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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!
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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.
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The pedals were still hand built by him at home. By 1985 Butler was using Chandler Industries to distribute the Tube Driver.
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GUITAR TOOLBOX BASICS: The BK Butler 911 Tube Driver with Bias Mod BK Butler Tube Driver Stepping up to a Classic