The b k butler tube driver has been used by several of rock. You can configure for each channel individually or stack. Need help, bk butler tube driver fender stratocaster guitar. Ive looked to compile the best and most reliable for this post. Electronic engineering, electrical engineering, dc circuit, circuit diagram, diy electronics, electronics projects, power. A bk butler tube driver fabbed board would be great handmade ones suck, really hard to get them right. I have an old 3 knob tube driver by bk butler tube works which has a broken potentiometer in the tube gain position. Used a low gain 6av6 or 12av6 tube for distortion and transistor stage for compression. Dc circuit circuit diagram diy electronics electronics projects speaker box design power supply circuit valve amplifier linear electrical diagram. Butler mark, eric johnsons original tube driver, the common second version with the after driver and butler s name added, and a 1987 tube driver with mids and bias pots added as a custom option. Truth in car tube amp designs a schematic comparison a tube bracketed by semiconductors does not nearly comprise a true tube amp. The layout included is for an offboard tube socket not mounted on the pcb. 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.
Secrets revealedwhats inside this bk butler tube driver. Free diagrams, schematics, service manuals beginning with. Discussion in the effect effect started by jeepjones85, sep 10, 2011. The bk butler tube drive circuit is based on a opamp gainstage driven into two triodestages of 12ax7 tube, using low plate voltage about 16volts there are lot of similar products, such as chandler tube driver, dean markley overlord classic tube overdrive and many others. View and download tube works mosvalve rt2100 owners manual online. June, 2006 to deliver the best possible sound quality and reliability in car audio is both the passion and the mandate of milbert amplifiers. Boss electronic circuit schematic power amplifier ocl mosfet 160 watt by. The baja tube driver is basically a replica reverse engineered bk butler tube driver. One of the largest sites for doityourself guitar effects builders. Butler system owners manual the butler corporation. Allows me to go from dirty rhythm to soaring lead with a few knob twists.
Mozesz usunac ta wiadomosc i otrzymac wiele dodatkowych mozliwosci, ulepszajac hosting do pro lub vip za jedyne 5. Butler and the tube driver, there is a good interview over on the fantastic tone from heaven website. Lower plate voltages insure greatly extended tube life. Bk butler tube driver page 1 joes guitars, amps and gear. Daves homemade radios tube radio schematic selector. That cool joe, i also prefer a lower gain nos preamp tube in my tube driver. With this kit you can build both variants written in the docs. Butler tube driver real tube overdrive effects database. A hand made reissue of butlers original 911 tube driver tube works design from the 1990s. Please let us know if you have any questions or comment on how we run hifimanuals.
The power amplifier matrix has a character flat voice with low dco dc offset and low thd total harmonic distortion, visit here to view circuit diagram and pcb layout design. 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. Aug, 2012 i also have a realtube bk butler driver here to compare my build to, and it is silent. Bk butler is the pioneer of lowvoltage designs for. Amps, preamps, and cabinets started by elephanttalk, may 10, 2011. This kit is a creation by th custom effects in cooperation with.
This is not a reissue of the original 1980s bkbchandler tube driver versions. How to read tube amplifier schematics tmb tone stack see more. The baja tube driver is basically a replica reverse engineered bk butler tube driver pedal. Butler still makes 911 tube drivers by hand at the time this article was written through his butler audio company, here. The circuit layout and pathways were very similar to the 1980s circuits, but there. Some used 4knob tube drivers marked chandler are not the original design by bk butler.
Known the world over for creating the eric johnson violin tone and as one of two main pedals used by david gilmour. Recently i added a new section to my crystal radios section, showing only my schematic drawings for the crystal sets that i built. Oct 27, 2008 20190208 bk butler tube driver gibson les paul standard prs pickups freidman mini dirty shirley by jokeandrazz 20190319 bk butler tube driver heritage h150 bogner goldfinger 45w by jokeandrazz. I actually got it used on evilbay should have just bought a new one direct from bk. Boss od 1 overdrive guitar pedal schematic diagram.
Mar 08, 2020 truth in car tube amp designs a schematic comparison a tube bracketed by semiconductors does not nearly comprise a true tube amp. B and k manuals, schematics and brochures hifi manuals. Backstrom, badcat, ballantine, bang olufsen, bardon, barker, bbc goerz. The b k butler tube driver has been used by several of rock guitars greats david gilmour and eric johnson to name just two. Welcome back, we are glad to see you are using our service again.
Need help, bk butler tube driver fender stratocaster. I have 3 of these tubes and they are extremely consistent providing great tone, mojo, and character to. This unit has 2channels, one clean the other with additional gaindirt. Schematics and printed circuit board layouts for rare pedals like the tycobrahe octavia, clyde. It no longer functions correctly to change the gain. When i first tried it i thought i remember the pedal behaving like all my other od and boost pedals where i put the output or volume only at around 10 oclock and turning it on boosted the volume of my amp quite significantly. The use of ultralinear architecture, the output of each channel cattle connected five lines, together with the feedback and the filament, the pcb wiring will appear much more, but does not affect its excellent replay. The tube driver is an overdrive with real tube sound. Bk butlers original hand made tube driver guitar pedal used by. Bk butler tube driver page 1 joes guitars, amps and. Is there anythig similar to a bk butler tube driver and. The baja tube driver is basically a replica reverse engineered bk butler. Nov 2, 2016 bk butlerchandler tube driver current draw. I have a 4 knob bk tube driver with bias control that i bought is new condition.
All listings current page auction buy it now classified ads. To keep it from being confusing for those reading their pcbs, since this is primarily a reference for vintage big muff owners, and to keep the eh tradition, we have used this order on all big muff schematics, including post 1980s big muffs and clones. This is the original model, designed by bk butler, built by. The knobs shown on the photo are not included in the kit. Bk power supply schematic 12v diagram with led how to make a 400v dc from 220v ac simple circuit at home. One schematic is included with the owners manual and a laminated duplicate of this schematic can be found on a pulldown, retractable holder conveniently located at the vehicles side door. Secrets revealedwhats inside this bk butler tube driver real tube overdrive. I have also tried to keep the part numbers consistent from schematic to schematic. There are many schematics out there as well as a wealth of pcb projects. The hard clipping part of the distortion comes from the integrated circuit chip, or opamp. Tube works mosvalve rt2100 owners manual pdf download. Bk butler tube works tube driver early 3 knob modeloriginal yugoslavian 12ax7 tube includednever thought this day would come but i just dont use this pedal at all anymore. Bk butlers original hand made tube driver guitar pedal used by eric johnson, david gilmour, billy gibbons, joe. Butler has been making since 2005 could be ordered with either voltage, so be sure you are buying a tube driver with the correct voltage for your country.
Bk butler tube driver 910 schematicpot value telecaster. The butler system schematic is a pictorial representation of the butler system and its various components. The response was very positive as most people look at the schematic first when they are looking for a project to build. Able to organically create the tone of a tube amp at the point of breakup, the tube driver has been loved by guitarists since its inception decades ago for that allnatural tone and feel. When chandler copied the bk butler design they totally messed up the tone stack section all schematics to compare the different versions are here on this thread. Note, the schematic below is not the current mark ii swollen pickle production version made by dunlop. If that name is familiar, its because it adorns all of the real tube driver pedals, which were eventually popularized. I purchased it back in 1994 at guitar center in san bernardino, ca. When chandler copied the bk butler design they totally messed up the tone stack section all schematics to compare the different versions are here on.
This is high power amplifier output upto power output. Bk precision 2005a rf generator service manual download. Featuring a diehard metal chassis, intuitive control interface, and highlow eq control, the tube works tube driver overdrive captures magic in a box. Free diagrams, schematics and service manuals with manufacturer name beginning with b. Nov 19, 2015 schematic diagram of boss sd1 super overdrive pedal. The tube driver is not an extremely versatile pedal but what it does it does very well. Tube driver amps 2 pages amplifier tube works 904 owners manual. Find great deals on ebay for bk butler tube driver and bk butler tube driver bias. 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 official forum for all things joe bonamassa, guitars and blues music. The fullbridge inverter concept driving a full bridge mosfet network having 4 nchannel mosfets is never easy, rather it calls for.
Schematic diagram of the boss digital delay guitar effect pedal. The bk butler 911 tube driver has been one of those items for me. Used models are also plentiful and easy to find online. Boss sd1 super overdrive guitar pedal schematic diagram. Order here and get a real bk butler handmade tube driver. The cornish mode sounds more like something in between a bk butler tube driver and cornish g2 tone, but perhaps a bit too thin and nasally.
Bk butler tube driver 1989 guitar pedals, electronics. Hiya bajaman, just thought you might be interested in a possible modification to the baja bk butler tube driver,that i just thought about, the output impedance of the bk butler tube driver is pretty high,im guessing that its about 100k,or it could be more than that. List of guitar fuzz, preamp, opamp electronic circuits and electronic schematics. If youre wondering how these things sound heres a demo for you. My tube head repair guy tells me this kmd head has a higher plate voltage. A tube is not included in the kit, you can select it suitably to your project. Need help, bk butler tube driver discussion in the effect effect started by willeycaster000, jan 31, 2016.
Heart of the tube driver is a real handselected 12ax7 tube by bk butler himself. At some point butler started using a toroid transformer that runs from 120240vac which works with either mains power. I cant tell you where it comes in the signal though. The earliest tube driver, hand made by bk butler in escondido, california, circa 19791980. The positive response led butler to further reduce and simplify the circuit, making an early version of his tube driver pedal for friends around 1975. Service manuals, schematics, eproms for electrical technicians. When i first tried it i thought i remember the pedal.
It spins all the way around and pulls out some too. 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. Around 1975, keyboardist brent butler created a tube overdrive for his organ out of an old tube phonograph preamp. Pedals with separate ac power supplies or wall warts are not original and do not sound the same. Bk butler s original hand made tube driver guitar pedal used by. Shown above left to right the 1985 bk butler tube driver, the revised 198687 bk butler tube driver, the unauthorized 1988 knockoff made by chandler after butler parted ways with them, the 1990s tube works 911 tube driver, and a b. Bk butler tubeworks bluetube 2chan rt924 discussion in for sale. Joyful season headlight relay wiring diagrams car tuning get free image about way outlet wiring diagram additionally gfci receptacle wiring diagram amplifier circuit diagram pdf th. Tubes typically will not have to be replaced for 23 years under normal conditions. I actually changed the tube out to a 12au7 to tame the gain a bit and give it more midrange od. Most powerfull amplifier and easy instal and make it, see the circuit diagram and pcb layout here. I also have a realtube bk butler driver here to compare my build to, and it is silent. Yup, just my opinion that the pedal i have the bk butler version is a little easier to maneuver with a 12au7.
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