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Any particular reason for having the muff before the TU-3?
Well, haha not really come to think about it.. after hearing that Muffs are pretty much immune to buffers, I suppose it could go after! I havent experimented with it after the tu-3 yet to see if it sounds any different, or reacts to the guitars controls any different..
I think what I read was that it is fuzz faces etc that like to be first in the chain..
I’m still learning a lot so any advice is welcome!
Kinda like the way it balances out, keeps the 2 boss pedals in the middle.. looks more pleasing lol!
Firstly because of the obvious advantage to having a sometimes very long guitar lead go straight in to a buffer.
But secondly because when you're using your tuner, you ideally want a pure guitar tone being fed to the tuner. If you accidentally leave your muff on, you may not be giving the tuner the clean guitar tone it thrives on.
It doesn't mean your TU-3 won't work, just that it might not work at its optimum.
I've heard of people building boards based on aesthetics before. Thankfully, everyone learns functions comes first eventually!
The voodoolabs iso 5 was in the runnings, then I discovered the Ojai, same as the iso 5 but with 500ma for each outlet..
I didnt fancy spending £150 on a supply to be left with 1 free socket though, and an external power box.. so like many things I spent outside my means to get the next model up..
I could have bought a cheaper supply for sure, but sometimes I just get fed up of spending multiple small amounts on stuff that doesnt work as well, if you know what I mean.
So far though so good. Got a decent warranty and every strymon related issue I’ve seen has been dealt with by strymon pretty darn well.. I’m a sucker for peace of mind.
Im eating plain basmati rice and scrambled eggs for the next 3 months though, and I’m not actually kidding haha. Mainly because I’m a fat fuck, but also because I’ve spent too much!
For now.....
Fuzz Face and B/Muff are completely different animals. the latter isn't even a proper fuzz, arguably.
As others have suggested - it's good to have the tuner in first, if not for accuracy to have a reliable mute stomp
”One of us.. one of us...”
It is often but not universally the case with Ge fuzzes generally.
Is this Green Russian silicon or germanium, or neither? Lol...
Having tried both before and after the buffered tu-3, I can’t say I heard any night and day difference.. but then again come to think of it I was using a guitar with emg actives, which is pretty much a buffer..
I think I’ll keep the Tu-3 first in chain now anyway, as I ‘think’ I heard a better overall tone that way. Unsure if my cables and pedals are long enough to need a buffer or buffered pedal first, especially as I was playing with the emgs.. but figured it can’t hurt right?
I tried plugging guitar direct to amp, and comparing the tone with running through my fx chain (with all effects off).
Could have been no different mind. Sometimes I’m not sure what i’m hearing.
The green russian sounds nice though.
I’ve been using it just on the katanas clean channels so far. Might see how it does on a slightly more crunchy channel tomorrow.
One of the clean channels I’ve set has tonnes of reverb and a bit of delay, too much reverb actually.. but anyway I kicked the russian on and got some lovely lead type tones.
More experimenting tomorrow with it.
I usually stick to high gain, slightly scooped settings on the amp for all my distorted tones, so this pedal is quite different. Though I havent deviated from having its gain knob maxed out haha..
I'm wary there's plenty of airy-fairy fluff written around our beloved hobby and particularly gear, but this specific area I've tested and verified myself and has affected my board.
I'm not even sure if your particular fuzz is germanium based, but was just commenting on why you'll see people putting fuzzes first in their chain, sorry if that was unclear!
Like I've said elsewhere, most modern fuzzes (germanium or otherwise) have been engineered to cope with buffered signals nowadays, but if the pedal sounds or behaves weirdly when placed after a buffered signal, this may be why.
some boutique companies' big muff variants use germanium transistors instead, either in whole or in hybrid form.
regardless, the big muff circuit is not normal fussy about buffer placement in the way that certain simpler 60s fuzz circuit often are.
I like the ambition with with the power supply but as someone earlier said, slippery slope. Once you start on that endless search for tone you will be swapping pedals in and out of your board quicker than something quick (tried to come up with a witty analogy but it was all too suggestive for a Sunday morning). My board is waiting for one more pedal to come into stock then it’s done, for now. But I must have bought and sold a good 10 other pedals in the process.
Have fun fun and enjoy experimenting.
The board now looks... well, different.
You’re right, its way too easy to now buy effects knowing the supply is ready to rock!
So, I bought a boss ds-1 because it was had cheap, and figured I could use some lesser gain more crunchy tones rather than using an amp channel for it..
Then I decided I really wanted the nano muff lol! I really like it. More fuzzy and gainy than the russian, but not as bassy.
I think I need to move my octave to second in chain because when I play usually with it, I use it into the amps distortion and it sounds like what Im after.
Currently if I use a muff or the ds-1 then into the octave, it all sounds a bit shite, and as if the speaker will blow lol!