#Bk butler tube driver vs blues driver driver
On brighter, mids scooped amps and typical bedroom setups, the Tube Driver can sound rather harsh, fizzy and thin. Whether or not it’s an issue comes down to taste I guess but the tube driver isn’t the most versatile overdrive out there in the sense that it needs the right amp to reach its full potential. Like many of you, I’ve really looked forward to the TD-X hoping that Steve would once again would present a fine version of a classic and deal with some of the common issues known to these pedals. In that sense I’m probably biased but they really make some amazing sounding pedals, like the Patriot and the Evolution. It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Buffalo FX.
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Perhaps closest to the early Marshall models but its really got a tone of its own. Its design, based on a ic and tube driven preamp circuit, has the unmistakable flavour of a tube amp. Nothing sounds quite like the Tube Driver. After using different overdrives (pedals and amps) in the 80s, David settled with the Tube Driver in the early 90s and it’s been his main overdrive since. It’s featured heavily during the Meddle/Dark Side/WYWH/Animals period. See Kit Rae’s full run-down of all the different models.ĭavid Gilmour started using overdrive in the early 70s, with the Colorsound Power Boost. Designed by BK Butler, the pedal has seen many labels (and owners) over the years.
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The Tube Driver has a long (and turbulent) history.
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Buffalo FX has boldly tackled the Tube Driver – the overdrive that has defined the tone of David Gilmour and Eric Johnson for the past decades.