I just got a late 70's big muff for $50

[exactopposite]

i can't beleive it. i found an old big muff in guitar center for $50 in perfect working condition. i looked around and found some like it for sale onine for $175. can't wait to use it live.

[Sherpa]

Sounds like a great deal! I bought a U.S.-made mid'70s Big Muff Pii Deluxe for a couple hundred Euros a few years ago. I love that stompbox - it's rude as hell

[Budman2k]

Good find!!! I've got my original Big Muff and there's nothing quite like them :dude:

[redmax61]

I had one of them back in the day. If I'd have known, I would've never gotten rid of it!

[Josh Koropchak]

Would you mind telling me what a big muff does?

[Chiba]

Josh - it's a tasty distortion pedal.

Sweet score - guess GC's not all bad, eh? :D

--chiba

[Sherpa]

Would you mind telling me what a big muff does?
What Chiba say. Also, it is the master creator of sonic mayhem and anarchy - like a ProCo Rat on steroids with rabies.

[bryanrheem]

just curious,


what's the best way to tell an authentic one from a cheaper Made in Russia re-issue?

[Sherpa]

Good question, Bryan. The earlier Series I and II are fairly easy to spot, the former had the three knobs in a triangular configuration, the latter in a straifgr line in a bigger box. After 1977, they went over to the silver, black and red box and graphics, which they still use on the new U.S. reissues., though I think the circuitry has changed. I may be mistaken, but I believe the Russian issues and re-issues are either black or green (Sovtek). If this is correct, the tricky bit is to distinguish the U.S. re-issues from the originals.

The one I have is a Series IV Deluxe Big Muff, which is mains powered and probably from the late'70s or early '80s. If this is the particular model you are interested in, drop me a line and I could take and send you a jpeg and a serial number for you to compare.

There was a pretty thorough article on E-H Big Muffs a while back in one of the U.K. magazines, Guitar I think. If I can locate it I'll post something more.

good luck

[bryanrheem]

Good question, Bryan. The earlier Series I and II are fairly easy to spot, the former had the three knobs in a triangular configuration, the latter in a straifgr line in a bigger box. After 1977, they went over to the silver, black and red box and graphics, which they still use on the new U.S. reissues., though I think the circuitry has changed. I may be mistaken, but I believe the Russian issues and re-issues are either black or green (Sovtek). If this is correct, the tricky bit is to distinguish the U.S. re-issues from the originals.

The one I have is a Series IV Deluxe Big Muff, which is mains powered and probably from the late'70s or early '80s. If this is the particular model you are interested in, drop me a line and I could take and send you a jpeg and a serial number for you to compare.

There was a pretty thorough article on E-H Big Muffs a while back in one of the U.K. magazines, Guitar I think. If I can locate it I'll post something more.

good luckThanks for the info. I have one that landed in my lap pretty new. It's green, has the triangle config for the knobs and says made in russia, but don't know if it is an original or re-issue.

[Sherpa]

What's important is what it sounds like. If it sounds like a banshee, it's the real deal,hehe

[Sherpa]

just curious,


what's the best way to tell an authentic one from a cheaper Made in Russia re-issue?
Look for an LED between the first 2 knobs on the U.S. Big Muff re-issue /silver box, red and black graphics, like the original Big Muff MkIII).

If there is an LED, it's a U.S. made re-issue
If there's no LED, it's a U.S.-made original from the late '70s-early'80s.