JakeAC5253
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I am posting this for those of us here who are fans of fuzz, Muff, and/or doom metal guitar sounds. I myself love fuzz, but I've always found the new Big Muffs to be a bit weak sounding to say the least. I have grown fond of modifying them back closer to a more 'vintage' Big Muff style sound, while putting my own spin on it. For anyone who has played one and hasn't liked it or was disappointed, there is lots of tweaking power available here as you will see in my clips. Also don't judge the Muff legacy by the new off the shelf Muffs, because like I said they're nothing like the vintage units. Either way, here are some clips which I took after each section of the mod. For now all I have are clips which I took Direct to my DAW, so you are hearing the dry pedal output and not through an amp or mic. I will get amped clips soon, but for now this is all I have. Enjoy.
(Stock off-the-shelf NYC Muff)
(Clipping cap mod)
(Emitter mod)
(Bias mod)
(Fuzz/Feedback mod)
(Grind mod)
(Tone mod + tweaked Bias mod)
All of the modifications are in order and stacked on top of one another, so you are hearing what each change is doing in addition to whatever came before it. This is nearing my vision of the perfect Muff fuzz, but I know more tweaks can and will be made over time. I will post more clips and info when I do.
Keep the doom alive
UPDATE: Amped files are in like sin! I included the dry guitar files through the amp at the time of the reamping so you could get a true feel for a. what the guitar sounds like, and b. what the amp sounds like, to better understand the part that the pedal is playing throughout the mod process.
(Dry Guitars)
(Stock Muff)
(Clipping Cap mod)
(Emitter mod)
(Bias mod)
(Fuzz/Feedback mod)
(Grind mod)
(Tone mod + tweaked Bias mod)
An afterword. I recorded the riff DI into my DAW and then reamped them through the pedal after each modification straight back into my DAW. All of the settings were with every knob at noon. The sound can get quite bassy at this setting, but that's not all that this pedal does and I have recorded another clip which shows another aspect of its personality. Sounds a bit more like a vintage Muff to me.
(Stock off-the-shelf NYC Muff)
(Clipping cap mod)
(Emitter mod)
(Bias mod)
(Fuzz/Feedback mod)
(Grind mod)
(Tone mod + tweaked Bias mod)
All of the modifications are in order and stacked on top of one another, so you are hearing what each change is doing in addition to whatever came before it. This is nearing my vision of the perfect Muff fuzz, but I know more tweaks can and will be made over time. I will post more clips and info when I do.
Keep the doom alive
UPDATE: Amped files are in like sin! I included the dry guitar files through the amp at the time of the reamping so you could get a true feel for a. what the guitar sounds like, and b. what the amp sounds like, to better understand the part that the pedal is playing throughout the mod process.
(Dry Guitars)
(Stock Muff)
(Clipping Cap mod)
(Emitter mod)
(Bias mod)
(Fuzz/Feedback mod)
(Grind mod)
(Tone mod + tweaked Bias mod)
An afterword. I recorded the riff DI into my DAW and then reamped them through the pedal after each modification straight back into my DAW. All of the settings were with every knob at noon. The sound can get quite bassy at this setting, but that's not all that this pedal does and I have recorded another clip which shows another aspect of its personality. Sounds a bit more like a vintage Muff to me.
