Early TS-808's have the Ibanez (R) 'trademark' logo which some people seek. Ibanez probably had many left over and remade them as 'TS-808' pedals to sell off the remaining cases.

It used the same case as the earlier OVERDRIVE and OVERDRIVE-II pedals which used stomp switches. Also the LEVEL knob on these is labeled BALANCE and the external 9V power jack is next to the input jack. It uses two 1458 chips which are the 1st version of the low-tech dual op-amp. This narrow TS-808 had a different circuit with more distortion. These have a bottom plate that unscrews to change the battery like an MXR pedal, no plastic battery cover. There were some TS-808s made in the 1979 period, mostly for other than USA markets, that came in a narrower box. The TS-808 and its generation have small square chrome on/off touch-buttons.Īlmost all TS-808's sound great. The overdrive and OD-II had a different, much more distorted, fuzzy circuit. The lighter green OD-855 Overdrive-II is also in the TS-808 style box and has a circuit which is similar to the 808 - the board part numbers only differ by one digit. It was preceded by the Orange 'Overdrive' and green 'Overdrive-II' which came in narrower boxes without the battery cover, and the reddish 'Overdrive-II' which had a box very similar to the TS-808. TS-808 The first Tube Screamer was the green TS-808 overdrive pro in the late '70s. However I have seen a 1983 TS9 with serial number 299866 with. An Ibanez Tube Screamer is an overdrive/distortion pedal.

Ibanez ts9 tube screamer serial number