I bet at least like 9/10s of the people who read this board own a Big Muff pedal.

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Mine is an ancient Sovtek one, with the pale green/silver box. I love it for bass because it doesn't lose any of the low end.

The best instrument in my arsenal for Muff fuzz though is the FARFISA.

nickalicious, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 22:07 (fifteen years ago) link

Had a russian green one, but lost it in a move years ago.

Lolpez, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 23:56 (fifteen years ago) link

nine years pass...

i was pretty amazed to see a Sovtek one like mine on sale for £365 yesterday but apparently that is on the low side now?

Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 22 March 2018 10:13 (six years ago) link

yeah, used prices for sovtek and ehx stuff seems to have gone crazy recently - old electric mistress pedals are going for like £250-£300 too

playing in his high school band “The Velvet Pickle” (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 22 March 2018 11:03 (six years ago) link

Old Big Muff prices can get pretty high. Variations in components between different production batches led to different tones being available, some more well-regarded or highly sought-after because of whatever famous guitarist used that particular model. Add to that relative scarcity because the company went out of business a few times. Or people would buy them and stomp them to death and discard them. There is an exhaustive history that tbh just makes my head spin. The section on the Sovtek era starts here: http://www.kitrae.net/music/big_muff_history2.html

There are many modern companies that have been making clones of and improvements on many of these old muffs for years. In fact, EHX is notably late to the parade by rereleasing their Green Russian just last year. But I guess the old ones still retain their collector's value.

toblerone rasa (how's life), Thursday, 22 March 2018 13:11 (six years ago) link


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