Nano Muff mods

[MoltenVoltage]

I inherited a nano muff and it sounds like someone with the dry heaves.

Before I spend a lot of time hacking it, I'm wondering whether anyone has modded one to make it sound better?

[MoltenVoltage]

Well I got around to hacking it and, in addition to a new LED and knob, I swapped the transistors for 2N5089 and replaced the 100K base resistor with 500K, which didn't change the sound but seems to have resolved the level fading in and out.

I also got rid of the .063uF cap and put in a switch that chooses between a .02uF and a 1uF tantalum which gives it two very distinct sounds.  I can't say I love the sound, but with a compressor in front of it it sounds decent.

The thing that really got me is that, although EHX advertises it as "True Bypass" and uses a 3PDT switch, there is a .0001uF (101) cap between the two inductors that I accidentally replaced with a .1 uF (104) and it zapped all the high end, even when "bypassed"!  When I switched it back to original, the "bypassed" sound magically re-appeared.