Jbanks
Active member
Good news everybody! I got the new Muffin Factory v2 to fire up and work today!
When I first fired it up, I had a wet sound but no gain/fuzz whatsoever and started to panic...then I looked at all the little DIP switches and turned on the gain and clipping for the 1) input DIP 2) clipping stage 1 3) clipping stage 2. That adds a lot of layers of fuzz and tone.
The SPDT and DPDT switches greatly effect the sound of the fuzz. As expected, the Silicon is a little tighter and more treble than the germanium transistors. The LED diodes also effect the tone quite a bit.
The enclosure was much easier to drill than I thought (and way easier than the square hole on the USB-FV1). The most challenging part was getting the DIP PCB to sit high enough on the lower main PCB so that it sits through the holes. Mine just barely clears it, but good enough. I soldered on the SPDT, DPDT, and potentiometers on first, so everything was flush, then added the DIP PCB to adjust for height and clearance.
I totally love the faceplate. Not only does it make the rectangle easy to cut out and not worry about, but it’s so clean and pro looking. Hope we get more of these!
When I first fired it up, I had a wet sound but no gain/fuzz whatsoever and started to panic...then I looked at all the little DIP switches and turned on the gain and clipping for the 1) input DIP 2) clipping stage 1 3) clipping stage 2. That adds a lot of layers of fuzz and tone.
The SPDT and DPDT switches greatly effect the sound of the fuzz. As expected, the Silicon is a little tighter and more treble than the germanium transistors. The LED diodes also effect the tone quite a bit.
The enclosure was much easier to drill than I thought (and way easier than the square hole on the USB-FV1). The most challenging part was getting the DIP PCB to sit high enough on the lower main PCB so that it sits through the holes. Mine just barely clears it, but good enough. I soldered on the SPDT, DPDT, and potentiometers on first, so everything was flush, then added the DIP PCB to adjust for height and clearance.
I totally love the faceplate. Not only does it make the rectangle easy to cut out and not worry about, but it’s so clean and pro looking. Hope we get more of these!
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