See my tube screamer history page:Here are the bottoms of the four different TS9s. On the right is an original with black label, easy to tell and date, if 1st digit is a 1, that would mean 1981 (a VERY early TS9!). These usually have the JRC4558D chip, or sometimes the lousy JRC2043D chip.Second on the right is an original silver label TS9. The 1st digit is a 3 meaning 1983, you will see a lot of these with a 4 for 1984. These can have the earlier chips or sometimes the TA75558 chip as used in the reissues.

• Dating Ibanez Pedals
• Ibanez Tube Screamer Serial Number Lookup

These are almost impossible to tell from the 1st reissue TS9. But the Reissue TS9 will usually not have a serial # starting with 3 or 4. I have reissues with a 206XXX and 207XXX number here with a capacitor made in 1990, maybe a very early reissue from 1992. These have silver labels, an original from 1982 would probably have had a black label.Third from the right is a 2nd version reissue, with the CE symbol so you know it's a reissue. It still uses the original MAXON circuit board and MAXON on the battery cover.

Is there a way by serial number to date Ibanez Pedals?, 09:25 PM I thought that someone had posted a link to a site that you could enter the serial numbers and it would give you the month on year that the pedal was made. Ibanez first released the venerable Tube Screamer in its now-iconic minty green enclosure back in the late-1970s. Since then, it has become a stalwart in the world of overdrive effect pedals and has likely found a place, at one point or another, on most every guitarist's pedalboard that you can think of. Here are few more iconic effects pedals than the Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer. Different versions of the Tube Screamer have graced the stage of so many artists since it was first introduced in the form of the TS808 in the last 70’s.

The reissues all have the TA75558 chip. Note the box has bar code info, this will not be found on the original boxes.On the left is the latest 2002+ reissue, with the IBANEZ board and IBANEZ on the battery cover. Did they come with the good chip?

I wonder wear mine is.TS-10's came with whatever chip was available. Many TS-9 originals didn't have the 'good chip' either.The chip business is supposedly a bunch of hot air, though. Many people claim a TS-7 sounds just as good as a vintage TS-9, or that SRV actually preferred the TS-10 to the earlier models, or that if you take a TS-5 and bury it in a fresh grave on midnight on Halloween, it will come back reincarnated as a giant black cockroach that can play a mean version of 'Tightrope'.

Second on the right is an original silver label TS9. The 1st digit is a 3 meaning 1983, you will see a lot of these with a 4 for 1984. These can have the earlier chips or sometimes the TA75558 chip as used in the reissues. These are almost impossible to tell from the 1st reissue TS9. But the Reissue TS9 will usually not have a serial # starting with 3 or 4.

Dating Ibanez Pedals

I have reissues with a 206XXX and 207XXX number here with a capacitor made in 1990, maybe a very early reissue from 1992. These have silver labels, an original from 1982 would probably have had a black label. Second on the right is an original silver label TS9. The 1st digit is a 3 meaning 1983, you will see a lot of these with a 4 for 1984. These can have the earlier chips or sometimes the TA75558 chip as used in the reissues. These are almost impossible to tell from the 1st reissue TS9. But the Reissue TS9 will usually not have a serial # starting with 3 or 4.

Ibanez Tube Screamer Serial Number Lookup

I have reissues with a 206XXX and 207XXX number here with a capacitor made in 1990, maybe a very early reissue from 1992. These have silver labels, an original from 1982 would probably have had a black label.