soundchaser59
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Let's make no mistake, my favorite pedal mod guru at this time is Monte Allums. I have installed 4 or 5 of his kits on my pedals, and they are keepers.
In negotiations with my brother, one of the items I forked over was an Ibanez TS7 Tubescreamer. I tested it before I gave it up, and I was actually pleasantly surprised at the sound quality and tone out of the box, stock. I wanted to keep it, but in side by side with my Allums modded SD1 and BD2 it was not quite "there" so I let me brother have it.
But last night I had the brilliant though belated idea to check and see if Allums has a TS7 mod. I was disappointed in my impatience to find that he did have one, but it is currently not available. He even goes so far as to beg people NOT to write asking when it will be available.
But to add to my contusion, I found testimonials on his site where people are raving about - you guessed it - the TS7 mod. They are not dated, nothing on the site appears to be dated, so I have no way of knowing if (1) his web site is simply not updated, and the TS7 mod really is available? Or (2) if those testimonials were from mod kits he sold previously, and now he is updating the mod kit, so the web site is actually correct?
Anyway, I am letting my impatience get the best of me again, and I decided to check with the people most likely to know.
The only thing I really had a complaint about with the TS7 is the noise/hiss level at higher gain settings. Nothing wrong with the tone, and I have the SD1 and BD2 anyway to cover any tone gaps.
So do any of you inclined on the electronic analysis side of things know what one (or two or three) thing I could change inside the TS7 to reduce or eliminate the noise level? Is it simply a matter of using a better chip? Maybe changing a cap? I dont really want to change the tone or the timbre, just getting rid of the noise would be 90% of the TS7 battle, as far as I'm concerned.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
In negotiations with my brother, one of the items I forked over was an Ibanez TS7 Tubescreamer. I tested it before I gave it up, and I was actually pleasantly surprised at the sound quality and tone out of the box, stock. I wanted to keep it, but in side by side with my Allums modded SD1 and BD2 it was not quite "there" so I let me brother have it.
But last night I had the brilliant though belated idea to check and see if Allums has a TS7 mod. I was disappointed in my impatience to find that he did have one, but it is currently not available. He even goes so far as to beg people NOT to write asking when it will be available.
But to add to my contusion, I found testimonials on his site where people are raving about - you guessed it - the TS7 mod. They are not dated, nothing on the site appears to be dated, so I have no way of knowing if (1) his web site is simply not updated, and the TS7 mod really is available? Or (2) if those testimonials were from mod kits he sold previously, and now he is updating the mod kit, so the web site is actually correct?
Anyway, I am letting my impatience get the best of me again, and I decided to check with the people most likely to know.
The only thing I really had a complaint about with the TS7 is the noise/hiss level at higher gain settings. Nothing wrong with the tone, and I have the SD1 and BD2 anyway to cover any tone gaps.
So do any of you inclined on the electronic analysis side of things know what one (or two or three) thing I could change inside the TS7 to reduce or eliminate the noise level? Is it simply a matter of using a better chip? Maybe changing a cap? I dont really want to change the tone or the timbre, just getting rid of the noise would be 90% of the TS7 battle, as far as I'm concerned.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!