Big Muff 2

[LaceSensor]

What are people thinking about the latest Big Muff out there ?
https://jhspedals.info/products/big-muff-2

JHS x EHX have put out a second collaboration, borne out of Bob Myers rotting garage.
The video is worth a watch, mostly to see how endearing Bob is and how unpretentious he is about everything.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykqj6ccts5U&t=66s

Ive breadboarded the circuit as it appeared on the hand written notes and its pretty interesting.
Like a couple of the demo-ers on YT noted (example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9HjfNVVrS8), its strong on bass side and there is an undercurrent of fatness that I would say is almost omnipresent, with a middy-fuzz on top. You can hear that around 19 mins or so in the video - super interesting.

The sustain is pretty high from the offset, and adds some sizzle and hair as you up it. I wouldnt say the gain or for that matter the volume is in any way lacking. I played around with making the first gain (sustain) stage higher gain and didnt feel it was helpful. Even at max sustain now, you get some motorboarding artefacts - again seen in the video above around 18mins in.

Overall a fun addition to the lore of EHX Big Muff, not sure its that exciting to justify the $250 price point and I would have rather they did something more "out there", but maybe there is a more to come after they test the water with a low-barrier, high selling item like a fuzz/distortion.


Aside:

I decided to make a PCB for myself as an Xmas project because I cant justify buying new pedals right now, and having shared that a few people asked for one. I've therefore made a small pre-order for some standard 3pdt-type boards (rather than my own relay one) for sale. Let me know if you want to grab one.

[jimilee]

I'm curious about how it sounds in person. I've seen the videos, but with the YouTube compression, I'm not sure how it really sounds. There's a nano available now. It's 122.00 which isn't terrible.


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[madbean]

Here's what I was able to pick off from the drawings that are out there now.

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[LaceSensor]

It's got this bass that is always felt below the fuzz. Kinda cool, definitely different enough to warrant exploring.

[LaceSensor]

Here's what I was able to pick off from the drawings that are out there now.

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Yep that's the same as I've posted to FSB
So as the doctors say, I concur!

Good to know I was seeing the same stuff as you. I think it sounds pretty rad to be honest.

[madbean]

Maybe I'll just give this one to the community to do with as they please!

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[jimilee]

Maybe I'll just give this one to the community to do with as they please!

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Cool. I got a 1590B enclosure just looking for a circuit.


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[LaceSensor]

I posted a vero over at FSB

https://www.freestompboxes.org/download/file.php?id=48990&t=1

[jessenator]

This is seriously cool! Well done, both of you. I feel like garbage, so I sat laid down in bed and started adapting the mayonnaise fuzz mods/controls to the deuce. Won't breadboard them until I can sit properly, but there's a good chance at least one of the switches is placed wrong, as well as values needing tweaked, but it's the first bit of creative juice I've gotten in a while.

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