Questions about Big Muff Triangle...

[chrislour96]

I have decided to build this perfboard version of the big muff(http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main.php/v/DRAGONFLY-LAYOUTS_0/album18/album151/EH_BIG_MUFF_TRIANGLE_VERSION_PERFBOARD_001.gif.html).
And I have a few questions:
1)I read that the first big muffs used ceramic caps.Should i use ceramic or film caps???Is there really difference in the sound???Which suits more to the big muff triangle??Maybe should i use both types of caps??
2)Are 2n5058 or bc249c (sorry if i have made a mistake about the transistors) better???Do you have any other transistors in your mind that work well in big muffs???
3)At some big muff schematics all the pots are 100k log or lin.Why in this layout the pots are all 10k??Does this make any difference to the sound??
4)Is there anything else that needs attention in building big muffs???

Thanks in advance!!!!
---Sorry for the so many questions-----

[geertjacobs]

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[rosscocean]

I put my muff in to a temp enclosure earlier, it sounds pretty good. I didn't stick to part values exactly, I used 10ks instead of 12s etc. I also used a 0.0047uf cap in the tone stack, instead of the 0.0039uf.

I'm hoping to drill the final enclosure tomorrow and get it finished this week.

Cheers for your help!

Ross   

[rosscocean]

Ha ha, wrong topic. Sorry.

[jrod]

Those pots should be 100K not 10K.

I suggest not to worry about ceramic vs film caps. Just use film caps unless you have ceramic and want to use those.

Those transistors should  be fine. Measure them and make sure they are around 500 hfe. If so they are good to go.

If you've never built a pedal before this one may be pretty tough on perf. I would suggest buying a grunt box board from capsnsuch, or mad bean sells bmp boards, as well as general guitar gadgets.

Otherwise go for it! Good luck man!

[Mark Hammer]

It's a fuzzbox.  Cap type will not matter.  If it was a mic preamp, or passing a wide-bandwidth signal, maybe, but the circuit is intended to degrade the sound quality, not optimize it.  Use what you have and what fits.