Ibanez TS Mini Tube Screamer

About the Ibanez TS Mini Tube Screamer

The Ibanez Tube Screamer Mini is the classic Tube Screamer shrunk into a tiny enclosure, running the same mid-humped overdrive circuit as the TS9 and TS808 with the familiar drive, tone and level knobs. Compared with the full-size versions it is true bypass, takes an ordinary center-negative 9V jack and drops the battery option, so it saves board space without changing the core sound.

In one paragraph

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Listings of the Ibanez TS Mini Tube Screamer we watched from listing to sale typically went in 20 days (28 watched), a steady; it sells for a median of €40 over the last 90 days across 70 recorded sales, with most examples landing between €35 and €45. New, it costs €78 at Thomann (read 5 October 2026), so a used one at the median saves about 49%. The sale median is down 5% on the €42 of the 90 days before. There are 148 listings live right now across Reverb, eBay Germany, from €44 asking, a median ask 78% over the sale median. Figures computed 17 October 2026 by Doirado from cross-platform listing data.

What owners have said elsewhere

Paraphrased from 180 discussion threads among 11 owners, 2024-2025. No names, nothing quoted.

Owners rate the TS Mini highly and keep calling it a great all-rounder, very good, an excellent boost. The recurring surprise is that it holds its own against the big boxes: owners who compared it side by side with a TS808 reissue or a Maxon 808 heard little to no difference, and more than one preferred the Mini for a clearer, more aggressive boost, so the common line is do not underestimate it. It is a touch brighter and less warm than its older siblings, which most find perfectly fine. The classic way to use it is as a low-gain boost in front of a bigger drive or a high-gain amp: set the gain low and the level up to tighten the low end and push the mids, a set-and-forget lead boost, and it stacks well ahead of a Muff or another distortion. The one caveat owners raise is that the mid hump and bass cut do not suit every rig; on some amps, a few name Mesas, it can sound boxy or thin out the low end, and those players reach for something like a Fulltone Fulldrive, a Wampler or a Horizon Precision Drive instead.