EFFECTS LAYOUTS’ Gircuit design: Bob Mayer with Mike Mathews PCB design: David Gehring (aka storyboarcist) (© 2015 Effects Layouts Se ee VEL dEoL INTRODUCTION Since it first hit the market in the late 60s, the Electro Harmonix Big Muff has been staple in the effects pedal world. It's huge sound and distinct scooped mids tone has been copied and tweaked by many over the years and has become one of the mast cloned circuits by DIY’ers. Everybody wants a piece of the Pi, From Electra Harmonix alone, there have been several variation of the Big Muff, But most stick to a basic schematic that has largely been Lnchanged since its inception. This project flle provides a layout that can be used to build four of the most famous Mulfs: the original “Triangle” version, the early 70s “Ram's Head" version, the 90s “Green Russian” version built in the former Soviet Union, and the madern “NYC” version, ‘SCHEMATIC z . oe, Ly ve te ‘ Q He) ~ Ee ome - + ‘LAYOUT te Sustain-3_ totum 3 The 3 potentiometers can be mounted directly to the PCB by using right angle PCB-mount pots, See the diagram below: out n i i + i eo i Mount these from the solder-sde of the board once the rest of the board has been populated. Ground Page 1Component Rt R2 RB Ra RS R6 R7 RB Ro @ 3 ca* cS 6 a ro ic) cio cn ci2 a3 4 pia" Ds* ata" Sustain Tone Volume * These aren't found in original units. They are additions to moderniz. Triangle 1001 100n s00y 47n 560p 47n 100n 560p 47n 3.9n 10 1001 100 1nota 1N4001 2Ns133"" 310k B100k ‘A100k BILL OF MATERIALS Rams Head 1™ 39k 100k 470k 1002 15k 1k 2k 400k 470k 1002. 10k 82k 100k 470k 1002 19k 39k 39k 390k 400k 10k 100k 47k 00n 470p 100n 100p 00n 4709 100n 100n 470p 100n 3.9n ton 000 100 1nota 1Naoo1 8239 B100k B100k ‘100k “* Amodern equivalent to these diodes is the 1N4148. “Transistors do not play a very large role is shaping the sound of the Big Mul. There are many different transistors that can be substituted for those listed above, including: 2N5089, MPSA78, BC549, etc. Socket and experiment, Green Russian 1M 39k 100k 470k 3900 12k 1k 10k 100k 470k 3902 12k 10k 100k 470k 3902 12k 20k 20k 470k 100k 2.2k 10k 47k 100" 500p 1007 100 100" 500p 47n 100 500p 47n 3.9n ton 100" 1000 kos21 1Naoot Krst02 B100« B100« ‘A100k "* 2NS133s of the time had much higher hFE than modern production of this transistor. nye 1N6263 1Na001 2N5088 B100k B100k 100k the circuit and have no effect on tone Page 2ii