These later became known as tube works tube driver. The tube driver offers lots of tight girthy gain and has an openness that sets it apart from other distortion boxes. After i got the af2, i sold the bk tube driver for more than i paid originally. Long time users david gilmour and eric johnson were among the first. Some used 4knob tube drivers marked chandler are not the original design by bk butler. It will be fun to compare with the 3 and 5 knobs and it wasnt that expensive. Each tube driver is set for different amounts of gain. Hi yes i have scored a chandler tube driver 4 knobs now i almost have the collection complete, looking for the blue one. Butler tube driver rackmount, by tube works, and it. You were making a limited run of 6 this year, any plans to mass produce them in the future.
Guitar pedal x gpx blog 6 of the best butler tube driver. This is a little different than the bk butler tube driver im told. Mar 28, 20 i have an orginal chandler designed by b. It features controls for out level, eq sometimes split into high and low eq, and tube drive level. Aww the memories of selling expensive gear before it ends up broken in a dusty old box somewhere in the garage. There are a lot of versions of this pedal and its variants, but if you search the web, theres tons of good info to help identify the good ones.
There is no chandler tube driver never was a chandler tube driver. Find out what gear david gilmour uses to produce his incredible tone and build your own rig to try and produce similar effects. Chandler tube driver rack i know there is some controversy over the bk butler situation but that none withstanding the 1 up racks are reasonably rare to come by and have the famed bias control. Davids elaborate pedal rack as seen in his new recording studio, medina. Ive only ever heard one, and it sounded good but i had nothing to ab it against. This detailed guide will give you a good starting point to david gilmour s tones and effects. Its not like a tube screamer or any other overdrive pedal. Boss hm2 heavy metal distortion and an original chandler tube driver. Sounds very different from the original, not good to my ears. I used it on the clean channel of a fender hot rod deville. Just now i was going back to my ts9 this one turns up. I bought this unit new from guitar crazy in portland, oregon back in the day. According to gilmourish website, gilmour also uses chandler tube driver ped. Jul 31, 20 ej and gilmour, probably thousands of others too.
Butler a keyboard player to sound like an overdriven hammond organ, think deep purple. I actually got it used on evilbay should have just bought a new one direct from bk. Unlike many other bands of the day, the heads were not placed on top of the speaker to create stacks, they were housed in a shelfrack to gilmours right onstage, which provided easy access during the performance. Sovtek big muff ii, chandler tube driver, mxr dynacomp, boss cs2, ibanez compressor cp9, proco rat ii, bigg muff custom by pete cornish david gilmours effects rack. Davids mxr digital delay rack mount is seen in this photograph from the 70. Many people generally refer to all tube drivers as a chandler tube driver because of that. It depends on what tone youre looking for but it has a very narrow clean response and it can be a bit bassy and have that woofy boomy sound as well. Butler vs chandler tube driver by elswan64 20110401 chandler tube driver by elswan64 201209 chandler tube driver vintage by don felipe 20161122 chandler tube driver with guitarsystems sam. The chandler tube driver was an overdrive that used a single 12ax7 tube to boost the signal. Butler started making the 4 knob tube drivers again as a production model under the tube works brand around 199394. Although this effect isnt really featured in gilmours rack. The chandler tube driver is an overdrive pedal most famously used by eric johnson, david gilmour, billy gibbons and joe satriani.
Furman pl8, tc electronics tc2290, univibe, mxr programmable delay, digitech diatonic pitch. Chandler tube driver bk butler tube driver boss cs2 compression sustainer boss ge7 eq pedal boss mz. The core of the pedal is a handselected 12ax7 tube which gives you a lovely sort of fuzzdrive sound than can sound amazingly smooth and textured in the hands of masters like david gilmour who still features 2 of these within his. Chandler tube driver vs tube works 911 discussion in the stomp box started by winny pooh, mar 17, 2006. It is very much eric johnsonlateera david gilmour lead tone in a box. A detailed gear diagram of graham coxons 1993 blur stage setup that traces the signal flow of the equipment in his guitar rig. Have you seen how much your original bk butler chandler tube driver units are getting on ebay. 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 top of the rack also provided a spot for the binson echorec unit where it could be easily adjusted. I havent played one, but ive heard the rack version. Dean markley overlord to b k butler tube driver so, ive got one of these and ive got to admit i agree with the advert its ugly as sin but it does sure cook an amp nicely, but it could be better.
David gilmour returned to the roman amphitheatre in pompeii in july 2016 almost to the day 45 years after pink floyd filmed their legendary concert film at the same location. I have a chandler tube driver and tried the tube works the chandler is by and far a better pedal. The tube driver is wellsuited to tube swaps, sounding mellower and somewhat more compressed with a 12au7, rather than the stock 12ax7. Check out david gilmours gear and equipment including the fender. Jul 02, 2009 you could also pick up one of the old rack tube drivers. David gilmour of pink floyd was seen using two 1980s tube drivers in the studio and on tour in. David gilmour tone building david gilmour guitar, guitar rig. Two other users im aware of are david gilmour and david holt. The first, original, one was the bk butler chandler tube driver.
Chandler tube driver vs tube works 911 telecaster guitar forum. Chandler tube driver 4 knob and the newly updated tube driver itself with the bias mod. Does anyone know the difference between the bk butler and chandler tube drivers. For many years gilmour has mixed both stomp boxes and rack effects, often with. 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. The 2006 bk model is delivered with a 12ax7 tube which is a bit too aggressive for my taste. Plus, the ctd is an investment, if you search you can get a good deal. The core of the pedal is a handselected 12ax7 tube which gives you a lovely sort of fuzzdrive sound than can sound amazingly smooth and textured in the hands of masters like david gilmour who still features 2 of these within his rig. Utilization the general configuration of the tube driver is really easy to follow, and it is easy to get a good sound from this. You know what it is the youtube link is the actual unit you will be receiving. It was in my pedal board for years then pulled it for something else. It was the kramer into a vox wah and a chandler tube driver into a marshall halfstack.
Chandler tube driver rackmount tube works 902 real tube rackmount tube works 9 tube driver rackmount tube works 922 real tube ii rackmount. In addition to his work with pink floyd, gilmour has also worked as a record producer for a variety of famous artists. Gilmour uses a variety of guitars, and lap steel guitars, although he is most famously associated with the fender strat, namely his famous black strat with white pickups. David gilmour tone on a budget guitar interactive magazine. Its basically supposed to be a sort of ultimate lead pedal. Gilmour has used a variety of drive and boosts, including chandler tube. Does anyone has experience with this tube driver, i know david gilmour and ej uses this. Guitar pedal board diy guitar pedal guitar effects pedals guitar pedals guitar chords. Guitar stuff, gear stuff, soundclips, videos, gilmourpink floyd stuff, photos and other goodies. Works best with an already slightly breaking up amp to my ears. According to the the signal router visible in davids rack during the concerts.
Ive only ever heard one, and it sounded good but i. I guess i might liken the difference to upgrading from a peavey tube amp to a. Tube works 910 tube driver 3 knobs tube works 911 tube driver 4 knobs b. Tube drivers, and cornish pedals booster line driver. Advise the most versatile overdrive pedal for gilmour sound for indoor amplifier. The chandler tube driver in davidas rig from 19932006 has a. Jan 24, 20 bk butler tube overdrive pedal image courtesy of.
I guess he didnt have a good relationship with that company when they were marketing it. Top of rack bottom row effectrode pc2a compressor demeter compulator origin effects cali 76 compact compressor sovtek civil war big muff 1 boss ge7 equalizers. Rigtalk view topic tube driver question 3knob vs 4. It sounds incredible and blends nicely with other pedals. Which is your fav discussion in the tone zone started by mtm105, jul 2. David gilmour is an english musician best known as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter in the band pink floyd. Butler tube driver famously used by david gilmour, eric johnson, billy gibbons and joe satriani to name a few. Jul 02, 2016 the words tube driver are marked with a tm, as the tredemark registration had not gone through yet. Tube heater r2 220e r22 1k c3 47025 c14 vcc vdd d9 green r31 1k power led vr4a 100k log. Top of rack top row electro harmonix rams head big muff lehle parallel l electro harmonix 197677 electric mistress 1 chandler tube driver 2 bk butler tube drivers.
Grahams guitar tech was interviewed onstage after a blur show at the roxy in phoenix, arizona. Guitar studs like david gilmour and eric johnson use these pedals. We used an eventide 949 harmonizer for the pitchshift effect. It was 9v powered, like most pedals, making it more marketable to a larger crowd. There are a lot of versions of this pedal and its variants, but if you search the web, theres tons of.
The version of the famous overdrive pedal tube 1 x 12ax7 used by david gilmour and eric johnson and satriani among others, in rack, made during the 80s. Guitar stuff, gear stuff, soundclips, videos, gilmour pink floyd stuff, photos and other goodies. David gilmour tone building all the gear used to build david gilmours guitar tones guitar. The chandler tube driver is a real tube based overdrive guitar pedal. Pink floyd david gilmours guitar gear rig and equipment. The chandler version does have a different circuit and the eq is not like the originals.
It also performs best with clean, highwattage amplifiers with plenty of headroom such as the hiwatt amps that mr. Chandler dynamo tube preamp for musical instruments. David gilmours pink floyd 1994 rig for the pulse tour we modified david gilmours stage system to include the following effects via the pete cornish routing unit. Mar 30, 2012 have you seen how much your original bk butler chandler tube driver units are getting on ebay. A page about gilmours tube drivers can be found here here. Signal chain paul reed smith custom 22 brazilian ltd chandler tube driver orange dual terror mesa 4x12 rectifier slant akg c414.
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 chandler tube driver, imho is what the best tube screamers try to be. If you read interviews with butler he is very adamant that there is no chandler tube driver. Gilmour has used a variety of drive and boosts, including chandler tube drivers, and an old colorsound drive. Chandler tube driver vs tube works 911 telecaster guitar. Bk butler tube overdrive pedal gilmour tones at volume. Bk butler tube overdrive pedal gilmour tones at volume or else. All the hiwatt tube overdrivedistortion pedals do not use a ax7 tube. Shown above left to right eric johnsons 1985 chandler branded tube driver, his 198687 period bkb chandler branded tube driver with chandler blacked out, and his 20052006 period bkb branded 911 tube driver. I am playing a les paul plugged directly into the instrument input of the tube driver and out of the instrument output into the tweed deluxe clone. I use a mesa v1 bottle rocket which is loosely based on the tube driver.
It is made in the usa has a 14 inch input and output and i believe is has a 12ax7 type tube. Chandler tubedriver 19 rack 28 august 2009 28 august 2009 j1 inst input r7 1k c11 330p sw3 d21 tp5 j3 line input r11 47k tp3a 3 2 1 8 4. David gilmour of pink floyd was seen using two 1980s tube drivers in the studio and on tour in 199394, which may have partly influenced the decision to bring these back to the market. This is assuming that the circuits inside each of those 198687 tube drivers used in 1994 were the more common second variant with the green backed pcb. Tube driver question 3knob vs 4knob version mon, jan 21, 20 12. I have one from the days when i thought it would be cool to move to a rack system. Check out these unsolicited customer videos on youtube. The tube driver is a holy grail type pedal, but many people, especially younger players, have never heard of it.