Fet driver vs tube driver

 · The Tube Driver is more appropriate for what you are looking for (used to own one - wish I hadn't 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). A Tube Driver lets you dial in anything from a slight edginess to full blown tube saturation.  · Below is an interview with BK that explains the whole Butler vs. Chandler thing. Essentially, BK is THE designer of the tube driver. Chandler marketed his product for a while using their name. They then decided that they were the owners of the product and took Butler to court where they promptly lost their suit.  · The FET Driver has a very natural, amp-like tone. Its overall character is best described as being somewhat loose, but not spongy. It sounds much like the tubes in your amp compressing naturally when turned up. If you’re looking for a tight, heavy tone, this might not be what you want. I really liked its character, however, and the range of.

A constant current source IC (10M45) is the load for the driver tube, and an FET source follower is the current amplifier (replacing the cathode follower). The FET can operate at a bias current of 20 to Ma (much more than a vacuum tube cathode follower) which insures a low driving impedance for the output tube. The designed B.K. Butler Tube Driver famously used by David Gilmour, Eric Johnson, Billy Gibbons and Joe Satriani to name a few. The core of the pedal is a hand-selected 12AX7 tube - which gives you a lovely sort of fuzz-drive 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. The Tube Driver is more appropriate for what you are looking for (used to own one - wish I hadn't 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). A Tube Driver lets you dial in anything from a slight edginess to full blown tube saturation.

Jul Has anyone been able to compare the two? If so, how close is the FET? I'm looking to get that EJ lead tone by using either the FET or TD. Known the world over for creating the Eric Johnson 'violin tone' and as one of two main pedals used by David Gilmour. Heart of the Tube Driver is a real hand-. This limited edition signature pedal captures the rich, creamy sound of an over driven tube amplifier by cascading an op-amp gain stage into a FET stage. The.