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  • January 5, 2009 at 4:03 pm #77491
    B.Daws
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    My cousin handed me an original Ramshead Muff last night and wanted me to work on it. I plan on doing true bypass and adding a dc jack. He wants me to calm some of the hiss and noise it makes. Any ideas or suggestions? I really don’t want to mess with the tone of it just quieten it down a bit. Also if anyone knows where to direct me for the dc mod that would be helpful as well! Thanks for the help!

    January 6, 2009 at 1:16 am #90152
    Ned Flanders
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    DC filtering is as simple as adding a 220uF cap from 9V+ to ground. Big Muffs don’t usually make noise or hiss so i don’t know what the problem is. Try the DC filter and see what happens, could be that if its run on an adapter. If you need to know how to wire a DC jack, go here:http://www.beavisaudio.com/techpages/PedalPower/

    January 6, 2009 at 2:09 am #90156
    ChrisFFTA
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    i would only do reversible mods on such a classic. drilling holes in the enclosure will greatly decrease its value should a future sale be on the cards.

    if your cousin is worried about hiss i would get him to check other facotrs in his signal path before blaming the pedal (assuming he hasnt already checked). i have a few old muffs and none of them hiss.

    January 6, 2009 at 8:48 am #90168
    julian
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    Yeah I wouldn’t do a thing to that
    get a one spot battery adapter (snaps onto a battery snap then you can plug an adapter in)
    if you think it sucks tone when off put it in a true bypass loo

    but for the love of everything that is holy, don’t mod that!

    that’s like changing the pickups on a 1952 gold top Les Paul

    January 6, 2009 at 2:39 pm #90181
    B.Daws
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    Thanks for the info guys. He knows its a classic and loves its tone, but when its turned up it makes an insane amount of noise. I will probably do the true bypass and I might try the cap trick on the battery clip and also the batter plug is a glorious idea. The pedal really just sounds like it doesn’t have a good ground! Like I told him though, I don’t want to do irreversible mods due to the aura of this pedal :) He also gave me an old Dunlop Crybaby Wah from the 70s or 80s I’m unsure but a friend of his took it off a famous musicians pedal rack while they were backstage (i’ll refrain from saying who for the legality of it). It’s cool too but picks up insane radio signals.

    *a note about my cousin, he is in his 50s and has played guitar for 35+ years so he is a guru just not on the electronic/soldering side. I’m sure his path is pure. I will post some pics of the pedal this afternoon and let me know what you guys think.

    January 9, 2009 at 3:50 am #90347
    devnulljp
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    Echoing the above: Don’t drill it. Don’t mod it. But TB is not a bad idea.
    Here’s a helpful pdf with good diagrams: http://www.singlecoil.com/docs/vintage_muff.pdf
    No idea about the noise — I have two 3003 muffs (a v2 ram’s head and a v3 red/black) and they’re both well behaved.
    Mine is TB, so let me know if you want gutshots to help with the mod.

    January 9, 2009 at 3:53 am #90348
    julian
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    if anything send it into Ronsound and have them go over it.

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