Gear Guide

Best Tube Screamer Players — Tone Guides & Rig Breakdowns

Stevie Ray Vaughan plugged a Tube Screamer into a Dumble and into Fender Vibroverbs to get the thickest blues tone in Texas. The TS808 and TS9 add a characteristic mid-frequency emphasis that gives single-coil pickups extra body and sustain without losing articulation. Even in a high-gain context, it's the tightest, most musical overdrive ever made.