Electro Harmonix have just (finally) reissued the Green Russian Muff

benecol

https://www.ehx.com/products/green-russian-big-muff

Tenner says, knowing how bad EHX are at muffs, that it's a bit shite.

MattBanshee

Re-released it again? The bass big muff was identical to the black Russian circuit if you had the bass boost switched off.

bbill335

I'll stick with my Fredric Green Russian. It's perfect.

benecol

MattBanshee said:

Re-released it again? The bass big muff was identical to the black Russian circuit if you had the bass boost switched off.

Yeah, but Black Russian < Green Russian.

thermionic

A Chinese Russian Muff then?

antifash

Sold my 90s Bubble for a couple hundred a while back. Not bad pedals. 

Cookiemonster

How much is it. ?

guitargeek62

thermionic said:

A Chinese Russian Muff then?

Commie Muff

fretmeister

Cookiemonster said:

How much is it. ?

£100 more than it should be, no doubt

UnclePsychosis

fretmeister said:

Cookiemonster said:

How much is it. ?

£100 more than it should be, no doubt

-that would be some achievement given the US street price is apparently $80... :-D

Babones

Huge Muff fan here, although not the 90s ones. I prefer the earlier Ram's head, Triangle & Red black versions. I was recently thinking again, why EHX don't bother reissuing any specific muffs, allowing the rest of the market to steal their thunder. They'd probably sell them cheaper than the clones. 

impmann

benecol said:

https://www.ehx.com/products/green-russian-big-muff

Tenner says, knowing how bad EHX are at muffs, that it's a bit shite.

TBH, I can see four MASSIVE improvements over the original in that one picture.

First it isn't the size of a family hatchback
Second it doesn't have that horrible switch (at least you can easily replace the one in the reissue)
Thirdly it has a proper 9v input socket
Four the jack sockets aren't those horrible rusky ones


I bought a Green Russian new from Roka's on London back in the day. The first one went wrong the following day - 'bubble' switch failure. The replacement pulled the centre out of the input socket when being tested in the shop. The third was used sporadically for five years, when most of the paint was started to flake. I sold it for a profit and thought I'd done well.

They sound good but I really, really don't understand why folks get so het up about the originals. If the reissue sounds the same and don't cost a fortune, then I can't help but think that this is a good thing. Sadly, the EHX haters instantly come along rubbishing it...

benecol

impmann said:Sadly, the EHX haters instantly come along rubbishing it...

Just to clarify, you've made a post outlining EHX's poor build quality, then questioned my reticence about EHX doing a good job on the reissue?

In other news, seems like it's based off a tall font version: https://www.reddit.com/r/guitarpedals/comments/6u2y7r/im_just_gonna_leave_this_here/dlphmb7/

impmann

benecol said:

impmann said:Sadly, the EHX haters instantly come along rubbishing it...

Just to clarify, you've made a post outlining EHX's poor build quality, then questioned my reticence about EHX doing a good job on the reissue?

In other news, seems like it's based off a tall font version: https://www.reddit.com/r/guitarpedals/comments/6u2y7r/im_just_gonna_leave_this_here/dlphmb7/

No, I outlined the *original* pedal's poor build quality that I experienced.

I have three modern EHX pedals on my board that I rely on and all have been 100% - I haven't experienced any of the problems that some seem to with the new pedals.

crunchman

Just get a Thorpy Fallout Cloud

Teetonetal

impmann said:

benecol said:

impmann said:Sadly, the EHX haters instantly come along rubbishing it...

Just to clarify, you've made a post outlining EHX's poor build quality, then questioned my reticence about EHX doing a good job on the reissue?

In other news, seems like it's based off a tall font version: https://www.reddit.com/r/guitarpedals/comments/6u2y7r/im_just_gonna_leave_this_here/dlphmb7/

No, I outlined the *original* pedal's poor build quality that I experienced.

I have three modern EHX pedals on my board that I rely on and all have been 100% - I haven't experienced any of the problems that some seem to with the new pedals.

Give it time...

impmann

Teetonetal said:

impmann said:

benecol said:

impmann said:Sadly, the EHX haters instantly come along rubbishing it...

Just to clarify, you've made a post outlining EHX's poor build quality, then questioned my reticence about EHX doing a good job on the reissue?

In other news, seems like it's based off a tall font version: https://www.reddit.com/r/guitarpedals/comments/6u2y7r/im_just_gonna_leave_this_here/dlphmb7/

No, I outlined the *original* pedal's poor build quality that I experienced.

I have three modern EHX pedals on my board that I rely on and all have been 100% - I haven't experienced any of the problems that some seem to with the new pedals.

Give it time...

How long? I've had two of them for three years +

fretmeister

crunchman said:

Just get a Thorpy Fallout Cloud

this

impmann

fretmeister said:

crunchman said:

Just get a Thorpy Fallout Cloud

this

I'm not going to question whether or not the Fallout Cloud a good pedal or its "worth"... however, bearing in mind that the US street price of the EHX looks set to be about $80, thats quite a difference in price. I'd like to check out the EHX first before making any judgements over what is better for *me*. :-)

earwighoney

Has anyone tried a Fuzz Dog Big Muff? 

Incredible how many variations there

• 70's (3rd) version
• Green Russian
• Black Russian
• Civil War Russian
• Tall Font Green Russian
• Ram's Head
• Triangle
• Violet Ram's Head
• V3 79#2 (Mascis)
• Creamy Dreamer
• Stoned cleric

MattBanshee

My girlfriend speaks rudimentary Russian, and I asked her to translate the word under the footswitch. It says "overdrive" phonetically but isn't actual Russian.