Detailed TS7 to TS808 mod instructions!

Used666 · 10-17-2007, 05:51 PM

You can most easily find resistors at smallbearelec.com and look under "Resistors - 5% Carbon Composition or Resistors - 1% Metal Film " and then find the needed values. As far as solder they have it on smallbear as well, i personally use Kester 60/40. Hope that helps.

7 Strings of Hate · 10-17-2007, 05:52 PM

nice post lordofchaos, i'v done quite a bit of pedal mods to my own pedals and usually its just a simple hand full of resistors or capacitors that can make or break a pedal, but kudos for the lesson

Seedawakener · 10-17-2007, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Used666

You can most easily find resistors at smallbearelec.com and look under "Resistors - 5% Carbon Composition or Resistors - 1% Metal Film " and then find the needed values. As far as solder they have it on smallbear as well, i personally use Kester 60/40. Hope that helps.

Im from sweden... so i won't be ordering from the US.

But thx! You gave me the exact info I needed! +rep!

LordOVchaoS · 10-17-2007, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Seedawakener

Im from sweden... so i won't be ordering from the US.

But thx! You gave me the exact info I needed! +rep!

Smallbear charges actual shipping costs and on parts like this that weigh next to nothing it won't cost very much. If you can find 1/8 watt metal film they will fit the best in this pedal, TS7's use 1/8 watt. 1/4 watt will work just fine too and really in this mod you won't hear a difference between resistor types. I use 1% metal film nearly everywhere.

Drache713 · 04-11-2008, 12:28 AM

I hate to bump this thread but I had to let everybody know my results from this. It's INCREDIBLY easy to do if you have previous experience working with electronics. The hardest part was putting the damn bottom screw of the output jack back in!

I didn't have much time to test it out cause it's late here and I can't have my amp cranked late at night and wake the neighbors, but just plugging in cranked for a minute or two I noticed IMMEDIATE drastic results. It sounded awesome before, but this just took the sound and made it a million times better. Tight, organic, clear and articulate with BALLS! I know what the hype is about now. To give you an idea of what the wackos at Ibanez are doing (

) I measured the resistors I pulled out with a multimeter and the resistor you replace with the 10 kohm resistor read at 98.7 kohm and the resistor you replace with the 100 ohm resistor read at 456 ohms. They're limiting a LOT of current! Anyways, if you have a TS7, DO THIS MOD RIGHT NOW!

noodles · 04-11-2008, 12:33 AM

^ No, this is EXACTLY the sort of reason to bump and old thread.

Zepp88 · 04-11-2008, 12:38 AM

Man I forgot all about this thread...would this mod apply to the TS9 as well?

Drache713 · 04-11-2008, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Zepp88

Man I forgot all about this thread...would this mod apply to the TS9 as well?

Yes it would, I'm just not sure where the resistors to replace would be located in the TS9. The TS7 is just the TS9 in a metal housing, otherwise it's the same pedal.

LordOVchaoS · 04-11-2008, 05:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zepp88

Man I forgot all about this thread...would this mod apply to the TS9 as well?

Yes. All tubescreamers are the same circuit. Ibanez doesn't number the parts in a TS9 and you have the change the opamp as well. The TS7 already has the JRC4558D.

Here's how to do it!

TS-9‰ü‘¢¨TS-808

LordOVchaoS · 04-11-2008, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Drache713

The hardest part was putting the damn bottom screw of the output jack back in!

This is no joke!!! I used to fight those things all the time! GET A MAGNETIC SCREWDRIVER! Problem solved.

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Used666 ss.org Regular Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Rome,New York Posts: 319 Real Name: Aaron Main Seven: KXK Sii-7R (ordered) Rig: Fractal Audio Axe FX Thanked: 14	You can most easily find resistors at smallbearelec.com and look under "Resistors - 5% Carbon Composition or Resistors - 1% Metal Film " and then find the needed values. As far as solder they have it on smallbear as well, i personally use Kester 60/40. Hope that helps.

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