He used tube drivers extensively for his 2006 album on an island and the subsequent. If you like tubescreamers for guitar but dont care for them on bass, this one just might change your mind about that. I get almost the same colorsound of gilmours 70s work. Around 19691970 sola sound launched their colorsound line of effects pedals and the 18v power boost was one of the first pedals in the colorsound line. The tube driver is very bass friendly in my humble opinion. Im just curious about the current colorsound reissue power boost from macaris. You noticed an inverse correlation between midrange size and price. To counter this on the bass driver is to blend in the clean, but personally its never the same as actually adding mids. Electroharmonix hogsfoot bass booster electroharmonix screaming birdtree vox treble booster fuzz colorsound tonebender colorsound tonebender mkii colorsound tonebender mkii npn colorsound tonebender mkii pnp colorsound tonebender mkii ri dallasarbiter fuzzface dod fx52 classic fuzz dod fx66 flashback fuzz diaz squareface dunlop jh2.
Throbak overdrive boost effects pedals, colorsound power. Bronze master based on the maestro bass brassmaster, considered by many to be. David gilmour has been an avid tube driver user since around 1993. Feb 07, 2011 2 also i like the clean boost button on the the chandler tube driver unit. The bd2 is a very convincing and easy to get alternative for davids 70s colorsound power boost and the 80s90s00s tube driver tones. Dean markley overlord to b k butler tube driver so, ive got one of these and ive got to admit i agree with the advert its ugly as sin but it does sure cook an amp nicely, but it could be better. By now youre probably all familiar with the power boost pedal i built, and the issue i had with motor boating sky im coming for you.
The original was used by david gilmour, jeff beck and. Colorsound sola sound tone bender tonebender youtube. David gilmour using the 18v colorsound power boost on stage with pink floyd in the netherlands in 1972. The chandler tube driver is a real tube based overdrive guitar pedal.
Carvin amps used to feature a footswitchable 6 db clean boost. As promised here is the schematic of the early tube driver traced from the guts posted on this thread. Vintage pow colorsound overdriver power boost overdrivedistortion a hunka hunka burning vintage overdrive tone right here. Is it worthwhile to update the driver tube with a new one of the same type. Its in good used condition with various minor paint chips and marks etcplease see the photos below. Iii by colorsound vox by sola sound tone bender mark iii by colorsound vox by sola sound tone bender mark iii with treble n bass boost. The break up happen very late as these pedals has a lot of headroom. Read about colorsound power boost 18v effects pedal on. The bass and treble controls give a wide range of tonal options, including a fullon.
Also i like the clean boost button on the the chandler tube driver unit. Used by gilmour, trex and found all over many 70s recordings. Colorsound power boost 18v effects pedal element14. The tube driver has been davids main overdrive unit since 1993 to present. Asheville pattrn, mono, stereo, moog moogerfooger mf105m midi murf filter with both murf and bass murf voicings. The basstard has a 3 way toggle switch that engages one of two diodes or bypasses centre. Chandler marketed his product for a while using their name. Guitar pedal x gpx blog 9 practical modern colorsound. I have a colorsound power boost but didnt want to gig with it, so i went. Provides a truckload of great amps in a single stomp boxfrom traditional bass amps to modern overdriven amp tones that would typically require a multitude of effects units. Oct 26, 2005 20100708 the colorsound overdriver pedal by musictoyz 20101124 colorsound powerboost vs vintage colorsound overdriver vs colorsound overdriver by simplexiammine 20120523 colorsound power boosts and overdriver. The bass and treble controls give a wide range of tonal options, including a full on. Power boost controls volume, gain, treblehigh and basslow. The power boost was one of the major components of gilmours sound around dsotm, with luscious, rich overdrive on just the right side of saturation overload.
The knob is attached with duct tape temporarily, i drilled a hole later. The gt can deliver some nice tube driver ish tones. Vox by sola sound tone bender mark iii with treble n. Fuzz off bass fuzz pedal shootout cme gear demo youtube. Fender forums view topic sansamp bass driver di vs vt. By now youre probably all familiar with the power boost pedal i built, and the issue i had with motor boating sky. Below is an interview with bk that explains the whole butler vs. Set the colorsound overdriver for a light drive and place it before or or after. The overdriver is a bass and treble boosting overdrive that is a virtually identical to the 18 volt colorsound power booster that was made famous by dave gilmour of pink floyd. I always will be a true tube amp guy for guitar but for bass the vt is fantastic. This is the very rare yellow version with thehit it screened logo and germanium transistors.
I would never include that pedal in gilmour rig, remove at once. Difference between colorsound overdriver and colorsound. You also get a nice compression and boosted mid range, when you drive the tube amp hard and allow the speakers to push some air. The colorsound bass fuzz is similar in design to the colorsound jumbo tonebender, but tuned more to bass tones. The tube driver is more appropriate for what you are looking for used to own one wish i hadnt traded it a tube screamer is best suited to pushing the front end of a tube amp into a nice singing lead type overdrive think srv. Last update january 2019 the tube driver was one of the first tube overdrives to enter the effects pedal market in the late 1970s. While the tube driver type circuit is properly one level lower at around a level 5.
I have the real tube pedal and was hoping you can you shed some light on the differences between the real tube and the tube driver pedal. The tubeemulation and optional soft saturation via the drive circuit made it capable of anything from subtle tone shaping to radical changes of expression. The reason david can combine a powerbooster or tube driver with a muff and get enough mids, is because his hiwatts have plenty of it. My favorite overdrives are the bk butler tube driver, keeley modded boss blues driver, and colorsound overdriver. I read that the tube driver and colorsound only really sound good when your amp is cranked. Ive heard people substitute a boss blues driver too but ive personally never got on with them. That orange, funky looking beast of a pedal defined the sound of so many guitarists of that era. Was just wondering which plugins you generally chose for this.
History macaris musical exchange is the longest running music instrument retailer in central london. Tube driver pedals, real tube overdrive, tube works, etc. I havent bothered to put any other tubes in because it works perfectly for my. Od pedal similar to a colorsound power boost the gear page. A classic reproduction of the 1971 colorsound overdriver. One of the most popular overdrive pedals of all time for guitarists, in my opinion, really doesnt make a good bass overdrive since it cuts so much low end. Tube drive based on the chandler tube driver, delivering the sweet singing sustain craved by guitarists worldwide. The ocd differs from the tube screamer in that it retains a wider range of bass and higher frequencies, while. This is a tutorial showing how david gilmour uses overdrive and booster pedals in combination with his big muffs. Side by side of sinelabs basstard next to the bass fuzz it is a copy of. Sep 01, 2017 read about colorsound power boost 18v effects pedal on.
Their sister company was sola sound, creators of the legendary tone bender fuzz, among other classic pedals. Limited to just 500 units worldwide, the mxr custom shop brown acid fuzz is a based on the famous colorsound fuzz. Its great to be involved with yet another great british builder and especially stu who seems to know this circuit better than anyone on the planet. Butler tube driver the core circuit design on the 2000s reissue 911 tube driver is similar to the original 198587 versions, but there were several component value changes across the circuit that affect the way it sounds, as well as different pots. Theres no way youll be disappointed i use mine primarily for distortion, you can get a really good chugalug palm muted pickstyle tone out of a p bass with this pedal. Utilization the general configuration of the tube driver is really easy to follow, and it is easy to get a good sound from this. Having a treble bass to midrange ratio knob would be handy in many many pedals but then midrange eq should be parametric since sometimes there is a midrange but not in a nice and pleasing spot. Throbak has reproduced and improved the circuit of the original colorsound power boost guitar effects pedal also known by the name colorsound overdriver. I thought sharing resources and information could be beneficial to all of us. Nov 18, 2015 ugly truth about ehx crayon overdrive. David gilmour solo tone settings for time guitarlessons365. The mythical pedal is of course the colorsound powerboost.
Not the castledine 18v one but the one with the power jack, led, and master volume. Although tube driven and sonically closer to a early marshall jtm type of amp, the tube driver and power boost do have some similarities and david often use the tube driver similar to how he would use the power boost both for boosting and overdrive. It became a very popular pedal among guitarists for the next 35 years, and onwards. There was an original vintage colorsound power boost versions of which are still available at macaris charing cross road, then there was the trufi color driver and electronic orange bananaboost all pretty much faithful reproductions of the original circuit two of them with the added master volume dial for better control. I have tried lots of others, including various tube screamers and variants, but i always go back to those three. Three popular clones of the colorsound have already been suggested throbak overdrive boost, buffalo fx power booster and vick audio overdriver. Bk butler tubeworks blue tube bass driver whos using. It captures the essence and subtle nuances of your bass, amp, and playing and emphasizes all their best characteristics. He first used them in the recording sessions for pink floys division bell album. Inspired by the hammond organ sound of the band deep purple in the 1970s. This is a short fast video with dslr microphone for the colordriver colorsound overdriver the legend pedal of david gilmour,nirvana and many more knobs. Difference between colorsound overdriver and colorsound power boost. Colorsound overdriver a reissue of the old classic 1971 colorsound overdriver, still distributed by macaris of london, and hand made by jake rothman. On the new ri version it increased from 2,2k to 22k.
I first built this one exactly like the vintage original, including the earliest versions rc4458p chip. Essentially, bk is the designer of the tube driver. Smitty pedals makes a killer colorsound od and boost, the smittydriver. The tube driver and tdx can be tricky to set up because its so much. I noticed that my preamp tubes also 12ax7s were a little worn down sounding and i presume that the driver tube is the same age as the preamp tubes were. Another ts808 tube screamer, only this time with seperate treble and bass controls, plus a 3way clipping option switch. Forward bass management filters out the low frequency content of the audio data stream. More than just a standard compact bass pedal, the bb1x is like a preamp, a crucial component in creating quality sound. This is a personal idiosyncracy, and perhaps the result of comparing a wellhoned smaller design using a great midrange driver vs a larger design using a cheaper mid bass driver. It has a made in usa national 5814 12au7 tube in it. This can be subtle, as in notearticulation and definition, or pronounced, as in that trebly click. Bk butler tube driver 5knob demo original bias mod vs diy bias. I mainly use the colorsound or throbak for clean boost and the tube driver for gain. The original bass driver di aka the bddi on forums and social media is a true classic in the bass world.
Colorsound power boost 18v effects pedal element14 andy. The chandler tube driver in davidas rig from 19932006 has a slightly warmer tone than the new bk butler model in davidas rig from 2006. But pauls fb also has a bass control, amongst other refinements. Some used 4knob tube drivers marked chandler are not the original design by bk butler. It can make any tube amp have a more hifi sound just using the clean setting. The boss bb1x bass driver is a premium stompbox designed to make your bass sound bold and punchy. This article introduces you to four bass dis, each with a little something extra for tone shaping possibilities. Ehx big muff and colorsound power boost tone tutorial youtube. The basstard has a 3 way toggle switch that engages one of two diodes or bypasses c.
I believe it uses three bc109 transistors, its amazing. We were generally criticized for being entirely too loud our bass player had the big. The coorsound powerbooster is placed after the big muff, set with a very subtle. Contains the names in line 6 helix and the real effect pedal they are. Guitar pedal x gpx blog 6 of the best butler tube driver. The forward bass management algorithm redirects the filtered output to the subwoofer or to the frontleft and frontright loudspeaker channels, depending on the channels that can handle deep bass frequencies. Butler tube driver famously used by david gilmour, eric johnson, billy gibbons and joe satriani to name a few. Aug 07, 2015 side by side of sinelabs basstard next to the bass fuzz it is a copy of. Again, this is assuming that the circuits inside each of those 198687 tube drivers used. You could drive the front end of your amp and use the treble and bass. This overdrive tone is most likely what was heard on the pulse concert album and video recording from the final earls court concerts. I actually got it used on evilbay should have just bought a new one direct from bk. The bk has a bit more presence and a generally more aggressive tone. Vox by sola sound tone bender mark iii with treble n bass.
The other is the mxr cae boostline driver, which excels at. Jul 14, 2010 the largest bass fishing site on the web. 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. I have never used one but have been looking at them for years.
This pedal is loved by bass players in particular, but sounds great on all. The only real difference is the addition of a volume knob, which i feel make the pedal much more useable. On the other hand, i use the colorsound overdriver to color the tone of my big muffs by placing it after the muff in the signal chain, so the overdriver circuit alters. Vintage colorsound toneb ender vintage colorsound tonebender in good working order and sounds amazing really nice thick vintage fuzz. I generally set the eq controls pretty flat, meaning i dont cut anything really.
You might need to roll down the treble for a bit smoother tone. The most significant differences compared to the new ri edition are. Discussion in amps and cabs bg started by paganjack, nov 19. The ed is more in the blues driver and tube screamer territory. I just picked up a tube driver from the emporium here. Several people reported that the tone stack reacted different on the new version vs. The colorsound power boost and tube driver are very similar, which. Ive considered having mine modded to add more bass with the jhs meat and potatoes mod. Boost colorsound power boost chandler tube driver or any clean boost will do. Tonewise, i would perhaps place the chandler somewhere between a tube screamer and a bk tube driver. British pedal company players series tone bender mark iii based on vox mkiii jmi players series tone bender mark iii based on vox mkiii jmi tone bender mark iii based. The overdriver is a bass and treble boostoverdrive pedal that works great with tube amps. This is built on the same pcb as the supa tonebender and the jumbo tonebender.
Is the real tube basically a tube driver with the addition of the midrange control to the tone stack or are they completely different. Plugging pedals into other pedals is tremendous fun. Bass overdrive based on the tech 21 bass sans amp, with a pleasingly metallic distortion that is a favorite with the postmetal crowd. David had previously used other boosters, such as the colorsound power. With a hiwatt or similar youd have to play insanely loud to get the amp to distort so david, beck etc would use the pedal for overdrive. David gilmours 18v colorsound power boost left used in pink floyds obscured by clouds recording sessions in 1972 and a gilmours power boost right on stage with pink floyd in 1972. My amp settings are usually bass mid and treble all the way up unless. Set the booster pedals bass and treble or tone knob to be as transparent as. The bass and treble controls of the tube driver are set to be very similar to the muff tone, so when switching it on or off, there is very little change to my muffs tone color. Effects heaven effect schematics mxr ibanez boss dod.
Those same sessions also resulted in the division bell companion album, pink floyds the. Electronic orange recently released an updated version of their bananaboost. British pedal company vintage series professional mkii tone bender oc75 vs oc81d demo duration. Unfortunately i do not believe either of these are available as new options. See who uses bk butler tube driver, including david gilmour, eric johnson. The core of the pedal is a handselected 12ax7 tube which gives you a lovely sort of fuzzdrive sound than can sound amazingly smooth and textured in the hands of masters like david gilmour who still features 2 of these within his rig. They then decided that they were the owners of the product and. It is made in the usa has a 14 inch input and output and i believe is has a 12ax7 type tube. Differences between tube driver and real tube hi bk. In the studio for anxiety reducer, we used a colorsound bass fuzz and an mxr phase 100 direct. Ehx big muff and colorsound power boost tone tutorial. Ive noticed that some amps use 12at7 or 12au7 driver tubes mine has a 12ax7. Line 6 helix effect models list with all effect models in helix.
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