I have a similar thing, although i don’t know when my muff was made, as it may have been in the shop for a very long time, but i did get it last year.

On some higher output guitars such as my fender Cyclone, i get a volume drop even with maximum volume on the pedal, but there are a number of reasons:

On its own, it’s fine. I gigged with it the other week into my rocktronic “tweed” amp (just the pedal alone, short set), and everyone said “your fuzz sounded awesome but it was way louder than your clean sound”. I was expecting a drop in perceived volume. I think it may be something to do with buffered bypass pedals, as fuzz boxes can lose signal from having buffers which change the impedance placed before them in the signal chain. are you using any other pedals?

Another question i think i need to ask is what amp are you using? Even with buffered pedals in the chain, i have to lower the volume on the pedal to match the bypassed signal when i use the fender champ, but with my Laney VC30 it’s a different story… So i think the sound cuts through better with american voiced amplifiers.

Knowing me i’d have the whole lot if i could afford it (I have the worst case of GAS – the “Have to have everything” GAS), but here’s the ones i think i’d actually find more of a use for

I’d have an LPB-1 (actually, probably a few of those would be necessary to keep my signal strong amongst all the true bypass), Russian Big Muff Pi, Big Muff Pi with tone wicker, Germanium OD, Double Muff, Small Clone, Small Stone, Doctor Q, Stereo Polychorus, Deluxe Memory man, Clone Theory, Voicebox.

I just checked the UK ebay and search found nothing.

Seeing as this is the forum for a pedal company which makes some pretty large units i’m sure there’ll be lots of people who beg to differ about “Pedalboards the size of a matress” not having mojo

I think the worst de-mojo’d guitar i’ve ever seen was a fender USA telecaster which had been modded with EMG pickups and long-shaft pots meant for les pauls so the knobs stuck out really far and looked ridiculous. The action was set so low there was no sustain and just no power to the tone and bending the strings caused them to fret out before you’d even bent the pitch half a step. And it had really light strings on. I can honestly say it was the worst sounding telecaster i’ve ever heard.

However, i disagree about fenders with humbuckers – It’s fine to have a humbucker if it’s not an aftermarket modification where once a single coil stood imo. My Cyclone has a humbucker in the bridge position, and sure it’s not the typical twangy, sparkly fender tone, but it still sounds like a fender somehow. Admittedly, the single coil neck pickup does sound heaps better.

I’ve never “de-mojo’d” any of my gear, although.. i do own a Line 6 variax, and i do admit that even though it’s cool… well, it never had any mojo in the first place (In response to line 6 being in the list). The tone is very bland compared to the real thing, or even a cheap, non-modelling alternative to the real thing.

I’m finding the answers pretty useful in this thread since i’m looking for a russian muff too. It’s a pity they aren’t readily available here.

the one on the PGS vid has 4 screws on the top. that’s the only difference i see.

I’m tempted to get a double muff, but my pedalboard is pretty crowded as it is.