Please either pay in full in advance or 50% up front and the balance before shipping. I had an original in the late 80s, i wasnt impressed after about 2 weeks the radial plexitube is a far better take on the same idea. I see no point in making something that everyone else makes, or a clone of a famous pedal, i want to make something a little different. The cup face technology allows for improved performance across the entire strike zone, while the velocity slot allows the face to flex easier at impact, improves launch angle, and reduces spin. Behringer is a germanbased company that manufactures all of their products in china. After doing some research, i decided to order the parts for two builds.
The circuit board of the space driver is packed to the brim with components and not one square centimeter is left unused. Three ways to nail the dumble sound on a budget reverb news. Condition excellent used excellent items are almost entirely free from blemishes and other visual defects and have been played or used with the utmost care. In many cases the designsgraphics, features, and sounds make it clear one stompbox is supposed to be a copy of another. They specialise in producing high quality audio equipment among various other products, which are distributed all throughout the world. Ive realized im so used to catering to a strat or tele that i have no humbuckerloving overdrivedistortion pedals. Butler tube driver plus 2 x pete cornish tube buffer one set for a light drive and one set for overdrive. In the direct comparison, the tube driver is far superior in tonal quality to the dover drive imho.
Dec 10, 2010 over the past few weeks ive been spending my spare time working on a new pedal build, my first using an integrated circuit ic. We created several and we have redrawn some schematics that were already available on the internet for readability or ease of use these needed an easiertoread format, corrections or part identifiers. Mxr m77 custom badass modified overdrive guitar pedal. Line 6 helix effect models list with all effect models in helix. Analog man sells thethe new dunlop m237 dc brick multipower supply. Some are basically exact copies of particular big muff circuit and others feature unique modifications and improvements. I was thinking of getting an ocd to save space but im wondering if i would regret that. Les paul players, what oddistortion pedals do you use. Theres not much gain from the tube because of the low voltage.
Blog behringer is a company founded by uli behringer back in 1989. Im particularly a fan of basic analogue effect pedal clones simple circuits that for. It is suitable for blues and all range of rock music, adding a classic standard tone characterized by the tubelike distortion, good sustain, and smooth overdrive. Im particularly a fan of basic analogue effect pedal clones simple circuits that for the most part are well known.
If youre looking for a traditionally shaped titanium driver, or an offset oversized driver with adjustable weights, diamond tour golf has the driver youre looking for. Reached a point where i feel i can hit the first preamp tube in the amp with a ss pedal and get actual tube dirt without having a tube on my board. Depending on the pedal, such as those by tc electronic, mxr, and electroharmonix, you can get anything from a warm, rich overtone to a harsh and brutal sound. Mxr custom shop csp265 joe bonamassa fet driver overdrive pedal. Check which of mooers micro pedals are clones of famous guitar effects. Its not flashy and it doesnt get the same billing as its green counterpart, but.
Blog caline is an electronics company based in shenzhen, china. Modded phase45 schematic mods drawn over justin philpotts schematic. The pcb is pretty accurate to the original, with a few small improvements. Originally produced by bill finnegan between 1994 and 2000, getting your hands on one of the original units could set you back over. Mxr have created a pedal that isnt just content sounding like the rest of the clones out there. Jul 30, 2018 of all the boutique pedals produced in the past 30 years, the klon centaur is probably the most infamous. The ultimate behringer guitar pedal clone list tone start. His collection of tube drivers includes several 1980s originals, several 911 tube drivers, a gold tube works 911 tube driver, and the five knob real tube version from tube works.
Over the past few weeks ive been spending my spare time working on a new pedal build, my first using an integrated circuit ic. Then i engrave my signature on the bottom of the case. Unfollow butler tube driver to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Many pedals on the market have the word tube in their name, and while these can be quite good, they dont use a real tube to get that sound. Some of them can be relatively expensive which means theres a big market for guitar pedal clones. The popular king x750 irons are a clone of the callaway xr irons at a fraction of the price. The ultimate caline guitar pedal clone list september 17, 2017 by alex kelly 8 comments filed under. Having one of those on your pedalboard is more likely to earn you a knowing glance than a dimissive sneer. Behringer is a company founded by uli behringer back in 1989. Find callaway golf club clones and callaway clone golf components at discount prices online at. The dover drive sounds good, and is undoubtedly useful by itself, but next to the tube driver, it sounds thin and anemic. The opamp supplies the level that the tube needs to drive it into distortion and provide sufficient output to the guitar amp.
Helix floor, rackcontrol, and lt now include a library of effects from m, m9, m5, dl4, dm4, fm4, and mm4. Consider this list a sweetwater tsstyle drive pedal buying guide of sorts. For an indepth discussion of the legendary tube screamer. There is also some clipping from the the opamp at high gain levels but it is blended into the tube distortion.
The tube screamer ts808 by ibanez is the most famous overdrive guitar pedal. None of the manufacturers mentioned here have necessarily stated these pedals are clones of one another so dont take the above as gospel. As a result, its no surprise that a number of centaur clones, or klones. Arching the eqs frequency sliders into subtle variations. The fet driver thickens up lead tones with musical, amplike distortion and sustain without the fragility and inconsistency associated with tubes. Family tree of dirt pedals i would like to see kind of a family tree or history of the development of overdrivedistortionfuzz pedals, and im hoping there is enough knowledge floating around here to piece it together. Shortscale view topic the ultimate list of cheap copies. We consistently create the best selling picks and analog electronics, and carry a large line of accessories that set industry standards in their respective fields. Either way, tube screamers are top notch pedals for any guitarist. Pete cornish p1 vintage rams head big muff clone sorry pete i know you dont like your pedals to be called clones.
Sort or search our mooer clone list by stompbox type, original manufacturer, and more to quickly see what effects mooer pedals are clones of. Davids settings make make the big muff right on the edge of choking. This is a classic overdrive pedal used by professionals such as by eric johnson, joe satriani, david gilmour and many others. This pedal has a couple of solid stage amplifiers cascading into a tube configured as a cathode follower and running its plates at around 9v. The mxr clone looper pedal is highly engineered for incredible sound quality, comes packed with features in a pedalboardfriendly housing, and can be as simple or complex as your needs dictate. Best friends forever tt303 bassbot tune tm1 vcf tt303 tt303 mainboard pics x0xb0x other clones there are more 303clones, but we dont own them and have no plan getting them either. In other words, its got everything you expect from an mxr pedal. There have been many clones of vintage big muffs made throughout the years and many pedals that were inspired by the big muff four stage circuit. Analog man carries the mxr phase 95 m290, combining mxr s most iconic phase circuits in a single mini housing.
So i bought one of these because no one has traced it yet and i was curious how its built and how compares to my diy tube driver. Twice the power of the original, 9v outputs x 8 and 18v outputs x 2. Inexpensive pedal clones a list january 05 2015, 3 comments. What you hear on marooned and those mild overdrive tones is basically a compressor probably boss cs2, the tube driver and mxr digital delay. Butler tube driver famously used by david gilmour, eric johnson, billy gibbons and joe satriani to name a few. Forgot i also have an old chandler butler rack mount tube driver.
Itd be nice to have that sound in a more compact format, right. The mxr sugar drive pedal provides a diverse range of clear and transparent overdrive tones, from sauced up boosting to blowntube distortion. Of all the powerbooster clones out there, i find this to be the most authentic sounding. Well it depends on your needs and preferences for me this is what i have and the order i have it guitar tuner pedal i use the boss tu3 for its great buffer which is important to preserve your tone when you have a bunch of pedals with true by. Slightly smoother and although you can get some really great tones with it i think it lack some of the mojo and rawness of the tube driver. Feb 03, 2017 12 degrees of saturation big muff style fuzz blues driver style overdrive boost boost and overdrive brown sound distortion diezel distortion drive dualdrive dumble style overdrive elektron friedman effects fulltone effects fuzz fuzz face style fuzz fuzzdrive and fuzzstortion gated and velcro fuzz germanium fuzz ibanez klone and transparent overdrive mad professor effects maestro style fuzz. Here are some of the best tube screamers available on the market today. Mar 27, 2020 the legend wants that the first marshall plexi was built after the whos pete townshend asked for a louder amp. Mozztronics makes a limited range of effects pedals.
About as close as you can get to the original chandler tube driver. Behringer has produced a handful of effects clones that are nearly indistinguishable from rare, discontinued, or wellloved pedals. Jan 22, 2014 mxr fet driver organic, amplike overdrive and distortion twoband eq section for detailed shaping of distorted signal true bypass switching featuring a unique circuit design, the mxr fet. Best mooer pedals clone list quickreference table clone. But the blue tube will be part of my collection for years to come, its a great keeper the way it is stock imo. Some products with tubes use the tube for filtering only, in the tone control section of the circuit. The mxr fet driver and hermidia audio dover drive were supposed to be close to. He used a pete cornish p1, which is a very good rams head era big muff clone, and a 2006 bk butler tube driver.
A little pricey, given the number of affordable clones. Lets create an ultimate master list of all those cheaper copies of otherwise legendary or boutique pedals. Well, more like over 200 so far, and hopefully well find more to add to the list of effect pedal clones. I started looking into this after doing some makeovers to a couple of joyo pedals i had. Mar 08, 2019 a thorough comparison of the classic boss bd2 blues driver overdrive, its waza craft version, and two other pedals based on the famous phat mod done by robert keeley the keeley super phat mod. The tube driver was repackaged as the tube works real tube for a while and later picked up briefly by genzbenz. If youre missing a tube amp and have a more minimal setup then these enhance your tone significantly. 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.
This is the mozztronics take on a pedal with an actual 12ax7 tube inside. Ever since i got an old tokai love rock japanese les paul clone ive realized that none of my distortion pedals sound good with it. Learn about the best tube screamer clones with our ultimate list. Best behringer pedals clone list quick reference table.
I have an 80s model block logo mxr noise gate line driver. The rossdynacomp clones and ota variations are known for adding plenty of sustain, and boosting the mids and high mids, while losing some of the low end. Below weve put together a list of popular pedals and their corresponding inexpensive clones, some of which we sell. The right column shows the real pedal they are based on. I was at first impressed with dover drive, but decided to buy a tube driver to compare directly. The ultimate donner guitar pedal clone list tone start. If you have a bkb tube driver made since 2006 you will notice when you turn the knobs you can feel the pot notches click by. Mxr fet driver and a minor concern by imaradiostar. Dec 28, 2016 the ultimate donner guitar pedal clone list december 28, 2016 by alex kelly 2 comments filed under. All schematics on the web concerning the mxr noisegate are wrong including the one from tonepad. The mxr definitely has the qualities of the tube driver but its perhaps not as aggressive.
If youre on a budget, then the new mxr timmy is the way to go. Guitar pedal x gpx blog 6 of the best butler tube driver. Dagan checks out the new mxr sugar drive mini overdrive pedal a. Overdrive pedals have been all the rage since their conception in the 70s. Mxr fans will certainly want to give it a look, but given that its both pedalboard and wallet friendly.
We have a long list of legendary and modernday superstars who all share a. Skreddy lunar module, barber tone press, stomp under foot violet rams head, bk butler tube driver, mxr phase 90 74 script, electric mistress deluxe, trex replica and dd20. Lets do this list by type rather than by brand edit actually thats only practical for the unique pedals so for things like the whole range of behringer ill include specific brand lists where appropriate. Never tried an original bk butler tube driver but always wanted to give one a go. Mxr claim that this is both less noisy and less coloring than your average tube screamer. Buy mxr custom shop csp265 joe bonamassa fet driver overdrive pedal. David started using a tube driver during recording for the division bell album in 1993 and has used them ever since. Come check out our behringer guitar pedal clone list.
Originally intended to compete with the boss od1 and the mxr distortion. Its a great tube drive and im very happy i happened upon it, thanks duke i dont use the blue tube much for drive but i do dial a little bit of dirt into the signal. The tone kings full behringer pedal cross comparison chart. The safe and least expensive bet is the micro amp, though. Personally i think the td sounds way better than the ocd. Is there anythig similar to a bk butler tube driver and. Considering how versatile the custom badass modified o. Featuring a unique circuit design, the mxr fet driver captures the rich, creamy sound of an overdriven tube amplifier by cascading an opamp gain stage into a fet stage.
Hey big j i think a tube screamer type or sd1, in my case the mxr classic overdrive into a blues driver is a potent combo for all kinds of music. Here is a list of the schematics that are exclusive to this site. This can be done legally because very few circuits are actually patented, and only brand names designs can be ed. These appear in a new legacy subcategory in the model list. The ultimate caline guitar pedal clone list tone start. Clone golf drivers diamond tour golf carries a wide variety of assembled drivers for golfers of all skill levels. This list contains all effect models that helix will contain when it is shipped. From picks to pedals and every accessory in between, dunlop manufacturing has been creating worldclass gear for musicians for over 50 years. Note that the tube drivers follow the muffs in the signal chain. Jul 21, 2019 the first step in chasing down the dumble drive is to recreate that pregain eq circuit on the floor using a common graphic equalizer pedalsuch as the boss ge7 or a mxr eq of the six or ten band variation before a vintage voiced overdrive pedal, like the boss blues driver bd2. You can stack either way, use each separately or use one as a clean boost to the other and you can get great results with both pedals on at low drive you can really control sustain, feedback, and distortion with these.
It seems that each of the four knobs on the tube driver are a different and separate effect. David used a pete cornish p1, which is a very good rams head era big muff clone. Check out acidvoice homepage, they have tested just about all of them. Best friends forever tt303 bassbot tune tm1 vcf tt303 tt303 mainboard pics x0xb0x other clones there are more 303 clones, but we dont own them and have no plan getting them either. Turner h2 driver the turner h2 titanium driver brings golfers the optimal level of distance, forgiveness, and ball flight control.
The overdrive i tend to use is a bk butler tube driver these days, often with a compressor feeding into it. Tube screamer into blues driver telecaster guitar forum. Bk tube drivers set for a mild overdrive, digitech whammy and mxr digital delay. Each unit is hand built to my specs and i personally check out each tube driver to perfection.
Most overdrives were tube screamers, most distortions were just rats, and most choruses were ce2s. Also one of the all time bestselling massproduction comp pedals, the mxr dynacomp, is the same basic design. We have a long list of legendary and modernday superstars who all share a passion for our. The crayon is a versatile full range overdrive very similar to the tube driver.
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