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frigid midget wrote:

greeny23 wrote:

ck3 wrote:http://www.kitrae.net/music/History_of_Big_Muff_Clones.html

Scroll quite a ways down to access the Maxon and Ibanez section. After reviewing the info again, based on specs, the RI could actually be more like a V2 850 than the V3, the latter of which is supposed to be identical to the 60's Fuzz. My bad.

i'll get my hands on a reissue eventually and check the circuit out. just finishing up writing a blog post on the OD-801 and D&S varians from Maxon so this will likely overlap with that.

If I remember correct, that same article is also where I read that the Ibanez '60s fuzz (soundtank series) is similar (if not identical) to the D&S version I've got.
The 60s fuzz has a led and DC bus and can be bought cheap, but it's got the tiny plastic controls and annoying flimsy enclosure and switch...

i haven't seen the insides of the soundtank one, but i know of at least 3 pedals that use the exact same circuit board from Maxon so it wouldn't shock me.

frigid midget wrote:

greeny23 wrote:

ck3 wrote:http://www.kitrae.net/music/History_of_Big_Muff_Clones.html

Scroll quite a ways down to access the Maxon and Ibanez section. After reviewing the info again, based on specs, the RI could actually be more like a V2 850 than the V3, the latter of which is supposed to be identical to the 60's Fuzz. My bad.

i'll get my hands on a reissue eventually and check the circuit out. just finishing up writing a blog post on the OD-801 and D&S varians from Maxon so this will likely overlap with that.

If I remember correct, that same article is also where I read that the Ibanez '60s fuzz (soundtank series) is similar (if not identical) to the D&S version I've got.
The 60s fuzz has a led and DC bus and can be bought cheap, but it's got the tiny plastic controls and annoying flimsy enclosure and switch...

i haven't seen the insides of the soundtank one, but i know of at least 3 pedals that use the exact same circuit board from Maxon so it wouldn't shock me.

I took apart a Soundtank FZ-5 to fix it, it did not have nearly as much wiring in it as that pic of the OD850 RI, which in itself doesn't mean anything, but, yeah, I don't know what the point of my post is.

A new miniature version has appeared!


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVn_PHVZdG8[/youtube]

I read somewhere that the tone stack on these is somehow different than the standard muff tone stack. Can anybody confirm?

The OD850 RI is less scooped than a stock Big Muff and has significantly more saturation on tap. As I mentioned earlier in this thread, it falls somewhere between a Civil War Muff and Roland AF-100 Bee Baa in terms of tone and texture. If you're looking for more technical info, the above-mentioned Kitrae link may be worth exploring. I posted a brief clip on Soundcloud that features my preferred settings, and better YouTube demos have probably been uploaded in recent months.

Has anyone directly compared the mini and full-sized 850 RIs at this point? I'm wondering if there are any tonal differences.

HeavyXIII wrote:I read somewhere that the tone stack on these is somehow different than the standard muff tone stack. Can anybody confirm?

That's what I read about about my old D&S too, which may confirm that they may be identical-ish

More saturation, better useable tone control. That's my non-technical way of explaning how the differences sound to me.
Still haven't tried this OD850ri. Probably won't happen either, even my D&S got flipped cause I always favoured my other fuzzes...

Bumping this to see if there have been any more experiences with it...the mini version more specifically. One popped up pretty cheap locally and I'm still interested