David Crush The Button got in touch about the possibility of doing a limited run of these classic Big Muffs and sent me a particularly great sounding original early V2 Rams Head to clone, from his collection of over 30 Muffs. The pedal looked to be a ‘Marveltone’ build from ’72/’73.

As well as the usual Volume, Tone and Sustain controls, there are two toggle switches for some extra versatility.
The left switch selects one of 3 tone options:
1. stock setting, the classic scooped mids Big Muff sound.
2. flat, flattens the EQ response with a small mid boost.
3. peaked mids, adds more low/mid boost, great for cutting through any mix.

The right switch selects one of 3 clipping options:
1. stock setting, with both sets of diodes engaged.
2. bypasses the first set of diodes, which allows a lot of low end through and is great for bass players.
3. bypasses both sets of diodes, less clipped sound and a huge boost in output level.

It’s built on vero with 2N5088 silicon transistors, 1N419 silicon diodes, Panasonic film caps, metal film resistors, polarity protection, power filtering and shielded cable to reduce hum and noise, Switchcraft jacks, true bypass switching, a bright white LED and finished in a durable powdercoat.

#1-10 silver vein finish, black Dakaware knobs, signed and numbered. Sold Out.
#11-20 copper vein finish, dark brown chickenhead knobs, signed and numbered. Sold Out.
#21-30 gold vein finish, black Dakaware knobs, signed and numbered.

These are only available through the Crush The Button shop.

Price: €151 plus shipping.

Jimmy Behan Rams Head at the Effectsdatabase.

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