True bypass tube screamer options <$200

[louderthangod]

I'd be all over the 808 HW but I can't seem to find them for less than $280. Unlike the gear page crowd, I like the mid-hump of a tube screamer as well as the slight bass rolloff...it just makes everything about the guitar through a tube amp sound better. Nothing too high gain or trying to reinvent the wheel, just a good, 808 sounding pedal that is true bypass (buffered might be okay but I've got buffers on my board and I don't want to add another variable). There are a million tube screamer variants but why am I'm struggling coming up with options? What am I missing?

[GardenoftheDead]

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/amplifie ... -overdrive

It isn't true bypass and that makes significantly less difference than guitar players have been led to believe.

[Iommic Pope]

I wanna offload my Lutherdrive....
Spamming aside, have you checked them out?

[kbit]

Hardwire CM-2, $100 new and $50-70 used. It sounds killer.

[brian m]

many say they don't want the mid hump, but it's there for a reason. lots of overdriven bass in to a loud guitar amp is going to sound... well pretty bad.
these kind of pedals sound bad at low volumes though. Almost all overdrives have some kind of frequency tweaking.

[Scruffie]

Just get one of the cheap Japanese clones? Mooer, Joyo, anything like that... it's a true bypass tube screamer for $50, can't complain.

The Mooer even has a 'hot' mode which I assume is just an extra gain switch.

[jrmy]

Way Huge Green Rhino.

The Earthquaker Devices Talons knocked mine off my board in 30 seconds flat though - not necessarily Tubescreamery, but so flexible that I'd bet you could dial in those sounds if you wanted.

[louderthangod]

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/amplifiers-effects/maxon-od808-overdrive

It isn't true bypass and that makes significantly less difference than guitar players have been led to believe.

I have had issue with buffered bypass in front of fuzzes before and like I mentioned, I don't want to add too many variables into the equation. It's enough of an obstacle if I like the sound of the pedal, I don't need to add the complication of it not working well with my other, less likely to be changed pedals.

[julius_deane]

Look for a used Vox Valvetone.

[Ro_S]

More expensive options:

Fulltone Full-Drive 2 mosfet

Voodoo Labs Sparkle Drive - the newish 'MOD' edition with a fifth, mode switch

Neither of those any good?

And loads of cheap Far Eastern made stuff.

[zRobertez]

isnt the liquid sunshine based on a ts? I have no idea, i feel like I just heard it from someone...
Brian even posted in this thread!

[goroth]

isnt the liquid sunshine based on a ts? I have no idea, i feel like I just heard it from someone...
Brian even posted in this thread!

The Liquid Sunshine is about as close to a TS as their Starlight DLX is
JFET, a couple of gain stages, pretty unique control set. RAD pedal!

Way Huge Green Rhino is pretty much a TS. edit - sorry Jrmy's already said that.

Mojohand Rook might do it - haven't seen a schematic but the description makes it sound TS based (but with a bax)

Have you looked at a TImmy? That doesn't really have a lot to do with a TS but is true bypass, is pretty cheap, and will get some similar tones.

[goroth]

Or buy a wee TB loop for a couple bucks and put whatever TS you want in the loop.

[oldangelmidnight]

Woofer Wailer?

[zRobertez]

isnt the liquid sunshine based on a ts? I have no idea, i feel like I just heard it from someone...
Brian even posted in this thread!

The Liquid Sunshine is about as close to a TS as their Starlight DLX is /quote]

hehe way off on that... Never played either the subdecay or a ts.