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  • January 5, 2010 at 11:09 am in reply to: What model is this Muff pedal? #106076
    Mark
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    Thanks for the replies. To be frank, I’m not finding too much love for this version of the Muff. I don’t think this is Fran’s best work.

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    The tone is in the same family as the version 6 Big Muff, though this is not actually a reissue of that version. It is a bit more muffled (muffier?), and buzzy-fizzy sounding, without the clarity of most of the vintage USA Muffs. Mids are very scooped. The bottom end of the tone differs from vintage USA made Muffs from the 1970s. It does not react as sharply to pinch harmonics as the V3 Muff and does not work well with palm muting.

    This description is it in a nut shell. I decided to seek out the “vintage” tone mentioned in the description above.

    I looked around for various Muff circuits on General Guitar Gadgets etc. I built up their version on a prototype board, I used common as muck 2N3904 transistors and the thing buried the V9. I am most disappointed, I thought EHX has been building these things for so long they must have it down to a fine art by now. Not so.

    I dare say it is time to pull out the soldering iron. :(

    I wouldn’t say don’t buy a Muff pedal, but don’t make an eBay purchase, hear it first.

    Mark

    P.S. I should point out my old Memory Man Deluxe is excellent, never missed a beat, and many classic tones!

    January 4, 2010 at 9:43 am in reply to: What model is this Muff pedal? #106011
    Mark
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    A better picture.

    January 4, 2010 at 9:35 am in reply to: Screw for Big Muff? #106009
    Mark
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    Thanks for all the replies, much appreciated. I think it should have a screw or something that allows a guitarist/roadie who’s had a few beers to quickly change batteries.

    Mark

    January 4, 2010 at 3:19 am in reply to: Screw for Big Muff? #105999
    Mark
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    I saw the title and thought he was interested in a trade! :nono:

    Hmm, I though the topic name would have implied hetosexuality?

    Well there you go?

    The local hardware store is Bunnings who are generally crap. There is a local place which sells fasteners, but I’d have to buy $10 worth of screws, with either a flat or phillips head.

    I think one can buy a replacement battery housing screw for a RAT pedal.
    Getting back to the BMP, I thought that it would be quite common for the battery housing screw to get lost. It is a specialized screw as it has to have a knurled head to allow battery changes without tools I thought someone would sell it?

    Is it possible that BMP users are more anally retentive than RAT users as they don’t lose housing screws? ;)

    Thanks

    Mark

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