5 Ways To Use A Tube Screamer

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[@OlaEnglund]

Gain: 9 o clock Tone: 2 o clock Volume: MAX ❤

[@paulcarter105]

Love this setting since the gain doesn’t really add gain if you’re boosting a distorted sound it just seems to add thickness and low mids back

[@jconner3891]

@@paulcarter105agree

[@user-qt2ok6gd6s]

I use a similar setting into a Orange OR 15, bliss.

[@johnjackson1270]

OLAAAAAA!!!!!!!

[@user-qt2ok6gd6s]

@@johnjackson1270 Ola is da Mann!

[@podularMan88]

I watched this while procrastinating at work, so I put it on 2x speed and let me tell you its hysterical.

[@Stephen_Eee]

Procrastinating at home, and now I gotta try 😅

[@legaloutlaw777]

Read your comment and then did the same for a second watch... you were not wrong

[@shanewalton8888]

I am also watchin this at work. lol

[@ieblack37]

Did not disappoint. I'd recommend watching any JHS video that features Paul Gilbert at 0.5 or 0.75 speed

[@Fivemonthslater1]

Procrastinating in bed. Did not disappoint is correct.

[@kentlangham5811]

In the late 90's I was at a gig where the house PA broke. We used a spare Tubescreamer as an impedence matching transformer ( pre-amp ) for our vocal mic run thru a bass amp.

[@nohillforahighstepper]

Great ideas! I usually use my 808 to hold down my papers on the recording desk or to hold the door open if the room needs a bit of air. To say that I'm not a fan would be an understatement. It is seldom on my pedal board. I prefer a Nobles OD1 or even the Keeley Nobles Driver or a TS from Wampler, personally. But you have given me some other ideas for putting that old greener to use. Thank you!

[@festushagan3921]

A Tube Screamer in front of my driven 50watt 1986 Marshall JCM800 has always blown my mind (and my ears). Why mess with perfection.

[@TheGhostGuitars]

The Tubescreamer is one of the FEW pedals that's ALWAYS on my board. The other pedals that's always there with the TS are the Metal Zone, an EQ, a Tuner and a Reverb (IF there's no reverb in the amp). The Metal Zone is a super powerful pedal in that it is EXTREMELY versatile in being able to get an amazingly wide variety of sounds, from mild to wild. I can get it to function from a clean boost all the way to a full hairy fuzz.

[@jimdeavenport9952]

A Metal Zone was my first ever pedal. Oh how the critics loved to pan it. Nothing but noise comes from it. But it just won't go away. It is Boss's number 2 or 3 selling pedal over the last, how long? About 25 years or so.

[@TheGhostGuitars]

@@jimdeavenport9952 I think the detractors mostly panned it because they either couldn't or wouldn't take the time to LEARN to use the VERY sensitive controls on the pedal. Just a tiny bump on the knobs would be enuff to change wildly the end sonic results. I wouldn't consider myself as a master of the pedal. I'm good enuff to work with it and, after some long time of experimentations, I could get what I need outta the pedal. TBH, sometimes it IS just easier, and faster, to buy that pedal I'm trying to emulate and just use that! 😁 ...unless it's a Klon yer trying to mimic, LOL! 🤣

[@squirelova1815]

You should do MORE of these Super helpful Tips videos Dearest Robert, MUCH more. Very well explained indeed and enjoyable too! Thank You Sir Chapman.

[@FrancoDX]

Tubescreamer AND a Sovtek Big Muff was one of the best tones I ever stumbled across, can’t remover which order I had them in though. It was some time ago…

[@Scoaster86]

I'm always stacking my Tubescreamer with a Triangle Big Muff, and I think it sounds glorious. That's with the Tubescreamer running into the Muff, putting them the other way round doesn't make much sense in my opinion, and never gave me any good results

[@Stephen_Eee]

Not sure if they have the card game Uno in the UK, But felt like you threw a reverse card down out of the gate. Using it to cut out gain 🤯...my tiny little brain could only Ever imagine ADDING gain. This an eye opening video 😊

[@meytecc8601]

Best. Pedal. Ever.

[@jonyoung9408]

Absolutely beautiful guitar!

[@GraemeCampbellMusic]

I used to use one of the original Marshall Blues Breaker pedals as my "always on" slight broken up tone. I use TS pedals in the same way. I view them a bit like Hot Sauce, a little goes a long way gain wise :)

[@Chemist1076]

Excellent... Thanks... I like the cut option and the treble boost idea.

[@EasyHeat]

I remember Phil X once explaining that he dialed his amp to AC/DC and used his Bad Monkey to go to Van Halen, and that absolutely made the most sense to me at the time, and has typically been how I've implemented most overdrives. With differential nuances pertaining to any given amp's gain characteristics. Having said that? I've just found myself somewhat regretting letting my old Digitech Bad Monkey go many moons ago. However these days an everyday ordinary BOSS SD1 pretty much gets me everywhere I need to go. Great video Chappers! Hope you are well. Cheers!

[@TheSuperspyk]

The idea of having it as a rhythm - I’d never have considered giving that a go!

[@bigl6322]

Rhythm channel and let my sweet amp do the heavy tone lifting for face punching solos…brilliant….so simple it plain did not occur to me. I’m gonna put this computer down and go check it out with my Vox. I’ll come back and watch the rest later, thank mate!

[@ilovegreenock]

I have never really thought about that first way of toning down the pedal and using the amp as lead.I will give a try!

[@arjanhurkmans9190]

I like to use one after a fuzz , gain low, tone mid and volume unity. This helps to smooth the sound of a fuzz if needed

[@KarstenJohansson]

This is a great video. I'm going to be putting way #1 to use immediately. I don't know why that never crossed my mind, but it's exactly what I need in my chain. I have my amp distortion pretty much maxed, and this would allow for gentler bits without fiddling with the volume knob in mid song.

[@powerbylightfutureisnow1579]

Your brilliant man! Always love your tones and playing style. It is out of this world. Your the Hendrix of metal.

[@pablohernandezsyn1507]

I also use it on the loop as a booster, it just enhances mids and raises volume, perfect for solos

[@jeffmclowry]

I’ve tried a couple of these but several never even occurred to me. Thx!

[@snapfinger1]

I’ve freeze framed your knob settings. Another fab demo.

[@richarddeeble09]

The main use I'd use one (or a boss sd1) is as a bass cut into and already gain amp for tight metal rhythm tones. If you need more gain (eg a jcm800) you crank the level and adjust the gain to taste, alternatively you can just use it as preeq to clean up something like a dual rectifier or further tighten a 5150. This was the sound of so many Andy Sneap produced metal bands

[@CGFun82]

Great advice and tips thumbs up. Im inspired to fiddle with my maxon od808 again.

[@robertdonosobuchner3129]

I often use overdrive or tube screamer together with a fuzz pedal. Like the Carcosa Fuzz. You can get a lot of great sounds with this combination. You have to find your perfect settings.

[@PaulCooksStuff]

Deviously smart.

[@JoeBaermann]

Love the look of that Ghost Fret.❤ 6th way, in between bassheavy fuzz and amp that slightly breaks up, clock settings: gain 8-9, tone 2-3 and volume 1-3, removes low end, tightens up while still having the punch and gain from the fuzz and cuts through. Not sure if it matters, but I use the 808 circuit for that, doesn’t even have to be the original, there are some cheap clones as well as digital models that do it the exact same way as it, did actually record and compare. For added response there is a version with Jfet at a ridiculous low price from NUX.

[@PeterGreenProductions]

Brilliant - THANKS❗

[@user-qt2ok6gd6s]

My Jam tubedreamer made me love that circuit again.

[@yevgenydevine]

My favourite ways to use overdrive/distortion/fuzz pedals are (a) to use them *instead* of an amp, which might potentially require *two* pedals; (b) to use two pedals to create a different harmonic profile: even if the pedals are the same, the variety of sounds they produce is far superior than using one pedal; (c) using an amplifier as a pre-amp in front of a pedal, where an amplifier controls the tightness and the character of the sound, and the pedal(s) further add gain and crispy-washy character to the sound; and (d) is to use a parallel processing chain, where one channel uses a pedal as an amplifier, with no cabinet, and that raw and high-definition sound is mixed with a channel that does use a cabinet. Overall, I find amplifiers to be more useful as pre-equalizers and, to some degree, pre-amplifiers, rather than the actual amplifiers per se. Pedals are enormously underrated as amplifiers, most of the time they produce far superior tones than those produced by amplifiers. P.S., no, you, a reader, cannot use this in your video as if you came up with this, or pull a “hey, I've read this comment and will socialize this person's intellectual property for KZbin views”. I leave this comment so some people could try this, shut the fuck up about it, and keep it to themselves.

[@aquilarossa5191]

If you only have a clean tone, then using the Tube Screamer to tidy up and boost a mushy distortion pedal works well. Something like the Mojo Mojo that Mr Big uses, or even a DS1 or Dist+ etc. Low end on those things is a bit mushy, but set it for a mid gain rhythm tone and hit it with the TS808 dialed in as a clean-ish boost. The tone will get tight, give you palm muted higher gains sounds and the higher notes will sing and sustain really nicely. Fat without the mushy low end.

[@stevecox9871]

That's really useful. Thanks Rob.

[@philchapman1463]

Great Video!!

[@cwwisk]

Most of the time I love a green box. As long as it doesn't smell...

[@davidschlageter5962]

Clever using the tube screamer in the negative. When I heard gainey amp and screamer I thought oh no! But then wow!

[@royalslim2024]

I know some people pick on you but I dig your show

[@MrCarlos1335]

GOOD JOB, WELL

[@jckelley10]

Brilliant! Great video!

[@brettliebermanmusic]

Got a TS9 from a friend. Played around with at home. Never liked it. Few years later took to it a full band gig. Then I got it. They are wonderful live.

[@MashaT22]

Does a Boss DS-1 behave in a similar way? If not, I’d love a similar video for that pedal!

[@jirimizera2639]

Not having a TS right now, I am not quite sure if it works with it, but with quite similar Boss SD-1, I have one more possibility. With a classical 3-single coil strat on a clean amp, I can turn it to a HB-like guitar, with gain at zero and volume boosted (tone at noon or at your taste). It rolls off the strat crispeness and scooped tone and boosts mids. With SD-1, it remains clean with any dirt hardly noticeable. Not sure if TS can remain clean...

[@Sea_Jay]

I do love me some screaming tubes

[@jimdeavenport9952]

Very nice. ANd I have a Johnny Cash T shirt just like that.

[@Rick-Nundigger]

😮... J'ai redécouvert mon ancienne "Big'Muff" Oubliée depuis London Juin1976..🎸⚠️🤗 ..... Bien que la TS soit devenue une "Classique"😉

[@robertdyer8517]

GREAT vid man !!!

[@alexcinci74]

Some people use it with vol on max, tone and gain either in the middle or zero

[@johnwebb2562]

Hi Rob , hope you're doing 🤠 Great. Years ago could have been around early 80s. I bought a TS . I used to think 🤔 about Tube screaming and how it would take me into the realms of magnificents, but it was what I can only describe as Sonic cold turkey 🦃 It's very label 🏷️ and it's could be concept is the only thing magnificent about it . I later discovered it was just a fancy name for an overdrive circuit alas my Sonic journey faltered until year's later I discovered overdrive circuits that could Knock me out the 🏞️ park. The TS is OK if you have got a 🎩 Top sounding amp like a Victory or Bogner, etc . Otherwise they are no use to Man nor Beast. Best Regards. John.

[@kantina4765]

Number 2 is the only way I’ve ever heard of them being used, and the only setting I’ve ever discovered that doesn’t sound like complete shit.

[@NikolajHansen]

If you keep taking those pictures of yourself, you need to apply to be the next bond villain. I think they could name you Mr .C.

[@dionr1168]

The BEST way to use a Tube Screamer is Drive @ 0, Level @ Max, Tone @ Noon in front of the highest gain channel of a Peavey 6505, EVH 5150, or a Mesa Boogie Dual

[@christiantaylor4027]

The first vid by Rob that I saw was the one where he was wearing a dragon suit. It is hard to not like a guy who does that. I like his vids about sound and gear etc.......He was playing guitar while wearing the dragon suit. It was as funny as Page's dragon suit was cool. Just sayin. Rock on!

[@royalslim2024]

If i couldl i would buy that guitar

[@insane.seagull]

New ghostfret

[@naggelwauss]

After 30 years playing my fender strat 1979 (no one cares!) I found out that turning the volume knob from the strat down give some super sounds out of de TS ;)

[@wurm90125]

Gain at about 7:15 Tone at 11:30 Level dimed. Or get a REVV Tilt Boost. Heats up the front of the amp without adding much gain.

[@Alexroberts666]

2:46 gonna have to slow that down and learn it

[@jamescrum668]

Rob, will these suggestions work with an OD3?

[@lyricgoosejj1560]

Yo

[@Rob-fn1lm]

How's your band doing man do you still have cì ci on bass

[@trevorarthurson6815]

6. Doorstop

[@TheJudy79]

I use my tube screamer to make my wife scream and boy do I make her scream

[@marcelbecker3536]

I Have No Tubescreamer, And I Must Scream

[@speechy6260]

interesting....aaaand : funny ...😀

[@DarrellMeador-gm6ck]

Johnny Cash be proud

[@CrazedFandango]

6: as a paperweight. I cannot get on with them.

[@samuelj.rivard]

Tube Screamer into a klon like circuit

[@shanewalton8888]

Must find a dark evil way to use a Tube Screamer. lol

[@doonilevitin]

It barely worked for me, always sounded like a clean layer goes with the drive sound

[@lancelot_captain]

Sounds like one way to me...

[@anthonypanneton923]

Sell them all and buy something that just plain sounds good, rather than fighting with a bloody green pedal. I think that amp sounds pretty damn good all by itself.

[@safvue1]

can i come by an paint that wall behind you,,,,,,,,,,,,,,/?

[@victor493]

My Johnny Cash shirt has be tossed by my wife after 10 plus years I,m pissed ! 😢

[@Durkhead]

This is how you use a metalzone not a tubescreamer

[@RobChappers]

Really? Maybe I just got it all wrong.

[@bartonkj]

6th use: try to hide your bottle of monkey shoulder.

[@Jarrodpimental]

Chewbscreamer

[@guitarandotherthings6090]

You need to wear a beanie hat or something like Greg Koch does for your thumbnails. Being pasty white bald in the sunshine washes out the photo. Add color with a beanie or hat of some kind. Not trolling just a tip.

[@PlanCthruZ]

We’re not worthy!..

[@Matthew-OU812]

5 Ways To Scream... we are talking about pedals right?

[@maxbialystock254]

Way 6. Insert that thing in your backside and screaming will commence

[@Jpetersson]

Don´t say Grrrrrrrrrrrreetings!

[@Thomalom]

Monkeyshoulder spotted

[@mikeruppe]

The best way to use a tube screamer is sale it and get active pickups 😂

[@timcarter2373]

yawwwnn.

[@trdpro2grfks]

I had an ts808 reissue I used with a custom shop 65’ fender strat and a deluxe reverb and it was not what I was looking for. 🤣 wanted modern distortion like bands like brand new but could not push the amp levels high enough at home to get close.

[@JoeBaermann]

Metal Zone or a high gain amp like distortion that can’t be dialed in wrong. 😆 I used the old Metal Muff Pocket some years ago together with a valve amp to cover different sounds, was actually a pretty versatile pedal when adjusting it together with the amp.