
Pete Cornish will give you chapter and verse why they are shite and what they do in terms of tone suck when in a chain but switched off. Jester does basically the same, but about 4 times better. If you want Sloe Gin in a box, get a Jester. I can switch over to the EVH 5150 15 watt, and the power chords and distortion blows the doors off this pedal. However the distortion for a power chord sucks. If anyone wants mine, email me this is one of the staple Gilmour pedals, and it's still a very good pedal, yet I think they're crap compared to the Kingsley Jester, which is in another league. Great pedal for a screaming solo or some other additions. Congrats on the BK Butler Kev, it's one I'll never sell!

You need a cranked up Plexi style amp with the Tube Driver, Echoplex, reverb, and optional compressor. This is a brand new Tube Driver, BK did a couple for Dave Gilmore recently and then did a couple of short runs after. Joe is 100 correct about the voilin tone. Thread starter jakeddy Start date 1 2 Next. I have the 3 knob Tube Works/BK Butler model like what Andy Timmons uses. I feel that it's easier to get the "violin" tone with that particular tube. That cool Joe, I also prefer a lower gain NOS preamp tube in my Tube Driver.

The 12AU7 also tames a little of the spikey-ness of the JJ 12AX7. There is so much gain in these that you actually get a much more musical and usable range with the lower gain tube. Get a feel for the pedal with that tube but IMO I heard a DRAMATIC improvement in mine with a NOS JAN 12AU7. The tube inside appears to be a JJ ECC83 - is this a 12AX7? It arrived today!! I am looking at it now in my office - can't wait to get home and crank it up.
