Hot Chili Tubester DS-1 Silver Wiring

[Tonemad]

Hi everyone, I've been looking (for quite a while now) for a Hot Chili Tubester DS-1 Silver Woring Distortion pedal. They don't make them anymore, but are fantastic units. Built with an ECC83 in and a variable voltage knob, the box just screams - sounds great with both solid state and fantastic with a valve amp.

If anyone has one for sale or knows of someone who might have one for sale, I'm interrested in buying it.

Thanks!

[infinite1funk]

Hi. Don't know if it's still there but here's a link.

http://www.analogman.com/tubester.htm

[OD-Black_Fire]

Variable voltage. Does that mean if you turn it down, you are pretty much doing what Van Halen did to get a really brown tone, and if you turn it up it should stabilize it, making the bass tighter?

[Tonemad]

Hi and thanks for the tip. After Hot Chili themselves, Analog man (mike) was the first guy I spoke with. He doesn't have them. I also asked if he had at least the schematics, so I could have someone make it for me - I know a great tech in Germany that builds custom gear for me from time to time) - no luck here either and Hot Chili never answered to my request of the schematics.

So I found a guy in the UK, Dave Hall (DHA - Dave Hall Amplifiers). He's building me a custom pedal with a variable plate voltage switcher instead of knob (to switch between 12v and 24v). It will be a twin tube pedal, all hand wired, with tone controls (which the Tubester lacks) and the ability to select channels 1 or 2 independently and combined them.

It will cost me 220 GBP, which is about the same price of a Tubester.

And yes, applying less voltage to the tube plate would produce the same effect EVH used on his Marshal with a variac...Brown Sound.

I own a THD BiValve and it has this feature of hi and low voltage switcher and it's amazing!!!

Dave Hall sells his pedals on eBay. Check it out: Dave Hall Amplifiers - mine will be based on the VT1 Purist.

Ciao!