it gets hard to tell within each family.
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I did the same thing about 2 years ago. I used a Carl Martin Octaswitch and plugged in about 7 overdrive pedals into the loops (including TS-9, TS-808, Maxon OD9 and OD9 pro plus, Fulldrive FD2, SD pickup booster, BB preamp) and AB'd them all. There was hardly any difference when I ran each into the front of my 5150III's second and third channels. Just a few EQ differences. Out of all of them I kept the Maxon OD9 and the BB preamp. I primarily use the Maxon though. Personally for me, I would steer clear of these overly expensive overdrives (marketing schemes) as they don't make enough of a difference to warrent the cost in a boost situation IMO.

Sorry, didn't mean to bring down the thread ;)
 
I own the TS808HW version, I had about 6 different Tubescreamer type pedals at once. Based on amp set clean, slightly dirty, and high gain setting this pedal won it for me. I kept this and Suhr Shibadrive, I have had a lot of tubescreamer pedals stock and modded and I really like this one. I got mine used off Ebay about 6 months ago for $260
 
nevusofota":rp4xriy5 said:
Shask":rp4xriy5 said:
nevusofota":rp4xriy5 said:
You all are better than me if you can tell a difference between the various tube screamers in a boost situation (gain off, level cranked). Going into an already dirty amp they ALL sound the same to my ears.
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Lol. I got an OD808 today and I have 7 Tubescreamer type pedals sitting on my amp and I am clicking them on/off telling myself that only one will stay now that it is 2012. I am about to go insane :lol: :LOL:

I can tell the difference, but I think it would be less noticeable if I wasn't going back and forth. I keep trying to pick my favorite, but I think I could live with any of them honestly. Usually the biggest different is overall volume, the amount of bass thump not sucked out, and how fizzy the highs are.

The biggest difference to me are the TS-9/808 based pedals, and the Boss SD-1 based pedals (MXR, etc..). That is the biggest difference between them. There are 2 distinct "families" and it gets hard to tell within each family.
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I did the same thing about 2 years ago. I used a Carl Martin Octaswitch and plugged in about 7 overdrive pedals into the loops (including TS-9, TS-808, Maxon OD9 and OD9 pro plus, Fulldrive FD2, SD pickup booster, BB preamp) and AB'd them all. There was hardly any difference when I ran each into the front of my 5150III's second and third channels. Just a few EQ differences. Out of all of them I kept the Maxon OD9 and the BB preamp. I primarily use the Maxon though. Personally for me, I would steer clear of these overly expensive overdrives (marketing schemes) as they don't make enough of a difference to warrent the cost in a boost situation IMO.

Sorry, didn't mean to bring down the thread ;)
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I can tell the difference between my Maxon OD-808 and OD-9. I agree with boosting a dirty channel of an amp minimizes the differences. If you are boosting a cranked single channel amp or using it as the only dirt in a clean amp (not the best way to use a tubescreamer), than the differences show up more.
 
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