Bartolini - Tube It

The Rotagilla · Post by **The Rotagilla** » 26 Oct 2007, 12:11

Anyone have one? No info on the Bartolini site and the contact page says they hope to have email back up and running by late 2005! Thanks.

analogguru · Post by **analogguru** » 26 Oct 2007, 12:47

Do you mean this one ?:

Bartolini - tube-it

Ok, here are some guts:

Bartolini - tube-it (inside1)
Bartolini - tube-it (inside 2)

Now you know why sales are so low....
If you have finished the tracing, please post the schematic here.

analogguru

The Rotagilla · Post by **The Rotagilla** » 26 Oct 2007, 13:43

What is that thing? Is the PCB potted like their pickups?

soulsonic · Post by **soulsonic** » 26 Oct 2007, 15:02

That's the way to do it!

unawrtr · Post by **unawrtr** » 30 Dec 2007, 16:13

Hi,

Anyone ever take a crack at the Tube it? We're talking a circuit encased in a thick epoxy block. I have one that was degooped a few years ago, can post a pic in a day or so.

unawrtr

analogguru · Post by **analogguru** » 30 Dec 2007, 16:33

Pics of gooped stuff is always interesting.... that in the future less goop will be used.

Tube-it wasn´t ungooped yet, only the NTMB by "markusw" in 2005.

So feel free to show what you´ve got.

analogguru

John Lyons · Post by **John Lyons** » 01 Jan 2008, 14:56

I'm curious to see what this one is (and sounds like) as well.
The review on tone frenzy is very positive... (for what it's worth)

John

Donnerbox · Post by **Donnerbox** » 01 Jan 2008, 17:36

Yeah this was a really nice sounding unit - it seemed to be a clearer,higher headroom modded TS, my guess was maybe that was the first to use the diode switch...

I really liked the gooping - the board is the size of one of thier bass pickup covers and is dopped in the cover and sealed in epoxy, which is a good way to do it actually....

analogguru · Post by **analogguru** » 01 Jan 2008, 19:57

Here:
viewtopic.php?t=824

you can see what Donnerbox - "adorer and profiteur of the gooping bootweaker´s industry" - is talking about.

I would not buy ANY gooped pedal as a principle - except for the purpose of degooping.

analogguru

Greg · Post by **Greg** » 01 Jan 2008, 22:45

The one I tried wasn't worth de-gooping IMO.
Very trebley and pretty harsh sounding.
It sounded more like a transistor based circuit than opamp I thought.

KHELSTROM · Post by **KHELSTROM** » 23 Aug 2008, 03:32

Has anyone degooped one of these yet? I'm curious about this one.

The Rotagilla · Post by **The Rotagilla** » 25 Aug 2008, 02:33

I met Mr. Bartolini at NAMM and tried to politely procure a schematic of the Tube-It from him. It was a no go (very nice man though). He did mention that the circuit board was encased/epoxied inside a pickup cover and that trying to get it out would destroy the PCB. I do keep an eye out for used ones but the $450 they fetch is a little too much just to satisfy my curiousity.

Greg · Post by **Greg** » 25 Aug 2008, 03:23

The Rotagilla wrote:I met Mr. Bartolini at NAMM and tried to politely procure a schematic of the Tube-It from him. It was a no go (very nice man though). He did mention that the circuit board was encased/epoxied inside a pickup cover and that trying to get it out would destroy the PCB. I do keep an eye out for used ones but the $450 they fetch is a little too much just to satisfy my curiousity.

The Rotagilla - have you ever heard one ?
I've played a lot of dirt pedals, and this one really doesn't live up to any of the claims I've seen for it, and it would rate very low amongst the pedals i've played.
Tube like ? ... NO.
Harsh ?... YES.
Very much a case of an over hyped pedal because it's no longer available IMO...

But... if you really want one, there's one local to me (Western Australia) that I could probably get for you for around half the price you mention above.
I'd be happy to send it on to you.

The Rotagilla · Post by **The Rotagilla** » 25 Aug 2008, 04:02

Greg_G wrote:
The Rotagilla wrote:I met Mr. Bartolini at NAMM and tried to politely procure a schematic of the Tube-It from him. It was a no go (very nice man though). He did mention that the circuit board was encased/epoxied inside a pickup cover and that trying to get it out would destroy the PCB. I do keep an eye out for used ones but the $450 they fetch is a little too much just to satisfy my curiousity.
The Rotagilla - have you ever heard one ?
I've played a lot of dirt pedals, and this one really doesn't live up to any of the claims I've seen for it, and it would rate very low amongst the pedals i've played.
Tube like ? ... NO.
Harsh ?... YES.
Very much a case of an over hyped pedal because it's no longer available IMO...

But... if you really want one, there's one local to me (Western Australia) that I could probably get for you for around half the price you mention above.
I'd be happy to send it on to you.

Thanks Greg, let me think about it. If I knew for sure I could get it apart with out ruining it I'd be more inclined. Even at half the price it's a lot of money to throw out the window. Although there was that one I spent $425 to de-goop a....

Greg...shoot me a PM and let me know what you got cooking. Thanks.

analogguru · Post by **analogguru** » 25 Aug 2008, 06:21

Here you go for $ 102,50 .... at the moment:
https://cgi.ebay.com/Bartolini-Tube-It_ ... dZViewItem

Good luck,
analogguru

bajaman · Post by **bajaman** » 25 Aug 2008, 08:55

dig out those platform soled shoes baby

bajaman

Greg · Post by **Greg** » 26 Aug 2008, 04:02

The Rotagilla wrote:Thanks Greg, let me think about it. If I knew for sure I could get it apart with out ruining it I'd be more inclined. Even at half the price it's a lot of money to throw out the window. Although there was that one I spent $425 to de-goop a....

Greg...shoot me a PM and let me know what you got cooking. Thanks.

I've asked for a price... will let you know when i hear back...

JHS · Post by **JHS** » 26 Aug 2008, 09:27

I played a B Tube-It some month ago in a shop. It had a tube in it, a 1m mains connector and gain, vol., treble/bass controls.
Noisy as hell and not very good sounding (maybe the tube was worn). Soundwise JCM 800, but with icepick treble.

Price was app. 30$ for this unit (used).

JHS

analogguru · Post by **analogguru** » 26 Aug 2008, 11:50

JHS wrote:....It had a tube in it,....

That are really interesting news - can you please help me to locate the tube in the pictures below ?

analogguru

bajaman · Post by **bajaman** » 26 Aug 2008, 12:12

bajaman

Bartolini - Tube It [traced]