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If you can stretch, the visual sound route 808 is pretty nice, has a few of the boutique "improvements", and is cheap(ish) on thomann for around £55. Or the joyo does the job, but I'm not sure how reliable it is.
(b) The SD1 will also do a similar job- doesn't sound exactly the same as a TS, but it's in the ballpark. I prefer the SD1 for certain things, and a TS for certain things, so it's not like either is really (at least in my opinion) better.
People have used a DS1 on occasion for a boost, and it'll work (at least to a certain extent), but if you want the tubescreamer thing I doubt you'd be that happy. In that case the SD1 would be much, much better than the DS1 for doing the TS-thing.
I kid you not, this is a blindingly good pedal. Used it for the last 4-5 years and its been quiet and reliable and sounds great. Had a friend that bought a real Ibanez ts808 that he paid about £95 for. Played them side by side and even he was amazed at just how good the Behringer was..you'd be hard pushed to tell the difference except the Behringer tone control had better range.
For tightening the low end you could do loads worse than an MXR Distortion+. Randy Rhoads used one........
For a lead boost (into a Marshall), I'd go with any one of
Boss SD-1, Boss DS-1, Digitech Hothead (similar to the DS-1, but has bass and treble controls) Bad monkey, MXR Distortion3, MXR Custom 78 Badass Distortion, EHX East River Drive (a tube screamer by EHX)
For a Stand-alone (alt to a dirty amp)
Hardwire CM-2, Marshall Jackhammer, Guvnor 1 or 2, Shredmaster (not my fav Marshall in a box, but not bad)
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
Thanks for the additional ideas.
After all this I remembered that I bought a TS clone off ebay that has just sat in a drawer because I wasn't that impressed when I first got it. Used it again quickly last night and it actually sounded pretty good (although may have a look at a couple of joyo pedals for comparison).
Anyone know who makes the TSC branded pedals on ebay? Have a couple of questions for them but can always just message through ebay.
Every guitarist should own one IMO.
Exceptional pedals, really.
Although, never use one as a standalone drive into a clean channel. That sounds awful to me.
You get this weird layer of clean guitar with a distorted signal kinda running parallel to it. You can definitely hear the clean guitar still though. Even with the gain maxed.
I have two. A regular TS-9 and a Keeley Mod TS-9.
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