Not the first tubescreamer demo but definately the most interesting. Just the right balance of tech and playing. Thanks Eric. :D
@EricMerrow4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!!
@drchikosi Жыл бұрын
Very helpful. I bought one & returned it because I didn’t know how to use it. This demo was so helpful that I’m going to re-buy it!!
@EricMerrow Жыл бұрын
So glad it was helpful!!
@DreidMusicalX5 ай бұрын
I've been playing 39 years and never have had this pedal. I have had variants of it cloned, but I use right now one of the best over many others I have had that happens to be a very cheap pedal by Caline called the Capt Silver which has a TS9 and TS808 option in it. Amazingly, doesn't change your tone and just boosts it and tightens the bottom flubby end. Now having said this. I just bought from zzounds the Ibanez Tube Screamer last night and it will be here in a few days. I can't wait to see how close they are and which one will I end up using on my board.
@Haze7634 жыл бұрын
Nice demo and explanation Eric. FYI to anyone reading this on a budget like me. A great clone to the original 808 in the Behringer TO800 Vintage Tube Overdrive. They're only $19 at Sweetwater in the US. Behringer and Sweetwater have become partners so the Behringer products are even cheaper at Sweetwater. They're out of stock right now but it you order and pay now, they won't charge you until they ship it. I have one, and it's really great! Yes, it has the plastic housing but it is a very durable hard plastic that almost feels like metal. If you play at home and take care of your pedals like me, it should last you a long long time.
@EricMerrow4 жыл бұрын
Those behringer pedals are hard to beat for the price! Thanks for watching!
@RraMakutsi2 жыл бұрын
Other than SRV, my favorite TS9/808 player has got to be Trey Anastasio... he has typically run two in series, one set to "full scream" and the other dialed in to give a slightly distorted boost. I believe he has also added a vintage Klon Centaur to his current rig as well.
@jgfunk10 ай бұрын
Doesn't Trey get his moded by analogman? The silver mod? I thought I read that somewhere. Big Phish fan myself!
@rickschneider38873 ай бұрын
I like to set the Volume of the TS up all the way and set the gain off which gives your tone the full midrange punch the pedal can give plus maximizes the dynamics of your amp. I can use this setting in front of any amp gain stage (clean, breakup or full blown gain turned up) and still get the same effect. It’s extremely versatile. I never used it as a boost pedal but I do prefer to use it as a tone color pedal to sculpt my overall tone.
@matthewgurlitz35144 жыл бұрын
And cool on the Grolsch straplocks. I use them on all my guitars, no need to screw any new holes whatsoever. With Grolsch, your guitar ain't coming off ever. Plus, you get a couple of beers as a bonus!
@EricMerrow4 жыл бұрын
😂😂 my favorite strap locks!
@jameskaihatu62092 ай бұрын
Favorite TS-type pedals: - EHX East River Drive - Seafoam Pedals Trident
@erickfloresramos28284 жыл бұрын
What a talent to play the guitar and explain a classic pedal very well, greeting from Mexico.
@EricMerrow4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@matthewgurlitz35144 жыл бұрын
The ts9 is built like a brick shithouse and I kind of like it as a stand-alone drive, but when you put it in front of another drive or fuzz as a boost, it truly shows its colors and screams, in keeping with its namesake. It took me a while to figure that out.
@matthewgurlitz35144 жыл бұрын
You got it, buddy, gain down volume up as a boost and it just kills.
@EricMerrow4 жыл бұрын
It’s definitely a team player!!! Thanks for watching!!
@1thess52319 күн бұрын
I like that Souldier strap 👌, I also like that rhythm style that kinda sounds like the melodic punk i listen to. I'm am a 100% rhythm pop and skate punk guitarist (I'm a drummer first) so I always appreciate hearing demos with palm mutes and power chords 😀. I have a Marshall JCM 2000 DSL 100, Marshall JCM 900 High Gain Dual Reverb 50w 6L6 and a Blackstar HT 50Mkii and I have a Berhinger Vintage Tube Overdrive TO808 (TS808 copy), Wampler Triumph, Warm Audio Centavo and Mosky Silver Horse. The Berhinger works really well with my style but I've been thinking about get a TS9 lately 🤔
@EricMerrow19 күн бұрын
Nice!! You’ve got a lot of cool gear! My first proper Marshall was a jcm 2000 dsl. They’ll always hold a special place in my heart
@christopherdougherty23621 күн бұрын
Stone Goddard used a tubescreamer ts808 in the early days like definitely on TEN and VS
@marcusrios851711 ай бұрын
I used to have an early 80s ts9. Loved that pedal! I used it for signal boost but also to add sustain. It would add sustain for days.
@EricMerrow11 ай бұрын
Yeah absolutely! The gain that it provides is really useful for adding tons of sustain!
@marcusrios851711 ай бұрын
@@EricMerrow I need to get another one, but I want the old with the Ti JRC4558 like mine had. I don't wanna pay 300.00 tho. Lol
@terrygilliland54059 ай бұрын
The tubescreamer I had back in early mid 80"s seemed to be better, or at least more to my liking than the one I bought last year
@metalinsights966411 ай бұрын
Adrian Smith used a TS-9 into a four-hole 1987 Super Lead NMV on the Piece of Mind album, for example.
@rickic82403 жыл бұрын
I have the Behringer Vintage Tube Overdrive. It's my first and only Tube Screamer clone. It does the job!
@EricMerrow3 жыл бұрын
Right on! thanks for watching!
@Grungebob_Squaredance4 ай бұрын
I remember trying a tube screamer out when I was a kid in the 1980s, I ran it into a crapy solid state amp on the clean channel and it sounded like trash. It was probably 15 years later until I tried one again into a gained up tube amp for much better results.
@bradking153610 ай бұрын
That riff at 7:52 is stellar 🎉 thank you for sharing 🎉 hope you are well God loves you deeply shalom 🤗🐼❤️✝️💐 Philippians 4:8
@RickBehm Жыл бұрын
Just snagged one of these. This is helpfull. Also I really dig the riffs you play during these demos! I'm also a lefty and love your collection.
@EricMerrow Жыл бұрын
So glad you dug the video! Lefty’s rock!! 🤘🤘🤘
@junjieliew2714 жыл бұрын
Great demo Eric! We've all heard of most of the uses for a TS9 and your demo clearly showed perfect examples! Awesome tone too!
@EricMerrow4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@Claviceptic4 жыл бұрын
You've really been on it lately, Eric! Another great video showing us the wonders of the pedal world. Thanks a lot for doing what you do!
@EricMerrow4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for watching! Going to try to keep up this momentum. I'm really happy to hear you like the videos!!
@SeanLulis2 ай бұрын
Ts9, best cheapest utilitarian pedal. I have 2 which i employ at different times or both together at other times. Tuner, wah, ts9, ts9, face pf amp
@jamiemetz3019 Жыл бұрын
I like that eagle feather actually I know you said they aren't made anymore but man I'd like to search for one possibly lol .. I actually just bought the Ibanez ts9 screamer ts9dx about a month ago and wow it is worth the 119 bucks because it'll last forever and the way it shapes my tone when I'm expirimenting with my guitar / amp configurations is really fun and my tone is exactly what I like in my sound . I use vox amps ( 50 watt Cambridge/ 20 watt valvetronix)... Love em both..... I also use line 6 ( 60 watt catalyst/ and the spider 30 and 15 watt).... Love those also lol.... I also have that ol marshall mghdfx 100 watt Half stack I bought 20 years ago which sounds really heavy and just a classic take from good ol marshall.... I use Mitchell ms450's(from guitar center of course) ..... I have a couple Ibanez's ( rg series just around like the 300 dollar range)...... I have the Epiphone Les Paul traditional pro 4 as well ..... I swear just trying these different combinations with the Ibanez tube screamer has just got me completely immersed in my music like I've never been before👍🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🎸🎸🎸😝😝😝😝so if you don't possess that tube screamer pedal yet order one right now ASAP 🎉
@carlbornestig11234 жыл бұрын
Just got a TS9 yesterday! It’s wonderful! Great channel! Cheers from Sweden! 🤘
@EricMerrow4 жыл бұрын
Cheers! I’m glad you’re liking the TS9!
@conorfowler4 жыл бұрын
Great video. I've had Gearmanndude's Luther Drive for years now, I believe it's a take on the 808. I've had my eye on the EQD Plumes recently though, and the Doomscreamer sounds awesome!
@EricMerrow4 жыл бұрын
Very cool! I totally forgot he had pedals made. That Plumes has been getting tons of praise since they released it. EQD makes great stuff!
@Haze7634 жыл бұрын
The Plumes is supposed to great! Jamie from Earthquaker studied up on all the original Tube Screamers when making the Plumes. The one thing he did was clean up the original tone. The Plumes never gets muddy when the tone knob is all the way down, so bass players love it too.
@chriscurran19674 жыл бұрын
Great demo Eric!!! I’ve heard of most of those uses for the tube screamer, from you and Jason before, I believe. This demo however was very much more detailed, which I thought was really cool. Great job!!!🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
@EricMerrow4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much Chris! I'm glad the video is making sense to everyone!
@dronefinger4 жыл бұрын
Great video, Eric. Thank you for the thorough analysis. Super helpful! 🤘
@EricMerrow4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching, Larry! I'm really glad the video is helpful!
@chromosomegun58454 жыл бұрын
Great video. Love this how to use pedals effectively!
@EricMerrow4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for checking out the video!
@ScottSaltman-y4s6 ай бұрын
Awesome video, man.
@EricMerrow6 ай бұрын
Thanks!!
@KasperKillsTX4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video Eric! I wish I had a video like this growing up. We all read guitar world and read an interview with a famous guitarist like Brain Welch and they say that it’s key to their sound. Me as a kid thought that’s how you got that super heavy sound like Korn. They never explained how it was as used. So, I get one and think what is this? Why is there no gain!? 😂 having this explained to me back then would have been amazing. The Tubescreamer is a classic for a reason! I have a Maxon OD808 and it’s fantastic. Did you know that Maxon manufactured the original Ibanez Tubescreamers. They also had license to produce the same pedals under the Maxon brand. Neat bit of pedal history. 🤘🖤🔥
@EricMerrow4 жыл бұрын
I’m 100% in the same boat as you man! When I was younger I just assumed it was the SRV sound or any other famous person who used one. I had no idea how they were using it in relation to their whole rig. Really glad you liked the video!!!
@mistershabadoo4 жыл бұрын
An absolute pleasure to see such a detailed video on this circuit! With all respect paid to its reputation, the ts circuits were a bit tame for my liking. I much prefer blues breaker clones and k clones. Most of the time, I stack a Pantheon into a Hoof. Molten gain stages! Keep on, Eric! 🤘🤘🤘 thanks so much for all you do!!!
@EricMerrow4 жыл бұрын
I bet that combo sounds incredible!! Thanks for watching!!
@succesfulism6 ай бұрын
Great vid Do you know the Santana patch on this pedal?
@EricMerrow6 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! I’m not sure what settings Santana used. I’d recommend googling “Santana tube screamer settings”
@karlmar2 Жыл бұрын
I’m pretty sure that the TS has a parallel signal path. Clean combined with dirt.
@EricMerrow Жыл бұрын
I’m not an engineer but I think the clean signal that we hear is just the lower frequencies not being driven as much.
@gabsguitarvlog2 жыл бұрын
wow, I’ve got another TS clone, cheap one but highly rated the Behringer Vintage Tube Overdrive(TO800).
@EricMerrow2 жыл бұрын
That’s great one! I’ve actually got a demo on it here on the channel. Thanks for watching!!
@effel6519974 жыл бұрын
Erik Rutan uses a maxon 808 into his mesa boogie and jcm 800 and that's essentially Florida death metal same with Rob Barrett and Pat O'Brian from Cannibal Corpse
@EricMerrow4 жыл бұрын
Right on!!! Such a great way to use that pedal! Thanks for watching
@johnwstruhar3 ай бұрын
My favorite was James Hetfield using the TS9 on Ride the Lightning.
@EricMerrow3 ай бұрын
@@johnwstruhar 🔥🤘🤘🤘
@jaialaiwarrior10 ай бұрын
I like how you play but for some reason TS always sound too fuzzy, bright and cheap for me on the heavier styles i like to play - almost like the first Crate amp I'd ever play through. And I'm starting to think separating out full pre-amp EQ from the drive doesn't make sense. I'm about the pull the trigger on getting a Mark Lettieri pedal. But i do like your playing and riffs - will continue to check out your content, thanks!
@EricMerrow10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much
@erik9817 Жыл бұрын
Cool, does 9:00 work with solid state amps too?
@EricMerrow Жыл бұрын
Yeah it absolutely should work with a solid state amp!
@eddiesigerexperience98032 жыл бұрын
You forgot to stack the second tube screamer 😂 awesome demo man
@EricMerrow2 жыл бұрын
Silly me! 😂😂 thanks a ton for watching!
@succesfulism5 ай бұрын
Hey man great vid What would be the settings for smooth Santana? Thanks
@EricMerrow5 ай бұрын
I’m not sure what he used but a good starting point would be everything at noon. Maybe turn the tone down a bit and the gain up a bit.
@succesfulism5 ай бұрын
@@EricMerrow gain?
@EricMerrow5 ай бұрын
@@succesfulism I’d say around 75%
@tamratelliot4407 Жыл бұрын
Hey, How did you achieve that clean tone at 6:19? What amp/settings?
@EricMerrow Жыл бұрын
I can’t remember the exact settings but the amp I was using was a Hiwatt DR103 clone. Those amps have a lot of headroom so you can get nice clean sounds
@evanbjammin4 жыл бұрын
Nice video! For some reason I still haven't used one but it keeps screaming at me to give it a try.
@EricMerrow4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! I hope that when you get the chance to play one you’ll have a decent grasp on how you want to use it!
@evanbjammin4 жыл бұрын
@@EricMerrow you did a great job of explaining what a useful tool it can be. An artist can never have too many colors 😁
@jorgesilva645411 ай бұрын
Nice review 👏👏👏 How would you compare the TS versus the Boss Blues Driver? I’m in between these two for my next purchase. Cheers!
@EricMerrow11 ай бұрын
That’s a great question - I think the blues driver is a bit more full frequency so you can definitely use it in the same way but you might get a little different sounding results. But probably close!
@thiscorrosion9002 жыл бұрын
Eric, have you ever used the Marshall Bluesbreaker II pedal (1990s reissue in silver metal), and, if so, what did you think of it? Can you really get a Clapton 1966 tone out of it, or not? Or does it very much depend on the amp you're driving it with? I own a TS7 with the boost (hot) switch, have used it a bit, not tons though.
@deanbootlegguitarist90004 жыл бұрын
Sweet guitar
@EricMerrow4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I used my Collings SoCo, Parts Jazzmaster, SG standard, and First Act Custom Shop Delgada in this video!
@frost77247 ай бұрын
is this pedal not compatible with a fender amp? because mine isn’t working for some reason
@EricMerrow7 ай бұрын
This pedal can definitely be used with a fender amp. Do you get signal when the pedal is off? You might need to make sure the cord from the guitar is plugged into the right side of the pedal and the left side of the pedal is plugged into the amp.
@frost77247 ай бұрын
@@EricMerrow is the signal the little red light ?
@elvan125813 жыл бұрын
Is it me or does that SG just sound good without any pedal fx?
@EricMerrow3 жыл бұрын
I would have to agree!! Thanks a ton for watching!
@lordjake23503 жыл бұрын
I found out this metal can do BRUTAL SLAM DEATHMETAL. I put metal zone into amp then connect the tube screamer to the metal zone and guitar to tube screamer TRY IT
@EricMerrow3 жыл бұрын
🤘🤘🤘🤘 thanks for watching!!
@TheEchomaker3 жыл бұрын
i love how at 9:15 your shirt says emo)))
@EricMerrow3 жыл бұрын
Me too!! 😂😂 thanks for watching!
@jmess224 жыл бұрын
Could this work decently with a solid state amp? Say a orange crush 60?
@EricMerrow4 жыл бұрын
Definitely! Stacking the tube screamer into other pedals is the same sort of thing as running it into a solid state amp. As long as the amp sounds good, it won’t matter if it has tubes or not! Thanks for watching
@thiscorrosion9002 жыл бұрын
I think as long as you back off on the amp itself's main drive/gain settings, it should sound great. Otherwise it may sound overly distorted or "buzzy".
@clifforddang59472 жыл бұрын
Hi Eric! Do you think Gary Moore used a TS9?
@EricMerrow2 жыл бұрын
Im not 100% sure but I think he did from the quick google search I did. A les Paul + ts9 + Marshall is a great combo!
@clifforddang59472 жыл бұрын
@@EricMerrow Thanks Eric !
@jesseanderson48654 жыл бұрын
Are you left handed or is it just the camera flipping your image
@EricMerrow4 жыл бұрын
I am left handed. Thanks for watching!
@teresathomley37033 жыл бұрын
Around 2 to 3 minutes that sounded like a sped up version of "Reckoner."
@EricMerrow3 жыл бұрын
Not familiar. I’ll have to check it out! Thanks for watching
@teresathomley37033 жыл бұрын
@@EricMerrow It's a Radiohead song. It's on the In Rainbows album.
@joythief4 жыл бұрын
Wow, all these years using a Tubescreamer without really understanding it!
@EricMerrow4 жыл бұрын
There's really no "correct" way to use the pedal but I was in the same boat for years! I hope the video helped guide you or give you some ideas!
@thiscorrosion9002 жыл бұрын
It also is dependent on what you're running it into, amp, other things, other pedals, etc. Tube or not. And of course, what guitar is crucial as well.
@tobisteffen9 ай бұрын
The tube screamer sounds a little like you would finally put some new strings with a thinner string gauge on your muddy guitar.
@EricMerrow9 ай бұрын
That’s definitely a decent way of describing it!
@tobisteffen9 ай бұрын
@@EricMerrow I have picked up a habit from Brian May: I replace one string every day (8 on long scale, 9 on short). What might sound excessive, is actually not that expensive and was the most efficient investment in tone I‘ve tried.
@donr4902 Жыл бұрын
first time i heard someone make this pedal sound bad
@EricMerrow Жыл бұрын
Aww thanks!
@chaplinj6512 Жыл бұрын
The digitech sounded better than the tube screamer. IMO