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Smaller, lighter and way easier to power… Can the Venus hold a candle to the venerable Tube Driver?

Welcome to the show! Introduced in the 1970s, the BK Butler Tube Driver has become an absolute classic overdrive pedal, loved by a wide variety of guitar players… not least Eric Johnson. Mick became a fan after picking one up (sort of semi by accident) a few years back and has been hooked ever since. Dan meanwhile has a splendid Coggins-modded Dean Markley Overlord, itself an important part of the Tube Driver’s story.

As brilliant as it is, the Tube Driver is not without its annoyances. It’s physically massive, it’s mains powered and getting the most from the controls can be a long and frustrating learning process. Enter then, the Crazy Tube Circuits Venus. It is very much inspired by the Tube Driver, but smaller and can be powered from many modern pedalboard power supplies. Moreover, it’s designed to cover all the Tube Driver variants down the years… and more. Do we dig it?
Enjoy the show!

Pedals & Stuff used in this show
• TheGigRig Three2One
• Sonic Research Turbo Tuner ST-200
• BK Butler Tube Driver [5 Knob version]
• Dean Markley Overlord, Dan Coggins modded
• Crazy Tube Circuits Venus
• TC Electronic Tube Pilot
• Tube Works Tube Driver Amp
• Free The Tone Future Factory Digital Delay
• Meris Mercury 7 Reverb
• TheGigRig G3

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Interesting bits and go to sections…
0:00 Intro playing
1:15 What are we doing today?
2:00 Today’s other pedals
4:30 Today’s amps
5:50 Very brief bit of history & context
7:30 Tube Driver first impressions
8:40 Tube Driver EQ
11:59 Dan’s modded Overlord background
13:35 Overlord sounds
15:22 Crazy Tube Circuits Venus
18:20 Venus Tight Switch
19:55 Venus and Tube Driver AB
21:50 Bias control?
23:00 Tube Driver bias examples
25:10 Venus bias examples
27:25 TC Electronic Tube Pilot
32:20 Tube Works Tube Driver Combo!
35:40 Line driver level?
37:15 Conclusions?
39:18 All on…

Guitars in today’s show
• Fender Custom Shop ’62 Relic Stratocaster - video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOMHUQeHGRQ&ab_channel=ThatPedalShow
• Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster: video here https://youtu.be/npMZXCQUxcA
• Gibson Custom True Historic ’57 Les Paul Goldtop, Murphy Aged

Amps in today’s show
• Fender ’65 Deluxe Reverb with Jensen C12K speaker
• Marshall 1959S and ToneTubby/Brown 212 cab / 1 x Celestion G12-65 and 1 x WGS ET-65 speakers

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