(I have and like a lot of solid state pedals, but never use them. Since a 7660S won't work in this PS layout This goes on the back burner for now. To hear this, it's important to compare directly, because taken alone, solid state pedals obviously can sound very fine. Solid state pedals sound kind of boxy, grainy and narrow compared to tube pedals/amps which sound more clear and open. Real tube pedals all sound more natural than transistor pedals. I personally play a SIB CUDA, a KOCH Superlead (these are great), sometimes a Blackstar HT Dual (great rocker), I used a SD Twin Tube before (not as good, but still better than solid state pedals).Ī discontinued VOX straight6 is great for fat low gain or clean. They can sound as great as any great tube amp, if they are put in front of a tube power amp. Most of the OD pedals out there are solid state devices that use clipping diodes or cascading gain through.
#Real tube overdrive bk butler tube works full
These work with real tubes at full voltage and are the same like a tube preamp section. From the Klon Centaur to the Tube Screamer to the Maxon TOD-9 and all of the clones and reissues, there are hundreds of options for the guitar player who wants to explore the wonderful world of overdrive.
When buying a tube pedal, it's important to know if it's one of these or a real tube driven pedal. Matter of taste, but not the same as a real tube amp. These have no true tube sound, because they don't run on full voltage and therefore sound different. Ibanez tube king, Butler tube driver, etc. pedals with an alibi or starved mode tubeĮx. There are three kinds of "tube sounding" pedals, and knowing what's inside makes it easier to choose.Įxample: Tube screamer, OCD, and a zillion more.ĭo not really sound like a tube amp, but are fine for what they are.Ģ. The Jester does, cause that is what it is. None really sound like a tube amp, honestly. I haven't used thousands but I have had a bunch of the TS and TS type and Boss pedals. The Real Tube has knobs for output and drive, and controls for high, mid. Butler, is an intuitive, easy-to-use pedal. It sounds like a tube amp just breaking up, when fed into my dead clean SFDR (playing low volume, so not pushing it). Sporting five simple knobs, the Tube Works Real Tube overdrive, designed by B.K. Actually, in my current band, I use it on the lowest gain setting on about 1/2. It isn't super gainy, not like an Angry Charlie (which I also have and don't use). It is basically the OD channel from a tube amp in a box. I also had a Butler, the blue one, years ago. I runs the tube on low power, it is basically a regular OD except the tube kind of smooths it out.
I still have an old Ibanez tube king, I like it for gainy stuff.
#Real tube overdrive bk butler tube works driver
I got this after I sold my MK IV, and it really didn't sound like "typical" boogie stuff to me, like the MK stuff. Hey bjorn, would it be possible to review the bk butler tube works real tube overdrive and compare it to a tube driver Thanks Reply. But as someone said, the high gain channel was real "metal" sounding. I'm not sure what to do with this fella, but I have a feeling it will stay in the shop as a guitar demo unit (I do like the cleans mixed with the spring reverb) until someone needs a beat-up rawk machine.I had the Mesa one. It seems that the tolex-covered (rather than felt-covered) versions of these are a little rarer and they sure look a lot better. The upper (non-padded) jack also does not hold plugs all that well compared to the lower. The jacks are all those panel-style ones with the irritating plastic threads, too, so you have to be careful about not over-tightening them. It's now ready to roll, though it does show plenty of wear-and-tear to the tolex covering and metal hardware.
My own work on it included fixing things that'd been fudged before: it needed a new 3-prong cord installed as someone had clipped the ground prong, all the pots needed spraying-out and the jacks needed tightening, the two preamp tubes needed replacing (I just stuck some spare Chinese 12AX7 ones in there but would put lower-gain tubes in if I were planning to get a more bluesy tone), it needed a serious amount of cleaning-up, the fiber-board holder for the speaker connector tabs needed to be fixed back onto the speaker's frame, and the speaker cable needed replacing as it'd been hacked-up.