Effect profile / Gain

Tube Screamer

Also documented as 1998 Ibanez distortion

Contains partial identifications

This gain entry consolidates documented Tube Screamer variants, controls, settings and roles across dated guitarist pedalboards.

Pedalboards
4
Artists
4
Archived variants
4
Documented roles
  • Adds gain and sustain to the comparatively clean Chicago Blues Box amplifiers.
  • The only audio effect in Jett's 2015 rig, mounted by the amplifier for optional extra drive and level.
  • Provides the mid-forward overdrive stage.
Controls found in the archive
DriveLevelModeOverdriveTone

Source-specific records

Documented variants

4 archive entries

01
Recorded model

Tube Screamer

Controls

Overdrive / Tone / Level

Documented settings

Gain-and-sustain boost / Exact positions not documented

02
Recorded model

Ibanez TS9DX Turbo Tube Screamer

Controls

Drive / Tone / Level / Mode

Documented settings

Amp-mounted / Exact turbo mode not documented

03
Recorded model

Ibanez Tube Screamer

Controls

Overdrive / Tone / Level

Documented settings

Control positions not published / Placement follows the evidence note

04
Recorded model

Small Ibanez distortion (Tube Screamer probable)

Controls

Drive / Tone / Level

Documented settings

Exact model unresolved / Tube Screamer family identification is probable, not confirmed

Archive references

Pedalboards using this pedal

4 documented rigs