1. Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer Effects Pedal ($99.99)

This Ibanez distortion pedal is a reissue of the early Vintage Tube Screamers that carried a larger price tag, but has many of the same components and classic tones that made the original such a popular choice among guitarists.It produces great tones, and is perfect for playing classic rock.

Features:

• Classic Overdrive Tone
• Responsive Control Knobs (Tone, Volume, Drive)

2. Electro-Harmonix XO Metal Muff ($89.25)

This pedal delivers awesome heavy metal distortion. It is perfect for anyone looking for a pedal that can deliver really high gain distortion sounds as well as  warm over driven distortion tones. This pedal by Electro-Harmonix is able to achieve this wide range of sounds because of its customizable EQ settings and tone controls.

Features:

• Heavy Distortion Tones
• Responsive Controls
• Top Boost switch that will elevate the high gain and make your solos scream

3. DigiTech XMM Metal Master ($89.95)

This pedal can produce a near limitless variety of distortion tones thanks to its morphing ability. It creates heavy metal distortion tones and has high quality responsive EQ controls. The DigiTech Metal Master is an ideal fit for the stage, or the studio.

Features:

• Heavy Metal Distortion Tones
• Morph between pedal sounds similar to BOSS, DOD and Rectifier distortion pedals
• Level control, EQ controls and Morph control
• High quality sound
• Additional clean output signal jack

4. Boss BD-2 Blues Driver Pedal ($89.00)

This pedal produces some awesome Blues tones and it gives your guitar the classic sound of a vintage tube amp on overdrive. If you want to play Blues, this pedal is a must.

Features:

• Produces class over-driven tube amp sound perfect for Blues guitar
• Controls for Gain, Tone and Level

5. Electro-Harmonix Classics USA Big Muff ($76.50)

This effects pedal is a reissued model of the legendary Electro-Harmonix USA Big Muff Pi Distortion/Sustainer Pedal made popular in the 70’s. It’s claim to fame is the harmonic like distortion, and near limitless sustain it can produce. It creates an awesome fuzz tone, and is used by Jack White of the White Stripes.

Features:

• Awesome Fuzz tone
• Great sustain
• High quality sound

Well that’s it. Those are the top 5 Distortion Pedals for the guitar that you can get for under 100 bucks. These are all high quality effects pedals, and each create their own unique tones that will take your playing to the next level.

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Most guitar players view this as being one of the best distortion pedals around. It is a reissue of the classic Tube Screamer, and is made of many of the same components, and shares the same tonal qualities as the original. This tone of course is best described as some serious overdrive. The Ibanez TS9 comes equipped with tone, drive and level controls to help shape its distinctive sound.

The Ibanez Tube Screamer provides really nice, crisp sounds that will work with any guitar and amp setup you could imagine. It makes it sounds like you are playing through a vintage Tube Amp cranked on overdrive. It really performs great at what it does, and it should definitely be the next addition to your setup. it is built quite solidly and looks like it could definitely take a beating, and keep on rocking.

When I had a chance to test this out I noticed immediately clear, crunchy kind of sounds I could get when playing chords, and bluesy tones I could also create with a little bit of tweaking. The sound is really thick, and works well for lead playing as well when the gain is turned up. I also used this as a boost for my existing distortion, and it sounded great. It really gave my guitar sound an edge.

Overall, this is is a great effects pedal. If you are looking for a high quality effects pedal that can offer you some awesome tones and smooth vintage overdrive, be sure to check one out today.

The video below is a great demonstration of the type of sounds that an Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer effects pedal can create.

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