Re: Big Muff total gain

Posted by Frank_NH on Nov 10, 2014; 3:43pm
URL: http://guitar-fx-layouts.238.s1.nabble.com/Big-Muff-total-gain-tp15131p15136.html

Here's a link with some information about the Big Muff Circuit that is helpful for understanding how it works:

Electrosmash - Big Muff Pi Analysis

I suppose the thing to remember about gain in this kind of circuit is that the diodes in the gain stages clip the signal, and thus cap the voltage gain.  However, the hfe of the transistors will impact the nature of the clipping as shown in the Electrosmash analysis.

I haven't built a Big Muff yet, and was thinking about doing a vero with sockets for all of the important caps, resistors, diodes, and transistors.  That way, you could try out different components to tune the sound to your liking.