Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi Schematic and Component Table

EHX Big Muff Schematic 2082d0cd792f

I used Kit Rae schematics, but I did not follow the same component numbering, as I don’t find it all that intuitive.  Kit did it that way for a good reason, this way works better for my brain.  There’s also this excellent post by Kit Rae on the EHX forum, broadly describing differences between versions. … Read more

Electro Harmonix V1 Triangle Big Muff 66#5 – 1969 perfboard version

EHX Big Muff V1 1969 Triangle 66 5 b3982712a06b

 Can’t believe I haven’t posted this one yet since it is one of the better vintage big muffs I built and played. In the very early days EH, component values varied quite a lot so this layout is based on Kitraes schematic HERE. There is also some notes and info the component values. Trannsistors is … Read more

ELECTRO-HARMONIX: Version 2, Ram’s Head Big Muff, 1973 #3, Point to Point Layout

EHX BMP 73 P2P 1572f22f24b6

I think this is my favourite Electro-Harmonix Big Muff.  I built this using vintage 2N3565 glob top resistors and opted for some large vintage ceramic capacitors where possible (mainly for looks). Sounds great – the lower gain vintage transistors do change the tone and feel to some degree.  Of course it still sounds like a Big … Read more