TS9DX vs Arion Tubulator shootout.

Jonnda asked me to do this.
Here are the specifications.

* Telecaster neck pickup
* Johnson J-Station in Blackface mode. No changes between pedals.
Compression on, slight reverb, no other effects.
* Ibanez TS9DX set in the TS9 mode only. Anything else would not be fair.
* Arion Tubulator and TS9 set at similar distortion, tone, and gain levels.
* Mixer between the J-Station and the computer only as an interface.
* Backing track, Moonpie's Perdikament.

If your computer is setup like mine then the TS9 leads off on the left channel, with the Tubulator alternating in the right channel.

Some computers may be reversed, but in any case, the TS9 starts first with the Tubulator alternating.

I don't have the Tubulator box anymore, but it used to say something like "Copyright Striker Industries". The Snarling Dog's people. I think the initial circuit license was from them.

TS9 vs. Tubulator MP3

Strange, but I can't perceive any tone suckage in bypass mode on the Tubulator, and this pedal, though plastic, does not pick up a radio station like my other plastic pedals did.

The only complaint I had on the Tubulator is not enough distortion. That's where the TS9DX leaps forward with it's "Turbo" modes.

turbo mode indeed!

So maybe one day i'll get a TS9, but for now i'll try a Tubulator. What do the other settings on the TS9 sound like anyway?

The turbo modes add bass and more distortion.
I got around the not enough distortion thing, by just hooking two Tubulators together.

They are cheap enough that it's not a big deal to get two...

Get a Bad Monkey,,an` spankit!!! Save some $$$.:D


CT.:ahem

what about these things?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=41416

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Originally Posted by fezz parka

That's one of these that's been "modded":

Arion Tubulator

:D

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Fezz,

Your link has an extra 'http://' in it

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Originally Posted by photoweborama

Jonnda asked me to do this.
Here are the specifications.

* Telecaster neck pickup...

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At which point this enters the irrelevant file. :ola :spin

Oh you guys....

BTW, MF has sales on these. I got mine for $14.00 each..