I actually really like the Op-amp big muff (sacrilege)

markjazzbassist · #1 06-23-2009, 05:07 PM

yep i said it. i own a v3 big muff (1979) and i love the thing. it has the dreaded and often bashed Op-Amps (no transistors here) and i think that's why i love it. the transistor based big muffs i've owned (ram's head, 2 of them) were very very biting and aggressive. more like a fuzz face. the op-amp is very mellow and "wall of sound" bassy thick fuzz. no edge and no sharpness to this muff.

anyone else like the op-amp big muff?

rratajski · #2 06-23-2009, 06:39 PM

Clip me please!

**TheMutt** · #3 06-23-2009, 07:03 PM

Also would love to hear some clips. My USA reissue Big Muff just isn't cutting it anymore (no pun intended).

idoru · #4 06-23-2009, 10:31 PM

I've had my '77 muff for years as my main dirt pedal. Mine lacks the tone-lift switch; it has instead a power on/off switch. My guitarist & I did an A/B comparison with his NYC reissue, and found the op-amp version to retain more low end, but otherwise sound fairly similiar.

Nearly time to retire it though - I think I'll build one with a clean low-pass/effected hi-pass option in it, and a modified 2 knob tone...

c-

markjazzbassist · #5 06-24-2009, 12:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by idoru

I've had my '77 muff for years as my main dirt pedal. Mine lacks the tone-lift switch; it has instead a power on/off switch.

right on. mine has the tone/bypass switch.