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Re: Pricing on a Black Big Muff

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:30 pm
by benjuro
skullservant wrote:Well I've seen them go for as low as $40 on forums and as high as $110 on Ebay. I would think $70-80 would be fair


I've bought a handful of these non-working in the last few years for under $40 apiece. All have been $5 or less fixes. They are built piss poorly with really shitty wiring, pots and switches...and a couple actually sounded great, while most have sounded like absolute garbage. People are paying way WAY too much for them now.
It looks to be pretty clean with original knobs...if you have the battery door, and you're willing to wait to find someone not bothered by the volume problem, you'll probably get close to $80 for it.
When they were new, they cost $40...

Re: Pricing on a Black Big Muff

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 11:15 pm
by Waterpilot
Jero wrote:...and the pots in those go out all the time.

Quick hijack. The pot(s) (doesn't get much use and I can't remeber if there is more then one) in mine are scratchy. Is that a sign of problems ahead?

Re: Pricing on a Black Big Muff

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 1:30 am
by WeHuntKings
bought mine for 40 with a busted led. waaaaaaaayyyyyyy better than the newer nyc ones.

gonna get a dirge electronics overhaul on it, too. :omg:

Re: Pricing on a Black Big Muff

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:10 am
by Sonic Viking
benjuro wrote:
skullservant wrote:Well I've seen them go for as low as $40 on forums and as high as $110 on Ebay. I would think $70-80 would be fair


I've bought a handful of these non-working in the last few years for under $40 apiece. All have been $5 or less fixes. They are built piss poorly with really shitty wiring, pots and switches...and a couple actually sounded great, while most have sounded like absolute garbage. People are paying way WAY too much for them now.
It looks to be pretty clean with original knobs...if you have the battery door, and you're willing to wait to find someone not bothered by the volume problem, you'll probably get close to $80 for it.
When they were new, they cost $40...


Yeah, I also have a battery door on it. So, would you say that the volume pot is bad? Like should I re-solder it or actually go and replace the pot?

Re: Pricing on a Black Big Muff

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 3:35 am
by Officer Bukowski
I'd give you about $40 for it :idk:

I paid about $45 for mine brand new a few years ago so I'm not about to pay any more than that for a used half broken one. It's a cheap fix, but so is pretty much any pedal repair. It doesn't take away from the fact that it's messed up.

Re: Pricing on a Black Big Muff

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 5:45 am
by benjuro
Sonic Viking wrote:Yeah, I also have a battery door on it. So, would you say that the volume pot is bad? Like should I re-solder it or actually go and replace the pot?


Hard to know. Try spraying it out first with Deoxit...can't hurt to try. The real bitch is finding a replacement that will fit the knobs.

Officer Bukowski wrote:I'd give you about $40 for it :idk:

I paid about $45 for mine brand new a few years ago so I'm not about to pay any more than that for a used half broken one. It's a cheap fix, but so is pretty much any pedal repair. It doesn't take away from the fact that it's messed up.


This. I think most "in-the-know" wouldn't pay near $80 for it...but someone will.

Re: Pricing on a Black Big Muff

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 1:24 pm
by fuzzypumpkins
Christ, there's one of these listed as "vintage" right now on the bay. WTF? These small-box black Russians were the last revision. Discontinued does not mean vintage!

I have one (traded a TS9 for a couple years ago) and I really dig it. I feed it into an overdrive, usually my Eternity with the gain set low and it gets pretty gnarly!

Re: Pricing on a Black Big Muff

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:52 pm
by Officer Bukowski
Traded a TS9 for a Muff? I like your style.

Yeah I run mine into my fuck overdrive and it sounds awesome. Some of them sound great but they're supposed to be cheap.

Re: Pricing on a Black Big Muff

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:57 pm
by snipelfritz
60 shipped does sound good.

I have one of those as well (love it!) and it does have a considerable volume drop around noon. Mine doesn't cut out completely though. That is strange.

Re: Pricing on a Black Big Muff

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 7:15 pm
by Officer Bukowski
$60 is too much for sure. Maybe I'm crazy.

Re: Pricing on a Black Big Muff

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:57 pm
by snipelfritz
Officer Bukowski wrote:$60 is too much for sure. Maybe I'm crazy.

Yeah, that's probably right actually. I suck at pricing things. In retrospect I think mine was like 80 new. :idk:

Re: Pricing on a Black Big Muff

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:24 pm
by Officer Bukowski
Really? Where'd you buy it? Mine was like $40 or $50 brand new at guitar center. It was the first pedal I bought.

Re: Pricing on a Black Big Muff

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:35 pm
by fuzzypumpkins
Officer Bukowski wrote:Traded a TS9 for a Muff? I like your style.

Yeah I run mine into my fuck overdrive and it sounds awesome. Some of them sound great but they're supposed to be cheap.


Yessir :thumb: Looking back, it was probably an uneven trade value (tipped in his favor) but I get much more use out of the Muff and I have other overdrives that keep me happy.

Re: Pricing on a Black Big Muff

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:29 am
by Sonic Viking
I bought mine for $80 too, and I kind of need the money for other stuff I agreed to sell it to someone for $55. That is if they stay through with the deal, doesn't seem official yet

Re: Pricing on a Black Big Muff

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:36 am
by xrleroyx
I bought one of these for less than a USA Big Muff at GC awhile ago. I should've kept it seeing as the prices have skyrocketed.