- #Replacement tubes for bk butler tube driver drivers#
- #Replacement tubes for bk butler tube driver driver#
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Congrats on the BK Butler Kev, it's one I'll never sell! Kevman13 wrote: It arrived today!! I feel that it's easier to get the 'violin' tone with that particular tube. The 12AU7 also tames a little of the spikey-ness of the JJ 12AX7. There is so much gain in these that you actually get a much more musical and usable range with the lower gain tube. The tube inside appears to be a JJ ECC83 - is this a 12AX7? Get a feel for the pedal with that tube but IMO I heard a DRAMATIC improvement in mine with a NOS JAN 12AU7. Kevman13 wrote: It arrived today!! I am looking at it now in my office - can't wait to get home and crank it up.
Slightly less than unity volume and it really makes a big difference.
#Replacement tubes for bk butler tube driver driver#
And yes, they do sound way fatter when played through a cranked non mv amp.ĮJ's drummer noted that his volume actually decreases when he steps on the Tube Driver so that's how I set mine. A new BK one with the bias will probably run you between 250-300 bones.
#Replacement tubes for bk butler tube driver drivers#
Just once I would like to play through a rig that has the late 1980's EJ tone on Austin City Limits! I'll bet the Good Lord has those rigs lined up in Heaven! Is it also true that Tube Drivers work better at high volumes? Kevman13 wrote: Thanks Justin - I'm still hunting around here for a Tube Driver but can only find a Tube Works Real Tube Overdrive by BK Butler and a Tube Works Blue Tube 903.not sure if these are what I'm looking for.Ĭheck The Gear Page dude, they are on sale there quite often for way better prices than eBay. You guys are going to ignite my GAS for a plexi. The only other problem I have had is getting it to cut through in a band situation. It can be a little harsh and raspy and I assume that is because I still have a 12ax7 in it. I definitely need to try a 12at7 or a 12au7 in mine. Of course no Fender guitar, instead a G&L Legacy! I am on again off again with my Bk Butler Tube Driver w/bias mod. Though he is one of the high priests of tone (much respect JB), one fact was overlooked: two BK TD's stacked through a cranked black face bassman or bandmaster. I will slightly disagree with JB here in the need for the plexi, although the route he suggested is certainly correct. I own a 910 and a 12AU7 will make the best sound in the world. So now they are the same company.īK is still in business though. Genz Benz acquired the rights to Chandler. They are a lot less harsh and the gain is much more controllable with these tamer tubes. My gain settings are between 11 o'clock and noon. Suggested Tube Driver settings: Volume 9-10 o'clock, all eq knobs to '0', and gain to taste.
I get a way better violin tone when my Vox wah is in my chain (really helps mellow the sound). Also don't overlook the effects of a non true bypass wah on the signal path. I love my Keeley Compressor to fill those duties. EJ use to use a TC Sustain in the old days. You need a cranked up Plexi style amp with the Tube Driver, Echoplex, reverb, and optional compressor. Joe is 100% correct about the voilin tone. I have the 3 knob Tube Works/BK Butler model like what Andy Timmons uses. That cool Joe, I also prefer a lower gain NOS preamp tube in my Tube Driver.
Made by BK Butler´s old company 'Tube Works', this old Tube Drivers sound amazing. This is the 4-knos version with AC-cord, not 9v.
#Replacement tubes for bk butler tube driver free#
BK Butler Tube Works Tube Driver 12AX7 Overdrive Effect Pedal Valve Free USA S&H. Save bk butler tube driver to get e-mail alerts and updates on your eBay Feed. I bought this new directly from BK in 2015. This is the newer, current production model and not the cheaper tube works version. Listen to the sound, and don't pay too much attention t. A short test of my B.K Butler Tube Driver, a wonderful overdrive. The Tube Driver is legendary mostly because of its. BK Butler Tube Driver: The BK Butler Tube Driver has a sordid manufacturing history, having been made at various times and various places under both the Tube Works and Chandler names, before finally being produced in original form again by Butler himself, via his company, Butler Audio.