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3 of them - russian green, silver re-issue, black. (listed in order of pref)
― 6335, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 23:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Haha, yep, black russian one was one of the first pedals I ever bought, still have it, though I've since swapped it for a Barge Concepts BB-1.
― RabiesAngentleman, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 07:41 (fifteen years ago) link
For light-mid overdrive I use a Sonic Ignitor, Tube Driver for thicker stuff, then the bb-1 for all-out fuzz that plays itself. Still miss the Muff a bit, it was slightly better in the sustain dept.
― RabiesAngentleman, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 07:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Nope. And was there at the start. Bought an original Black Finger compressor which Matthews thought was one of EH's worst-sounding pedals. Still have it. Used it quite a bit for a couple decades. Haven't in the last ten.
For fuzz, it was a Fender Fuzz-wah, which was an unsuccessful pedal, too. The wah was good but built on pulleys, rather than a gear, and the pulleys always had to be tightened. The fuzz was a one button always on full-control-it-at-the-volume-knob silicon. It was very good. Plus it was a volume pedal, which was handy. That went missing a long time ago.
The only fuzz I still use off-and-on is a Holowon Static Egg. Out of business, apparently. Does an extreme 60's-zzzzzzz at anything over half way on the guitar's volume knob, but really adds mid-rip, so you can make it semi-clean. However, mostly I depend on either power tube distortion or things which try to get close to it.
Last time I was in GC, a few weeks ago, a fan boy clerk wanted to sell me one of the recent edition Russian Muffs -- big slabby green box -- very cheap. Tempting, but I passed.
― Gorge, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 17:30 (fifteen years ago) link
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
nine years pass...
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