Analogman modded TS-9 Tube Screamer, Fender Stratocaster and Champ

This video is part of a Tube Screamer post on www.guitartoneoverload.com

Gear used:
American Classics Custom Shop Stratocaster with Kinman AVn blues pickups
1974 Fender Champ
Analogman modded TS9 Ibanez Tube Screamer

I show various gain and level settings against a mostly clean tube amp. At the end, I show briefly how a tube screamer can boost a Pro Co RAT 2 distortion pedal.

The amp was miked with a Shure SM-57 and some reverb was added later on in Cubase 5.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Guitar
• tone
• Ibanez
• Tube
• Screamer
• TS9
• TS808
• Fender
• Champ
• Stratocaster
• Pro
• Co
• RAT

[Daaannnyyy37]

thanks for nice review :)

can i play the rolling stones with fender strat and ts9?

[rbigeard]

@Daaannnyyy37 Yes you can

[Jst0911]

glad to see the strat tone is still in tact even after full gain.

[rbigeard]

@Jst0911 Yes it is amazingly transparent

[negred1985]

oh ok, thanks man!!!

[rbigeard]

@negred1985 No worries. Oh and the other really important thing is that the height of the pickups has a big influence on the tone. It is true with any pickup but it might be even truer with Kinmans.

[slpplexi1969]

@negred1985 I'm not completely sure what your saying, but if you're asking about pickup adjustments, they make a big difference. Especially with Strats and anything with P90s.

[negred1985]

I  was looking for the vintage a bit bluezy king of tone, almost like the big dipper mayer or Texas specials or even standard stock PUs with kinman blues quality. Is height adjustments on th kinman blues could get me very close? get some bright...not much.

THANKS A LOT!!!

[rbigeard]

@negred1985 I have never tried a Kinman MK2 or MK3 set but what I know about my AVn blues pickups is that they are low output. The stock pickups of my 78 Telecaster are hotter. The good thing about low out put pickups is the pristine clean tone that you can get. But with the Kinmans, you can go further and use tons of gain if you want to, and the tone remains hum free.

[negred1985]

Hey, very nice demos. Wanted to know if you tried the kinman mk3 or mk2 , and would you give me you personal opinion on sound comparison to the blues set u are currently using in this vid...

thanks