Keeley-Modded Ibanez TS9 | The Most Sought After Tube Screamer Strat Tone
Warm. Singing. Unmistakably Tube Screamer. The Keeley Plus-modded Ibanez TS-9 is one of the most respected modifications ever applied to one of the most iconic overdrive circuits in guitar history. Welcome back to Edge of Breakup.
The Keeley Plus-Modded Ibanez TS-9 pairs with the Nash Guitars S63 — Lollar Vintage Blonde (Neck + Middle), Lollar Special Strat (Bridge) — into a vintage 1966 Fender Princeton Reverb sourced from LA Vintage Gear in Los Angeles. The Effectrode Tube Vibe joins from 08:49.
This is the same rig used for the R2R Electric x Waterslide Time-O-Lite Fuzz video — same guitar, same amp, same mics. Two completely different conversations. Watch that video here: https://youtu.be/M_EAIZxNRRU
Robert Keeley has been modding Tube Screamers since the early 2000s, and the Plus mod remains the benchmark. True bypass, enhanced clipping options, and a refinement of the TS-9 circuit that brings out its best qualities without losing what made the original special. Explored from cranked Volume and Gain with Tone at 2 o'clock at 00:00, through darker tones and lower gain from 04:20, gain cranked back up from 07:46, and the Effectrode Tube Vibe joining from 08:49 for classic post-overdrive modulation placement.
The Nash Guitars S63's pickup combination — Lollar Vintage Blonde in the neck and middle, Lollar Special Strat in the bridge — is a considered choice that delivers warmth and articulation where you need it and push where you don't, giving the Keeley-modded TS-9 a genuinely dynamic foundation to work from.
If you've been chasing that singing, vocal Tube Screamer tone into a vintage Fender, this is what it sounds like done right.
🎸 Nash Guitars: https://www.nashguitars.com 🎸 Lollar Pickups: https://www.lollarguitars.com/lollar-pickups 🎛️ Keeley Electronics: https://www.robertkeeley.com
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🎸 Nash Guitars S63 | Lollar Vintage Blonde (Neck + Middle) + Lollar Special Strat (Bridge) 🎛️ Ibanez TS-9 (Keeley Plus Mod) | True Bypass | Effectrode Tube Vibe 🔊 Vintage 1966 Fender Princeton Reverb
