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just tried a BK Butler with bias control on guitar last night. that is one nice bit of kit. as Musky says - the bias control is a great attraction; but it's not all that's so nice about it - it produces distinct and delicous layers of creamy distortion that cheaper pedals usually don't get close to IME I compared the Butler to a Keely Tube Screamer, an HBE Power Screamer and a Catalinbread SFT It smoked the two Screamers in no time, but then they are different animals. The SFT gave it a serious run for its considerable money though. The SFT could produce the same distinct layers of tube amp like distortion as the Butler, but doesn't have the bias control. I think the Butler's layers of dirt were slightly more pleasing to the ear; but not much in it really. the Butler is probably about £300 compared to about £120 for the SFT. Pound for pound the SFT wins; but the Butler is a dream piece of kit IMO. .....if only there was a bass available at the time of testing! PS. the Butler produces its own natural tube compression, the SFT needs it to be added, which I did with Keely 4-knob (at £175) So the SFT and Keely 4-knob is £300, compared to the Butler at £300....hmmmm, not so straight forward a price comparison now. If all you wanted was incredible amp-like tube drive and distortion, then I'd get the Butler But then that Keely is a great compressor and it would be nice to have that available on its own for use with other toys......

hmmm....good idea don't know the DHA unit - wot is it? ta

anyone tried one on bass? link here [url="http://www.butleraudio.com/tubedriver.php"]http://www.butleraudio.com/tubedriver.php[/url]

bought a Pedaltrain 2 from Shep and some George Ls before that all dealings were easy and friendly with good comms Thanks

Smoooooooooth transaction, great BCer Sold Joseph my Boss CS3 compressor and everything about the transaction was sweet as you like from my side. Thanks Mr Proddy Bassnut Rupert

check this out... [url="http://ironether.com/pedals/frantabit/"]http://ironether.com/pedals/frantabit/[/url] my dog ran out the room when I put this on!

[quote name='mart' timestamp='1320869020' post='1432631'] That's good! And if you're then needing to dispose of your old one, I'd be very willing to help you out [/quote] We could do a deal there, as the new one that broke is getting a new TBP footswitch fitted as we speak.....PM me if you're serious!

my early Stingray had foam mutes on it straight from the factory. It has small flat springy plates with rubber mutes on, which you can adjust individually to deaden each string to the desired amount of muti-ness. Sadly the rubber mutes perished a long time ago and i've never been bothered to replace them - I sometimes use palm muting though, but it can lead to wrist problems for me. I read a while back on BC about someone cutting up old computer mouse mats to make replacement mutes for their Ray

can you tell I'm bored at work? doing lots of post at mo........ here's a Ray '79 - all the wear and tear is from my own fingers, thumbs, picks, etc, it was like new when i bought it in early '80s

This lot are so full of P I need to go the bathroom right now....................... from left to right: P '63 - orginal P MM Ray '79 - Leo's second go at P-dom, active this time G&L Asat '89 - Leo's third go at P-dom, this time a Tele body, hyper electronics with P sounds amongst many others Sandberg Cali JM4 '08 - not a P at all, but it snuck in anyway.

yup that's foam under the bridge of my 63P with flatwound strings - just like the great James Jamerson had; this combination really brings out the funk. sadly these stirngs are only a couple fo years old tho - I think I read that Jamerson had some that were on his bass for 17 years and were greased up nice for the funk

'Flood' by Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters (line in Japan in 1975). Holy Freakin A - wot an album of extended funkiness and serious virtuosity, especially from Paul Jackson on bass and Mike Clarke on drums.

[quote name='lapolpora' timestamp='1320587496' post='1428594'] Unrequited lust for that impossible to find Cutlass [/quote] there was a Cutlass in a guitar shop called Music Scene in Mansfield for ages - not sure if the bass is still there...... i tried unplugged and didn't like the feel of the neck at all compared to my 79 Stingray maple neck.