Bk butler tube driver pcb board

Vacuum tubevalve experimenter printed circuit boards. When you put a new tube in, just make sure the pinout is aligned with the socket. Overview material type minimum trace space layer count hole count lead time electrical test points quantity specification ipc class 2,3. Bk butler s 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.

For any technical problem relating to building this project, please contact thomas at diy here. Because of this, a simple circuit board swap will not make a faulty hard drive operational. I would think it would play nice with just about any amp, since it has a full array of tone and level adjustments. This is a library of perfboard and singlesided pcb effect layouts for guitar and bass. Forgot to mention before, if you have a chandler wall mart tube driver you can easily convert it to a authentic tube driver by rebuilding the tone stack section. It is for biasing the tube, you can wire that trimmer as an off board pot, and lugs 12 would go to the v. Pcb loaders for electronics assembly board loaders for pcb assembly. The mosfet driver is based on the legendary bk butler tube driver. Bk butler tube driver 1989 guitar pedals, electronics. Resistors are soldered on the back side, capacitors and other. Two 1987 circuit boards, marked 9 3151z on the back side.

Tube driver original by bk butler with bias control. Shown above left to right the 1985 bk butler tube driver, the revised 198687 bk butler tube driver, the unauthorized 1988 knockoff made by chandler after butler parted ways with them, the 1990s tube works 911 tube driver, and a b. 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. I gave four stars instead of five because the column letters do not match from one side to the other, which is the main reason for those letters. Tube driver real tube overdrive bk butler chandler the original, classic 4 knob tube driver with the iconic case color and graphics, made circa 1985 to 1987. Austor 100 pcs pcb board kit including 30 pcs pcb boards 30 pcs 40 pin 2. Ive got an 80s bk butler blue tube rack unit and the last time i pulled it. There are three different circuit boards used in the original bkbchandler 1985 87 tube drivers. Ive had a bk butler tube driver for quite a few years, love it. Pcb creator can be used to design 2 to 4 layer pcbs with pins or less and includes a 4.

It may be necessary to transfer the pcb firmware onto a new pcb. Circuit board supports, hardware essentra components. Check out these unsolicited customer videos on youtube. Guitar demo valvecaster mod tube boost overdrive hand. Need help, bk butler tube driver discussion in the effect effect started by willeycaster000, jan 31, 2016. Im not an electrical engineer by any stretch of the imagination, just a diyer who likes drawing layouts.

You may want to have one hand on the edge of the circuit board to keep the board from moving too much. Tubeworks real tube 903 modded tone stacks so as most of you guys know when im studying for exams i tend to do a bunch of layouts when taking breaks to keep my sanity. For pcb quickturn samples and volume products serve to online quotes and real customer service, finpo, inc. An ongoing library of perf board and pcb layouts for hundreds of effects circuits. Automate your pcb assembly line by feeding bare circuit boards from a stack or a standardsized magazine to your stencil printer. Synthroteks version of the classic rat pedal goes well. Circuit boards with correctly mounted pcb sockets the experimenter pcbs also come with the option. After doing some research, i decided to order the parts for two builds.

Heart of the tube driver is a real handselected 12ax7 tube by bk butler himself. Choosing a backup generator plus 3 legal house connection options transfer switch and more duration. The real tube includes a mid range knob, allowing for a wider range of tones to be dialed in. Butler started making the 4 knob tube drivers again as a production model under the tube works brand around 199394.

Compatible with all electric guitars and amplifiers. Nov 2, 2016 bk butlerchandler tube driver current draw. Any experience with an original bk butler tube driver. Diy guitar pedal guitar pedals diy electronics electronics. The tube driver has been davids main overdrive unit since 1993 to present. This is the original model, designed by bk butler, built by. Thesynthrotek ratatak pcb gets you that classic gritty tone with a lot of options for your own. Butler designed tube driver circuit with some component differences. After doing some research, i decided to order the parts for. A mullard valvetube ecc82 circuit with high quality components, hand built in electronics fr4 type pcb board, this circuit is designed tough to military audiophiles standard components. The first one had a light tan colored pcb with components of both. This is a library of perfboard and singlesided pcb effect layouts for guitar and bass for pedal building enthusiasts. A pair of adjustablebias mosfet gain stages take the place of the 12ax7 vacuum tube, otherwise the circuit is true to the original schematic.

Find great deals on ebay for bk butler tube driver and bk butler tube driver bias. I used the pem stud inserter at work and pressed in hard mounting points for the. There are many schematics out there as well as a wealth of pcb. Clips circuit board hardware pcb are available at mouser electronics. It is for biasing the tube, you can wire that trimmer as an offboard pot, and lugs 12. Take advantage of economical prices with discounts for reorders as well as enhanced technical options. Need help, bk butler tube driver fender stratocaster. Heres the tube driver made famous by david gilmour. Soundwise, its quite a noisy pedal on lower driver settings but aside. Bk butler tube driver perf and pcb effects layouts. In my experience, any of the bk butler tube designs, even the pedals, all sound phat. The red army overdrive and version 7 civil war big muff pi after several years of being out. I found this one at guitar resurrection in austin, texas. The pcb is pretty accurate to the original, with a few small improvements, mainly to the power rail and tone control.

This product is not manufactured or distributed by butler audio, inc. The b k butler tube driver has been used by several of rock guitars greats david gilmour and eric johnson to name just two. Ive been running the 904 as my preamp for 4 years now and i love it. Furthermore, i want to create a piece of plastic which has a three. Having the tube on a breakout board worked really well for me, i dont like the idea of it sticking out of the top as they are easily damaged. Pots are all board mounted with the tube off board.

Im sure it could be done neater on a pc board but i love turret construction and i had quite a few of the tiny gold turrets. Version 7 sovtek big muff pi 3 circuit variants exist, each made in extended manufacturing runs. Never tried an original bk butler tube driver but always wanted to give one a go. The layout included is for an offboard tube socket not mounted on the pcb.

Creating printed circuit boards pcbs which arent flat. Pcb creator is a free, pcb layout and schematic capture software for both commercial and nonprofit purposes. Bk butler tube works tube driver early 3 knob modeloriginal yugoslavian 12ax7 tube includednever thought this day would come but i just dont use this pedal at all anymore. The tube driver is not an extremely versatile pedal but what it does it does very well. The same rules apply to the octal board, but they have no large or small basing, they are standardized. What other items do customers buy after viewing this item. Even a can be just a visual presentation of a electric circuit using plain images of parts or industry conventional symbols. The clever solution for your printed circuit board series with 1 to 10 layers. Although tube driven and sonically closer to a early marshall jtm type of amp, the tube driver and power boost do have some. A bk butler tube driver fabbed board would be great handmade ones suck, really hard to get them right. David gilmour of pink floyd was seen using two 1980s tube drivers in the studio and on tour in. Essentra components offers a range of products for printed circuit boards pcbs, which aid the. Hi guys, i will upload a schematic and pcb layout from a traced chandler tube driver soon.