12au7 guitar tubes bk butler tube driver

12au7 guitar tubes bk butler tube driver drivers#
12au7 guitar tubes bk butler tube driver driver#

I replaced the 12AX7 with a 12AU7 (JJ Electronic) for an overall warmer tone with more compression and a much wider range from powerful clean volume boost to soaring overdrive. It depends on what tone youâ€™re looking for but it has a very narrow clean response and it can be a bit boomy as well. The 2006 BK model is delivered with a 12AX7 tube which is a bit too aggressive for my taste. The BK has a bit more presence and a generally more aggressive tone, although this can to some extent be â€œcontrolledâ€ by replacing the stock tube. Tonewise, I would perhaps place the Chandler somewhere between a Tube Screamer and a BK Tube Driver.

12au7 guitar tubes bk butler tube driver driver#

The Chandler Tube Driver (in Davidâ€™s rig from 1993-2006) has a slightly warmer tone than the new BK Butler model (in Davidâ€™s rig from 2006).

12au7 guitar tubes bk butler tube driver drivers#

David uses two Tube Drivers in his rig but you could easily substitute one of them with a Power Boost for a hint of that vintage flavour. The main difference is the dynamics and warmth youâ€™ll get from the tube in the Tube Driver but my experience is that with the gain all the way up the Colorsound manages to stay more focused and compressed. They both got that powerful transparent tone with thundering lows and a crisp top. The Colorsound Power Boost and Tube Driver are very similar, which may be one of the reasons why David chose the Tube Driver. The pedal was also an essential part of his tones on 2006 On an Island album an tour. The classic Colorsound Power Boost was Davidâ€™s main overdrive unit in the 70â€™s and after some experimentation with different units in the 80â€™s he settled with the Tube Driver during the Division Bell sessions in 1993-94. Ever since 1994â€™s Division Bell heâ€™s been using the Tube Driver as his main overdrive unit and itâ€™s been one of my favourites for the last couple of years. Just be careful with the Master Volume control, because these things have the ability to REALLY hit the front end of your amp hard! In fact, they can drive a speaker as about a 1-watt tube practice amp with GREAT TONE.David is often associated with his lead tones but heâ€™s a master creating the sweetest overdrive tones too. This one has it's original (and wonderful) General Electric 12AX7's and they still test as better than new in my Hickock TV7 tester. There has never been a finer, more powerful actual tube overdrive pedal made. Oh, and there's the VERY powerful bass, middle, and treble controls as well as a very fender-like 'bright' switch. for a total of FOUR tube gain stages in the Tube Driver it's only one! Plus, these operate at twice the voltage of the original Tube Drivers.

These are often refereed to as the predecessor to the 'Tube Driver', but they are really VERY different pedals.

This model is also the rarest, as it was only produces for a few months in 1981 before loosing the 'Boogee' moniker. This one is from 1981, I personally feel this is the BEST model because it's still labeled 'Boogee', and it's in the VERY Mesa-Boogie looking black-n-White color scheme. These things are legendary! There is lotsa chatter about these among serious players, but most folks have never even SEEN one in real life.īK Butler made only a few of these by hand from 1980-1981, then Randall Smith (Mesa-Boogie) asked him to use another name and in 1982-84 he made a few more labeled 'Audio Matrix'. I recently sold my stupidly rare Mini Boogee Pedal, but I made a little demo video before shipping her out. Hi gang! So this will be, for the most part a video blog. The Rare And Wonderful BK Butler Mini Boogee / Matrix Tube Overdrive Pedal BK Butler Mini Boogee Matrix Tube Pedal