the TS-808 pedal from the late 1970’s, which contained the JRC4558 chip. When many guitarists talk about the Tube Screamer, they’re referring to the holy grail of the TS family. The purpose of an overdrive pedal is to generate light distortion by pushing the preamp tubes (of a tube amp of course) into overdrive. The best way to describe the Tube Screamer (or TS for short) is it’s the Stratocaster of overdrive pedals many manufacturers have copied the TS circuit design and marketed it in their own pedals… manufacturers such as Maxon (who made the original TS), Fulltone, Voodoo Labs, and Visual Sound. Vintage overdrive is the foundation of many worship guitarists tone, and it’s impossible to discuss overdrive without mentioning the Ibanez Tube Screamer.
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