Ibanez TS808HWV2 Handwired vs NuX Drive Core Deluxe MKII
The Ibanez TS808HWV2 Handwired and the NuX Drive Core Deluxe MKII are both pedals.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.38% — somewhat different
Ibanez TS808HWV2 Handwired
Ibanez · pedal
NuX Drive Core Deluxe MKII
Nux · pedal
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The Ibanez TS808HW is a hand-wired version of the original TS-808 Tube Screamer circuit, built using point-to-point wiring on a turret board with premium components rather than printed circuit board construction. Hand-wiring on premium components provides a more direct and lower-resistance signal path and allows individual component selection for premium performance. The TS808HW delivers the same fundamental mid-forward, compressed overdrive of the standard TS-808 with the enhanced character that premium hand-wired construction contributes.
The NUX Drive Core Deluxe MKII is a 100% pure analog drive pedal offering 8 distinct TS-style overdrive circuits, including TS808 (JRC4558 chip) and TS9 (TA75558 chip) Tube Screamer voicings, NUX's own SSD (based on the Steel Singer Drive), R.Dirt (based on Red Dirt overdrive), and OD-1 (a classic 1977-style overdrive), switched via high-quality relay circuitry for zero tonal loss between modes. Level, Tone, and Drive controls handle tone shaping, and a footswitch-activated Post Boost adds up to 7dB of gain for solos, all in a true-bypass analog design.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Rock
- Blues