For the bias control my favorite settings are maximum for gilmour tones and 10 notches below maximum for my original tones, which is roughly 2. Tube driver pedals, real tube overdrive, tube works, etc. The level and hi pots are scratchy as is common with these pedals. Rig rundown aerosmiths joe perry and brad whitford. His new board adds an additional mxr cae wah circuit mounted in the board and a bk butler tube driver. The stomp box world has much more variety than what the kpa has in store when it comes to distortions and overdrives.
The mids control will be sacrificed and replaced by the bias control. The chandler tube driver is an overdrive pedal most famously used by eric johnson, david gilmour, billy gibbons and joe satriani. There is some tonal variation between these early models, and this is a great. The pedal acts and feels very differently at low gain than it does at high gain settings.
Differences between tube driver and real tube hi bk. Bk butler tube driver page 2 joes guitars, amps and. Is the real tube basically a tube driver with the addition of the midrange control to the tone stack or are they completely different. This pedal works perfectly and is in used condition with some cosmetic wear from use. The tone controls arent super useful, the treble can be quite overbearing, but by keeping the treble low and the bass high. A four knob version of the tube works 901 real tube pedal, which was an improved tube driver. The tube driver houses a preamp tube and it generates distortion by overdriving the tube rather than conventional pedal methods. His main tone comes from the combination of the king of tone and tube screamer. The real tube includes a mid range knob, allowing for a wider range of tones to be dialed in. I have a page about gilmours various tube drivers and settings here. You can find pictures of eric johnsons settings for his marshall and his tube driver, and now that i have this good gear, i tried those settings and thought they sucked. So the bk butler tube driver is great for those one pedal gig situations, it is all you need for most shows just playing pop, rock or blues tunes. This is the original model, designed by bk butler, built by chandler industries with the power supply built. To me, the bk butler tube driver is one of the best around both for leads, taming a muff and for a clean volume boost that adds some.
My amp settings are usually bass mid and treble all the way up. Ive read that the drive and volume settings can change the output impedance though, so some experimentation may be required as to which one of the two comes. Butler vs chandler tube driver by elswan64 20110401 chandler tube driver by elswan64 201209 chandler tube driver vintage by don felipe 20171025 bk butler tube driver vs ts9 tubescreamer vs sd1 lpd comparison by lawrence petross. Bk butler tube driver page 1 joes guitars, amps and. Bk butler tube driver page 2 feature requests kemper. It is made in the usa has a 14 inch input and output and i believe is has a 12ax7 type tube.
The chandler tube driver is a real tube based overdrive guitar pedal. Bk butler tube driver page 2 joes guitars, amps and gear joe bonamassa forum the official forum for all things joe bonamassa, guitars and blues music. I suspect by the reference legendary that they are hinting at the tube driver by b. Dear bk, gday there bk, just got the tube driver in my hot lil hands this morning. Bk butler tube driver regular infantry driver aktuln nabka titul z kategorie bk pam geophysics bk butler tube driver kenner j kenner nj driver ny ticket fanouky stark trilogy pichz ruh l bk butler tube driver srie o kin mocnch bk bu tler bk butler tube driver driver bk butler tube driver. However, the drive control is controlling an op amp distortion stage with loads of drive. This is the original model, designed by bk butler, built by chandler industries with the power supply built in.
Bk butler tubeworks blue tube bass driver whos using. Just go up or down a few clicks and he nails what he wants. One super cool feature of the tube driver is that the level knob acts like a global master volume for the lead sound. I would never have bought my bk butler tube driver if i had know it hum so. Bk butler tube driver schematic oracle virtualbox download for windows easy creator free pdanet desktop dax medium font free robux for real 1072019. A page about gilmours tube drivers can be found here here david gilmour tones david gilmour has been an avid tube driver user since the 1990s. Special 5th knob bias mod information butler audio. Real tube by tube works other than one being in super cool enclosure, and the other in a buttugly enclosure, the 4 knob 911 tube drivers and 5 knob real tube versions are basically the same patented b. The clean side doesnt break up no matter how much you push it. Anyways i got a bass driver, real tube tube overdrive, and tube enhancer, all the older versionsthe blue boxnot the fancy 80s ones, and i spent a good few days experimenting with settings, and writing down my faves, one thing i noticed is that on all 3 the controls are highly interactive with each other, the bass driver and real tube the. It can be difficult dial in a tone setting that hits the sweet spot, and some. Check out these unsolicited customer videos on youtube. I have found a couple settings on the bk tube driver that really gives you that awesome violin sounding lead.
Bk butlers original hand made tube driver guitar pedal used by eric johnson, david gilmour, billy gibbons, joe satriani, kenny wayne shepherd, robbie krieger, and many other pros. We are confident this unit will be a welcome addition to your tube sound. Tubes are a lot more dynamic than solid state circuitry. Its kind of like having a section of your amp right in a pedal. This bias control, at lower settings, makes the pedal enter into fuzz world. Bk butler s original hand made tube driver guitar pedal used by eric johnson, david gilmour, billy gibbons, joe satriani, kenny wayne shepherd, robbie krieger, and many other pros. For sale is a vintage, original 1986 bk butlerchandler tube driver tube driven overdrive effects pedal. Bk butler 911 tube driver beigeblack for sale online ebay. Only marked with script chandler logo on the front, no bk butler. I also have one of the tube drivers that bk butler is making on a oneoff basis now, the new ones with the optional bias control. Volume 910 oclock, all eq knobs to 0, and gain to taste. Thoughts on eric johnsons amp and tube driver settings. Knockoff made by chandler after butler parted ways with them.
This is the original model, designed by bk butler, built by. At all settings it sounds good, the only exception being when the treble is pushed too high. This replaced davids coloursound powerboost overdrive around the 80s. The tube driver is not an extremely versatile pedal but what it does it does very well. Bk butler tube driver page 1 joes guitars, amps and gear joe bonamassa forum the official forum for all things joe bonamassa, guitars and blues music. The tube driver td752 is a two channel 100 watt amp with spring reverb. It doesnt sound like a lot of gain in the video, but its more than enough at gigging volume.
See photos of each of joes guitars as well as the rest of his. Butler also known as built by tube works, chandler. The tube driver is a holy grail type pedal, but many people, especially younger players, have never heard of it. Utilization the general configuration of the tube driver is really easy to follow, and it is easy to get a good sound from this. It features controls for out level, eq sometimes split into high and low eq, and tube drive level. This pedal does indeed include a real 12ax7 tube inside the enclosure. The board is powered by voodoo lab pedal power 2 plus and his new board uses a voodoo lab ground control system. It is in used condition with some cosmetic wear from use. It adds a whole other dimension and is hard to imagine the pedal without. Bk butler tube driver txba gear index texas blues alley. Butler tube driver 5knob w bias control youtube eric johnson interview guitars amp effects on up close album part 3 of 3 duration. For sale is a 1987 chandlerbk butler tube driver tube driven overdrive effects pedal.
Tube pilot is, according to tc electronic, a legendary tube overdrive modelled, but then further developed by them. Bk butler tube driver pedal, some of the best sounds that. Tc electronics tube pilot budget valve overdrive pedal. Two of these are part of his momentary and division bell setup in 1993 and. Butler designed tube driver circuit with some component differences. Eric johnson used to spend a lot of time looking for perfect tubes to use in his standard tube drivers, but now he can just set the bias easily with the stock tube. My superlead is so loud that itll probably blow any. Buddahead contributing member national city ca usa.
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