
It is not very versatile sounding through some amps, but exceptionally good with others. At low drive it can deliver a Fenderish smooth gain boost or a bluesy overdrive. At high gain, it is very reminiscent of the lead crunch tone of a Marshall JCM800 amplifier. It generates anything from a smooth, light overdrive tone, to a classic rock-style heavy distortion. It has evolved over the years and there are many versions (a list can be found HERE). Around 1978 Butler designed and began making an early version of the Tube Driver, one of the first tube overdrive pedals. It was designed and built by audio electronics engineer B.K. BUTLER REAL TUBE OVERDRIVE - The Tube Driver is a booster/overdrive pedal with an IC and vacuum tube driven preamp circuit inside, used by guitarists such as David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, Eric Johnson, Billy Gibbons, Joe Bonamassa, Joe Satriani, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, J Mascis, David Holt, Keith Urban, and others. Last update January 2021įor the Tube Driver History and Versions article CLICK HEREįor the David Gilmour Tube Driver article CLICK HEREī.K.



The only other chiclett style cap on the component side is a 103K, 100v and is labeled as such.Īudio taper pots - Drive 500k, LO 100k, HI 500k, Output 100k.ĥ ea, 473k, 100v, Yellow chiclett style, one on the trace side, 4 on the component sideġ ea, 103k, 100v, Yellow chiclett style on component sideīK Tubedriver 005.jpg (44.5 KiB) Viewed 6075 times BK Tubedriver 018.jpg (59.01 KiB) Viewed 6075 times BK Tubedriver 017.jpg (59.61 KiB) Viewed 6075 times BK Tubedriver 016.jpg (54.96 KiB) Viewed 6075 times BK Tubedriver 002.1.JPG (57.35 KiB) Viewed 6075 times I listed only one 473uF, 100v on the component side, all others on this side not labeled are these type. 4 of these are on the component side and 1 on the trace side (Hence the label indicating 5 ea). There's only 1 cap on the trace side, it's a 473uF, 100v. Someone wanted detailed cap and pot values of my Tubedriver, so here goes:
