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  • #77341
    julian
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    Ever since I’ve got the Little Big Muff it has been my go-to distortion/fuzz. I quickly got rid of my Boss BD-2 and Danelectro French Toast after I got it.

    There’s not a whole lot I can say about it. It sounds thick and mean. It turns my guitar into a volatile animal of some type- a T. Rex or a Lion. It’s loud. Tons of volume on tap.

    I set it to a more tame setting at 9 on the sustain, 2 on the tone, and the volume set to give a slight boost.

    The only real con is that it isn’t super versatile, but it’s a simple fuzz- that’s what you get. That’s why I’m gonna get a bass big muff and a big muff with tone wicker. A few more options and I’ll be golden.

    #88305
    electro-melx
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    I really love mine…I have an early one with backwards controls..I know they are supposed to sound the same as the MKII, but I think mine sounds better!!!! :D

    #88308
    julian
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    I got a backwards one too!

    #88311

    Wait until the Tone Wicker hits the streets…. You will never be the same again….

    #88313
    electro-melx
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    I got a backwards one too!

    they have more magic!!

    but seriously, they sound brighter to me, less wooly.

    #88317
    julian
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    Wait until the Tone Wicker hits the streets…. You will never be the same again….

    Can’t wait!

    #88323
    Ned Flanders
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    I found the XO LBM too boomy on the bass end, I ended up moding it to standard NYC 3003-A specs.

    #88326
    julian
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    I tend to set mine bright and find it fine. But I also like a lot of bass.

    #88328
    Ned Flanders
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    I love bass but theres a difference between lots of bass and boomy. When I make effects I always put the maximum amount of bass into them without being boomy. Take the woolly mammoth for instance, it has tons of bass but isn’t even close to being boomy.

    #88333
    electro-melx
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    I found the XO LBM too boomy on the bass end, I ended up moding it to standard NYC 3003-A specs.

    is yours V/T/S or S/T/V?

    #88335
    julian
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    mine’s never boomy

    #88339
    Ned Flanders
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    I found the XO LBM too boomy on the bass end, I ended up moding it to standard NYC 3003-A specs.

    is yours V/T/S or S/T/V?

    First version, STV. It was fine on a SS amp I have but on my twin reverb it was boomy, kinda like the black russian. I modded the black russian to NYC specs too.LOL From my understanding and the official EHX schematic I have both LBM versions are identical. I have the schematic for the first LBM and I’ve compared both versions via hi-res photographs and I didn’t notice any differences. I could be wrong, its always possible I suppose.

    #88341
    julian
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    shrug

    #89447
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    I really love mine…I have an early one with backwards controls..I know they are supposed to sound the same as the MKII, but I think mine sounds better!!!! :D

    Backwards controls? Also, what’s an XO version?

    #89478
    julian
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    Well there’s the vintage little big muff, which is a different circuit, sounds different, and it in an old school type enclosure.

    XO simply means the new diecast cases they’ve been using.

    Yah, the XO little big muff has 2 versions- one with reverse controls, one without.

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