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. Tube Driver Review BK Butler Guitar Effects Reviews Ultimate-Guitar.Com. 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. They sound more 'Vintage' if you can believe it. This model is also the rarest, as it was only produces for a few months in 1981 before loosing the "Boogee" moniker. I have a New BK Butler Tube Driver one as well as several older Chandler versions. As reported in the intro, he has had 2 of these in his rig for the longest time - and when I hear this pedal it.
I know this pedal best as a Pink Floyd and David Gilmour fan - where this is one of Davids longest serving signature tones. This is a pedal that has been around for over thirty years and has become a long-standing favorite amongst some of the most elite players in the business for its smooth distortion and boost capabilities. BK Butler Tube Driver - 299 (Standard 4 Knob) or 424 (+5th Bias Knob) (BK Butler) close. And I would definitely love to see it as a stomp model in the KPA. To me, the BK Butler Tube Driver is one of the best around both for leads, taming a muff and for a clean volume boost that adds some bite. 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. The BK Butler 911 Tube Driver has been one of those items for me. The stomp box world has much more variety than what the KPA has in store when it comes to distortions and overdrives.
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