How do I make a big muff sound good?

[214of500]

I got a Russian big muff on an impulse buy, and i know its like caveman technology inside this huge black box but now i have it I need to know how to use it! Advice please?

[Hookus]

Swap out the bass cap in the tone section to get rid of the massive mid scoop.

[bongomania]

bass --> muff --> large, powerful amp & cab. Done!

[diechris]

Originally Posted by Hookus

Swap out the bass cap in the tone section to get rid of the massive mid scoop.

there's a mod to get rid of the mid scoop??

[Oreomeister365]

Originally Posted by diechris

there's a mod to get rid of the mid scoop??

I need to see this.

And hope its a similar mod for the LBM.

[diechris]

Originally Posted by Hookus

Swap out the bass cap in the tone section to get rid of the massive mid scoop.

Originally Posted by Oreomeister365

I need to see this.

And hope its a similar mod for the LBM.

ok.. so i did a search on google.. and i came up with this. http://www.muzique.com/lab/tone3.htm


im sure you could mod the LBM... but dayyyum.... i would NOT want to try and mess with those tiny components


found one more: http://www.student.ru.nl/r.kerkhof/T...Big%20Muff.htm

[MickMichaels]

All the sounds are are there, find basslines u can use it with. I think of my bass as keyboard synth when i use it and that really helps. I love these Russian big Muffs I think they are great for the money.

[Sean S]

Volume - 5:00
Sustain/Distortion - 5:00
Tone - 7:00

[detracti]

I was gonna say blow into it... but that just makes a funny sound.

[Ric5]

I think a big Muff is better for guitar than bass ...

try splitting your signal and running one clean and one through a distorted effect ...

[schmeng]

keep the tone low, the gain at unity and the sustain high

[bassman1185]

Originally Posted by Sean S

Volume - 5:00
Sustain/Distortion - 5:00
Tone - 7:00

What are you trying to do, kill everyone?

Seriously, though, you really just have to play with it for a while. Personally, I set mine like this:

Sustain/gain: 10:00
Tone: 11:30
Volume: Where ever it needs to be, usually around 12:00.

I have a couple of other dirt pedals, so the Big Muff is just what I use for big, heavy, doomy stuff and for making pinch harmonics jump out at you. It is a very cool pedal, you just have to set it up right or it WILL sound like garbage.

[Swimming Bird]

Back when I was using an American Reissue BMP I ran an EQ pedal right after it and got some really bumpin sounds.

Settings depend on how you're gonna play it. Huge sustain gets super muddy on staccato lines, so if you're gonna play fast pull the sustain down. If you're gonna do legato, crank the sustain. Tone knob-wise I left mine at about the minimum to get as much bass out of it as I could.

[BassJunkie730]

Above is the tone section from my Tonebender muff mod.

disregard the component numbers -just stick to the values.

it should make your muff much more useable.

as for the LBM - I have one with the intention to mod it. I opened it up on say the SMD sized components - NO WAY!

good luck to anyone who tries.

[duba]

Originally Posted by bongomania

bass --> muff --> large, powerful amp & cab. Done!

+100000

Thats the way I do and it sounds awesome!!!

Here's my setting:
Volume - 1:00
Sustain/Distortion - 3:00
Tone - 2:00

[The_Zlat]

if u got the buck add a valvedrive with the gain at 2:00 before it.. I tried it with a LBM and it gave me wonderfull results.. a little bit like the starlight bass sound

[Basshole]

Originally Posted by detracti

I was gonna say blow into it... but that just makes a funny sound.

[Hookus]

R19 39K
R18 22K
C11 .01uF
C10 .02uF

That should get you close to flat EQ at 12 o'clock. It then works as a treble boost/bass cut to the right, and a bass boost/treble cut to the left.

[Beachcoma]

Try putting a '70s chrome morley power wah after it