The Red Menace is one of the first, modified, muff circuits I did that combines two of my favorite muffs, the early Red Army Overdrive and the 1972 Triangles.

The low end has the perfect balance of low-end and clarity. You can feel the punch of the bass notes cutting through the fuzz. The high strings have a sweet, high-gain, sustain just like the later Triangle pedals.
While adding the mids control I also had to modify the circuit to keep the original punch on chords and the smooth, singing tone on leads.

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One of the best versions of the Ram's Head is the "Violet" version.

The overall tone of the pedal is very balanced from low to high and it has a ton of warm, smooth fuzz that make chords full while retaining string clarity. 
Lead tones are very smooth, punchy and warm. Harmonics jump out with very little effort.

Vintage 1975 Violet Ram's Head

This is what a muff is! My favorite version of the Triangle era fuzzes.

The biggest, meanest, grittiest and smoothest sounding Triangle.



Monstrous fuzz with a throaty, wooly, gritty break-up on the lower notes and a sweet, full, blooming, smooth fuzz on leads. The tone of the pedal is balanced with a little extra low end throughout that gives it a meaty fullness. 

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1970 Tri-Muff V1

The Civil War is for those searching for the sound of the early 90's Russian fuzz.

Even though it has less gain than its predecessors, the Civil War is a full-bodied machine and works great on guitar as well as bass.
The low-end of the pedal gives you incredibly smooth lead tones and bass notes and chords are earth-shaking.

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Civil War

Many years ago I was sent some pictures of Frank Zappa's, modified, late 1970's Big Muff™. The mods made to the pedal give it a very smooth, warm sound on the bass side but allows a little brightness on the high strings. 

They also reduce the gain of the pedal making it more of a low to medium overdrive/fuzz mix.
The pedal yields a full-bodied, smooth, low-end and sweet highs with a little bite on lead notes.
In 2016 I made a very limited run of the pedal and called it the Utility Muffin, named after Frank Zappa's recording studio, the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen. 

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