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EHX Little Big Muff - Original version

Based on the Electro-Harmonix Little Big Muff· 2 other boards clone it

Category
Fuzz
Controls
Volume
Build
Vero
Layout
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Tags
Electro Harmonix, Fuzz

From the post

The original Little Big Muff from the 70s which included just a volume knob and tone switch. To compare it to a conventional 3 pot Big Muff, the circuit is set up as if having a fuzz pot in the full clockwise rotation, so I suppose Electro Harmonix decided that most people would use it that way, so why not do away with the control and just have it dimed. The tone switch effectively selects between the full clockwise, and full counter clockwise rotation of a Tone pot which may not be ideal for some (I usually have my Tone pot at half way all the time and then just vary it with the tone control on my guitar. If you would prefer to simulate this half rotation, swap the 100K resistor between Tone Sw1 and Tone Sw3 to a 47K, and then put another 47K in series with either the Tone Sw1 or Tone Sw3 wire from the board (depending which other switchable tone you want alongside the middle setting).

Schematic

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  • 430K right of Q4 (upper left): printed clearly, unusual value
RefValueNormalizedTypeNotes
Resistors 12
×4100K100kread from the layout by eye
×3470K470kread from the layout by eye
×239K39kread from the layout by eye
×215K15kread from the layout by eye
×210K10kread from the layout by eye
×28K28.2kread from the layout by eye
×2150R150read from the layout by eye
×122K22kread from the layout by eye
×16K86.8kread from the layout by eye
×1430K430kread from the layout by eye
×143K43kread from the layout by eye
×1100R100read from the layout by eye
Capacitors 6
×7100n100nread from the layout by eye
×3560p560pread from the layout by eye
×110n10nread from the layout by eye
×13n93.9nread from the layout by eye
×110u10uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
×1470u470uelectrolytic; read from the layout by eye
Diodes 1
×41N41481N4148D1-D4; read from the layout by eye
Transistors 4
Q1??value not given; legend: high gain NPN silicon; read from the layout by eye
Q2??value not given; legend: high gain NPN silicon; read from the layout by eye
Q3??value not given; legend: high gain NPN silicon; read from the layout by eye
Q4??value not given; legend: high gain NPN silicon; read from the layout by eye
Potentiometers 1
VolumeA100KA100kPotentiometerread from the layout by eye
Switches 1
ToneSPDTSPDT2 position; read from the layout by eye

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