It still has its original base plate and battery cover. Having said that there is no evidence of real abuse and all three knobs are in good condition as is the majority of the decal. The expected chips and scuffs to the finish from nearly 40 years of use are present all over with some some tape residue on the footswitch. A certain Stevie Ray Vaughn helped too with it notoriety… Designed to produced a milder overdrive with a more prominent mid frequency focus, it was perfectly suited for driving the front end of valve amp. In a world of transistorised fuzz and distortion pedals, the TS808 was the first to utilise the now infamous JRC 4558D dual op-amp chip. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands GBP £Ī little green-mean-fighting machine from the heady days of 1981, the Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer.You're currently viewing prices in USD $.