Ibanezeffect·overdrive
Ibanez Tube Screamer TS808
The most cloned overdrive pedal in history. Mid-hump character that tightens low end and adds presence. Used by SRV, John Mayer, and countless others as a clean boost or light overdrive.
Modeler equivalents
- helix
- Scream 808
- quad_cortex
- Green 808
- tonex
- Search ToneNET for 'TS808' (Tone Model capture)
- fractal
- T808 OD
- kemper
- Green Scream
- katana
- Blues Drive (Booster)
Recipes using this gear
Field notes on the Ibanez Tube Screamer TS808
All field notes →What Happens When You Stack a TS and a Klon Together Into a Marshall
Stacking a Tube Screamer and a Klon into a Marshall is a legitimate technique, not a boutique-pedal flex. Here's what each pedal is actually doing to the signal, plus the settings that make it work.
We A/B Tested 5 Overdrive Pedals: Here Are the Settings That Actually Worked
Same amp, same guitar, same baseline. Rick and Jess ran five classic overdrives through their paces and compared notes, and disagreed more than expected.
RAT vs. Tube Screamer vs. Big Muff: Three Classic Pedals, One Amp
The RAT, the TS808, and the Big Muff are three different philosophies about what distortion should do. Same amp, same guitar; here's where they overlap and where they completely diverge.