sounds like the signal it’s getting is too ‘hot’ maybe.. what do you have going into it?

http://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/eh/microsynth

the left one is vintage the right one is the RI.

pound shop… just be careful it’s not just a plug adapter because if you put 240v into it it won’t like it at all!!

yeah, £16 sounds ok… well worth it on a pedal like this I think.

Nice find… enjoy.

Ha, that’s my ‘signature’ pedal that mellowtone made, we just did it for some fun a couple of years back..

he also made these.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxMAp5J9MmA&feature=related

but no, other than that mellowtone is nothing to do with me… and yeah the wolf computer is one of his designs too.

If the one you are using has the same specs then it won’t be a problem, the advice in the EHX instructions is to try and stop people damaging their pedals using an unsuitable power supply, you wouldn’t believe how many people just plug anything they have laying around into pedals and then wonder why they see smoke coming out of it and no sound!

It’s especially important to check with EHX gear because a lot of their pedals run on 18 and 24v … unlike say Boss where most of their pedals (if not all) can use the same 9v power supply.

…so yeah, don’t worry about it too much, but always check the specification of the power supply and the pedal you are plugging it into…. especially the voltage and polarity of the supply. Because if you do damage the pedal with the wrong power supply you won’t be covered on the warranty.

I haven’t used either of the amps in question but from experience I know pedals can sound very different going into different amps, so I’m not suprised it sounds different going from a solid state modelling amp to a small valve head.

I also think fuzz pedals usually sound much ‘fuzzier’ or ‘fizzier’ going into a solid state amp, I think valve amps tend to smooth them off slightly.

but saying all that, what you are describing sounds more dramatic than that…. although I’d be suprised if something is “is going on” with the Big Muff, more likely it just isn’t suited to the amp… unless it needs a new battery or something of course?

Is this ‘Pro Guitar Shop’ we are talking about here?

if so… never ever ever base a purchase on one of their ‘demos’ … they are just advertisments for the products they sell and they never point out any faults with anything and usually do their best to disguise any issues the pedal has. I hate the way they make them out to be some kind of ‘review’ when they aren’t anything of the sort.

back to the clone issue… there’s no need to “buy something else thats 10 times the price” The small clone is one of the best chorus pedals ever made (in my opinion) and isn’t noisy at all and not expensive either …. The other option if you want to stay small is get the new neo-clone, which I’ve been told (by someone I trust) that it’s good and sounds pretty much the same as the classic small clone.