I am curious. Way way way back in like 72 was the last time I played a Big Muff, so it has been a while since I heard them. Recently a friend of mine lent me his Russian Big Muff. Dont know when it was made, he said he bought it used about 5 years ago. Has no AC, batteries only, Dark (army) green. Anyway, plugged it in, and for my ears it sounded pretty good, but "tame" from what I remembered the BM to be.
My question is, are my ears just not remembering the old BM correctly? Or is the Russian model more tame than the US? I thought I remembered the old (US made) BM to be this loud super fuzzy almost out of control sound. This was cool, but not super fuzzy, seemed to be more of a distortion than a fuzz. So could somebody tell me the difference between the Russian and the US and if the sound has changed over the years? Thanks guys!
My question is, are my ears just not remembering the old BM correctly? Or is the Russian model more tame than the US? I thought I remembered the old (US made) BM to be this loud super fuzzy almost out of control sound. This was cool, but not super fuzzy, seemed to be more of a distortion than a fuzz. So could somebody tell me the difference between the Russian and the US and if the sound has changed over the years? Thanks guys!