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I constantly am checking for tips here.  I have so much respect for everyone here.  This is the one place I can find people who want to compare the small differences between 20 different dumble style pedals.

I just ordered a Tim pedal from Paul C.  I have you freaks to thank for that one. I am thinking this pedal may just replace the Fulltone Fulldrive.  I dont know.

Big E I wasnt offended I type messages in a very minimalistic and honest way and sometimes my messages appear to be very ridden with attitude.

Sorry if I was short.

Another non-BK Butler option for the violin tone would be some of the exotic stuff.  Sometimes EJ uses an AC Booster in place of his Tube Driver.  My dad's Andy Timmons Signature BB Preamp is one of the warmest overdrives I've heard and does the violin tone VERY WELL.  Your Fuchs should be fine, as long as it's not used super clean + pedals, the EJ sound benefits from a little bit of natural amp overdrive.  Roll off the treble and presence as much as you can stand, then roll off even more treble with the pedal.  EJ's whole lead rig is a 3 step effort to roll treble off...the amps have 0 treble/presence, the Tube Driver has 0 bass or treble, and his Strat's bridge pickup is rolled off to 6 or 7 on the tone knob.  It's a real sacrifice if you are dependent on a single amp to do everything, because IMO the lead sound takes SO MUCH WORK to get right it ruins the party for any other options.

My clean/dirty rhythm amp is a '68 Super Reverb and I'm switching between the normal and vibrato inputs.  I'd love to just be able to add the Butler to that and call it a day but I have to dedicate a whole seperate amp rig (Marshall/Metro Superlead 100 + Marshall 4x12 cab) to acomplish the violin tone...

So jgalvan8804 may have a point, a Marshall amp of some sort my help you in your EJ quest

+1 on Mud City w/ a Les Paul.  I get around it by dialing the treble on the Tube Driver around 9-10 o'clock and rolling the volume off a little to approximate the output of the Strat (you don't want the humbuckers to over-saturate the amp).  Also I try to keep the tone knob on "10" on the Les Paul to add more bite, again because the humbuckers are warmer sounding than a Strat's bridge pickup.  I've always had some problems switching between humbucking guitars and single coil guitars with my rig.  It's not that annoying though, just a few minor adjustments and everything is gravy again!