Never had a tube screamer... (unless you count the mesa boogie...it has tubes and it screams) but I did own the original Big Muff Pi and after that, a Hot Tubes that was pretty slick.

Personally I love a good Fuzz. Try a fuzz face. :)    

I still have my original Sans amp floor pedal. I think it was their first commercial unit offered with the 6 micro switches on it. It's still very good sounding to my ears. I think I paid a small bundle for it when it came out too. Somewhere in the mid 90's I think and it was either 145.00  or 245.00 for the dang thing. Great for bass too.

I have a couple older Tubescreamers.


2 of them.

1 original Rat.

and Fuzz.

Patched up every which way... unless it's Wednesday.

On Wednesdays I make a wah sandwich out of two Tubescreamers... with a wah in the middle.


That's what I used to use until I got or interested in the sound of my cable.

I sold all my pedals after I got my Carvin 100w "boogie imitator" since it had such a sweet sound, and I was starting to go "purist" at the time with only a chord as my only plug in "effect"...so to speak.  I sold that and bought a real boogie and continued the no FX playing style.

I bought a POD2 for recording, and that is the only "pedal" , if you want to call it that, that I currently have.

I have about $1200 wrapped up in my pedal board. Most of the time, I plug straight in to the amp when I practice at home. The pedalboard is used to impress kids, cause pain to dogs and entertain or disturb my neighbors depending on the relationship.

Yeah it seems after you get over the pedal FX craze people like a guitar and amp. Simple set up with infinite possibilities!

I had an old fender something. It was beat up had treble, bass, drive and volume on it and it was by far the best pedal I ever used. Oh the loss.

Crowther Hotcake. Made in New Zealand.

Hi Dave,
 
If you're looking for a more elaborate distortion, check out the Blackstar HT-DIST (Valve pedal).