The vinyl TS-5 «Soundtank» observed the TS-10 and was actually accessible until about 1999 after the TS7 «TONE LOK» series came out.

Within 1993, Ibanez started to improve TS-9 once again caused by popular interest. This «reissue» is probably about the same as the final «original» TS-9s in sound, circuitry, and aesthetics. They even utilized the aged hands-on old 1981 to confuse usa way more! The IC processor chip they normally use into the reissue is just like some later earliest TS-9s, the Toshiba TA75558. They’ve been a greater technology processor may do the job close in top techie products (the place you decide a poor interference op amplifier) but they are perhaps not perfect for a tube screamer. Have a look at some of those chips We have thousands of a little put type! ;-)

Within Summer of ’96 the reissue TS-9 got altered a little bit, last but not least may be instructed from an «original» TS-9 quite easily. There does exist a «CE» signal from the straight back, which is certainly meant for selling electronic devices in European countries. Also a capacitor ended up being combined with the rear of the panel (choosing ponent ever applied to the rear of a tube screamer panel). It is to support the converting tour and may not just impact the audio. Any additional capacitor isn’t used, today the two modified the value of C113 from 102 to 103 (10,000pF). C113 are amongst the cables marked 3 and 4 the again on the board. If you have a 102 you can change it to 103 to increase shifting (moving could be the another thing about TS-9s that sucks!). I do believe the new TS-9 seems much like the previous reissues and latest originals.

In late 2002 the most important change to the TS9 ever before came about. Maxon (truly Nisshin Onpa, the maker or Maxon pedals) is no longer putting some TS9 and TS9DX pedals for Ibanez. Ibanez is now using another pany coordinating. The brand new TS9s are simple recognize. The fresh new tour deck is actually of somewhat less costly construction, no lengthier claims MAXON, now it claims Ibanez. You will also discover IBANEZ team into instance should you pull back the foam some at the battery pack, the old your claimed MAXON truth be told there. The battery addresses have IBANEZ to them as opposed to Maxon. Battery power protects had not ever been replaced given that the original TS-808. The input jacks in the late 2002 types were dreadful and tended to jam, utilizing the plug trapped in tight-fitting. In 2003 these people generated all of them somewhat greater. Normally they might be about the same while the Maxon created TS9 pedals and apparently sturdy only one. Although panels tend to be more fragile, very extreme treatment requires to be used as soon as changing all of them. However they should always be great, there is certainly not have many troubles with

these, along with buttons appear a lot better than prior to.

In Europe, they brought back the JRC4558D chip at some point eventually, probably because of RoHS laws (leaded pieces or solder are not legal in European countries) but as of 2011 they are certainly not utilizing the JRC processor consistently inside the TS9 pedals sent to the united states. They accomplished appear to begin to use them in the USA more recently.

TS9 originals VS reissues

Here you can find the soles of the four different TS9s. On best is definitely a different with black color name, an easy task to inform and meeting, if first digit happens to be a 1, that will imply 1981 (a really ahead of time TS9!). These usually have the JRC4558D chip, or in some cases the terrible JRC2043D chip.

Second regarding ideal happens to be an authentic gold tag TS9. The 1st digit are a 3 meaning 1983, you will see a lot of these with a 4 for 1984. These can host the previous chips or at times the TA75558 processor as found in the reissues. These are typically extremely hard to share with from the first reissue TS9. Nonetheless Reissue TS9 will in most cases not provide a serial # beginning with 3 or 4. I have reissues with a 206XXX and 207XXX number below with a capacitor constructed in 1990, perhaps a first reissue from 1992. These get gold labels, a genuine from 1982 could possibly have seen a black label. In addition witness a large number of TS9s with serial # starting with 1 with a silver name. These are definitely all reissues as a 1981 might a TS808 or a tremendously earlier TS9 with a black tag. Nevertheless I have come across a 1983 TS9 with serial wide variety 299866 with a silver label. This has the JRC4558D processor and capacitors with 1983 time regulations and resistors protected in green. By chance initial digit are 2 and so the label was gold you’ll have to unsealed it currently it. We have likewise observed a 1982 Ts9 (processor chip, hats outdated 1982 and green resistors) utilizing the serial numbers 288379 and a silver tag. Likewise a late 1982 (8250 limits, 2474 processor) serial # 205442 with color name and green resistors.

If it is a sterling silver tag, it’s hard to determine whether it’s first unless the serial multitude starts off with 3 or 4. if they are not, plus the resistors are certainly not green coated, or it isn’t really an initial JRC processor chip (discover below in addition to the TS808 TV mod for pictures on the chips) then it’s almost certainly not much more invaluable than a reissue (when it’s the truth is a different). Certainly it is confusing. you could also try to find day requirements throughout the steel can capacitors. You can definitely find 8302 therefore 1983, etc. witness the following for even more on internet dating the capacitors.