Sovtek means quality
June 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Sovtek means quality
March 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A Hate Echo pedal in a Sovtek Big Muff tribute colour scheme, done as a custom order for someone a while back
February 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A Hate Echo pedal in a Sovtek Big Muff tribute colour scheme, done as a custom order for someone a while back
ok. time to take the tube heads to the basement.
(if you’re curious what i AM running when not using tube heads… feel free to ask. it’s not a digital modeler)
top to bottom:
sovtek mig-100
peavey 6505
vox ac100
not pictured: marshall JCM900
(if you’re curious what i AM running when not using tube heads… feel free to ask. it’s not a digital modeler)
top to bottom:
sovtek mig-100
peavey 6505
vox ac100
not pictured: marshall JCM900
February 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
ok. time to take the tube heads to the basement.
(if you’re curious what i AM running when not using tube heads… feel free to ask. it’s not a digital modeler)
top to bottom:
sovtek mig-100
peavey 6505
vox ac100
not pictured: marshall JCM900
(if you’re curious what i AM running when not using tube heads… feel free to ask. it’s not a digital modeler)
top to bottom:
sovtek mig-100
peavey 6505
vox ac100
not pictured: marshall JCM900
Was re-watching Andor and I'm still amused that the show considered a common vacuum tube to be such exotic technology that the audience would accept it as a "code crystal."
April 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Was re-watching Andor and I'm still amused that the show considered a common vacuum tube to be such exotic technology that the audience would accept it as a "code crystal."
February 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Does Bluesky like tube amps? Here's my wood case Sovtek from back in the day! Recently got it serviced and it's back to sounding tip top once again. The high gain input sounds like a Marshall and the low gain gives real Bassman vibes. Love this amp!
November 26, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Does Bluesky like tube amps? Here's my wood case Sovtek from back in the day! Recently got it serviced and it's back to sounding tip top once again. The high gain input sounds like a Marshall and the low gain gives real Bassman vibes. Love this amp!
Pair of Sovtek 5881’s with coin base. Another variant of the 6L6 series.
January 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Pair of Sovtek 5881’s with coin base. Another variant of the 6L6 series.
April 30, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Day 139 #guitarpedals #guitareffects #bigmuffpi
Later in 1992, the Sovtek version changed from Red Army Overdrive back to Big Muff. This version is called the Civil War Muff, referring to the Blue and Grey of the Union and Confederates.
Later in 1992, the Sovtek version changed from Red Army Overdrive back to Big Muff. This version is called the Civil War Muff, referring to the Blue and Grey of the Union and Confederates.
April 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Day 139 #guitarpedals #guitareffects #bigmuffpi
Later in 1992, the Sovtek version changed from Red Army Overdrive back to Big Muff. This version is called the Civil War Muff, referring to the Blue and Grey of the Union and Confederates.
Later in 1992, the Sovtek version changed from Red Army Overdrive back to Big Muff. This version is called the Civil War Muff, referring to the Blue and Grey of the Union and Confederates.
Day 138 #guitarpedals #guitareffects #bigmuffpi
Continuing the Biff Muff week with the Red Army Overdrive, a Big Muff in every way but name. When EHX went bankrupt in 1992, Mike Matthews setup Sovtek in Russia who started making the RAO.
Continuing the Biff Muff week with the Red Army Overdrive, a Big Muff in every way but name. When EHX went bankrupt in 1992, Mike Matthews setup Sovtek in Russia who started making the RAO.
April 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Day 138 #guitarpedals #guitareffects #bigmuffpi
Continuing the Biff Muff week with the Red Army Overdrive, a Big Muff in every way but name. When EHX went bankrupt in 1992, Mike Matthews setup Sovtek in Russia who started making the RAO.
Continuing the Biff Muff week with the Red Army Overdrive, a Big Muff in every way but name. When EHX went bankrupt in 1992, Mike Matthews setup Sovtek in Russia who started making the RAO.
Finished up this lil tribute to the Sovtek Big Muff that I had as a teenager and can't afford to buy an actual used one.
October 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Finished up this lil tribute to the Sovtek Big Muff that I had as a teenager and can't afford to buy an actual used one.
I’m not sure if they have anything to do with the USSR but those Sovtek guitar amps are pretty sick.
June 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I’m not sure if they have anything to do with the USSR but those Sovtek guitar amps are pretty sick.
thats why im bringing in my black russian muff and my sovtek mig 50 to the surgeons office so they understand exactly what i mean
March 5, 2026 at 2:06 AM
thats why im bringing in my black russian muff and my sovtek mig 50 to the surgeons office so they understand exactly what i mean
Rare Sovtek 5UAG in the power section there. Low headroom, good for brown sound.
February 1, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Rare Sovtek 5UAG in the power section there. Low headroom, good for brown sound.
weird first world complaint:
why the fuck are Peavey heads so damn heavy?
i have a 6505 and it weighs a ton.
more than my Vox AC100.
more than my Sovtek Mig100.
and more than my Marshall JCM900.
like… noticeably heavier.
old lady me is not a fan.
but it sounds good, so… catch 22?
why the fuck are Peavey heads so damn heavy?
i have a 6505 and it weighs a ton.
more than my Vox AC100.
more than my Sovtek Mig100.
and more than my Marshall JCM900.
like… noticeably heavier.
old lady me is not a fan.
but it sounds good, so… catch 22?
November 22, 2025 at 5:14 AM
weird first world complaint:
why the fuck are Peavey heads so damn heavy?
i have a 6505 and it weighs a ton.
more than my Vox AC100.
more than my Sovtek Mig100.
and more than my Marshall JCM900.
like… noticeably heavier.
old lady me is not a fan.
but it sounds good, so… catch 22?
why the fuck are Peavey heads so damn heavy?
i have a 6505 and it weighs a ton.
more than my Vox AC100.
more than my Sovtek Mig100.
and more than my Marshall JCM900.
like… noticeably heavier.
old lady me is not a fan.
but it sounds good, so… catch 22?
Just picked up this sovtek and I'm so damn happy. She's so damn heavy, can't wait till I can really crank it the low end on this thing is obscene
May 6, 2023 at 10:40 PM
Just picked up this sovtek and I'm so damn happy. She's so damn heavy, can't wait till I can really crank it the low end on this thing is obscene
So far today people in the local music gear group I'm in have posted:
- a 1973 Gibson Ripper
- a Music Man HD130 head
- an Ampeg v4 head
- a Sovtek MIG100
I am being tested.
- a 1973 Gibson Ripper
- a Music Man HD130 head
- an Ampeg v4 head
- a Sovtek MIG100
I am being tested.
April 28, 2026 at 9:15 PM
So far today people in the local music gear group I'm in have posted:
- a 1973 Gibson Ripper
- a Music Man HD130 head
- an Ampeg v4 head
- a Sovtek MIG100
I am being tested.
- a 1973 Gibson Ripper
- a Music Man HD130 head
- an Ampeg v4 head
- a Sovtek MIG100
I am being tested.
Wish I had more pictures, but I spent the last two days with Lungsplitter, a doom band from Chicago. I love a chance to record big amps at high volumes. Guitars are a Sovtek Mig 100 and Peavey 5150 each into an Acoustic 403. Bass is a Terror Bass into an Ampeg V-2 with Celestion Pulse drivers. BIG
February 7, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Wish I had more pictures, but I spent the last two days with Lungsplitter, a doom band from Chicago. I love a chance to record big amps at high volumes. Guitars are a Sovtek Mig 100 and Peavey 5150 each into an Acoustic 403. Bass is a Terror Bass into an Ampeg V-2 with Celestion Pulse drivers. BIG