3 band eq on ts808

[majwild1]

This maybe a dumb question but I have a keeley modded ts808 and I'm still not happy with it, years ago I had a nobels odr-s which is the same as a odr-1 but with the 3 band eq. Now I loved that pedal you could really define the tone, now is it possible to modify a ts808 to have a 3 band eq?

 

[TS808]

This maybe a dumb question but I have a keeley modded ts808 and I'm still not happy with it, years ago I had a nobels odr-s which is the same as a odr-1 but with the 3 band eq. Now I loved that pedal you could really define the tone, now is it possible to modify a ts808 to have a 3 band eq?

I don't know if you could mod a TS808 for a 3 band EQ, but how about an EQ pedal in the loop or a BBE Sonic Stomp?

 

[Griffin]

Anything is possible. You could probably splice in a Marshall tone stack in there but you wouldn't have room for the added pots. You would probably have to rehouse it.

 

[markb]

Adding an equaliser won't put back the bass taken away in the TS circuit. I'd be shopping for a different pedal if I had those requirements. There are lots of ODs based on the TS with modified eq sections. Search for the ones that claim to allow you to tune the mid-hump.

If you can stand a slightly different flavour of OD, try a Marshall Guv'nor. It could be just what you're after.

 

[schenkadere]

Adding an equaliser won't put back the bass taken away in the TS circuit. I'd be shopping for a different pedal if I had those requirements. There are lots of ODs based on the TS with modified eq sections. Search for the ones that claim to allow you to tune the mid-hump.

If you can stand a slightly different flavour of OD, try a Marshall Guv'nor. It could be just what you're after.

good call on the Guv.

 

[duhvoodooman]

good call on the Guv.

+1. The Marshall GV-2 Guv'nor Plus has the best EQ controls I've ever come across on a pedal. The 4 controls (Treble, Mid, Bass & Deep) are very effective. The pedal has a lot more gain on tap than a TS808--I'd consider it more of a distortion pedal than an overdrive--but you can always keep that dialed down.

 

[schenkadere]

+1. The Marshall GV-2 Guv'nor Plus has the best EQ controls I've ever come across on a pedal. The 4 controls (Treble, Mid, Bass & Deep) are very effective. The pedal has a lot more gain on tap than a TS808--I'd consider it more of a distortion pedal than an overdrive--but you can always keep that dialed down.

I actually wish they'd remove the Deep...it's too much.

 

[markb]

You can build a kit based on the original Guv'nor or just wait for one of the old ones on eBay. The "deep" control only appears on the GV-2 model.

GGG Guv'nor clone

 

[Auriemma]

A TubeScreamer with a 3 band EQ?
That would be like a Ibanez MT10 MOStortion.

 

[schenkadere]

Out of the hundreds of boutique builders out there making thousands of TS808 clone derivatives, I'm sure exactly what you're looking for exists.