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Ibanez TS-9 or Fulltone OCD

MichaelMcKevinMichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
edited January 2007 in Musicians and Gearheads
Looking for my first distortion pedal. These seem to be the 2 popular fuzzboxes on this part of the forum. Which is better and why?
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  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    what are you going for? they're totally different.
  • MichaelMcKevinMichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
    exhausted wrote:
    what are you going for? they're totally different.

    My bad for not mentioning that in the first post. I'm not looking for any screechy, heavy metal sounds or anything like that. I like a distortion that doesn't sound digital at all and where all the notes are heard clearly. I guess a Led Zeppelin-ish or "Alive" intro sound is what I'm lookin' for. None of that crazy Zakk Wylde shredding shit, just a little bit of dirt.
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  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    i say OCD for the clarity and gain range in that case.

    tubescreamers always sound muddy to me.
  • NovawindNovawind Posts: 836
    I've got a TS-9 DX (the four knob one) and I've gotta say it's working quite well. TS9 mode gives the most clarity, and +, hot, and turbo mode give increasing drive ability. For my type of music it works for me but like ex said, it can be a little muddy.
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  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,135
    Yes the OCD has distortion to kick some serious balls but if you turn the gain down between 9 o'clock and 12 o'clock you will get almost exactly what you are asking for.

    The TS-9 is more of a mild overdrive sound, and I agree with exhausted that it sounds muddy. I had one and I hated it.

    Now if the TS-9 is what you are looking for, don't get it. Get a Menatone Blue Collar, it's a TS-9 with some more balls to give you what you want.
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  • MichaelMcKevinMichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
    you guys never let me down
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  • All Those YesterdaysAll Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    How about, what are you playing thru?
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  • MichaelMcKevinMichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
    All Those Yesterdays wrote:
    How about, what are you playing thru?

    As of right now, nothing. I've been playing acoustic for a while, but it fell over and the neck snapped in 2 (it was a shitbox anyway). I just picked up a Fender Nashville Tele and i intend to buy a decent used amp that's loud enough to jam with a drummer, but nothing huge. I'm looking at some of those older Peavey amps.
    Camden I '06, Camden II '06, Bonnaroo '08, Camden I '08, Camden II '08, Philly Spectrum II/III/IV '09, MSG I '10, MSG II '10, Made In America '12, Wrigley '13, Brooklyn II '13, Philly I '13, Philly II '13, ...
  • Dirty_FrankDirty_Frank Posts: 957
    Personally, I like the TS-9 through a 6L6 tube (Fender, Traynor, some Mesa) clean best. I like midrange though, and I usually keep the gain down on it. I would never use it for mid gain.
  • MichaelMcKevinMichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
    I'd love a Traynor YCV40. I'm hearing the WR is the one to get though. I might have trouble finding a used one.
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  • armanHammerarmanHammer Posts: 471
    GivenToCarve wrote:
    I'm hearing the WR is the one to get though.

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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    armanHammer wrote:
    If you want to pay more for red instead of black, yes. (I probably would.)

    The WR also has a Vintage 30 in it instead of a 70/80.
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  • All Those YesterdaysAll Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    I personally don't really like tube screamers, Keeley Modded ones are descent, but still I'd use it for limited things (studio). I'm a huge OCD fan, but I can see where people tend to stay away from them too. JTM 45's, '59 bassmans, 1974x, valve juniors etc they sound fantastic.
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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    I'm incredibly happy with my TS-9. Loooooooooooooovely warm tone, just the right amount of overdrive for anything from the most subtle effects to that 70's rock sound (talking BOC, Sabbath 70's rock), just fantastic. I use it with my Greedtone, my Fender amp's OD (occasionally), and once I get it fixed my Fender Blender. Gives me just about every option I need for tone and distortion. Great price too.
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  • samquigleysamquigley Posts: 220
    Can't be said enough: Greedtone.
  • armanHammerarmanHammer Posts: 471
    I heard that Stone used an Ibanez SD9 (sonic distortion) for 'Alive'. They carry the Maxon logo now (awesome lime green casing)
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  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    Yeah, Stone used that. He had that in front of the TS-9 which made it REALLY baddass
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  • seechoseecho Posts: 8
    I bought a TS-9 years ago. I sold it because I could get the same sound from a Marshall amp and playing through the front pick up. I also bought a Boss Blues Driver, same thing, I sold it to because of the same deal. I guess these would be good if you have no amp. I have learned sometimes less stuff is better. All I use now is an RP7 Valve, it will do everything these single pedals will do, although it takes a while to get it all figured out but once you do, it has user programmable banks on it and you can switch to what ever sound you are looking for.
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