J’s Big Muff collection

[eyesadrift]

"SonicD " wrote:

youre lucky to have 3 vintage ones i hope i find one

dumb luck i guess…
i like the vintage electro harmonix compared to the reissues
but i am curious about the phaser hoax
it sounds and looks interesting

[SonicD]

"tonas " wrote:

http://www.freakscene.net/forums/discussion/8929

That should be it.

thanks

[Smallstone]

Can someone explain to me (sorry for my lack of guitar tech knowledge) what the Home Brew Electronics Germania treble booster does in Js set up and why these pedals need to be ‘run through the input of a tube amp’ – not put through an effects loop. I’m kinda lost as to what that all means! He keeps it separate to his rig and doesn’t run it through the Bradshaw.
I mean I realise what a treble booster means – but but but but…. how does one run this through the input of an amp? I realise this may be the simplest thing in the world!!
I have a single input Fender Blues Junior Valve job. Use a Fender Jazz. Couple of Big Muffs, failing Univox Superfuzz, bunch of other EH stuff…..
cheers!

[SonicD]

i have no idea.i thought that the footswitch was the custom audio electronics booster switch. silly

[tonas]

"Smallstone " wrote:

Can someone explain to me (sorry for my lack of guitar tech knowledge) what the Home Brew Electronics Germania treble booster does in Js set up and why these pedals need to be ‘run through the input of a tube amp’ – not put through an effects loop. I’m kinda lost as to what that all means! He keeps it separate to his rig and doesn’t run it through the Bradshaw.
I mean I realise what a treble booster means – but but but but…. how does one run this through the input of an amp? I realise this may be the simplest thing in the world!!
I have a single input Fender Blues Junior Valve job. Use a Fender Jazz. Couple of Big Muffs, failing Univox Superfuzz, bunch of other EH stuff…..
cheers!

I could be wrong but the Germania adds like 30% more distortion when activated. When running it straight through the amp it adds this on top of anything looped through the effects loop. Layering it over the flange, tremelo, big muff, etc.

[Smallstone]

thanks guys – but what does ‘running it straight through the amp’ mean?
Ok ok. My wee Fender valve amp has one input.
So say I have a lead running out of that straight into this HB Treble Booster… then what?
I can see that it boosts the signal and add that extra "HELLO" to leads etc.
But – how does one rig it up?
They’re not too expensive (in the grand scheme of things) and my local guitar emporium has ’em in stock.
I want to overdrive my amp but I don’t think I have the right Muff and sadly I think my Superfuzz is giving up the ghost. It’s gone all……farty! Frankly I’m having a more fun with a real cheap DOD Overdrive at present…. but I do want something to take it over the edge and I’m not sure the Metal Muff (even though Js demo on the EH site is amazing) is what I want at the end of the day.
The choices seem to be – search out one of these lovely old Big Muffs, invest in another Superfuzz, save up for a Fulltone or Lovetone or…. I don’t know!
Get a bigger amp?

[tonas]

"Smallstone " wrote:

thanks guys – but what does ‘running it straight through the amp’ mean?

Guitar ~ tuner ~Germania ~ Amp

keep the Germania in line with your guitar into the amp set up. Don’t run the Germania through the loop.

[Smallstone]

thats great – I have no ‘loop’ – nice!!

[SonicD]

http://electroharmonix.ronsound.com/articles/bigmuff.html”>http://electroharmonix.ronsound.com/art … gmuff.html

very cool site about muffs

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