This ALL TUBE Tone is Addictive - CRANKED Fender Deluxe Reverb and BK Butler Tube Driver

[@fightingtwozeroone]

Love that tone. Saturated but clear. Very EJ violin-like. So glad you are enjoying the Tube Driver!

[@philipmarsh3522]

That opening tone was very Neil Schon early Journey sounding. Always one of my favorite sounds. Reminds me of ‘Who’s Crying Now’ tone a bit.

[@stultzies]

That’s my favorite tone Schon tone. And probably my favorite solo, too.

[@j.b.2893]

I've had the 5 knob Tube Driver for years. Best drive I have into a Super Lead. It's always my go to.

[@zThisPlay]

0:39 i cant believe this is the first time im hearing of this

[@elevenAD]

Dude that helix patch is damn close, im not listening with the best headphones right now but i dont really find the patch lacking in any big way! I think both tones are lovely.

[@jasonkucharski7411]

That tone was smooth as silk!

[@j.b.2893]

I downloaded and installed the patch into my Helix LT, it is pretty close John to my TD. I did modify the patch and settings to suit. Thanks, very useful for my needs.

[@joemiller9856]

Nice tone.. overdrive breakup is warm and smooth. 👍👍

[@DaiEvans-h3y]

I noticed with my TD that the mesa valve that it came with was overly fuzzy , i bought a NOS 60's brimar and it got rid of the fuzz and made it amazing ...great pedal

[@saltybiker252]

really a great sound, I love it. thank you

[@macmclees468]

Certain parts of the helix sound like a horn ,love it ,are gonna post the patch

[@jackprice7828]

Smooth like silk!

[@rogerwilliams2629]

Man, that's great tonez.

[@stratplayer96]

I recommend, if you still have the Mesa Lonestar, that would be an even greater experience. Clean, through channel one and dirty, more plexi like in the second channel. Experimenting with different tubes in the pedal is also fun. Cheers!

[@picksalot1]

Didn't notice when you switched. The tipoff would be the amount of hum and noise from the real amp, though those artifacts can also be recreated in some of the Line 6 Amps. The Legacy "Tube Comp" Dynamics Model in HX Stomp does a good job creating a tube-like tone when placed at the front of the signal chain, and adjusting the Sag Parameter in a suitable Amp Block can help get close to the "squishy" feel of a real Tube Amp. 😎

[@ZodiacGallery]

Hybrid is also an option. Quality sounds!

[@ksharpe10]

And make sure you hit the Gear/settings and turn off Stable volume, it Way over Compresses posters videos. Excellent sound on this with that shut down/off.

[@jamesprice6381]

If u had. Eric’s tweaks for that. Deluxe ud nail his DELUXE years. (. Rock Me. Baby@. ACL. ). Still KILLER. JC.

[@Jimmy4Thumbs]

Loved the tone but there was a lot of noise. Was that from the cranked amp, the power station, or the pedal; or a combination of all three?

[@nathanieldahman9268]

It's nice and warm and thick and seems to have a little bit of fuzz. Reminds me a bit of the Zen drive tone. Would you consider doing a comparison video of the two?

[@Old-Skull.]

Did you check the Tone King tube pedal ? I saw a sneak peek in an Andertons vid at NAMM 25 , I already started saving . Love the intro, 👏🏻

[@Avatar7x7]

Eric Johnson has used that signal chain beforeI, I think he stacked his with another drive pedal !!!

[@Fastguitar]

Bk butler is a great pedal. The treble is very intense . People put at noon from habit but it s way to. Intense , need to start at 1 . And adjust very slowly

[@zenlandzipline]

But….isnt 1 past noon?

[@cyrildavid]

Think he used different units there. 😂 1 to 10 e.g. o'clock

[@Fastguitar]

It goes 1 to 10. ( noon is 5 on this pedal. I like it Aprox. 2.5 and I thought it was my amp .Thought something odd etc so used to noon would be starting point but noon on this pedal. Is to strong. I looked at Eric Johnson s board the next concert . To see where he had it. And he was around 2.5 also. And other people also had there .

[@Fastguitar]

Btw open up the pedal the craftsmanship is beautiful . And I do like trying different tubes. I go for softer gain nos .

[@zenlandzipline]

@@cyrildavid I had BK mod mine to go to 13 o’clock. Which is the same as 1 pm.

[@Urrry]

David Gilmour had three of this things stacked if I recall right some of those concert vids. I wonder how would this sound into a digtal fender amp model?

[@WakadooPlaypen]

It was a good combo 40yrs ago...still is good, just a little noisy.

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

Getting on your Gary Moore Empty Rooms vibe

[@tonystartup3817]

I think you're on to something there

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

@@tonystartup3817 Yarrh - I don't think we have to break out the BIG Sherlock Holmes pipe to crack The Case Of The Empty Room 🕵🏻‍♂ The Butler did it ...

[@anthonylevas4123]

…Can you please show us how you set up the power station cables? I believe you are plugging the power station between the amp output and speaker input 8 ohms on the Deluxe. Btw really Great tone. I have both a power station II and a Butler Tube Driver and a vintage Vibrolux so I’ll try it out. Thank you!

[@Tony15068]

That’s a great tone. Kind of a slightly dirtier version of the Eric Johnson violin tonality. I’ve been using an effectrode blackbird tube preamp pedal in front of a Fender Tone Master Deluxe Reverb for a while getting a similar tone. Don’t much care for the TMDR cranked though IMO it is at its best at about 3 to 4 on the volume and the Blackbird gets it into that syrupy territory. 👍

[@donkeymagician]

Bet people will say they noticed the difference...bet they didn't 😅

[@todd5275]

That pedal is great, very expensive so it should come with the best available tube. Just sayin.

[@alchemysticgoldmind4164]

Eric Johnson

[@rigelloar7474]

The Helix tone was fizzier on the low notes, and sounded generally a little stiff. The tube tone was creamy sounding, not fizzy at all, and the high notes were clear but not percussive, and just generally more singing. Just sayin' . . .