Enormous TS9 Collection on ebay

[Buffered]

Hey all,

Have any of you seen this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221469732367

[Walker done done]

Wow.  Crazy asking price too.

[Buffered]

Yeah, he should part it out.

[Heady Jam Fan]

He's not really trying to sell it I dont think. Those collections come up on eBay regularly and never sell. He's just strokin' it watching forum discussions envy his colection

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That being said, I have never seen the orange ones before.

[Down_With_Sco]

An OD-802 or original TS9 would be cool, but besides that it's all novelty at this point. Obviously we all know the infinite amounts of shops that mod and create their own versions of tube screamers...

[Buffered]

Have you guys seen any demos for the EQD Palisades? If I was in the market for a TS style I'd consider that.

[IamWILSON]

I just looked on Ebay to see what the vintage ts9 and ts808 are going for these days.... I'm astounded at how much the prices have risen in just the last couple years.  Makes me wish I would have bought more of them.  I had about 5 ts9 ('81 and '82s) and a '81 TS808.  I hooked up HappyOrange with one of the ts9's at a great price, and then sold 2 more of them on Ebay for what I thought was decent money (and couldn't imagine how the prices would get higher).  Well I was wrong, dead wrong!  Now I still have the ts808 and 2 '82 ts9's.  By seeing the condition mine are in and comparing them to Ebay sold prices, I wouldn't be surprised if I could turn those 3 pedals into close to $1500 in the near future.  But I'm not so sure I want to do that. 

As far as all the mods and other ts9-like options, I gotta say, they are a waste of time (imo).  When you try enough of those vintage ones and hear the mojo that some of them contain, you will understand why there is all the hype behind the original tubescreamers from the early 80's. 

[Happyorange27]

Wilson that TS9 you sold me never leaves the board. I make love to her daily. She likes it dirty bitch! 

[Down_With_Sco]

I know the early 808's and TS9's are the sought after ones, but there must be a pretty good reason why Trey sticks with silver modded tube screamers instead of buying vintage. I remember reading on Analogman's site, that in 2003 Trey and Brian Brown sent a box of probably late 80's to 90's tube screamers to AnalogMan for modding.

[Heady Jam Fan]

I just looked on Ebay to see what the vintage ts9 and ts808 are going for these days.... I'm astounded at how much the prices have risen in just the last couple years.  Makes me wish I would have bought more of them.  I had about 5 ts9 ('81 and '82s) and a '81 TS808.  I hooked up HappyOrange with one of the ts9's at a great price, and then sold 2 more of them on Ebay for what I thought was decent money (and couldn't imagine how the prices would get higher).  Well I was wrong, dead wrong!  Now I still have the ts808 and 2 '82 ts9's.  By seeing the condition mine are in and comparing them to Ebay sold prices, I wouldn't be surprised if I could turn those 3 pedals into close to $1500 in the near future.  But I'm not so sure I want to do that. 

As far as all the mods and other ts9-like options, I gotta say, they are a waste of time (imo).  When you try enough of those vintage ones and hear the mojo that some of them contain, you will understand why there is all the hype behind the original tubescreamers from the early 80's. 

My thought as well. If I couldn't get a vintage TS9, I'd go with a Reissue. I have no interest in non Ibanez/Maxon TS's.

[Buffered]

I know the early 808's and TS9's are the sought after ones, but there must be a pretty good reason why Trey sticks with silver modded tube screamers instead of buying vintage. I remember reading on Analogman's site, that in 2003 Trey and Brian Brown sent a box of probably late 80's to 90's tube screamers to AnalogMan for modding.

Yes the silver was my favorite out of the TS pedals and boutique versions I've tried. That being said I haven't knowingly played a vintage TS.

The price has gone up! I have a KTR and I thought that was the investment...

[Jkendrick]

As far as all the mods and other ts9-like options, I gotta say, they are a waste of time (imo).  When you try enough of those vintage ones and hear the mojo that some of them contain, you will understand why there is all the hype behind the original tubescreamers from the early 80's. 

Can you elaborate?  What about Analogman's TV808? Isn't that making it exactly the same as the old 808 with NOS parts even? I don't understand how there could be a discernible difference.

[Heady Jam Fan]

As far as all the mods and other ts9-like options, I gotta say, they are a waste of time (imo).  When you try enough of those vintage ones and hear the mojo that some of them contain, you will understand why there is all the hype behind the original tubescreamers from the early 80's. 

Can you elaborate?  What about Analogman's TV808? Isn't that making it exactly the same as the old 808 with NOS parts even? I don't understand how there could be a discernible difference.

I don't know if he uses NOS parts for the mod, but the mod only involves a few components - the rest of the pedal is still a Reissue. Ibanez build quality alone is not as good nowadays as compared to when the pedals were made by Maxon, which contributes to tone. Also, a lot of people say part of the tone of a vintage pedal is not just the old components but old components that have been used for many many hours.

[Jkendrick]

As far as all the mods and other ts9-like options, I gotta say, they are a waste of time (imo).  When you try enough of those vintage ones and hear the mojo that some of them contain, you will understand why there is all the hype behind the original tubescreamers from the early 80's. 

Can you elaborate?  What about Analogman's TV808? Isn't that making it exactly the same as the old 808 with NOS parts even? I don't understand how there could be a discernible difference.

I don't know if he uses NOS parts for the mod, but the mod only involves a few components - the rest of the pedal is still a Reissue. Ibanez build quality alone is not as good nowadays as compared to when the pedals were made by Maxon, which contributes to tone. Also, a lot of people say part of the tone of a vintage pedal is not just the old components but old components that have been used for many many hours.

That is supposedly what you get with the NOS parts. Now of course the OTHER parts, those that are technically the same as the original, won't be "broken in" and that could possibly account for any difference.  After seeing this thread, I tried to find some comparisons on YouTube and all I found were the original 808 vs the Silver vs the Keeley Baked. They sound different,  obviously,  but they're supposed to. And they don't sound TOO different.  If the TV 808 is a total waste of time vs the actual vintage 808 I'd be surprised.  That said, a TV808 is still steep at $245. What does a vintage 808 go for?