Bk tube driver diy network

Butlers company at the time was making the 5knob real tube and blue tube pedals. Pricing and availability on millions of electronic components from digikey. Heart of the tube driver is a real handselected 12ax7 tube by bk butler himself. Compatible with all electric guitars and amplifiers. The crew restores two cabins and builds a barn door for their blacksmith shop. May 25, 2011 the persuader is a tubedrive distortion pedal kit sold by amplified parts of tempe, az. Mark bowe and the crew start a new boneyard in texas by building a timber frame barn and two log. Is there anythig similar to a bk butler tube driver and. I build a few of these per week by hand personally. The knob is attached with duct tape temporarily, i drilled a hole later. Boss ds1 tube driver mod from pedaldoc guitarkitbuilder.

Jan 20, 2016 tube driver kit from th custom effects. I have a 4 knob bk tube driver with bias control that i bought is new condition. I need somebody to either explain or steer me to an explanation of the 12ax712at7 tube s purpose in my jolida jd502p power amp. This planter box is built with a top and a bottom exterior frame, with cedar panels affixed to the frame and bottom. Tube driver readyfortransfer printed circuit board layout.

Pricing and availability on millions of electronic components from digikey electronics. Mar 31, 2018 hifi audio drivers speakers and tweeters these are some of the drivers that we have had the opportunity to try out over the years. Cant wait until the next shipment of hard to find, quality audiophile grade parts arrive. Tube works, to build and market the pedal under the real tube name. Butler vs chandler tube driver by elswan64 20110401 chandler tube driver by elswan64 20161122 chandler tube driver with guitarsystems sam. The layout included is for an offboard tube socket not mounted on the pcb. Great sound and looks nice with the led underneath the tube. Inc tube driverd b l u eu 2150 owners information certification. A community dedicated to helping everyone learn the art of audio. Bk butler tubeworks blue tube bass driver whos using. So, fine, if you think the future of human society is a commune where everyone shares everything, or support a cap in executive pay, then its perfectly respectable to say that tube drivers are overpaid. Heatshrink tubing, heat shrink, or heatshrink, is a shrinkable plastic tube used for strain relief, abrasion resistance, environmental protection, and insulation for cables, joints, or terminals. Butler designed tube driver circuit with some component differences. It will draw 4x the power it needs, causing it to overheat and damage the circuit.

Need help, bk butler tube driver fender stratocaster. Butler tube driver blue 2150 owners information pdf download. There are a number of kit and driver options available driverstop tweeters woofers passive radiators specifications. This kit is a creation by th custom effects in cooperation with.

Able to organically create the tone of a tube amp at the point of breakup, the tube driver has been loved by guitarists since its inception decades ago for that allnatural tone and feel. Bkgma 15r 15a 125v ac dc fuse cartridge, glass holder 5mm x 20mm from eaton electronics division. The persuader is a tubedrive distortion pedal kit sold by amplified parts of tempe, az. Diy network is the goto destination for ripup, knockout home improvement television. Bk butler tube driver 3 vs 4 knob version the gear page. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. A tube is not included in the kit, you can select it suitably to your project.

With this kit you can build both variants written in the docs. The knobs shown on the photo are not included in the kit. Featuring a diehard metal chassis, intuitive control interface, and highlow eq control, the tube works tube driver overdrive captures magic in a box. Pedaldocs goal was to produce tones similar to those heard on the first black sabbath alubms, or similar to early marshall amplifiers. Build the top and bottom frames out of the 1x2 cedar strips. The tube driver is a holy grail type pedal, but many people, especially younger players, have never heard of it.

Comes with owners manual the tube driver td752 is a two channel 100 watt amp with spring reverb. I build only a few of these per week by hand personally. I need somebody to either explain or steer me to an explanation of the 12ax712at7 tubes purpose in my jolida jd502p power amp. Summary of contents for butler tube driver blue 2150. Diy audio store is a great resource to the diy audio community.

The 3knob version was an entrylevel tube driver produced when tube works b. We will use your email address only for sending you. Hifi audio drivers speakers and tweeters these are some of the drivers that we have had the opportunity to try out over the years. The bk tube driver is an excellent overdrive ideal davidas 70as and present tones although i have no trouble getting great pulse tones as well. I get preamp tubes in a preamp, but ive found it difficult to find a clear explanation of what the driver and input tubes are actually doing, and their relative importance to the sound of the amp. Tube driver with bias control original design by bk butler. The circuit only draws about 30ma and the tube is actually only running at 12v, a fraction of what these tubes run in a typical.

Review updated 4 january 2009 david is often associated with his lead tones but heas a master creating the sweetest overdrive tones too. Dec 17, 2018 last year nine tube drivers earnt more than. Bk butlers original signature below certifies that your new tube driver blue has. Most common constant voltage drivers or power supplies are 12vdc or 24vdc.

The tube driver kit is for those who find their ds1 to be very harsh and would like to give their pedal the sound of fat, tubelike assymetric distortion. But i notice that most of the commentators who think tube drivers are overpaid dont think bankers are overpaid. Tube driver original by bk butler with bias control. Anyways i got a bass driver, real tube tube overdrive, and tube enhancer, all the older versionsthe blue boxnot the fancy 80s ones, and i spent a good few days experimenting with settings, and writing down my faves, one thing i noticed is that on all 3 the controls are highly interactive with each other, the bass driver and real tube the. Colored heat shrink tubing is used for color coding, while. A constant current driver is the best way to drive high power leds as it maintains a consistent brightness across all leds inseries. Same day shipping for even the smallest of orders, on a huge range of technology products from newark element14. When i first tried it i thought i remember the pedal behaving like all my other od and boost pedals where i put the output or volume only at around 10 oclock and turning it on. Mark bowe scouts an old log cabin and drives through a river to visit the fishing cabin he and his crew built two years ago. This site uses cookies to deliver services in accordance with the cookie files policy. Th custom effects musikding diy tube driver sound demo. Shipping to eu countries takes 25 days, shipping to the us, canada and other overseas locations currently takes around 12 weeks. Butler tube driver famously used by david gilmour, eric johnson, billy gibbons and joe satriani to name a few. Some short sound samples of the tube driver diy kit.

A four knob version of the tube works 901 real tube pedal, which was an improved tube driver. If you are a into boating, own an rv, or just need a good long range outdoor wifi adapter at a low price, consider alfa networks tubeun. Based on bajamans schematic i created a layout with wiring. Welcome to the official youtube channel of diy network. I dont think butler ever completely stopped making the 4knob tube drivers, but they would have been on the back burner during that period.

I did a search and although i found a post or two that tangentially related to this question, i was hoping for a thread dedicated to this. Having access to these hard to find jfets has helped turn a new hobby into a fullblown addiction. Tube driver blue 2150 car amplifier pdf manual download. Bk butler tube driver 5knob demo original bias mod vs diy bias. The bk butler tube drive circuit is based on a opamp gainstage driven into two triodestages of 12ax7 tube, using low plate voltage about 16volts there are lot of similar products, such as chandler tube driver, dean markley overlord classic tube overdrive and many others. Newark electronics electronic components distributor. Amplified parts is a relatively new entity that is part of antique electronic supply, which has been operating for more than 25 years. The real tube includes a mid range knob, allowing for a wider range of tones to be. What other items do customers buy after viewing this item.

Butler tube driver blue 2150 owners information pdf. Lowest rate is eur 3,50 usd 4,00 going up with weight. Figure 1 below shows the speaker box plan from the datasheet. It also works extremely well as a booster for the more demanding distortions like the big muff. The pages contain information about the drivers transducers including photographs, history and background information, driver specifications and links to diy speaker enclosure designs. Youll be butting the ends together, so no mitering will be necessary. For the full dimensions of the backloaded horn speaker enclosure plan and the cutting plan see the fostex fe206en datasheet pdf 488kb. Discussion in amps and cabs bg started by paganjack, nov 19, 2008.

Dec 01, 2010 the tube driver kit is for those who find their ds1 to be very harsh and would like to give their pedal the sound of fat, tubelike assymetric distortion. The backloaded horn speaker enclosure plan is from the fe206en datasheet that was included with the fostex fe206en driver. The tube driver is an overdrive with real tube sound. It has an effect sendreceive and a footswitch for switchi. Knockoff made by chandler after butler parted ways with them. Introduction due to increasing energy regulations, most people are familiar by now with the long life spans and energy savings associated with leds, or lightemitting diodes. I got a bk butler tube driver several weeks ago and either it just doesnt work with my equipment or ive got a bum one, i was wondering if you guys could help me decide. Real tube by tube works other than one being in super cool enclosure, and the other in a buttugly enclosure, the 4 knob 911 tube drivers and 5 knob real tube versions are basically the same patented b. The diyaudio store diy amplifier kits, chassis, and parts. Heatshrink tubing comes in many sizes, shapes, and materials for specific applications. When i first tried it i thought i remember the pedal behaving like all my other od and boost pedals where i put the output or volume only at around 10 oclock and turning it on boosted the volume of my amp quite significantly. The focus of amplified parts is on the musician who is not an electronic technician and who. Td752 tube driver amp, hybrid combo guitar amp from tube works.