TS-9 - How to identify?

[Gupta]

I'm trying to identify the year of manufacture of an Ibanez TS-9 tube
screamer. Can anyone give me some guidelines as to what to look for, serial
numbers, etc.?

Thanks

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[Kate Ebneter]

Gupta wrote:
>
> I'm trying to identify the year of manufacture of an Ibanez TS-9 tube
> screamer. Can anyone give me some guidelines as to what to look for, serial
> numbers, etc.?

Recent reissues have a silver label on the back with a "CE" mark on them.

Early reissues have silver labels with serial numbers beginning with 0 and
possibly 1 or 2, with NO CE mark.

Original TS9s have black labels with serial numbers beginning with 1 or 2,
OR silver labels with serial numbers beginning with 2, 3, or 4. None of these
labels have the "CE" mark. For original TS9s ONLY, the first digit of the
serial number indicates the year after 1980 in which the pedal was manufactured,
that is, 1xxxxx=1981, 2xxxxx=1982, 3xxxxx=1983, 4xxxxx=1984.

There MAY be some reissue pedals with silver labels and 2xxxxx serial
numbers, and no CE mark. Those would be indistinguishable from the original
without some additional effort.

Reissues (unmodified ones, anyway) all have the TA75558 op-amp. Originals
usually have either the JRC4558D (usually earlier ones) or the TA75558
(usually later ones), but you could tell me that you'd found one with an
LM308 or something and I wouldn't bat an eyelash -- there was a period
when I think Maxon sent people to the local equivalent of Fry's Electronics
to grab some op-amps for the production line.

Kate Ebneter
Collector of Noise Toys

[Gupta]

Thanks Kate

Gupta

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