Check out my Muffs, too!

[mrsage]

I posted this link in another thread a while back, but it wasn't quite finished yet. I rehoused two Green Sovtek Big Muffs, replacing the jacks, switch, etc and putting them into nicer, smaller enclosures.

I finally got a chance to finish the project, so I thought I'd re-post the link so people could see the final results.

I ended up re-doing the enclosure on the first project, and the final results are shown on the final page of the second project.

Overall, I like how these turned out. Definitely monster pedals that were - until recently - the sleepers of the Big Muff world. I think I paid about $35 each for these, but the huge enclosure, lack of true bypass, and lack of power tap were a problem.

Anyway, I know you all like pedal porn, so here's a ton of gut shots!

http://www.voxblues.com/guitar/muff/page1.html

[sir_modulus]

Nice Nice...man, those russian Muffs, are built like tanks!!

Whoa...when I look back at that post....EH sure were some naughty guys... :twisted:

Cheers,

Nish

P.S. Good find...I'd pay $35 for a good ol' greenie  

[Peter Snowberg]

Fantastic job!!!

[dave h.]

is there any way to combine the old "big" switch with a 3pdt? like is it just a cap and a bushing, or is it the actual actuator for the switch? because i always really like the look of the green ones, all undercover agent and such.

[RickL]

The old switch is just an actuator. The actual switch is, in fact, two very common momentary spdt switches that activated together act like a dpdt switch. In the activated position the switches are simply held closed, when the button is pushed again the switches are open. It should be quite easy to add another identical switch and slightly modify the actator to act on all three switches to make them act as a 3pdt.

Edit: I just looked at the pictorial and while I am correct about the actuator, the switches look slightly different than the ones in my Russian Muff (if I am remembering correctly). Mine is buried under a bunch of stuff and I'm not going to dig it out at 11:00 at night to confirm. I'm pretty sure mine has those little red plastic switches with the little soft-touch button along one long edge. Could EH have used more than one type of switch?

[MartyMart]

Great job and a nice "photo essay"  !!
I quite fancy one of those "greenies" now . . . . . ..

Marty.

[mrsage]

The old switch is just an actuator. The actual switch is, in fact, two very common momentary spdt switches that activated together act like a dpdt switch. In the activated position the switches are simply held closed, when the button is pushed again the switches are open. It should be quite easy to add another identical switch and slightly modify the actator to act on all three switches to make them act as a 3pdt.

Edit: I just looked at the pictorial and while I am correct about the actuator, the switches look slightly different than the ones in my Russian Muff (if I am remembering correctly). Mine is buried under a bunch of stuff and I'm not going to dig it out at 11:00 at night to confirm. I'm pretty sure mine has those little red plastic switches with the little soft-touch button along one long edge. Could EH have used more than one type of switch?

Hehe...

I've had about 4 or 5 of these greenies now, and no two have been quite the same. It really seems like they were using whatever scraps of electronics/metal the Russians had laying around.

The switches do appear to be dual SPDTs for the most part, though, and it seems like there should be room to use their assembly with your own 3PDT...depending on which version you have.