cdwillis
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I had a big muff building streak late last year and I hadn't built one for a while. I love hearing the differences between all the different versions from the Kit Rae schematics. I even have a breadboard that I set aside just to keep a big muff on it for experimenting. This one is based on a Ram's Head from 1973 that Kit labeled as #3 (maybe the third he traced from that year?). The only difference is I used the standard 10nf cap in the tone stack rather than the oddball 12nf cap he listed. It's not as saturated as the Violet Ram's head and seems a little thicker while it's not as thick as a Russian or one of the Triangles with the 47nf clipping caps. Sometimes the tone control on a muff is only useable from 10 o'clock to 2 o'clock with the rest of the sweep being too shrill or too dark. I'd say this one is good from 9 o'clock to fully clockwise without being too shrill. The more I've experimented with this circuit the more I've come to understand the balance that difference parts of the circuit work together to create.
After watching DK Pedals youtube video I decided to go back and throw some labels on the pedal. And when I looked at the gutshot I thought the ground wires to the jacks and the wires to the 9v jack needed touched up. I'm running low on solid core wire and was forced to use this stranded and I really don't like it.
After watching DK Pedals youtube video I decided to go back and throw some labels on the pedal. And when I looked at the gutshot I thought the ground wires to the jacks and the wires to the 9v jack needed touched up. I'm running low on solid core wire and was forced to use this stranded and I really don't like it.