NMD: new muff day

Wormwood

Thanks to the classifieds and forum member BassJunkie i get to scare the hell out of my cat tonight and my bassist tomorrow.
Only 6 more hours of staring at it on my desk

AlanRatcliffe

Good stuff. If it's your first Muff, then also cue the childish puns and boyish jokes/for a practice or two. Don't Panic! It wears off quickly. ?

peterleroux

Very nice! I need to get down to the shops and get the caps I need to finish my Black Russian clone

psyx

Nice collectable muff you have there!!

Those sound pretty awesome too.ENVY!

Enjoy!

guidothepimmp

Everyone loves.. ahem.. a muff ?

Wormwood

Thanks.
This thing is basically a rock god switch.

I was demoing a new song to my basist, saying stuff like: Then we go into E G D C open chords like this, while hitting the muff
when i looked at him he was sitting with his head slightly back and his eyes closed, smiling.

It either has a good effect on people, or clayton was dreaming about being a guitarist - as most bassists do 8).

Its also , and im not sure if this is the right terminology, the most transparent noise machine i have ever played.
While making a godawful noise, each string remains audible on its own, making open chords really sing.

Im not sure if it is just my amp but it seems to really come to life after the amp has warmed up a bit, I mean at least 30 min of jamming.
It almost seems like the muff needs to warm up a bit too ???

anyway, if you spent a good deal of your adult life enjoying unpopular '90's music, you should get a muff.

AlanRatcliffe

Wormwood wrote: This thing is basically a rock god switch.

LOL! Yeah, I know just what you mean... ?

It either has a good effect on people, or clayton was dreaming about being a guitarist - as most bassists do 8).

Its also , and im not sure if this is the right terminology, the most transparent noise machine i have ever played.
While making a godawful noise, each string remains audible on its own, making open chords really sing.

String or note separation. Transparent refers to the ability some drives have to make your guitar sound louder/grittier without altering the tone or dynamics at all - like a "more" button.

Im not sure if it is just my amp but it seems to really come to life after the amp has warmed up a bit, I mean at least 30 min of jamming.
It almost seems like the muff needs to warm up a bit too ???

Most analog gear takes a half hour or more to warm up and settle down - especially valve amps.

psyx

I have a NYC reissue big muff and its my favourite pedal! I get the best results when I crank the clean channel of my amp and drive it with the muff. Nothing like a muff and some hot tubes ?

The Russian muff is pretty awesome since it has some more low end and a 'smoother' sound(apparently)
You should let your bass guitarist play through it sometime, it should work pretty well, since the modern bass muff is based on the Russian muff.
Otherwise, do a dropped tuning through humbuckers and the pedal will love you for it!

What amp do you use?

Wormwood

I have a cub12r atm, kinda hankering for my sold classic 50-212 right now, basically for no reason other than to hear the muff louder, hahha.
I wanted the NYC muff because its rougher, but this will do fine for now. I like the way it looks.
Can see an NYC in my future and then the bassist can have / buy this one .....maaaybe

Edit: no, he can't have it.
This is a keeper, I'm sure there are others out there if he wants one ?