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Frankly, it big, and is built like a tank.

#Bk butler tube works real tube pedal mod

It measures 7.25”L x 4”W x 3.5”D (with the bias mod knob) and weights 2.5 pounds.

#Bk butler tube works real tube pedal driver

The Tube Driver pedal lives in a substantial, custom steel pedal housing with its power transformer mounted inside the front panel. Inside that box is Butler's signed shipping/storage box containing the pedal, instructions, and your invoice: The pedal arrives in a USPS flat rate shipping box. That alone means you can take a short break from mailing yourself things just so you can get something in the mail. Whatever the case, the result will be that a package will arrive in the mail for you. Once again the pedals are made up to order so delivery times may vary.

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He has even been known to run an occasional sale on his eBay store with reduced prices and/or free shipping. Secondly, you can go to BK Butler's eBay store where he sells his products. He hand-builds each pedal to order so there can be a slight wait (one to two weeks is advertised). There are a couple of ways to get your grubby paws on one of these boxes: Firstly, you can go to BK Butler's website HERE and order one. BUTLER TUBE DRIVERĪs stated before, the BK Butler Tube Driver is available once again directly from B.K. WHICH BRINGS US TO TODAY, NO? AND THE CURRENT B.K. Thanks a heapin’ helpin’ to Kit Rae for his excellent Tube Driver Page where you should go for far more in-depth info on the Driver's development and its various circuits over time.

And finally in 2008, he began offering the bias modification again.

Each pedal is hand-built to order and signed by BK Butler.

In 2005 when all other contracts ended but demand for the Tube Driver remained, BK again began taking orders for his 911 Blues Driver through his Butler Audio Company website.

In 1993 the pedal finally reached it's quintessential form when BK Issued the Tube Works 911 Tube Driver (named after Brent’s favorite car, the Porsche 911), which became the archetype for his later reissues.

I thought the idea was extremely cool, but wondered which one should I choose? Little did I know that they were all created by the same designer! I remember seeing these pop up one after another in Guitar Player Magazine and in the guiitar shops. Some of these versions were distributed through a handfull of companies including Ibanez.

From 1989 to 2000 Butler created numerous versions, some of which included a midrange control.

A couple of trips to court led to Butler retaining the rights to his creation and to Chandler ceasing their production. In response, Chandler created their own unauthorized Tube Driver knock-off with Butler’s name removed from them. Around the same time, Butler ceased the distribution relationship with Chandler. After he left Dean Markley, the company created their own knock-off of the Tube Driver called The Overlord.

Here's when things get funky: Butler left Dean Markley in 1987 and started his own company, Tube Works, to build and market the pedal under the Real Tube name.

The next year Brent decided he needed to put his name on his pedals so they were properly labeled “Tube Driver®, Concept and Design: B.K.

For the first time the Driver took on the familiar tan and black colors and form, though it was labeled with the Chandler name. The pedals were still hand built by him at home. By 1985 Butler was using Chandler Industries to distribute the Tube Driver.

In the mid-1980s BK went to work for Dean Markley Industries.

Around this time Butler began offering an option to allow users to adjust the bias voltage to the tube and tweak its response to their tastes. Each pedal was still hand-built by Brent in his home.

In 1979, Brent started his own brand under which to make the device.

Somewhere along the way one got into the hands of a guitarist. When the results turned out to sound great, he called it the Tube Driver, and made a few of them for friends.

Around 1975, keyboardist Brent Butler created a tube overdrive for his organ out of an old tube phonograph preamp housed in a Radio Shack enclosure.

Surprisingly, the Tube Driver has experienced a bit of a nomadic life: This pedal has been around long enough to have accrued multiple pages worth of history so I'll condense it down for you. I finally got around to trying one out and here is what I found:

Being hand-built for most of its life and priced accordingly, it was also one of the very first boutique pedals. During its long life the Tube Driver has appeared in many forms. 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. Have you ever had one of those guitar items that you always wanted to try but never seemed to get around to? The BK Butler 911 Tube Driver has been one of those items for me. GUITAR TOOLBOX BASICS: The BK Butler 911 Tube Driver with Bias Mod BK Butler Tube Driver Stepping up to a Classic