Ibanez Tube Screamer vs Tube Screamer Mini

From what I hear they sound very similar. You mainly get more space on your pedal board though. Obviously one costs half as much as the other so there might be a small quality difference but I reckon that will be very minor. I would go for the TS Mini.

I've owned lots of different TS variants including an original 9 series bought secondhand around 1993... it sounded different from msot of teh reissue 9s it was next to, the mini sounds more similar to the RIs than the original. This is an anal retentive, recordings tudio shootout comparison. in a abnd setting I find that an 808, 9, 10 5, reissuues, maxons, boutiques, whatever? they all sound pretty much the same. I think the best mass market boutique screamer type pedal without a doubt is the green rhino mkII (or later) since it has extra controls so you can dial it in to have the sbtle shading of almost any of the different versions... personally I prefer the SD1 and its relatives anymore. If you don't feel anal, get a mini, they sound like a tubescreamer. somewhere between a new TS9 and the soudtnank TS5 (a depal i always loved the sound of depsite it unrelaiable switch)... if I still played blackface fender amps I would still have my old ts9, but I gave it as a gift to my buddy who bought my oldest dual showman. He makes good use of both.