modding a vintage ts-9

[b_rogers]

yeah i know, i dont want to really do it.  its a friends pedal and he plays bass...anyway, he wants more drive so i figured i would add a 500k resistor before the drive pot. what other mods would you guys recommend for more overall bass but not all of it  being clipped?

[b_rogers]

i have searched for different mods but i dont want to clip all of the lows. maybe a sparkle drive type setup with a clean blend?  any suggestions welcome.

Brent

[cd]

Sell it and buy two TS9-DXs, you'll both be waaay happier tone-wise, and you'll have $$$ left over for beer.

[b_rogers]

well, i wouldnt sell it if it was mine because it sounds VERY good. better than any of the reissues or clones ive played thru. it is a friends and he just wants it modded, which i tried to talk him out of.  maybe i will just do the more drive mod, and build him a splitter blend to blend the original signal back in.


Brent

[cd]

Then tell your friend to sell it, then buy a TS-9DX (much better for bass, more drive, think of it as being "pre-modded") and use the left over money for beer.  Seriously, if it's 100% original you can get a pretty nice chunk of change for it - $175-200.  Mod it and it's the same as a million other $75 used re-issues. 

[MartyMart]

well, i wouldnt sell it if it was mine because it sounds VERY good. better than any of the reissues or clones ive played thru. it is a friends and he just wants it modded, which i tried to talk him out of.  maybe i will just do the more drive mod, and build him a splitter blend to blend the original signal back in.


Brent

That makes sense, the more you "mess" with it , the less it will be worth !
If it were mine, I'd do what cd suggests, sell it and buy a cheap reissue to
mod or a TS-7 to mod.

Marty.

[Steben]

Yeah, it is THE stompbox paradox, isn't it? We all would like a late seventies TS808 or a Solasound MkII on the mantelpiece and some pay hundreds of bucks for it, while we all play on clones and mods, because it's plain simply better, admit it.