Ibanez Tube Screamer TS9 Not Working

ivan H said:
Its a very easy & very, very common mistake. The "center negative" labelling is usually very small. Hopefully the diode has done its job & the rest of the circuit is all good. Cheers
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i Hope so too about it doing it's job.

Did you see my voltage readings I listed out? Ivan.
 
ChasFred said:
I am not sure about that, his board say Ibanez not Maxon. All the first Tube Screamers had Maxon boards. Mine is a Maxon board and does not say Ibanez on it anywhere.
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Yeah, mine is Definitely Reissue. My initial reply to sysco about Original or reissue was erroneous by about 5 minutes of checking facts and then revising my initial reply.
 
Well, if it is a reissue, it's still a nice sounding pedal... uhm... when it's working! Easy to work on, and easy to mod on, if you want to experiment.
 
Thanks for all the input and for the encouraging words etc, Sysco.

Smitty is coming over tomorrow. He did the 808 mod to his pedal. If I can get mine working again simply enough, I might think about doing likewise.

I was a bit nervous thinking about getting ready for him since all my gear is at my girlfriend's house which I am remodeling. We have so much stuff just stacked haphazardly as I get all the work progressing. The hard part is I have to work around people living in the work space, plus I can't just finish 1 room at a time or anything. There are phases that overlap the various work areas. Such as running floor heat in 2 bathrooms before tiling, but this requires fishing wires through the floor, down the wall in a closet under the steps, and on into the basement to the circuit breaker box. Various insulation installs, duct work, wiring, plumbing sheetrock and cabinets.

So needless to say, I have my guitars and amps and speakers and accessories all up in her bedroom, the new hall bath and a few other places. I had to round up everything and bring 2/3 of it down to the living room for Smitty's visit.
 
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chilipeppermaniac said:
OK Ivan, I am getting this.

Pin1 0
2 2.185
3 8.0
4 6.72
5 8.92
6 8.92
7 8.82
8 8.88

9 8.88
10 8.88
11 0
12 9.54
13 6.78
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After meeting with Smitty, I see I posted voltages in the wrong places as per Ivan's message above.

He pointed out Ivan said IC and then 8 pins. Then he showed me the IC and how to know pin 1 on around each to pin 8
So scratch the above.
 
flatrockmobile said:
The SD1 is basically a clone of the TS9. This was copied from a post at freestomoboxes.org

"Also had a dead SD1 come in from the same guy, he must have used a totally incorrect power adapter. This SD1 was DEAD, no led, no signal. Turns out protection diode D1 was shorted and jrc4558 was dead. LED worked and signal passed as soon as I changed d1 for a 4001. Installed IC socket and new 4558, sounds good now."

So as Dave said, could be the chip.
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Flat, where did you get the 4558 and diode? Post some good sources for pedal components, please.
 
Thanks Flat and Sysco.

My own research on TS9 and TS808 Analogman says they use that Op-amp socket for the IC, plus smitty has one in his twin to my pedal. Good advice Sysco.

Flat, I knew about Mouser and have ordered knobs from them for my Laney head.
Those that sysco recommends seem to be good as well.

Also, I am about to rewire a few mouse eaten wires on my Laney AOR Pro Tube Lead 50 watt and will need good sources of wire for amps too.
 
Flat, my IC is not in a socket, but soldered through the board.

Now to try to sort through the places mentioned above to try to get all the parts I will need from one place so as to minimize shipping costs.

Looking at my Laney now, till I get the parts ordered for the TS9
 
Okie Dokie, Sysco 2.0 Dec 2018 version.

I am pretty sure I need to go back to my TS9 box I put the patient in and see the status. I am fairly sure I got a new switch. Can't remember about diode or socket.
Now my memory came back and if I am clear, I might have damaged the pedal from using an opposite oriented grounded power supply.
 
Pretty sure that is what I remember seeing back in '17

Might have ordered some at your suggestion before. I need to go thru my parts. Having to live in disarray at my girlfriend's house and often moving my guitar and drum gear to my dad's house and back, often gets me on hunting trips just to find my stuff. ( Sadly I don't leave any more valuable stuff than I need to at my house since being burlarized there 3 times since 2012 by the drug addict neighbors who get slaps on their wrists by our lovely Md laws)
 
OK as I mentioned in my Girls that Shred thread, here is my redirected OD pedal conversation.

Now that my TS9 is fixed by Sysco, I want to post more info as it comes to me.

Mdubya mentions his OD808 so I bring this up.

 
As I posted comparing the Barber Direct Drive to the TS9, I know and like the Barber pedals a lot. Knowing the builder personally doesn't hurt either. He makes top notch stuff.
Here is another clip.

 
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