Its hard to find one in mint condition and even if you do theyre usually about. Find great deals on ebay for butler tube driver and butler tube driver car amp. Chandler tube driver or tube works tube driver were the originals i think. It definitely doesnt sound like a stock tube driver. K butler sounds a little bit better, mostly because the lowhighknobs actually does something, the chandler beats the other tdstyle pedals i have owned, the tube works blue tube. David gilmour used two 198687 era tube drivers in his massive pink floyd rig in 1994. The chandler tube driver is an overdrive pedal produced between 1986 and 1991 that is most famously used by eric johnson, david gilmour, billy gibbons and joe satriani. Butler tube driver famously used by david gilmour, eric johnson, billy gibbons and joe satriani to name a few. When using the tube driver as a parallel blend you can use it 2 ways. The tube driver is being used on the main drum sound through out the song as well mostly on the snare.
He first used them in the recording sessions for pink floys division bell album. It features controls for out level, eq sometimes split into high and low eq, and tube drive level. Those same sessions also resulted in the division bell. They then decided that they were the owners of the product and took butler to. Some used 4knob tube drivers marked chandler are not the original design by bk butler. The core of the pedal is a handselected 12ax7 tube.
About as close as you can get to the original chandler tube driver. If you investigate the colorsound and similar, you might have a look at. In fact, there is only one tube driver bk butler built the original tube driver, under his brand tubeworks. Im trying to setup a tube driver vst to come close to the chandler pedal. Guitar studs like david gilmour and eric johnson use these pedals. Ive heard au7 is pretty popular and that bk butler would give clients a yugo au7 from his secret stash. Essentially, bk is the designer of the tube driver. In 1987 butler made made an improved version called the real tube by his tube works company. It had a two prong power chord and ive read something about wall warts. David gilmour has been an avid tube driver user since around 1993.
Its a great time to upgrade your home music studio gear with the largest selection at. Because of the filtering going on in the tube driver. For greater savings check out our used chandler tube driver equalizer and get a great deal today. Then i engrave my signature on the bottom of the case. Ibanez af105, chandler tube driver set very low, g5222 taken by sm58, ua la610 preamp, fireface 800 it is not at all in the family of ts, there is more harsh. Unfollow chandler tube driver to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. The chandler tube driver is an overdrive pedal most famously used by eric johnson, david gilmour, billy gibbons and joe satriani. You might or might not want to know that the tube driver uses an op amp solid state integrated circuit to create its distortion sound, and the tube is used after the distortion stage, in what is known as a starved plate circuit to color the sound of the op amp distortion. Each unit is hand built to my specs and i personally check out each tube driver to perfection. Throughout most of johnsons career, he has used a sophisticated rig that consists of three different amp and effects setups for clean rhythm, dirty rhythm and lead tones. I was wondering if anyone has a schematic for the chandler rack mount tdr101 tube driver.
The tube driver is a legendary pedal used by players like eric johnson, david gilmour, kenny wayne shepherd and many more. Great customer service and i used an old 2nd version tube driver and had a new one. Forgot to mention before, if you have a chandler wall mart tube driver you can easily convert it to a authentic tube driver by rebuilding the tone stack section. Gilmour used a colorsound for a long time before the tube driver. For sale is a vintage, original 1986 bk butler chandler tube driver tube driven overdrive effects pedal. Tubeworks was later sold to jeff genzler, who started his own company genzbenz.
Pulse tube drivers david used two original 198687 bk butlerchandler branded tube drivers in his 1994 division bell live rig. These have become known as the pulse tube drivers, as that is the name of pink floyds popular live concert video and album from the 1994 tour. It features controls for out level, eq sometimes split into high and low. It is quite different from the original 4 knob pedal which i bought in 19867 but traded in a year later for the. This is a classic overdrive pedal used by professionals such as by eric johnson, joe satriani, david gilmour and many others.
Pulse tube drivers david used two original 198687 bk butler chandler branded tube drivers in his 1994 division bell live rig. While i do think that the much more expensive tubedriver made by b. It was in my pedal board for years then pulled it for. Chandler tube driver foot pedal awesome distortion if your looking at this you know the perfection that is the chandler tube driver. The secrets behind eric johnsons tone on cliffs of dover. I found this one at guitar resurrection in austin, texas. It is made in the usa has a 14 inch input and output and i believe is has a 12ax7 type tube. It was in my pedal board for years then pulled it for something else. There are three different circuit boards used in the original bkbchandler 198587 tube drivers. Chandler tube driver schematic help diy do it yourself. This was before butler was actually marking pedals with his own name, so those first tube drivers were marked tube driver and chandler electronicspatent pend on the front, with leds placed above the the screen printed text. But, i found a chandler tube driver sitting in an old rack box. Bk butler chandler tube driver telecaster guitar forum. Out of stock online please call or chat to check your local store inventory for this item.
Used chandler tube driver guitar preamp guitar center. Signal chain paul reed smith custom 22 brazilian ltd chandler tube driver orange dual terror mesa 4x12 rectifier slant akg c414 xlii api 512c a. The first one had a light tan colored pcb with components of. And you can throw in different tubes obviously of the same class and be okay. The chandler tube driver in davidas rig from 19932006 has a. The tone on the title track is so big, throaty, and dry. Chandler marketed his product for a while using their name. Make offer vintage 1987 chandler tube driver tdr10. I think its designed for ax7 but mine is getting a lot of gain quickly. Butler had trusted chandler industries to distribute some of his first tube pedals, the mini boogiemini matrix, so he again used them for his new tube driver. The layout included is for an offboard tube socket not mounted on the pcb. You might or might not want to know that the tube driver uses an op amp solid state integrated circuit to create its distortion sound, and the tube is used after the distortion stage, in what is known as a. Chandler tube driver rack real tube overdrive used.
Pedals with separate ac power supplies or wall warts are not original and do not sound the same. Reverb is the marketplace for musicians to buy and sell used, vintage, and new music gear online. What a great toy, a fantastic sound, i know there was a. Again, theyre very similar and can easily be used to cover the same. Works best with an already slightly breaking up amp to my ears. I got a bk butler tube driver several weeks ago and either it just doesnt work with my equipment or ive got a bum one, i was wondering if you guys could help me decide. Known the world over for creating the eric johnson violin tone and as one of two main pedals used by david gilmour. The chandler tube driver is a real tube based overdrive guitar pedal.
It was the kramer into a vox wah and a chandler tube driver into a marshall halfstack. Hi eric, i was just wondering if you have ever used a thermionic culture vulture, and if so, what uses did you find for it. This one is in excellent condition from my personal collection. The pedals react very differently to different tubes so swap tubes until youre happy. Bk butlers original hand made tube driver guitar pedal used by eric johnson, david gilmour, billy gibbons, joe satriani, kenny wayne.
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