Bass tube screamer on a budget?

[shoulderpet]

Hi

In my quest for the best "always on" overdrive the bass tube screamer has come to my attention.

 

As someone who always boosts a good 10db on my low and high mids I think this pedal could be a good fit however I hadn't to admit that when it comes to pedals I am a cheapskate and I just cannot bring myself to spend the £160 asking price, is there anything that sounds like a tube screamer for less money than this that doesn't lose low end ? Thanks

[Supernaut]

TC Spark Booster. 

[KingBollock]

I’ve got a Behringer TO800 Vintage Tube Overdrive, which is their version on the Tube Screamer. It’s good. And very cheap.
 

The only worry that people seem to have about it is the plastic chassis, but if it’s going to be always on, that doesn’t matter quite so much.

[shoulderpet]

Thanks for the replies 

 

So after giving it some thought I decided to go for a bass tube screamer, my thinking being that it was better to go for the one I wanted than you go through a few different pedals to settle on one that I liked. 

 

Starting to regret it now though.

I could not find anywhere in the UK that had one in stock so I ordered from musicstore.com (formerly DV247) as I decided I was fine to wait the 3-4 days quoted.

 

A week goes by and I speak to UPS who tell me the parcel is pending customs clearance, the person I speak to seems nice but clueless so I decide to email musicstore.com to see if they can investigate at there end to see if there is anything they can do( have dealt with ups loads in the past and it's very common for them to be missing documents and not bother to contact the sender to resolve)

 

Musicstore emails me and tells me they cannot do anything to speed up delivery times, the next day I receive an email from another staff member at musicstore who says that the parcel is with ups and customs and they are speaking to ups to resolve.

 

Ups emails me and asks me for a copy of the invoice which I email them, a few days pass and I email them to chase up and they again request the invoice despite me sending them this days ago so I send to them and tell them that I sent this to them already

 

Emailed musicstore to tell them this and hoping that they will then put pressure on Ups to resolve this, 2 days passes and no response, is now today's date and I email both Ups and musicstore as it's now 2 weeks since I placed the order.  Musicstore emails me and tells me that they cannot do anything to speed up the delivery.

 

I know delays happen but I can't help but feel this has been handled pretty badly and had I known 3-4 days would turn out to mean 2+ weeks I would have looked at alternatives.

Edited 7 hours ago by shoulderpet