Godlyke Inc. | 3 years ago
The Tamura-mod TS808 is the culmination of a three-year quest by Mr. Tamura to replicate the best sounding TubeScreamer of all time.
After painstaking analysis of hundreds of 808 variants, Mr. Tamura determined that the best-sounding units all featured a specific brand of IC, and these IC’s were also from a specific production period.
The Tamura-mod’s hand-selected IC offers the added benefit of altering the overtone components of the signal based on input level.
At low levels, the Tamura-mod TS808 generates primarily even-order harmonics. When the input level is increased, a blend of even- & odd-order harmonics are created, yielding an overtone series that imitates the pre and power sections of a tube amp with remarkable accuracy.
Several key resistor and capacitor changes have been made to fine-tune the Tamura-mod’s tone, while NOS Toshiba SILICON diodes have been installed in the clipping section for the ultimate warmth and clarity of crunch.
The TS808 Tamura-mod also replaces the finicky “chicklet” switch with a high-quality mechanical plunger-type footswitch, and the mod is topped off with the installation of an ultra-bright, blue/white LED.
Due to industry-wide stock shortages, production of the Tamura-mod TS808 will be extremely limited.
