I was invited to the 2nd of two sold out shows at radio city music hall in new york city show by phil taylor. But are there strings attached to sounding that good. Nov 2, 2016 bk butlerchandler tube driver current draw. He used 911 tube drivers extensively for his 2006 album on an island and the subsequent tour, heard on the.
Butler tube driver famously used by david gilmour, eric johnson. Butler tube driver famously used by david gilmour, eric johnson, billy gibbons and joe satriani to name a few. Typically, running a buffer or buffered pedal right after the td helps a lot. Butler tube drivers in his board, one used as a low gain big muff blender, and one for overdrive. The crayon can also be tweaked for more vintage tones similar to the colorsound powerboost that david gilmour used during the mid 70s. It is made in the usa has a 14 inch input and output and i believe is has a 12ax7 type tube. This is a favourite of eric johnson, david gilmour, joe satriani. Advise the most versatile overdrive pedal for gilmour sound for.
Butler and chandler tube driver pedals that have powered everything from david gilmours latemodel stadium sound to j masciss power jangle to eric johnsons violinlike tone. I can get all of gilmour s tones and when i stomp on both im getting a very nice sounding fauxrotary. Your buffalo fx power booster goes into your tube driver, right. This is the first recording with the ax tube driver. I first saw floyd in chicago in 1977 and have wondered off and on over the years why david chose not to use the vocoder or whatever its called.
Pink floyd david gilmours guitar gear rig and equipment. That was a trick from bjorn who released a video awhile back using his phase 90 and eleclady. Im trying to make a decision between buying either the bk butler tube driver or the maxon tod9 true tube overdrive. David gilmour of pink floyd was seen using two 1980s tube drivers in the studio and on tour in 199394, which may have. Doesnt david gilmour run his after all his overdrives, distortions, muffs, fuzz, etc it almost looks like his power boost even comes after his modulations as well in the rattle that lock studio pic you have. The old tube works real tube is a td with a mids knobs that is much more versatile with amps that dont sound good with the 4 knob tds. Is it capable of replicating david gilmours tube driver tones. David gilmours guitars and gear david jon gilmour was born on 6 march 1946 in cambridge, england. Those same sessions also resulted in pink floyds the endless river album, which was not completed until 2015.
Jul 21, 2016 david gilmour 2016 tour effects signal chains discussion in. The bd2 is a very convincing and easy to get alternative for davids 70s colorsound power boost and the 80s90s00s tube driver tones. Dc circuit eric johnson guitar pedals electronics projects butler tube layout david gilmour. David often make adjustments along the way and may not even be consequent in how hes using the equipment. Is it capable of replicating david gilmours tube driver. Photo of david gilmours pedalboard with both tube drivers. David gilmour tone on a budget guitar interactive magazine. The sound im looking for is the one gilmour uses on shine on pulseremember that night. He is mainly known for his work as the lead guitarist and singer of the progressive rock band pink floyd.
Something we have all discovered after spending tons of money on lots of gear. Gilmour uses several compressors, including models by boss and. The chandler tube driver is a real tube based overdrive guitar pedal. Tube driver original by bk butler with bias control. Extube driver appointed to prestigious science programme. See the david gilmour album gear guide for more information on each album and tour. The performances were the firstever rock concerts for an audience in the stone roman amphitheatre, and, for. How to play like david gilmour course lesson 22 getting gilmours tone what gear can. The design and sound is the same as the original as supplied to eric johnson, david gilmour, etc but with improved parts such as switchcraft all metal jacks, click pots, etc.
He first used them for the recording sessions for pink floys division bell album in 1993. Feb 12, 2019 david gilmour uses the whammy for vibrato, but its a good opportunity to practise your finger vibrato. This is the big daddy of tube overdrive pedals the classic tube driver from b. On the david gilmour forum theres a lot of useful information on that very subject. Butler started making the 4 knob tube drivers again as a production model under the tube works brand around 199394. This is a classic overdrive pedal used by professionals such as by eric johnson, joe satriani, david gilmour and many others. Oct 21, 2016 david gilmour is best known as the guitarist, singer and songwriter for pink floyd with an enormous guitar rig. For our lesson i used the very inexpensive mooer yellow compressor, for a classic smooth optical compressor sound. David gilmour is an english musician best known as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter in the band pink floyd. Gilmour explains how it is very difficult to get a stage sound from a small amp in a small room. Bk butlers original hand made tube driver guitar pedal used by eric johnson, david gilmour, billy gibbons, joe satriani, kenny wayne shepherd, robbie.
Butler real tube overdrive the tube driver is a boosteroverdrive 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. In addition to his work with pink floyd, gilmour has also worked as a record producer for a variety of famous artists. 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. It features controls for out level, eq sometimes split into high and low eq, and tube drive level. Apr 14, 20 the exact details of these have varied wildly over the years, but the core of gilmour s lead tone since the mid70s is a combination of a butler audio bk tube driver and a vintage electroharmonix rams head big muff pi or a cornishbuilt clone thereof. For the tube driver sounds, find a hiwatt that is more distorted than the sound that you want, and then try turning down the gain to get the sound. He joined the group as guitarist and colead vocalist in 1968 shortly before the departure of founding member syd barrett. Gilmour gets some incredible guitar tones through his various fender stratocasters. The b k butler tube driver has been used by several of rock. David gilmour on a budget boss sd1 posted on september 4, 2018 by bjorn in tone guides.
See who uses bk butler tube driver, including david gilmour, eric johnson, andy timmons and. Some used 4knob tube drivers marked chandler are not the original. David still uses his mark ii cornish board once or twice a year. Power boost and overdriver an article bout the colorsound pedals david has used. Theyre both up there in price and seem like very good pedals. The b k butler tube driver has been used by several of rock guitars greats david gilmour and eric johnson to name just two. To see the eddie van halen coverand all the gw covers from 1988head here. Mlc animal classical tube driver, inspired by david gilmour of pink floyd. Compatible with all electric guitars and amplifiers. Bk butler tube driver tubes discussion in effects, pedals, strings. With the compressor you can push a lower setting on your drive pedal into a more saturated sound. Hi all, i was just wondering, for any of you gilmour junkies out there who use a boss blues driver pedal, what settings do you use for that dark side. There are many versions of the classic fender bassman amp combo, but the model that david is most known for using is the reissue from 1990 called the 59 bassman.
The sliders are cutting or boosting just a hair and, when assigned to the tube drivers, like on the last tour, the eqs are basically just balancing some of that slight harshness known to those pedals. Phil has been working with davids equipment for about thirty years. Comp phase 90 g2rat style pedal muff power boost style od tube driver style od univibe mistress eq echorec. The original story ran with the headline, david gilmour. This replaced davids coloursound powerboost overdrive around the 80s. Posted on september 4, 2018 by bjorn in tone guides. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. David gilmour 2016 tour effects signal chains the gear page. Each unit is hand built to my specs and i personally check out each tube driver to perfection. David uses two tube drivers in his rig but you could easily substitute one of. The sound of gilmour faces of stone studio solo youtube. Apart from the electrics, the only other custom feature is a shortened tremolo arm so that he can keep it in his picking hand more comfortably while playing.
The chandler tube driver is an overdrive pedal most famously used by eric johnson, david gilmour, billy gibbons and joe satriani. Shine on you crazy diamond live tab by david gilmour. Heres our interview with pink floyds david gilmour from the july 1988 guitar world, which featured eddie van halen on the cover. This is a unique and classic tube driven style overdrive stomp box. David gilmour uses several tube drivers with differing levels of gain. About as close as you can get to the original chandler tube driver. Unit 5, silveroaks farm, hawkhurst lane, waldron, heathfield, e. His request was that the sound be exactly the same as when he plugged straight into his tube amps fender tweed originals or reissues and hiwatt 50w combos etc. The tube driver is a legendary pedal used by players like eric johnson, david gilmour, kenny wayne shepherd and many more. This is a boosteroverdrive pedal with an ic and vacuum tube tad mullard style 12ax7 driven preamp circuit inside. Heart of the tube driver is a real handselected 12ax7 tube by bk butler himself controls. The tone feels very natural and cascading like a normal gain stage of a tube amp.
Welcome to the official channel for the largest david gilmour guitar resource on the net. I went through the david gilmour live at pompeii blu ray last weekend and updated the effect signal chain list. Those same sessions also resulted in the division bell companion album, pink floyds the endless river, which was not completed until 2015. Those same sessions also resulted in the division bell companion album, pink floyds the. Those same sessions also resulted in pink floyds the endless river. Gilmour s hiwatt settings gilmour hiwatt settings from the 1970s to modern day. Tube driver guitar pedal used by eric johnson, david gilmour, billy gibbons, joe.
Assuming that most people want to replicate the tones heard on the. Two of these are part of his momentary and division bell setup in 1993 and. Les paul with p90s with some light drive from a tube driver, into a fender bassman. The current 911 butler td, his old tube works td, the old 1980s butlerchandler tds. The album is produced by david gilmour, chris thomas and phil manzanera who have worked with david and pink floyd extensively since dark side of the moon, and was released in march 2006. Settings and setups are based on pictures and footage from the event that, to some extent, are subject to interpretation. Is the sd1 capable of replicating david gilmour s tube driver tones. Heart of the tube driver is a real handselected 12ax7 tube by bk butler himself. Check out these unsolicited customer videos on youtube. Is it capable of replicating david gilmour s tube driver tones. He first used them in the recording sessions for pink floys the division bell album. David gilmour 2016 tour effects signal chains page 7.
We were asked to design a new effects system for david gilmours solo shows and guest appearances with bands other than pink floyd. Comparison between wampler plexi drive and bk butler tube driver settings. The sounds of rattle that lock the evolution of david gilmour s new studio and stage gear posted on january 3, 2016 by bjorn in david s gear, tone guides. See who uses bk butler tube driver, including david gilmour, eric johnson, andy timmons and 3 others. Bk butlers original hand made tube driver guitar pedal used by eric johnson, david gilmour, billy gibbons, joe satriani, kenny wayne shepherd, robbie krieger, and many other pros. The real deal tube driver from the original as supplied to eric johnson, david gilmour, due to the fact that my tube drivers are oneoff limited. This is a favourite of eric johnson, david gilmour, joe. His signature sound is a combination of mellow overdrive and clean tones, awash in combinations of delay, compression, phase, chorus and reverb.
Like the tube driver, the crayon can deliver anything from clean boost to tube like overdrive and distortion and its two eq controls allow you to shape the tone to any amp. David gilmour is best known as the guitarist, singer and songwriter for pink floyd with an enormous guitar rig. Utilization the general configuration of the tube driver is really easy to follow, and it is easy to get a good sound from this. There are various models of tube drivers, and just about any of them sound great through either of those amps. David gilmour tones david gilmour has been an avid tube driver user since the 1990s. Tube drivers an article bout the various versions david has used. He used tube drivers extensively for his 2006 album on an island and the subsequent tour, heard on the. One of the smoothest guitarists in rock, pink floyds david gilmour has built a reputation for great melodic control and an expressive soloing approach that has influenced millions. Then i engrave my signature on the bottom of the case. If youre just looking for the gilmour sound cheaply id reco the byoc large beaver. Known the world over for creating the eric johnson violin tone and as one of two main pedals used by david gilmour. David gilmour bbc interview how he gets his sound youtube. The solo sticks to gm pentatonic g,bb,c,d,f with the occasional use of the 2nd note a. Getting the tones while i prefer the high gain lead guitar tones from the 1988 tour over the 1994 tones heard on pulse, there were still some exceptional big muff tones on this tour, and i love david s overdrive tones using the b.
David gilmour on an island tour april 2006 analog man. Gilmour has said in guitar magazine once that he occasionally kicks a compressor on when needed. David gilmour has been an avid tube driver user since around 1993. Guitar pedal x gpx blog 6 of the best butler tube driver. Big muffs an article about the various versions david has used. David gilmour 2016 tour effects signal chains page 11. David gilmour music live at pompeii official website. The tube driver offers lots of tight girthy gain and has an openness that sets it apart from other distortion boxes. Dec 16, 2015 one of the smoothest guitarists in rock, pink floyds david gilmour has built a reputation for great melodic control and an expressive soloing approach that has influenced millions. See my tube driver page here for more info about using one.
Ive been asked a lot and i finally managed to think of a decent comparison between the popular blues driver boss bd2 waza craft and the iconic tube driver. David uses two tube drivers in his rig but you could easily substitute one of them with a power boost for a hint of that vintage flavour. The guitars gilmour s main stage guitar is a usa 57 vintage reissue strat fitted with emgsa pickups. A look at a very famous bk butler tube overdrive pedal, made famous by david gilmour and eric johnson. David gilmour live at pompeii a photo essay page 3. David gilmour live at pompeii a photo essay discussion in effects, pedals, strings. Bk butlers original hand made tube driver guitar pedal used by eric johnson, david gilmour, billy gibbons, joe satriani, kenny wayne shepherd. The b k butler tube driver has been used by several of. Is the boss blues driver suitable for tube driver tones.