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  • in reply to: V4 Big Muff (The Best Sound I’ve Ever Heard) #115310
    devnulljp
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    It’s funny, until the Billy Corgan thing, you couldn’t give those muffs away. Everyone was all corksniffery about op-amps vs. proper transistors … I sold three of them in the month or so before the Corgan post and had a hard time shifting them. Think I got about $90 each.
    They’re cool and all, def have their own sound, but I still prefer the sound of a good mike’s head muff ;)

    in reply to: “Tone Bypass” V3 Big Muff? #114401
    devnulljp
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    Those MPSA18s are odd, never seen those either — looks like they’re equivalent to 2N5088 though.
    2N5087 is PNP — I’ve seen those in a few Ram’s Head muffs and they sounded great.

    in reply to: Memory Man Deluxe Chip (MN3005) Alternative? #113256
    devnulljp
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    Quote:
    so i have a DMM that has the blue and red print with 4 knobs. it recently got a problem. the pedal turns on but i dont get delay. someone told me that i might need a new chip, what do you guys think?

    Have you tried reseating the chips that are in there already? Also, try setting all the trimpots to midpoint and then follow this: http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=4050.msg23285#msg23285

    in reply to: Triangle Big Muff tone control? #113254
    devnulljp
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    replace the electrolytics and the pot and report back…?

    in reply to: LPB-2 not boosting — any ideas? #112377
    devnulljp
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    It’s a 2N5088
    Config is
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    Does it need to be flipped around?

    EDIT: flipped the transistor around — BOOST!
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    Thanks

    in reply to: LPB-2 not boosting — any ideas? #112351
    devnulljp
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    Battery’s good — I tried a few and a 9V adapter via a clip.
    Can I test the transistor? (How?)
    Thanks

    in reply to: Rams Head interior #111772
    devnulljp
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    Post pics of what you’ve got. I have some good wiring diagrams for the early (no AC) and later (w/AC) ram’s heads.

    in reply to: How much is my Bad Stone worth? #111628
    devnulljp
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    Got any pics of that circuit board? Im trying to bring my 2-Knob Bad Stone back to life and ive had a hard time getting info on it. Thanks.

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    devnulljp
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    You can blend the octave signal to 100% so yes you can do that.
    Dan Miller does it in the demo here

    in reply to: Help wiring Small stone v. 1 #111123
    devnulljp
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    sorry i cant help you out here, i do own this pedal, and have done sum repairs on it. but unfortunately the mega volume drop is normal for this unit, there are “mods” to fix it tho.

    I modded my old v2 and fixed the volume drop. I’m more concerned with getting this one working first though :) Right now it’s not a phaser it’s a PHUBBA-PHUBBA-PHUBBA-PHUBBA-PHUBBA-er.

    in reply to: wiring a small stone usa ver.1 for true bypass. #111116
    devnulljp
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    Hey, Can I cut in? I have a similar issue trying to resurrect a v1 Small Stone. I can’t make out where the wires go from Ron’s diagram…

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    The one marked pink — does it go to the bottom left lug of the Color switch? Does it share the lug with the wire connecting to the input jack?

    I’m presuming the one marked green replaces the green one in the photo?

    I wired it up that way to see, and what I get is a kinda motorboat/pulse at high rate that I can turn the speed down but no phasing. It’s more intense with the color switch up…
    Any ideas? (I get bypass signal OK).

    Thanks

    EDIT: Using Liberty’s 3PDT diagram, is this right?
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    Is there still a wire from the input jack to the color switch?

    EDIT2: I just wired it up as above and I also get nothing in bypass. But with the effect on, all I get is motorboating … a pulse overlaid on the clean guitar signal. Something’s not right over and above the true bypass but my old switch was knackered so it had to be done. I guess I don’t have the switch wired up right? (Is there really two jumpers?)

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    in reply to: Big Muff #111061
    devnulljp
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    I’ve been using Big Muff playing my bass through it and it loses a lot of the lower thrust I like. Is there another pedal you’d suggest instead.

    OK I did try the Bass Blogger but I didn’t like that pedal – it had not the versatility I would expect from a Bass distortion. has anybody tried the Bass Big Muff – and give me what to expect before bying?

    Thanx a million – Stoner rock

    Colorsound Jumbo Tonebender! It’s essentially a muff minus a gain stage and you get some clean signal bleedthrough. There’s a few clones kicking around — the Sonic VI is great.(Note, different from all the Tone Bender MkI/MkII/MkIIIs and Vox Tone Bender).
    Or try a Green Russian muff.
    The DAM Ezekiel is a great bass fuzz, but hard to find and very expensive once you do.

    in reply to: Big muff w/ tone wicker noise problem #110661
    devnulljp
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    EDIT: UMM i just saw the little spring thing, it looks ok. what can i do to eliminate the “ground noise” then ?

    My solution was to get rid of it :)

    devnulljp
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    I think:
    Black -ve wire goes to the switch at the front
    red +ve wire goes to the AC adapter

    Same as this: http://www.freeinfosociety.com/media/images/4104.jpg

    in reply to: Superstition Intro Sound??? #110320
    devnulljp
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    Mutron III — closest you’ll get is a Qtron.
    Or you could always just go the Stevie Ray Vaughan route seeing as you already have the Strat and Fender amp.

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