Yes.

But decreasing sustain is just a matter of turning the knob down. The resistors not going to effect it on maximum setting at all because there’s zero resistance from lug 3 to 2 on maximum and there’s 100+k resistance to ground and the signal will take the path of least resistance…ie;lug 3 to lug 2.

If you want less sustain on a lower setting you would actually want to reduce the resistor as the lower it gets the more signal passes to ground and if you remove the resistor all together it will ground out and become silent, hence, basically become another volume pot.

I would put a 560 Ohm in it. Much less than this and you will have no distortion at all on zero.

(BTW, I misread your post the first time)

When a certain amount (I’m not sure of the actual percentage) of muff signal goes to ground it starts sounding bad as you would probably know from turning it down. IMO the muff sounds best with the sustain no less then 2 o’clock,it just doesn’t have a very usable sustain control. Its not actually a distortion control BTW,its just a pot between the first input stage which is a clean boost and the first clipping stage.

I’ve always wondered whether it would be better having the sustain pot pre- circuit rather than after stage one. A lot of fuzz pedals have this set up, I’ve never tried it on a muff but I have been meaning to.

The metal muff has a very usable distortion pot,it can be turned to zero and still sound really really good, its very user friendly.

Yep Same size as that.

EHX repairs are cheap.

PM’d BTW.

A lot of people like messing with trim pots so adding a few that they can adjust with out destroying their pedal helps make them feel special!

Most big muffs are between 1.5-6mA, depending if they have an LED.
I have a small list I have started to compile so I’ll find it and post the muffs I have measured so far.

Wont hurt a thing, you can run any dirt in to any other dirt you like into any amp you like.

My EHX customer service story is so good I dont have one!

(that’s good pedals for ya!)

I see so many people that are “OCD” about messing with trimpots, its unreal! They think, with no knowledge whatsoever, that they can make it sound better than the factory,with immense knowledge….