stlthinkin
June 3rd, 2010, 01:37 PM
I have a Butler Tube Driver v.2 (the newer reissues that he's making and offering the bias knobs on) and can't figure out if it's true bypass or not.
I found some schematics but they are for the Chandlers, older Butlers, and half show TB and half show a buffered bypass.
With an LED and a DPDT switch my gut tells me it's buffered, but I tried playing with no power, and metered the inputs/outputs with no power and it behaved like a true bypass. I tried to trace it but there are a good many twisted cables in a tight space so I couldn't get a read. Could be similar to the Rat's true bypass with LED?
Curious as I have a dedicated buffer and don't want to throw this thing before my fuzzes and such...
I found some schematics but they are for the Chandlers, older Butlers, and half show TB and half show a buffered bypass.
With an LED and a DPDT switch my gut tells me it's buffered, but I tried playing with no power, and metered the inputs/outputs with no power and it behaved like a true bypass. I tried to trace it but there are a good many twisted cables in a tight space so I couldn't get a read. Could be similar to the Rat's true bypass with LED?
Curious as I have a dedicated buffer and don't want to throw this thing before my fuzzes and such...
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