Ram's Head BMP (Stomptown's Notorious BIG)

[Bret608]

Here's a Ram's Head Muff I did on Stomptown's Notorious BIG board, which I got back before he closed up shop. Although the name "Sludgefeast" is a reference to a Dinosaur Jr. song, this is not based on the "J Mascis" Muff. It's the '73 #18 on Kit Rae's site, which he notes as sounding particularly good. And it does! I used BC547B per wintersoldier's suggestion. I now realize I was not fully representing when I chose to not use all purple wire. @bio77, I can't promise this won't make you want to build more fuzzes! (Teasing, I think you did something similar to this not too far back...)

[jimilee]

Nice, and this so ins. From where were those sourced?


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[Thewintersoldier]

This turned out fantastic! glad my recommendation worked out for you on the transistors. The lower gain really did sound better in my sound test. Love the enclosure!

[Bret608]

Thanks, all! Jimi, I think you were asking about the knobs. I got those at Small Bear--they call them Green Russian clones or something like that. Chris, those lower gains were spot-on. They were definitely all under 290 or so but I can't remember right off. Best Muff I've heard for sure. It's like a cross between fuzz and a huge, cranked stack. I was after a bigger enclosure in this case so it'd have a bit of that old EHX vibe. And I love those UV LEDs on a bare metal enclosure!

[nzCdog]

Woo... that looks like lots of fun.  Nice build, love those knobs too 

[Bret608]

Thanks, Corey! Hope all is well with you down in NZ. My family and I had a great time traveling through both islands in 2016, despite having to reroute our South Island leg due to the Kaikoura earthquake!

[Bio77]

That looks great!  The knobs rule.  I've went on a muff kick a few years ago, so the FOMO is less on this one 

[jessenator]

Super nice! This reminded me I have a Triangulus to build and looks like the "violet" build is about on with the #18 except the diodes and pot taper.

You've also convinced me to go 1590BB, even though I dislike wiring pots