Big Muff Pi

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Original 2000 Frantone reissue of the Big Muff. This is the version marked EC3003 on the circuit board, no revision #. Detail below from the Kit Rae site. See pictures and let me know with any questions. Pedal and power supply shown in pictures are the only items you will receive - I do not have the original box. I have owned this for about 3 years and it mostly was kept in a box in the closet of my studio. But I just got it out and played it for about 30 minutes and it sounds amazing. Very woolly, with some snarl and clarity dialed in with the tone knob. These are hard to find and I hope it goes to someone who will use it more than I have. Works with the power supply and with the battery connector (no battery included).From the Kit Rae Big Muff Site:2000 to presentDesigner: Original circuit design by Bob Myer. V9 circuit modifications by E-H engineer Fran BlancheCircuit Variants: 6Model Numbers: EC3003 (2000), EC3003A (2000), EC3003B (2007), EC3003C (2008), EC3003D (?), EC3003E (2013)True Bypass: Early production was not true bypass, but after 2001 all USA Big Muffs were made true bypassPower: Current draw approximately 3 mA. 9V battery or power jack for an AC adaptor. Jack is 1/8" (3.5mm) plug tip positive. This is reverse polarity of typical pedals so use an E-H power supply or use a converter adaptor like the 1 Spot C35 3.5mm ConverterPlace of Manufacture:Not specified. EHX uses parts sourced both domestically and foreign. Assembled and tested in Long Island City, New York, USAYour piece of the pi. Nicknamed the Classic NYC (New York City) Big Muff Pi. Early on it was referred to as the 'NYC Reissue Big Muff Pi', even though technically it was not a reissue of any previous version. Since the 1991 return to production of the Big Muff manufactured in Russia, E-H founder/owner Mike Matthews found that there was also a demand for the return of a USA Big Muff. EHX began working on the reissue in the Astor Place facility in Manhattan, New York. Fran Blanche, superb boutique pedal maker and founder of Frantone, was given the job revising the circuit for the reissue. She worked for EHX from January 1999 to the Summer of 2000 and was responsible, along with J.C. Morrison, for the design of the huge EHX tube burning and testing machines.Fran spent a few months building prototypes of variations on the classic Big Muff circuit design, as well as some new versions of the circuit. Mike Matthews and several other E-H employees reviewed and tested these dozen or so different prototypes. One of the classic version prototypes was chosen to be the new USA Big Muff. The circuit architecture is essentially the same as the original Bob Myers BMP design, only with a new set of component values. This was nothing new in the history of the Big Muff, as there were literally dozens of different variants of the circuit made throughout the 1970s. It was continually revised. In 2000 the Big Muff returned to production once again in New York, now in Matthews' Long Island City facility (thanks to Fran Blanche for additional info).GRAPHICS AND ENCLOSURE - Version 9 used the same style folded sheet metal box and graphics as the older USA version 3-6 Big Muffs. The silk screened graphics were identical to the version 3-6 graphics with the ITC Poneer Big Muff font, but the words TONE BYPASS were removed since there is now no tone bypass switch, and (annoyingly) no on/off switch. I have seen a few V9's varinats without the large black graphic on the lower half, so the satin steel enclosure shows there, like some V6 Big Muffs. A red LED light was added to the upper left of the box top, and a door cover was added to the back of the box to access the 9v battery - both firsts for a USA Big Muff. All previous Muffs required the entire top of the enclosure to be removed to access the battery. The AC adaptor jack remained from previous versions, although it is positioned slightly farther away from the AMPLIFIER jack than on versions 3-6. There were four rubber feet on the bottom as on the V3-6 Muffs.CIRCUIT - In 2000 the first edition circuit board was marked EC3003 and used four 2N5088 transistorsFirst run Frantone Era Reissue from 1999-2000. Pedal only.

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