All user reviews of 5/5 for the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff PI

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Fuzz the legendary ...

This is one that has the most mouth on the pedalboard! FMeasure size is not super convenient but throws!

It's a real tank, there is something to jump feet together it to lock (that said, I deprecated all the same!). It is a pleasure to play with three standard knobs (Volume, Tone, Sustain).
Attention, it possde power mini jack so you do buy a small adapter if you use a standard power supply.

UTILIZATION

Trs easy to use. 3 knobs. RULES you your sound by playing on Sustain and Tone, volume and tone ADJUSTED you go! Trs quickly found our sound if you know what to expect well-sr! It is not always easy to master that in some wild bte rglages but it's so good!

SOUND QUALITY

The pedals do not please absolutely everyone. Versatility is far from being the quality Premire. This is the type most pedals of my pedalboard. A single grain and unmistakable. A must try so ... Prior to

Anyway I like! Oh yes I love! It's bold, it mchant, it's dirty! It's not a Fiott of pedals ( <img class="smiley" src="/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_lol.gif" alt="" /> pedals ...... Fiott ........ drop).

Tone is an extreme one: the hum trs deaf to his screaming and breaking the ears! It's all in the right measure ...

The Sustain (= saturation) Go pais good vintage sound of many wild dirty distortion.

I use it for two styles: vintage sounds fawn Hendrix ... nerv and garage rock power chord to blow.

L o is the most common is when a couple of overdrive / distortion nicer ... For solos it gnial. Personal, sometimes a great big bend silmple roar that makes the big muff is better than a solo full of technique (I'm not so good a trs suits me!)!

I use a Laney VC15 (all lamps) with a strat lonestar (with Seymour Duncan humbucker).

Obviously, many in this small nerve boi-box product of breath ... you your prvenus.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 6-7 months. OCCAZ buy 45 euros I think. It is the only fuzz I've tried. I ignored his legends. And I'm not! It is trs type, and it has that I like, but the risk of scaring some people. So try before.

Fuzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, legendary, mythical same!
Editable if it has a thumb and an index (or major)
Given the size it must not float in a rack too: p
EHX analog inside!
Jack and that's enough! even the taking of power supply (-1)

It's big, huge even, I love this pedal format. Looking at the circuit inside one wonders why the case is so big, one-third would have been enough.

8 / 10 because of the power supply mini jack and the size of the housing that will interfere with many.

UTILIZATION

Oune little easier, just background and that's it ...
Nah, kidding, but make donf from time to time that describes the ears.

The manual so there is one, but for what it is ...

Again on August 1

SOUND QUALITY

For it is not very versatile against the effect (not even).
Done to send the wood, nothing else, it'll cradder your sound, make porridge, to go on feedback are no better, pair it with another type of distortion is even better with the effects of modulations (before or after) it is always good.

On a guitar is genial, a bass solo (alone in either) it's going it's cool, we realize that we as a group has more bass and suddenly it's less fun.

always 8!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a long time (5-6 years I think)
I wish I could test the older models (mine is a reissue) or sovteck, but it's not easy to find.

The price is ridiculous for the quality of this pedal and I would definitely do it again this election (even with a bass).

And a 9 because I'm a fan!

I went to Guitar Center one day looking for something to buy because I had money burning a whole in my pocket. Decided to pick the Big Muff up since I have seen so many players use or talk about this pedal. Took it home and wow!!!...This is the first time I have played a fuzz box before and very different than natural amp distortion or other OD pedals such as Boss or Ibanez. To my pleasant and utter satisfaction I was getting very cool sustain to which I had never gotten with regular OD pedals before. I was even getting a violin type sound with playing around with the Sustain knob.

The layout is as follows...

Volume,Tone, Sustain,

Volume is at is says. Tone will color your tone to dark or bright depending on how you dial it in. Sustain add the gain and violin like qualities to your tone.

What I like best about this pedal was how the sustain was very long and drawn out. Very useful in certain situations. I probably wouldn't use this as my everyday rig tone but it adds a cool and fun element to your arsenal.

UTILIZATION

Specs:

True bypass
Singing sustain with attitude
Crushing distortion
Adjustable tone
9-volt battery included
Optional 9DC-100 power supply available

Well it does not get much simpler than this. Maybe the easiest pedal to figure out. The manual was a mute point as anyone can figure out how to use this thing. It did help a little to find that violin setting which I did not know it could do until I read the manual. So that was a plus to add in the box.

SOUND QUALITY

When it comes to fuzz boxes I don't think there is anything better than the Big Muff. I have played a tone of fuzz pedals and nothing really comes close to the Big Muff. It is very warm and thick. Other pedals I have played seem to be thinner and more metallic sounding. This pedal is so simple and cheap at $80 it is not something that will necessarily break the bank.

I would use this with a Tele, Strat, and a Les Paul. Each instrument sounded very good and usable. It beefed up my Tele and just made my LP explode into sustaining saturation. I ran it in front of a Vox AC30 and a '74 Marshall JMP. The combo with the Vox was quite good and a tone that I actually miss since I don't have my Vox anymore. I have gone through a ton of pedals throughout my years and this is one that has stayed with me and I will never sell.

One downside is that I have an older one that is not true bypass which is a bummer now that the newer ones have this feature. However, I'm not going to shell out the extra $80 to get one with true bypass when I don't use it that much anymore

OVERALL OPINION

I love this pedal. Easy to use and the most classic fuzz box this world has ever known. I would say the only down side is the size of the box. It is HUGE and takes up a ton of space on your pedal board.

Another thing is the odd plug which is on the male side. It doesn't use a normal Boss or Ibanez plug so beware of that. It feels kind of hollow to which you would think it could break but I have never had a problem with mine.

At new these pedals come in at around $79, which is an excellent price for this item. I would recommend this pedal to any guitar player. It to me is a staple in rock n roll and should be owned by everyone. For the money some spend on gear this is one that will always sound the same and provide that irrefutable classic fuzz tone.

FUZZ pedal type.
100% analog!
Knob 3: volume, tone and sustain. is simple.
for the connection, an input, output and power supply mini jack.
the pedal is HUGE! that even I had expected, I was surprised by its size.

8 / 10 for size really outsized and PSU.

UTILIZATION

I use it with a bass.
the sound is really great, nothing wrong. serious loss, it's really to quibble. it sounds really nickel).
the sound editing is really easy, really nickel.

10/10

SOUND QUALITY

well then, wow!!
it's bold, it drips, it goes in all directions and it denies!
that's exactly what I wanted.
the pedal is not versatile, but you buy it for her muff and nothing else!
I tested the bass big muff, but the sound was too precise and too clean. U.S. IP with it goes in all directions, is not "square" and that's what she got more expensive.

9 / 10 for lack of versatility, but I quibble

OVERALL OPINION

fuzz pedal that really makes nickel on bass. I love me!

10/10 beautiful richly deserved

I went to Guitar Center one day looking for something to buy because I had money burning a whole in my pocket. Decided to pick the Big Muff up since I have seen so many players use or talk about this pedal. Took it home and wow!!!...This is the first time I have played a fuzz box before and very different than natural amp distortion or other OD pedals such as Boss or Ibanez. To my pleasant and utter satisfaction I was getting very cool sustain to which I had never gotten with regular OD pedals before. I was even getting a violin type sound with playing around with the Sustain knob.

The layout is as follows...

Volume,Tone, Sustain,

Volume is at is says. Tone will color your tone to dark or bright depending on how you dial it in. Sustain add the gain and violin like qualities to your tone.

What I like best about this pedal was how the sustain was very long and drawn out. Very useful in certain situations. I probably wouldn't use this as my everyday rig tone but it adds a cool and fun element to your arsenal.

UTILIZATION

Well it does not get much simpler than this. Maybe the easiest pedal to figure out. The manual was a mute point as anyone can figure out how to use this thing. It did help a little to find that violin setting which I did not know it could do until I read the manual. So that was a plus to add in the box.

SOUND QUALITY

When it comes to fuzz boxes I don't think there is anything better than the Big Muff. I have played a tone of fuzz pedals and nothing really comes close to the Big Muff. It is very warm and thick. Other pedals I have played seem to be thinner and more metallic sounding. This pedal is so simple and cheap at $80 it is not something that will necessarily break the bank.

I would use this with a Tele, Strat, and a Les Paul. Each instrument sounded very good and usable. It beefed up my Tele and just made my LP explode into sustaining saturation. I ran it in front of a Vox AC30 and a '74 Marshall JMP. The combo with the Vox was quite good and a tone that I actually miss since I don't have my Vox anymore. I have gone through a ton of pedals throughout my years and this is one that has stayed with me and I will never sell.

One downside is that I have an older one that is not true bypass which is a bummer now that the newer ones have this feature. However, I'm not going to shell out the extra $80 to get one with true bypass when I don't use it that much anymore

OVERALL OPINION

I love this pedal. Easy to use and the most classic fuzz box this world has ever known. I would say the only down side is the size of the box. It is HUGE and takes up a ton of space on your pedal board. Another thing is the odd plug which is on the male side. It doesn't use a normal Boss or Ibanez plug so beware of that. It feels kind of hollow to which you would think it could break but I have never had a problem with mine.

I would recommend this pedal to any guitar player. It to me is a staple in rock n roll and should be owned by everyone. For the money some spend on gear this is one that will always sound the same and provide that irrefutable classic fuzz tone.

analog pedal, aluminum big thing with three big plastic button that looks like something out of a film of the 80 sf
connectors, bin in and out through the PSU cons mini jack is annoying
Brief for a very large pedalboard and need an adapter for the PSU
ah yes you can put a stack, but "get out your screwdriver" as the boring but good it consumes very little ....

UTILIZATION

Volume, tone, sustain (gain / distortion)
if you're doing not to find a sound with AC will see an ENT or arreyte music, extremely simple

SOUND QUALITY

quality .... well it's dirty, aggressive, and sparkling low we look synthtique, this is what is scary but this is nothing pejorative, it is huge, the sound is something obscene, disgusting and ca ca has the mouth, so versatility is not necessarily its thing, it happens in many different styles, ehx sells it as the pedal Floyd and Santana, and it is true that for this style solo torn it, but must add that this is the main disto jack white, and if my memory is good nancy boy was saved with a big muff ... there is always something to do with ....
I test with: gibson les paul studio premium plus, gibson les paul dc pro, gibson sg standard, fender mustang competition cij, fender telecaster std us, ja90 telecaster, classic player jaguar and a double on Fender amp superfield xd, orange rocker 30, vox ac 4TV (bad cocktail) Vox AC15 and Fender Hot Rod Deluxe head ...... if the guitars sounded is not the case for amps, I strongly advise to have a good clear sound and lamps
I have added a note to turn the sound equalizer (more aggressive)

OVERALL OPINION

since I did I do without it anymore, I try to distortion pedals bcp / fuzz / oeverdrive before her (mt2, md2, ds1, you dirty rat, fuzz factory, metal muff, Bloody Mary) and although some of these models bcp me more (the fuzz factory ... mmmmm) it remains my favorite porn
well to recognize its limitations (very very dirty not very precise) it's a hit with a grain of nature, simple to use, cheap and legendary ...
I'll always have a big muff that the, or vintage, or Russian, then it is a must
we like it or not there has to do with tjs qqchose
it's a bit like a busty actress vulgar, she is still indeed the film qqsoit

The Electro Harmonix Big Muff Pi (USA) is an analog distortion pedal. It has a 1/4 inch input for your guitar and another 1/4 inch output to go to your amplifier. It is not a rackable unit as it is a stomp box.

UTILIZATION

The configuration of the pedal, like most Electro Harmonix pedals, is extremely easy to follow and is easy to use. It has three knobs - one for volume, one for tone, and one for sustain. It is easy to manipulate the pedal to get a number of different distortion sounds as it only has three knobs that control pretty straightforward things. I don't have a manual for this, but never was in a situation where I wish I did.

SOUND QUALITY

The Electro Harmonix Big Muff Pi has one of the fattest tones I have heard from a distortion pedal. It really rips and when the sustain is up, you can hold your note out endlessly. I have only used this for guitar, which is really what it is aimed for using with. One of the guitars I use this with is a Fender Stratocaster and I usually use it with a 1976 Fender Twin Reverb amplifier. I love using this for both rhythm and lead tones, but have found it most effective as a lead tone. The thickness from this pedal is unlike any I have heard.

OVERALL OPINION

I've been using the Electro Harmonix Big Muff Pi for about three years. While I can't get every distortion sound I would like out of this, the sound it does produce is pretty great. It is thick and rich in tone and is quite easy to use. Compared to a pedal like the Boss DS-1, it sounds better overall to me as it produces a much fuller tone. The price won't blow you away, but it isn't too expensive. Electro Harmonix makes great guitar pedals, and this is a great example of the craftmanship they deliver.