yeah, i know that the russians are different from USA RI. if i won’t like the sovtek, i’ll try to trade it for an american one if i won’t like that either – well, they’re not for me

the capacitors info – interesting i didn’t know that – i’m really a noob at this “electricians stuff” (dunno how to say it, english is my second language)

sorry if i seemed rude to you. i didn’t mean it

i know – there is alot of big muffs and there is alot of opinions on them. since i’m not from USA, the vintage versions are hard for me to get so i probably won’t be able to explore the muff kingdom properly

the black reissue was my first muff too but now i use a Civil War muff clone and it’s much much better and more compact. is the bass big muff not close enough to the russian?

No, what I’m saying is this:
The sovtek enclosures,especially the cast green ones rule, the overall look of the pedal and the big silver DPDT switches rulle too and I love the look of the sovteks,hence I bought them with the intent of modifying them to my liking!

BTW,playing thru a black sovtek gives you absolutely zero idea of what the NYC Reissues,originals sound like. they are apples and orranges as far as I’m concerned.

I dont have a problem with the Sovtek quality,aside from the cheap pots, I just dont like the sound of them,same goes for triangle muffs.

Its capacitor values in key places that make them sound like shit, for starters they use 2 X 47nF caps in the clipping stages (this is the one and only reason they are boomy as hell)when the absolute minimum should be 100nF and 1uF being ideal. All the other caps,aside form the pF caps which are fine are 100nF and at least 3/4 of them should be 1uF.

My favorite sovteks are the cast aluminum ones,this covers the first green ones and the so called “civil war” ones and the red army overdrive.The folded steel green ones are ok but not as aesthetically pleasing as the big heavy cast ones.[/quote]

can you point to to any websites that detail the mods you prefer? i’m getting an extra black russian muff to mod. (well a green tank if i can find one) i’ve heard of the ‘creamy dreamer’ & ‘choc shake’ but am not overly impressed; they seem to just give more gain (from what i’ve heard in shops, youtube, etc). specifically, i would like to get a higher, brighter tone out of this 2nd muff. or even just installing better pots and/or caps? any insight would be appreciated. thanks…

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thanks

Check it.

http://www.kitrae.net/music/music_big_muff.html

anything you would every want to know about a big muff. get some mcdonald’s first ’cause its THOROUGH.

I prefer the Russian muff to the USA Big Muff reissue ..I like the darker sound of the Russian ..Although i do feel that the USA Reissue is more versatile..Were the Russian is more of a get it to were you like it and leave it pedal…

Sorry for deviating from the topic. I heard somewhere that EH will do a survey how the nanos are selling and based on that they’ll again make some reissues of the discontinued ones, like big box small stone for instance. Any truth?