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  • December 7, 2009 at 6:10 pm #104946
    smallclone
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    there are a few other bands i like that have that HUGE HUGE sound, and i thought it was only with the opamp version. im gonna try out the v6 muff a bit more and if i get it, ill post a few pics of it.

    any opinions on the Wicker big muff???

    December 7, 2009 at 8:06 pm #104953
    electro-melx
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    there are a few other bands i like that have that HUGE HUGE sound, and i thought it was only with the opamp version. im gonna try out the v6 muff a bit more and if i get it, ill post a few pics of it.

    any opinions on the Wicker big muff???

    I think it’s the best of any of the recent models, so I wouldn’t not recommend it…. but if you can get a vintage one for a good price I suggest grabbing that while you can .. you can always pick up a T/W later! ;)

    December 7, 2009 at 9:08 pm #104955
    devnulljp
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    I liked the one 3034 I had, although it was super noisy. Higher gain and less complex sounding than any of my others, but it had its uses. I put a noise gate in it to tame the noise and it gave it this nice sputtery gated sound a bit like an old Jen Jumbo or a FZ-1A.
    3034 is the mudhoney muff.

    EDIT: Hey smallclone, check your PMs. I sent you a headsup to a v5 1322 for a good price.

    December 8, 2009 at 2:31 pm #104981
    smallclone
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    hey. i ended up getting that v5, i wanted the SD sound plus that huge explosion of the tone bypass. but i have a feeling i might try to get another vintage muff down the line. i think ive been bitten by the big muff bug!

    December 8, 2009 at 9:07 pm #105004
    smallclone
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    looks like a few v5’s on ebay right now. one with a 3003 printed board kinda cool.

    December 8, 2009 at 9:50 pm #105007
    devnulljp
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    hey. i ended up getting that v5, i wanted the SD sound plus that huge explosion of the tone bypass. but i have a feeling i might try to get another vintage muff down the line. i think ive been bitten by the big muff bug!

    Cool! I think we need a support group though…

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    December 8, 2009 at 10:46 pm #105010
    smallclone
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    YES!!!! hook them all up at once!!!

    December 9, 2009 at 12:06 am #105014
    Ned Flanders
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    Sound is a matter of opinion. I don’t like triangle-knob Muffs with .1 caps but there are a lot of people who do like them.

    +1,000,000! Me neither. 100nF caps sound badin any big muff IMO. Its ok to have a few 100nF’s so long as the majority are 1uF’s.

    The version 6 is IMO one of the best sounding muffs ever made and its not really vintage anyways, they started making V6’s in 81(or was it 80? I forget)….not vintage at all.

    December 9, 2009 at 12:21 am #105019
    smallclone
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    i really enjoyed the sound of it too. it was very round sounding and like i said chords, just really sounded quite nice.

    but honestly, i thought this was the best sounding big muff.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G8Fu6pNl2Q&feature=related

    December 9, 2009 at 2:42 am #105045
    electro-melx
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    but honestly, i thought this was the best sounding big muff.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G8Fu6pNl2Q&feature=related

    this my is favorite muff sound…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWK0XnX3uZs

    40 seconds onwards. I love that really grungy, filthy, muffled ‘almost crapping out’ sound…. I don’t hear other versions do that in quite the same way.

    December 9, 2009 at 8:13 am #105058
    DarkAxel
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    i really enjoyed the sound of it too. it was very round sounding and like i said chords, just really sounded quite nice.

    but honestly, i thought this was the best sounding big muff.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G8Fu6pNl2Q&feature=related

    love it :rawk: but i’m afraid that i have a long road ahead of me before i buy something that expensive :facepalm:

    the Stroud demo muff doesn’t sound very good to me… and i really don’t like his demos either

    December 9, 2009 at 1:17 pm #105065
    electro-melx
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    the Stroud demo muff doesn’t sound very good to me… and i really don’t like his demos either

    a classic case of ‘one man’s food is another man’s poison’ I guess. ;)

    December 13, 2009 at 1:13 am #105262
    smallclone
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    so i got the v5 yesterday and it sounded JUST like SD!!!! i mean JUST like it!!

    sadly, i liked the v6 better HA! the lovely chords, just dont sound quite as lovely with the op amps in there.

    i couldnt help it but i opened the sucker to find 1 4558 chip and 1 741 chip. weird thing was i thought it took two dual opamp 4558 chips but looks like it has a single opamp as well. (741)

    December 15, 2009 at 5:32 am #105365
    Ned Flanders
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    one 4558 and one 741 is what they have always taken.

    December 30, 2009 at 6:02 pm #105869
    smallclone
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    so i replaced the op amps with very high grade chips. the 741 is a single version chip so i put a opa627 in it and a opa2627 (super chip) dual op amp to replace the 4558. let me just say, OMFG!!! i dont know what a really good big muff should sound like but i bet its a bit like this. im going to try and post some clips soon.

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