Mascis Muff Munchkin

[tuffteef]

http://www.tymguitars.com.au/?p=3774
mascis muff being reversed for jay
interesting

why so secretive though

[devnulljp]

The values of components were close to other Big Muffs I had here. I tested J’s on the scope against a bunch of vintage Big Muffs and clones I had here. It was close to some of them. The D*A*M Ramhead is “close”. I had a version 3 Big Muff with a factory fitted Ramhead board that was “close”. My Ramhead Big Mudd was “close”, but none of them were THE SAME ?

I owuld lay you odds that if you did that with any bunch of vintage muffs you'd get the same result -- none of them would be the same as any one picked at random.
I've peered inside quite a few in my time, and they're all different, using random parts with crappy tolerances that are 30+ years past their sell-by date anyway.

Interesting, his muff looks like a later one (mid 70s) to me -- I've only ever seen that yellow board on mid-late 70s muffs rather than the earliest (~74) Mike's Head Muffs.

I kinda wonder (hard to see in those blurry bigfoot pics) if the secret is that it's PNP instead of NPN.
I've had a few of those and they sounded obviously different from a regular Big Muff.
2n5087s

[tuffteef]

one for the big muff devotees

id like one to try out tyms muffs are always pricey though so mebe not

[Christopher]

why so secretive though

inb4 its just a rehoused nyc muff

[D3rP]

YAFF.

[eatyourguitar]

one for the big muff devotees

id like one to try out tyms muffs are always pricey though so mebe not

buy it, trace it, sell it, build it, build another one, sell clone, keep one, profit?

can you really feel bad cloning some builders top secret pedal that is really just a clone anyway?

[tuffteef]

one for the big muff devotees

id like one to try out tyms muffs are always pricey though so mebe not

buy it, trace it, sell it, build it, build another one, sell clone, keep one, profit?

can you really feel bad cloning some builders top secret pedal that is really just a clone anyway?

well i kinda got the idea to just clone it for me then sell it but only because hes so secretive mainly because he wants to make money off it
well if i knew how to anyway

but yes i agree he is kinda riding jays wave aswel as the obvious creators ehx
im 50/50

[Gone Fission]

FSB will do it. I've got a Cornish G-2 pcb to build in the meantime, so I'm good on modded Muffs until then.

[eatyourguitar]

the thread where they all chip in to buy one pedal and reverse/sell it hasn't been updated in a while. its a great idea. there are a lot of pedals I would pay %90 of the money to buy/trace/sell. but I feel like why should I take a %30 to %40 loss on buying a rare new pedal and selling it used just to donate a schematic when the cost can be evenly distributed amongst those who use the schematic and are willing (and not too poor) to donate

[bestforyou]

I can't wait for this pedal to hit. I'm a huge J Mascis fan. Ive tried lots of Big Muffs but just can't get it right.

[tuffteef]

i kinda wanna buy it but i dont really like ramshead muffs its abit too scooped for me but not sure if this ones gonna be on the same path

[bestforyou]

1st batch sold out in 30 mins Aaaeeehhhhh !!

[tuffteef]

yeesh 285 dollars no thnx

[bestforyou]

Id pay twice that for this package. This is all hand made and endorsed by J. I've been waiting for this pedal for 20 years. This isnt some feeble marketing attempt at selling crap. This is the real deal. To the idiot who said "hes just riding Jays (spelling) wave" ? Does they know what an endorsement is ? J asked Tym to make these. I can't wait to get mine.

[bestforyou]

and to all those people wanting to clone it and sell it cheaper ? Do you all not want these small boutique makers around doing this sort of thing ? Tyms blog is right. I dont get that attitude at all