The Screamer - Overdrive kit

I never owned, or even tried, a real Tubescreamer so I cant compare, but this pedal sounds great ! As expected it stacks very well with my other pedals. You can choose between TS9 and 808, I went with the TS9 option. There is also a mod by bypassing one of the diods (this looks easy enough, had I known I would have ordered two additional switches to benefit from all the capabilities. Oh well)

I hadnt soldered anything since high school, but this is quite intuitive. This was my first pedal build, and I nailed it on the first try! However Id be extra cautious as a first build: Make a quick google search and follow some video tutorials before starting.

Of course I had to paint it green.
My daughter: Daddy, why do you paint it green?
Me : Come on, you know all tubescreamers are green! it has to do with the sound!

Benoit B., 08.02.2021

It´s easy to build and the result is excellent. It gives to your sound a great punch, I use it with amp distortion and now my metal distortion sounds more crunchy... and it is true bypass... Love it.

Now I have to give it a coat of paint

David A., 17.02.2021

Best value for money easy to build with the shematics even for the non-professionel

nicolas c., 10.03.2021

This was my very first DIY guitar pedal build. Musikding made it really easy with well organized and labelled materials. Thanks!

Māris M., 17.03.2021

Such an easy to build, good sounding pedal! That went straight to my board. And I cant think of a better place to get started to the beautiful world of DIY audio devices.

Alejandro D., 23.03.2021

I own an original 1990 TS10, with the Japanese JRC4458D op-amp - one of my to-go-to pedals from day one. A great sounding tube screamer, only due to its pcb mounted jacks and crummy switch, slightly fragile. I figured I could do with a backup.

Built the Screamer with both mods. So with a switch for the TS808 and TS9 resistors and a switch for symm/asymm clipping. I dont hear much difference between the TS808 and TS9; maybe more high frequencies in the TS9. The clipping switch is a nice added feature; the asymm adds a bit of low end.

Having learned my lesson on previous occasions, I worked out the mods before I started populating the pcb. Populating the pcb was easy. I always socket the diodes, so that I can try out different types of clipping diodes. Same with the transistors.

Comparing the Screamer with my TS10, I would say that the TS10 has a slightly more transparent sound, whereas the Screamer has more gain.

Good one!

Antal A., 13.04.2021

Kit ottimo, provato col TS9 banez, non ho trovato alcuna differenza di suono. Perfetto!

Antonino C., 17.04.2021

The kit was fun to put together. Enclosure predrilled. Good description. Also ordered knobs and toggleswitches to fix the mod for a double screamer feature.

Magnus J., 17.04.2021

Experience of building is awesome and result is even better - very good sounding OD!

Stanislav G., 19.04.2021