Big Muff Lite?

[giantsteps]

I think I'm going to try a muff variant that just uses the transistor 2 and 3 clipping stages with no tone control. Any suggestions to bump up the signal level without using the output buffer? Use a larger resistor on the emitter of the 2nd trannie?

Thanks,

Chris

[frequencycentral]

The output buffer is a gain recovery stage to compensate for the losses created by the tonestack. Also, do a search for 'Muff Minor'.

[MartyMart]

"Little Big muff' is fun and a similar idea :-0

MM.

[John Lyons]

Hey Martin...long time no see...

The Little big muff is just a standard big muff with a volume knob, no sustain knob
and a switch instead of the tone knob.
Did you mean something else?

[MartyMart]

Hi John, that's the one I was thinking of get's you "that sound" in a simple package I guess :-)
I made one quite a while ago and it sounds great.

MM

[Ben N]

The output buffer is a gain recovery stage to compensate for the losses created by the tonestack. Also, do a search for 'Muff Minor'.

+1. Without the tone stack you should have no need for a recovery stage.

[giantsteps]

I've seen the muff minor...and the muffer. I wanted to take that another step and add the second clipping stage...if I don't need the recovery stage it will simplify things... I'll breadboard it first...

Thanks,

Chris

[John Lyons]

I'll breadboard it first...

Good call.

[bumblebee]

If you're cutting out the tonestack and 4th tranny you dont need anything to bump up the signal, it will be very very loud as it is! Personally, i like the big muff with all four trannys and no tonestack. its loud as hell and passes unity at about 10 o'clock. If you aren't heard in you band with a stock big muff you will be with this one!