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It has true bypass, but I find that I don't need to bypass it to get all my guitar's tone back - just rolling off the drive and setting the eq knobs properly allows all my original tone through it's very transparent, unlike most overdrives that suck parts of your tone out. Most of the OD pedals out there are solid state devices that use clipping diodes or cascading gain through.
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#Bk butler tube driver reviews serial
It looks like an older model, 3 knobs and 9v ac adaptor with 12ax7 tube, hand scribed serial on back. From the Klon Centaur to the Tube Screamer to the Maxon TOD-9 and all of the clones and reissues, there are hundreds of options for the guitar player who wants to explore the wonderful world of overdrive. These are the tone controls everyone wishes their amps had. I got my hands on a BK Butler Tube driver. HI eq from warmly rolled off to in-your-face biting leads, and the LO eq lets you get all your guitars low end back if you want it. These tone controls are hands-down the best I've seen on any pedal, and even amps. I was amazed at the usability and range of the two tone controls (the one tone knob most pedals offer is never enough, even if they worked well). Power chords are so rich and satisfying with this pedal it's hard to stop playing! Even at hi gain, this pedal is quieter than other pedals, due to the toroidal power transformer. For example, I consider the Tube Screamer pedal to feel and sound soft. One of the ways I like to categorize drive pedals is by how soft or tight they feel. Although the Reactivator isn't an exact remake, the character of the attack is present from the Tube Driver. At high drive settings, you can get searing, biting lead tones with tons of sustain and controllable feedback. There is a special attack the BK Butler Tube Driver pedal had. At low drive settings, you get a warm, complex, bluesy grit, hendrix/SRV blues tones. This pedal is the gain stage that most players wish their tube amp had. I'm using it with a fender deluxe strat with duncan antiquity custom bridge pickup, and custom shop '69 neck/middle, and a blues jr. In a word, the sound is brilliant from this pedal.