Vintage Little Muff?

[Gracehoper]

I posted this over on thegearpage but the thread was swallow by the matrix pretty fast so I thought I might try here.

I just picked up a 70s Little Muff (with the old font, similar to the Ram's Heads) and it sounds pretty cool. But I don't know anything about the Little Muffs.
Usually I go to Kit Rae's site for my muff history lessons but the Little Muff section says "under construction" (and has been saying so for a while I think).
So can anyone help me shed some light on the history and technical stuff regarding these pedals?


The pot number says 1377520 and it looks like this:

[digi2t]

http://www.tributeaudiodesigns.com/unca ... e-muff-pi/

[BLOOD EAGLE]

a picture of the guts would help too, especially the number on the board:

http://electroharmonix.vintageusaguitar ... &Itemid=45

[Gracehoper]

Thanks for the replies. Here are a couple of pics.


The board. It says 1008:



A little hard to see but it has a couple of BC239C transistors in there:


And the cap that says 1377520:

[KaosCill8r]

I don't mind a little Muff myself. But I'd perfer a lot of Muff more. But seriously, how do they sound? I've never heard one. Love those vintage circuit boards.

[BLOOD EAGLE]

so thats a muff fuzz in a floor box essentially, and despite the graphics the board is the first version.
pretty cool!

[Gracehoper]

But seriously, how do they sound?

Well... It's fun. Definitely lower gain than any Big Muff. When I take my BYOC Triangle and put the gain at 9, tone at noon, and the tone shift in the second position they kinda sound alike but the Little Muff is a bit more dynamic. The BYOC still seems compressed even at low gain.
A tone knob would be really useful, since the Little Muff is somewhat dark sounding. You kinda need to use a bright sounding amp for it. Last night I played it through a Blackstar Artisan 15 and it worked very well.

[Uncle Grandfather]

Any Clips?

[Gracehoper]

No clips yet, but I'll see if I can get around to record a bit next week.

[KaosCill8r]

But seriously, how do they sound?

Well... It's fun. Definitely lower gain than any Big Muff. When I take my BYOC Triangle and put the gain at 9, tone at noon, and the tone shift in the second position they kinda sound alike but the Little Muff is a bit more dynamic. The BYOC still seems compressed even at low gain.
A tone knob would be really useful, since the Little Muff is somewhat dark sounding. You kinda need to use a bright sounding amp for it. Last night I played it through a Blackstar Artisan 15 and it worked very well.

So it's more like a pick responsive overdrive that can get fuzzy as well.