Updated Pedalboard pics!!

xtremehardy388

Novawind wrote:

If you do come across something that nails some pumpkin-style gain, let me know. I've been looking for that sound too.

Flender is a good one

mccreadyisgod

Sovtek-made Russian Big Muff does the SP tone nicely. I don't know what you guys are whining about. It's a $40 pedal.

I've been able to get close with both my Tubescreamers AND my DynaComp on at the same time. But the Big Muff does it much better; faster, too.

Edit: Here you go, the Majik Pumpkins box:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v326/mccreadyisgod/Current%20Gear/?action=view&current=OldMuff.jpg

exhausted

I've got the black Russian and it does work well. Less luck with the NYC models.

mccreadyisgod

exhausted wrote:

I've got the black Russian and it does work well. Less luck with the NYC models.

I've got a black Russian somewhere at a friend's house, but the military-surplus green just looks cooler, and the footswitch is intimidating. I never got the point of an NYC Big Muff... Muffs are supposed to be dirty little lo-fi boxes.

Is it just me, or didn't Corgan fall in love with the Muff because the Pumpkins practiced next to Sonic Youth, and he loved their guitar tone?

exhausted

I read about it once but I forget how he got on them.

The green Russians are great but $$$ these days. I missed that boat.

mccreadyisgod

exhausted wrote:

The green Russians are great but $$$ these days. I missed that boat.

Got mine for $20 at a pawn shop... but it needs to be gone through by someone who isn't afraid of tiny electronics and curcuit boards. It's got a weird sort of intermitent connection in there somewhere, so it occasionally drops out. When it works, though, boy howdy... amazing tone! From what I understand, the Muff that Corgan used on Siamese Dream was just like mine.

exhausted

mine is an older black one and i went through it and true bypassed it, replaced the jacks with metal ones, replaced the pots with alphas and added a 9V jack. it's solid now.

i really want to try this one.
http://www.ehx.com/products/bass-big-muff-pi

mccreadyisgod

exhausted wrote:

mine is an older black one and i went through it and true bypassed it, replaced the jacks with metal ones, replaced the pots with alphas and added a 9V jack. it's solid now.

i really want to try this one.
http://www.ehx.com/products/bass-big-muff-pi

You wanna do mine next?

I don't think I could do true-bypass, and I'd keep all the original caps unless they're the source of the malfunction. It's just too cool and true vintage to mod, you know?

I know a guy who needs that Bass Big Muff. He's tried a few normal Muffs (including both of mine) with his bass and wasn't quite there... maybe one tailored for bass would suit him better.

Personally, if I was in the market for another Muff, I'd be buying a BYOC Ram's Head. Just listening to soundclips makes me feel like I'm 15 all over again.

exhausted

i found the BYOC too hi-fi when i built one. i don't know why but it still sounded like the current NYC to me. too tight. not spongy enough for me.

i'm scared to work on other people's pedals. i fixed a guy's EHX low frequency compressor (i'd never even heard of it until then) a while back (replaced caps, true bypass, 18V jack etc.) because it was malfunctioning and it was more stressful than building an amp because i was just shooting in the dark as to what was wrong with it.

mccreadyisgod

Don't worry about it... I need to find someone to do it, though. I can't stand that I've got this cool little box that I love so much, but can't use it due to the signal cut. If Keeley or Analog Mike were taking on repairs, that would be great... but none of the guys I'd trust with this pedal are taking repairs on. I might be able to get my amp tech to do it, if I catch him with some free time.