JHS PedalsBonsai 9-Way Screamer Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal, Green

I stopped buying overdrive pedals quite some time ago...im perfectly satisfied with the gain on my amps and with the pedals I already own. Also, ive never really been a Tube Screamer fan. I own a TS9 and its in a drawer...which is not to say they are not good pedals, but i have boost options that preserve my original frequency response and i prefer that. I like what Josh did with the Angry Charlie and that is always on my board, so i thought this pedal was innovative and would allow learning more about the tube screamer options....i am really enjoying this pedal and I am pleased I bought it.I A/B against my TS9 and in my short test, I felt the Bonsai was in the ballpark...but not the same with similar knob setting. Thats not a complete test, but i think it could be very close if i fiddled with the settings...its a dont care for me because all the Bonsai sounds are good as far as I am concerned...there is very little difference between some of the presets, but that may track very well with the original pedals....Ive found useable and enjoyable settings on each preset and enjoyed the heck out of myself....I like the JHS mode the best becasue it exhibits the least amount of clean-mix with overdrive which is the hallmark of the tube screamer and what I hate about it...however, thats good for pushing an amp front end...i prefer a full clean boost though.In closing, as a standalone overdrive, I am using it off board at home to learn new songs and i really like it....i want to hear the drive and tone of the pedal on its own without being relegated as a front end boost....while i really dislike the standard TS method of having less gain on some frequencies or actually mixing some of the clean with the overdrive, I am enjoying this pedal...i knew what it would be and im learning to like it while I learn about all the TS variants.Recommended

JHS Bonsai .... I purchased this item to replace my (Japan) TS10s and (Analogman modified) TS808 on my board. I have a huge Tube Screamer collection ( 4 TS10s a TS5 and Analogman modified TS808 , TS9DX , TS7 and Maxon 808.) I use The Screamers for boosting solos as my amps ... (Marshall , Soldano , Carvin) have plenty of gain so I don’t need an always on overdrive ..... I have A/B the Bonsai against all my Tube Screamers... IMHO the sound is 85 to 90% .The knobs of the Bonsai may have to be adjusted to different positions from the Tube Screamers to achieve the same tone....In a live situation no one could ( except my self) feel or hear the difference. But to my ear and recorded thru Logic Pro X there’s a slight sound and silky feeling missing. I took the back off ... and the board is all SMT Surface Mount Technology. I realize that the manufacturer uses this to speed up production and save money. There is a difference In sound between SMT and old school electrical components in the Tube Screamers...IMHO. Dose the Bonsai replace my Tube Screamers ... No ...Will I put this on my board and uses this live.... Hell Yes. ( my TS10s are to fragile and worth too much money to use live...thanks John Mayer) .... But I will still use my old Tube Screamers for Recording and practice... one more thing Gary Moore used TS10s from 1987 till 2006 as his main overdrive. This pedal gives a lot or sound and value for the money and I would recommend it..but not to replace any Ibanez TS pedals.

The JHS Tube Screamer is my favorite versions of all the tube screamer pedals I love.*** Truthfully, You could just buy the real “Tube Screamer” pedal you love most if there was one in particular that you liked and it would be fine ..... After all, some TS pedals are so negligibly close in sound .... The 808 & TS9 are almost the same.... Yet all the others on this pedal seem a little more noticeably different.The Tube Screamer is my Top 3 favorite distortion pedals of all time, so for me to have a few varieties of them in one pedal is great.I’ve seen the reissue 808 sell for about $200, and the TS9 sell for about $100.... To me ... I felt it was worth it because it’s exactly what I wanted. I paid slightly over $200 for my JHS Bonsai.*** Remember this will not be 9 radically different distortion pedals in one, rather a collection of variations on a particular one..... The Tube Screamer. It does it AWESOMELY. I had an Ibanez TS9 on hand and did a quick A/B comparison and felt it was a perfect match off a quick listen.*** If you love the gentle warm distortion of a Tube Screamer and can’t settle on having just one ..... Then you’ll want this pedal.

Although I already had a Ibanez TS-808 for many years, I failed to figure out how to dial in the tones I had hoped for and I essentially never really used it other than to say "yeah, I have a TS-808." With the down time due to COVID, I really tried to sit down and (again) attempt to utilize the TS-808, only to still find I was underwhelmed. Around this same time I became aware of the Bonsai and purchased one, and within a few minutes after plugging in I had the tomes I wanted, as well as many more. This pedal is fantastic! It's extremely versatile with the selection of so many different tubescreamers at the turn of the dial, I don't really know you could possibly go with any one of the standalone originals. All of the settings sound very authentic and the additional "modded" version setting are extremely cool to have in an arsenal. As I now have the JHS Bonsai on my pedalboard I have sold TS-808 and am very happy with it. I would highly recommend anyone who is looking for "a" tubescreamer stop looking and just purchase the Bonsai immediately!

What's not too like, Price was good, noise floor is good it's compact and we'll voiced can't see this one coming off my pedal board.

I got this pedal obviously for the vast choice of TS sound. It does not disappoint. People got to understand that the differences between modes are subtle, yet depending on how you use it these little nuances will make all the difference.Some mode when boosting a slightly breaking amp will sound the same but when used as a ''clean boost'' will sound very different. The TS7 is crazy with gain, too much almost. I use this pedal to boost my crunch channel with about 3/4 drive, 3/4 level and 2/3 tone and it's really good with the TS808-TS9-TS10-Exar and keeley mode. The MS mode is pretty good but a little gooey like they say and the Keeley mode is pretty great too. There is no noise in the signal, unless you use the insane TS7 mode as a boost and the tone sweep is great. They designed it very well. I rarely use a TS pedal on the clean channel as I found it to sound thin and nasal but the Bonsai sounds awesome for that application, with a strat it's killer. The only negative comments I have is concerning the overall look and feel of the pedal. It comes in a generic enclosure, the pots feel flimsy and cheap, especially the rotary switch for the mode selection, the shaft is very thin on that thing. I'm pretty sure that if someone had it on is pedalboard and would slightly hit it with is foot by mistake, the pot would break and fly away. The pedal is really light and feels empty, for the price I dont feel the ''boutique'' quality in it. I'm not saying it's not a quality product but time will tell. I guess now I'm very picky on pedals but that's the way I see it. I got a couple of cheap joyo pedals and they fell like tanks and I'm pretty sure I could throw then on a wall and they will work afterwards, just like the good old Boss pedals, but I would do it to the JHS. Overall the sound quality is phenomenal

There’s really not much difference between most of the ibanez/maxon tubescreamer settings (ts808, ts9, etc) but there’s not much of a difference between the real pedals either. My favourites on this are actually the Exar and the JHS - the JHS setting is way louder than the others. I didn’t get a chance to try this out at non-bedroom levels yet as I’m quarantined due to the apocalypse :(Can’t wait to try it out at the jam space once the pandemic is over providing we aren’t all zombies by then.This pedal is surprisingly light too despite it’s metal enclosure and solid looking construction. Like, it’s lighter than my plastic behringer tubescreamer this is replacing. All the jack holes are tight and solid. They also include a sticker, pin and a pick too which is nice. I think it’s little pricey at $280 though.

Molto bello esteticamente ed estremamente versatile. JHS lavora sempre molto bene.Tutti quanti i set di screamer in esso inseriti hanno una voce ed una personalità propria, andando dall'iconico TS9 alla sua più moderna rivisitazione interpretata da JHS, appunto.Il prezzo, se si considera quanto questo pedale offre, non è assolutamente eccessivo.Promosso a pieni voti.

Considerando el costo individual de los 9 pedales que reproduce, es bajo el precio pagado. Es una maravilla de pedal en cuanto al sonido obtenido, pero no en cuanto a sus acabados. La pintura apenas bien, los controles no se sienten robustos y en cuanto a durabilidad, creo que debe cuidarse mucho.