All user reviews for the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi Sovtek

fuzz

no power supply sector

and especially the bypass is horrible!

UTILIZATION

very simple ... the gain is there for show, not much difference ... the tone is efficient on the other hand, as the volume, the two are scheduled throughout the stroke of the knob ...

SOUND QUALITY

on -> perfect ... if you like that kind of grain, I used it mostly agree, it's big it's not super fatty but it's still pretty accurate right

off -> we forget! buffers are disgusting, it requires a true bypass mod or we reserve the studio

I note the fact as such, the lack of bypass was "punished" in characteristic

OVERALL OPINION

value for money at the time was really not bad, I can not remember the original price I paid at the time but it was really cheap too ... the quality of its "off" is so bad as to be unworkable elsewhere in the studio ...

I keep it, despite its price in 2nd hand outrageously high, because it's a classic ... and I do not exclude the change and to reinstate my set-up ...

Here again I can not simply ignore the bypass for the rating ... So ...

Electro harmonics has really dominated the effects world with such high quality and great sounding effects pedals. They're probably most well-known for their Big muff pedals that have really been the standard for fuzz distortion in the music industry. These pedals have a nice thick rich warm fuzz tone that sounds fantastic any amp or even a clean amplifier. This is the pedal that it's basically the exact same title as the American-built big muff pedal but simply this one it was made in Russia.

UTILIZATION


The special comes with three control knobs just like the American version. You have a volume control, you have a distortion control which would've been the equivalent of the sustain in the American version, and then you have a tone control. What up is also interesting is the foot switch button is a little bit bigger and wider than your normal clickers of the boss pedals or any other type of MXR pedal or Electro Harmonics pedal.


SOUND QUALITY


The tone of this pedal is quite similar to the Electro Harmonics big Muff American-made pedal. It has the same gainy structure with thick distortion as you would see or hear. It does come in a sort of military looking box which is quite appealing to me in some respects. It also comes with a nice wooden box for the overall case. The tone is cool and the only fuzz pedal that I would ever use.

OVERALL OPINION


These pedals come in used at right at around $260. They are fairy expense and a lot more expensive than the American-built. These are very cool pedals and if you can find one at a decent price I would suggest just grabbing it because it's a cool collectors item as well. Otherwise i would just go with the American built version which sound basically the same for much less of a price. Not as military looking but the tone and sound is there.

THE FUZZ FUZZ FUZZ.
The plastic button and the button are not too tough injury, but it will be crazy.
There is no adapter, and must often change the battery if used often. notice to the handyman

UTILIZATION

Nothing is easier than to plug in and adjust its sound.
No need to book.

SOUND QUALITY

WARNING, may be zero as well as following the gear used. The sound is excellent when using a good scraper with good micro. On my mustang is a no shit and a les paul copy it make me tremble. Not to be used with simple microphone, this would be a shame.
The bass is really powerful and acute does not sound like AC / DC or as a RAT.
Council prcieux I recommend it to the owner of this guitar pedals. Dsacorde the 6th string 2-tone desssus .................
If You rang WITH REVERB TWN, you will not be due to the trip. Try and find yourself even.

OVERALL OPINION

Sighted in a group together using the MODEL, and with only a ds1 the era, I do not hsiter on that choice. I use it for 4 years, I'm a fan of the Melvins and without the pedals, I would stop the music. Especially since I have a twin reverb. THE price quality ratio is really quis best in electro harmonix pedals home.
Even if it could not be found and it would cost 300 euros Ocassion I would do this choice and closed eyes.

Big green metal box (very heavy and too thick).

Three knobs: Gain, Tone and Disto.

Input and Output in plastok, blah blah!

9V battery power or requires a little tinkering.

Large and heavy.

UTILIZATION

As said before, it is heavy and very big and a lot too thick. Placed on a pedalboard careful not to put anything behind because access would be very hard for the foot.

The knobs have a race that starts in different places: So you get lost.

at 6 o'clock for the distortion
10H to gain
15H to the tone

It's very boring.

Can not be less than that tinkering with fuel cells. I have a Dunlop DCB-10 so it's a little con I think.

SOUND QUALITY

Kill her, she's one my children!
It's the 70's Fuzz: fat, aggressive. I hear all my favorite records.

It's pure happiness but watch ca is not for the faint hearted.

IT'S VERY VERY BIG SOUND !!!!!!!

OVERALL OPINION

I adoreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee if I lose, I want a fly!

Unz Fuzz Fuzz many analog
Battery powered AC outlets and prevents the loss of gain
nice model, which was produced by the Recycling of the Red Army!

UTILIZATION

The config is simple knobs and 3 basta!
no manual should not be all that remained

SOUND QUALITY

Indeed effective, some will complain about the battery power only
with a telecaster
pa is great to say!

OVERALL OPINION

For a month, bought doccaz
it sounds very roots is great, bcp ca change of current Russian Big Muff reissue black United States
yes jai tried all the models of big muff and all are different from each other
quality / price ratio vmt good, if we play on the scarcity n "as no longer available on the market
experience with YES without hesitation!

A fuzz, fuzz .... but what Olala
of the true old vintage
not on battery power supply appallingly 9Volt
3 knobs (sustain, tone, volume)
in and out jack
nothing more than the bare minimum ....
why I put 10/10 Although the features are weak?? Because all just bein with can of thing can be so good ...

UTILIZATION

Configuration very simple, it's not three knobs that will make us return the brain ...

SOUND QUALITY

Honestly this pedal is a real bomb a true showman and rock.
samples?? Listen all the pieces of rock from the past 30 years (pinkfloyd, led zep ...)
it's a fuzz I use it with my Fender Start and a fender super 112 amp lamp, I would not say BTIS but the reputation of saturating the microphones simply a stratum like no other pedal.

OVERALL OPINION

It's been 3 months that I use and I asser back that this is probably the best pedal and the best invention APRS guitar and amp lamps (vridique).
Believe me when I said this because I had a lot of pedal until now I site (Zvex fuzz factory, mesa v-twin, marsahal Shredmaster Drivemaster guvnor, boss ds1 OD2, Proco Vintage Rat, maxon od 808, vox V810 for the distos I probably forget some qelques) and other pedals like a boss ce2 chorus, ibanez ad9 analog Deley, maxon compressor ...
Finally Voil croiyez me when I now I have only one Sovtek Big Muff pedal.
if I break or lose bein I hesitate redeem another without any price above what is becoming scarcer and more expensive (100 euros) I think I'll anticipate the shot and busted me a second.
here I have done with this opinion I have half my heart I never break the head to an opinion on anything but this pedal is well worth a minute to write him a favor, so if you have comments or questions about me please feel free to mail me.
you'll pay !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's a fuzz, or rather is the fuzz!

UTILIZATION

Very easy to use, three knobs: volume, distortion, tone ..
We can not be fed by an external power supply.
Extremely heavy box, has not thrown a fiure the guitarists ....

SOUND QUALITY

I'm bassist, I play with precision in amplification ampeg (HLF svtIIpro + 610). This fuzz is definitely the one that sounds really with a bass. We always have problemnes frequency (too fat, too high) or low consistency (Flight of the Bumblebee way) with other pedals on the market. Here we come to have a huge distortion without losing the attack and not be swallowed alive by our fellow guitarists.
Everything is there: the big sound of a crying feedback ...

OVERALL OPINION

I have been using ... almost 20 years ... I must say that it is a legacy of the period grunge (Nirvana, L7, etc ...). It has almost no paint but it is still 50% of my sound. It is therefore impossible without it.
A few small weaknesses (still): A tone hard to tame, which sometimes gives the impression of being controlled by outside forces ... and also a "clock" unpleasant produced by the inter.
A try by all rock bassists thrill seekers!

The Electro Harmonix Big Muff Pi (Sovtek) is a vintage distortion pedal.  It has 1/4 inch connections and is powered by either a nine volt battery or an Electro Harmonix power supply.  Compared to the newer American versions of this pedal, it has the pretty much the same characteristics, but this pedal is even gritter sounding.  This is an all analog unit and isn't rack mountable.


UTILIZATION

Use of the Electro Harmonix Big Muff Pi (Sovtek) isn't hard at all as the pedal simply has three parameters.  It has knobs for volume, distortion, and tone, which I believe are the same parameters that can be found on all of the versions of this classic pedal.  Even if you don't have too much experience with pedals, this is extremely easy to use and a manual really isn't necessary.


SOUND QUALITY

I've really got no complaints about the sounds that you can get from the Electro Harmonix Big Muff Pi (Sovtek).  It has a fat tone and is really down and dirty sounding.  It isn't great for getting a crisp overdrive, as it is pretty fuzzy and quite gritty.  It is a perfect distortion pedal for those who really love a fat distortion sound for heavy rock music or for those who want a really thick lead sound.  Even though it isn't versatile enough to be the only distortion pedal I use, I love this pedal because it gives me sounds that I really can't get anywhere else.


OVERALL OPINION

Overall, the Electro Harmonix Big Muff Pi (Sovtek) is a really impressive distortion pedal.  Its great for both guitar and bass guitar and even though this thing is pretty old, it can really crank.  The price is very reasonable and if you are a distortion lover, this is a pedal that is absolutely worth checking out.  Electro Harmonix is a great company and since pedals are their specialty and this is one of their originals, it really has a great vibe and overall tone to it.

Three knobs: Volume, Tone, Distortion. A non-true-bypass footswitch. No power adapter jack so you must use a battery.

I should say that many pedals, in my opinion, don't need to be true bypass. Boss pedals, for instance, have a well-designed buffer stage so that sound quality is actually, if anything, enhanced by having the pedal in the signal chain but off. Anyway, this is not one of those pedals. Noticeable dulling of tone when the effect is not engaged.

Also, the shafts of the pots, to which the knobs attach, bend really easily.

UTILIZATION

It's hard to get a good sound out of this thing. Often the best results come from running two amps so you can mix the affected signal from one amp and the dry signal from another. In my experience this allows both for some clarity to be preserved so you can hear what you're actually playing and it also puts back the midrange frequencies that the pedal, when on, scoops out.

That said, in this application, this pedal has got me some really incredible fuzz tones that I've not heard anywhere else. I know I'm dissing it pretty hard right now, but, believe me, I have no intention of selling it. It has its place, and there's always going to be songs in any band that call for this particular kind of thick-fuzz-buzz-madness cocktail.

SOUND QUALITY

I can't really imagine using this live. The sound of the guitar when the effect is off just suffers too much, and there's no way you'd want your guitar to sound like this on every song.

Also, as I said before, when the effect is on, even though the quality of the distortion is great, there's this weird mid-range scoop that happens. Unless you're playing metal only, it seems like you want to have a mid-boost rather than a mid-cut when you turn the distortion on. I don't know, maybe that's just me. Anyway, the distortion has great boomy low end and sparkling high end fizz. Like -- I don't know -- carbonated molasses, maybe?

As I said before, I've found the need to overcome the lack of mid response and the sometimes muddy-ing quality of the distortion by running a mid-heavy clean sound on a secondary amp. This has given my one of my favorite fuzz tones in the studio. Whenever I record other guitarists I make them do a take like that, and they're always pleased with the results.

OVERALL OPINION

Everything about this pedal says Russia: Depressing pseudo-military aesthetics, shoddy construction, temperamental and ill-humored tone, and the vague sense that an AC power source constitutes a luxury reserved for others.

I also would not recommend gigging with this pedal.

But in the studio, I go back to this thing again and again. I'm constantly surprised at how good it can sound under the right circumstances, and how well the sound coming out of the amp, with nothing more than the usual SM57, translates to what you hear on tape.