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  • #79052
    njv1805
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    I heard a nasty rumor that the Russian Muff was discontinued. Hopefully it’s only to add a mains power. Any truth to this?

    #101873
    The EH Man
    Moderator

    It’s not listed in the online dealer catalog anymore so that may be true.

    #101879
    njv1805
    Member

    Anyone from EH wanna weigh in? And as to why.

    #101883
    DiscoFreq
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    I asked about it when I visited them in June. The costs to make the Russian pedals ROHS compliant were too high, so they discontinued the Russian pedals.

    They were already not available in Europe for a while, I think they just sold the stock in the US.

    #101884
    njv1805
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    I asked about it when I visited them in June. The costs to make the Russian pedals ROHS compliant were too high, so they discontinued the Russian pedals.

    They were already not available in Europe for a while, I think they just sold the stock in the US.

    Are they going to replace it with a “same parts but made in USA” version? It’s kinda like Gibson saying that they’re not going to make SG’s anymore.

    #101890
    DarkAxel
    Participant

    whoa, I just bought one on ebay… my first muff… and when i come here… they are discontinued

    #101891
    DarkAxel
    Participant

    i can’t even tell you how curious I am :-)

    well… speaking about curiousness (well, i pick hard words for a teenager from central europe :worried: ) … why is that, dear EHX?

    #101897
    electro-melx
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    i can’t even tell you how curious I am :-)

    well… speaking about curiousness (well, i pick hard words for a teenager from central europe :worried: ) … why is that, dear EHX?

    they’ve not been available in the UK for a few years…it’s to do with RoHS (Restriction of the use of Hazardous Substances)

    The RoHS Directive and the UK RoHS regulations came into force on 1 July 2006 and I presume that’s when they stopped selling them here. I think a lot of it is to do with lead in (non-RoHS) solder and other stuff in other components probably too…although I don’t know for sure. I really wish I had bought a few when my local shop have some in a few years ago because the prices are gonna go silly now.

    #102282
    firesgt911
    Member

    Man! I just bought one 2 minutes ago, after reading this post. I am not going to let this get away.

    #102293
    B.Daws
    Participant

    Glad I own two of them! They are my favorite Muff’s, sad to see them discontinued.

    #102294
    joed424
    Member

    i hope this means a xo russian with regular inputs ans plug input

    #102393
    Ned Flanders
    Moderator

    All sovteks sound like shit IMO! (its because all the capacitor values are wrong) But those that want one can always find them on ebay,there’s tons of them there…from the red army overdrive(this ones rare though) to the tank like green one to the flimsy black one,you can always get them on ebay.

    I own a tank like green one, a half tank like black one and a flimsy black one, all modified heavily.

    I bought all but one 2nd hand.

    #102394
    DarkAxel
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    All sovteks sound like shit IMO! (its because all the capacitor values are wrong) But those that want one can always find them on ebay,there’s tons of them there…from the red army overdrive(this ones rare though) to the tank like green one to the flimsy black one,you can always get them on ebay.

    I own a tank like green one, a half tank like black one and a flimsy black one, all modified heavily.

    I bought all but one 2nd hand.

    so basically what you’re saying is: “this effect sucks! i have three of them!” :D is it just me or it doesn’t make any sense?

    #102395
    electro-melx
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    so basically what you’re saying is: “this effect sucks! i have three of them!” :D is it just me or it doesn’t make any sense?

    ………’all modified heavily’ was the key phrase here, I gotta say to me they are the ‘poorly made, poor sounding, cheaper alternative’ to a ‘real’ big muff, although I guess they have their own charm, but I’ve never been impressed with any of the russian made pedals.

    #102396
    DarkAxel
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    so basically what you’re saying is: “this effect sucks! i have three of them!” :D is it just me or it doesn’t make any sense?

    ………’all modified heavily’ was the key phrase here, I gotta say to me they are the ‘poorly made, poor sounding, cheaper alternative’ to a ‘real’ big muff, although I guess they have their own charm, but I’ve never been impressed with any of the russian made pedals.

    ok, i get it now

    i picked up the latest black version, i don’t have any experience with Big Muff, so i was like “whatever”

    we’ll see :) it arrives this week

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