Ibanez Tube Screamer Mini Pedal

I've been looking for a "lush," "watery," "thick," and "shimmery" chorus to compliment my EHX Eddy, which is a good vibrato but doesn't have the sound I want from a chorus. The CS MINI does that, and it fits perfectly in the space next to the Eddy on my crowded board. It can accurately replicate the Come As You Are tone while the EHX pedal ironically falls short. Every position on the controls is usable and tasteful, and it's impossible to get a bad sound of it. It retains brightness and dynamics, while other analog choruses sound dark and compressed. You won't be able to use a battery so an adapter or power supply is necessary. It is a mini pedal after all. I'll be buying more from this line of pedals. You don't often see sturdy Made in Japan analog effects at such an attainable price.

Finally the missing link to my setup. I’d had been using the metalzone pedal on my 12w orange crush amp and when I decided to upgrade to a fender champion II 100 the metalzone just sounded like garbage. The amp has built in settings and I’m using the modern metal voice. Problem is for the style I like(more dimebag like tone) the amp is very bass driven. So after reading about the tube screamer and being torn between the 808, 909 and mini I finally decided on the mini and I’m am extremely happy with the decision. It really cut the bass and made the amp sound a lot brighter. The pinch harmonics really come through also. Still some more fine tuning but if you are on the fence the $70 is worth it.

After years of seeing reviews I must say this pedal is awesome! I play drop A# with heavy strings and I'm using a Joyo Zombie II which can sound so low and muddy. To clean up and tighten my tone I've been using the Joyo Vintage Overdrive which worked for what I needed it to but there was always so extra noise and grit that was unwanted. Finally I decided to replace it with the Tube Screamer and my notes are so crystal clear. A must buy if you are looking for that vintage overdriven sound on your clean channel and perfect to clean up your low muddy metal sound.

This Ibanez mini pedal does nearly everything the bigger model does except due to it's smaller size, it requires a separate 9 volt power adapter. For it's small size it Rips. The on/off foot switch is easy to use, it's small enough to allow extra room on your pedal board, and a good value for the money.

Love it 👍 this mini pedal is amazing good sound in a small package, definitely will be looking in to getting more.

This pedal is cool. Sounds best to me when used with Strat style guitar through an amp at very high volume for pushing the tubes. Not good for very high gain chugging at low volume. Friend of mine used one of these to play metal through JCM stacks dialed up to 10. It was searingly, deafeningly beautiful with that application- pushing the amp tubes. This pedal is highly interactive with the amp's volume and not simply a high gain box of instant distortion. Reduces bass and highs while pushing mids. Nice, classic OD. I personally only enjoy the sound of this with my Strat copy. I have Tele, SG, and other guitars, but I don't really like it with those.

This pedal nails the 1980s chorus tone - think Police, Rush, Def Leppard, Pretenders ... that guitar effect was everywhere! I had the original Ibanez chorus pedal years ago, and the new CSMINI sounds just like I remember the bigger one. It's not the must lush chorus effect, it doesn't do the swirling Leslie organ thing, it probably won't make your audience seasick - but it does what it does very well. I'm currently using it on my church pedalboard and I've gotten many compliments from my bandmates on how good it sounds. It doesn't stand out like a cheesy effect would, but rather it just sits well in the mix and adds a lovely dynamic to my tone. I really like it with the rate set low, at 9 o'clock, and with the level and depth both way up at 3 o'clock. I then patch into delay and reverb pedals for an amazing ambient tone. It may not be the perfect chorus pedal for everyone, but give this one a try if you love that 1980s sound.

Good quality solid build and sound