TS Ultimate

This pedal is now fully working! It is by far the best sounding pedal I've made thus far - it takes it's basic design from the famous Ibanez TubeScreamer series (and adds some cool stuff to them!). It has some great features:
Knobs: Volume (white) - Tone (brown) - Gain (blue) - Boost (red)
Switches: TS808/9 (L) - Subtle/Xtra (C) - Symmetric/Asymmetric (R)
Footswitches: On/Off (L) - Boost (R)

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The switches are my favorites - The first switches between the TS808 (the original TubeScreamer) and the TS9 components - giving you the sound of either in one box! This is pretty subtle, and depending on what effects come after the TS Ultimate, you may not even hear the difference between the two. This works best with the TS plugged right into the amp.

The symmetric/asymmetric switch toggles between two types of clipping (asymmetric is more like a tube amp, symmetric is more of a hard distortion sound), and the subtle/xtra switch selects between two different types of asymmetrical clipping (the asymmetrical switch has to be up for the subtle/extra switch to have any effect). Down is a subtle asymmetry, and up (xtra) adds a very noticeable "warmth" to the tone of the distortion. These work best when the gain is cranked or the boost is engaged.

This was a great project, and it actually worked the first time I plugged it in. It took a lot of planning time, figuring out all of the cable routing and making sure that the switches were wired correctly. For pictures of the build, click here.

These sound samples were recorded using an Ibanez JetKing, running through a Fender Blues DeVille reissue.

1 - TS Ultimate running through the Distorted amp channel

Thanks for listening. Let me know what you think :-D