Favorite Amp & Single Drive Pedal Combo?

Chiogtr4x

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Deluxe Reverb and Ibanez TS9DX on Turbo mode.
I forget ( a buddy of mine I haven't see in years has the TS9DX and loves it),
What does Turbo mode do? And where do you set your Gain/Drive knob?

* just curious!
When I've used Tube Screamers in the past (now a Joyo), I actually had the Drive UP, ( rather than SRV way) as I liked the distortion/grind from the TS, and could not run my amps loud enough alone to overdrive...
 

schmee

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I forget ( a buddy of mine I haven't see in years has the TS9DX and loves it),
What does Turbo mode do? And where do you set your Gain/Drive knob?

* just curious!
When I've used Tube Screamers in the past (now a Joyo), I actually had the Drive UP, ( rather than SRV way) as I liked the distortion/grind from the TS, and could not run my amps loud enough alone to overdrive...
The Turbo mode adds big clean bottom. It's like a big 4 x 12 Marshall cab! I dislike the typical 808 style 'big mid hump' except for leads only. I use it mainly with the gain real low then adjust the tone control and volume to suit. But I have used it for more gain also and it's good, it's just that I run 3 OD pedals and use an OCD for higher gain stuff. I can switch to a more transparent OD, the OCD or the TS9DX with one push using a switcher.
 

sumitagarwal

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Brownface Fender Super with Maxon 808.

The Brownface Super has more sag and compression than a blackface amp partially because the tube rectifier, and the Maxon is slightly more neutral than the Ibanez
 

JohnnyThul

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Barber Burn Unit EQ into a Mesa Electra Dyne Head set on clean. That's the sound of a million bucks to my ears.
A DR with a Barber 1/2 Gainer is also a thing of beauty.
 
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