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Older small clones are so hard to find, you are one lucky dude!!!
Ned FlandersModeratorJanuary 25, 2009 at 9:07 pm in reply to: The cure for lack of mojo with your stringed, guitar like instrument… #91817Ned FlandersModeratorI have a jaguar with humbuckers, i routed the body myself. It still sounds like a jaguar because 90% of a guitars character is the wood and body shape, not the electronics like falsely believed. It sounds sick now, jaguar with no hum and lots of guts and sustain.
I have a vintage 66 mustang that I put a humbucker in too, its a single coil size because I didn’t want to route a 42 year old guitar. And whadaya know? It still sounds like a mustang!
Both of these aren’t traditional but both sound far better than stock IMO and its MO that counts.Mojo never bothered me, I couldn’t care less about mojo!
Ned FlandersModeratorYeah, a muff at low gain is a total waste IMO, I always have the gain on full.
Ned FlandersModeratorThat’s the thing with the triangle and ramshead muffs, they don’t sound as good as the RI’s or the opamp or 80’s versions IMO.
People think that just cause they are older they are automatically better which isn’t true of course.Ned FlandersModeratorDon’t know anything about them and I never see them on eBay either. Is it yours?
Ned FlandersModeratorThat reminds me, I have a SMMH too, I forgot about that.LOL (I have way too many pedals to keep track of)
Ned FlandersModeratorUse this diagram, make all the changes in green. This is a NYC muff with a green sovtek muff tonestack.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/truthandshame/Big Muff/GREENRUSSIANXNYCBIGMUFFMODS.pngOn the diagram, “R” is for Ohms and “uF” is for microfarads.
Ned FlandersModeratorIts no secret, its simple and I have a diagram you can use, just let me upload it, I’ll post a link to it here.
Ned FlandersModeratorNope but it’ll get you in the triangle muff territory for sure.
BTW, this thread should be in the lounge, I moved it for you!
Ned FlandersModeratorgreen sovtek muff’
black sovtek muff
black sovtek muff rebuilt to a violet ramshead muff
NYC muff
1978 opamp muff
1981 3034 muff
LBM
big muff+TW
metal muff
stereo pulsar
small clone
1979 small stone
polychorus
SMMHNed FlandersModeratorThe difference between the green and black is so subtle I bet no one can tell the difference in a blind test. Seriously, the green muff has mojo ans hype built around it but it only differs from the black by three resistors and I’ve modded a black muff to green muff and I couldnt tell the difference to be honest. I don’t like the sound of either black or green muffs stock, they sound awful and woofy/boomy and are unusable with chords IMO. That said, I own two black muffs and a green one but I’ve modded all of them in to NYC muffs.
The BMPTW is a great sounding muff, slightly nicer than the old NYC IMO and the LBM sounds similar to a ramshead muff and is good for bass, it can be a little boomy on chords on guitar but you can fix that easy enough.
Ned FlandersModeratorYou can buy them direct from new sensor corp but you need to spend $50 as a minimum order. I been planning on buying 2 EH shirts and 2 Big Muff shirts from NSC so the minimum order amount don’t bother me.
Ned FlandersModeratorQuote:Quote:Hey Rick, don’t forget the vintage muffs, specifically the 1978 opamp model and the 1981 3034 model had tone bypass. They have that same sound the wicker has in tone bypass mode.Not arguing with you but it is different than any Muff that I have heard when the tone is bypassed. Being here, I think that I have been able to go through every vintage Muff from the beginning on.
You are right about the early models that have a tone bypass. The difference is that the Wicker takes on an entirely different character with a much more organic and contemporary tone.
I love all of the Big Muff incarnations because they all stay true to the Big Muff tone. Pretty amazing actually. Yet the Wicker is just different.
I agree with everything you say and maybe it is me but the tone bypass is just an amazing punch and it keeps a uniform attitude no matter how soft or hard it is hit.
Oh, I definitely like the tone bypass on my muffs, so much so that I added it to my RI NYC. My favorite tone bypass muff would be my 78 opamp version because this version is crunchier than any transistor version anyways and then when you bypass the tonstack it gets even crunchier.
On the BMPTW I generally have the wicker and tone on, I’ve been using it ever since I got it, its easily one of the best sounding BMP’s ever made even in normal mode. I love BC550C transistors and was glad to see the BMPTW uses them.
Ned FlandersModeratorI new you had one but I didn’t know you sold it, oh well, I’ll find one on eBay eventually. What would be even better is the small clone sized vintage unit!
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