Bass Big Muff vs Russian Big Muff

[dumelow]

Which do you guys prefer? Im very tempted to sell my russian big muff so I can buy a bass big muff. Has anyone had experience with both these pedals and if so which did you prefer??

[umcoo]

I've had the Bass Big Muff and own a Green Sovtek muff. The BBM is a lot more tamer and smooth. It still sounded good, and the dry mode was cool, but I kept the Sovtek as it just growls and snarls at me...and I love it

[mazdah]

I loved black russian muff sound, but I had the one without true bypass. So I hated it when it was off
I think I'd prefer black russian but with true bypass (I heard that newer ones have true-bypass)

[BottomEndian]

I've had a black Russian BM and I've got a Bass BM. I guess that tells you which I prefer! With the Bass BM, the Bass Boost mode is simply incredible in terms of the bottom end it kicks out, and it sounds great [i]on its own[/i] or against a drummer.

HOWEVER... I still massively prefer the Wren & Cuff Pickle Pie B in a band context with dirty guitars. It's based around a kind of Big-Muff-ish sound but without the mid-scoop that's present on Big Muffs, so you can retain real presence in a band. Loads of bottom and a decent clean blend. Of course, it's about 3 or 4 times the price of a Bass Big Muff.

[deej]

I prefered the sound of my russian big muff pi, but it needed a blender to bring back the low end. I only got a bass big muff because my russian one died, but its still a good pedal especially for the price.

[lemmywinks]

I think there are vastly different sounding black Russian muffs, going by what people say about them. Mine has tons of low end and is the best sounding muff i've had, if not the most practical due to powering issues and the size of the thing.

I modded it to accept a boss-style plug but still have to use a polarity reverse cable as it's C+ve, i think you still have to use a seperate power supply due to earthing issues?

I use a ZVex Mastotron as it still has the great sound and retains bass but is about a 3rd of the size

[BottomEndian]

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='751781' date='Feb 20 2010, 01:57 PM']I think there are vastly different sounding black Russian muffs, going by what people say about them.[/quote]
IME, that's true of a lot of Electro-Harmonix pedals. I've had two NYC Big Muffs set up to A/B, and they were noticeably different. I think they have quite wide tolerances in component values, so some pedals have "it" and some don't.

[William James Easton]

oh how i lust after a big muff.........

[Al Heeley]

Ignoring the innuendo, anyone know how I convert a 1977 big muff circuit to work well for bass? Just about to start a pcb homebuild, if it's just a change to an input cap I can give that a try while I make the circuit.

[discreet]

[quote name='William James Easton' post='752035' date='Feb 20 2010, 06:40 PM']oh how i lust after a big muff...[/quote]

Hurr... especially a Russian Big Muff.

(I apologise in advance for this).