All user reviews of 4/5 for the Electro-Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi XO

3 knobs, Level, Tone, Sustain, a classic, but a good dose to get the sound you want.

Robust housing that is EH nothing wrong it's tough, the knob idem, IN / OUT Brief Simple effective.

UTILIZATION

It is in the tastes found pleasure, so it must be tested to find the sound but it is not 10 years on the dose volume 2 sec, the tone depending on the gear, the scratches, and other effects it may take a little more time, we'll go say 2 min and then the Sustain is where you will spend the most time because as for the tone settings can vary depending on that it accompanies. The there is no recipe tastes as it is personally I put one at 11am sustain chtit reverb over a small delay at the end and it sounds pretty good for the Black Eyed Peas, Zztop.

Sustain a 0 it sounds not too bad also for the lighter parts. (Always with reverb and delay). For U2 and Pink Floyd.

SOUND QUALITY

Regarding qualitée, I am more successful because I do not have enough comparison to be objective, I have an ear against like everyone else and I think for an amateur and for budget c ' is perfect.

In any case for testing the fuzz on multieffects is already the day and night.

OVERALL OPINION

Overall Opinion I'm sure there are much better, but personally I like it well I think it is a fuzz that should be in all the Pedalboards a budget and want a sound that hold the road.

It is a personal opinion but I pensse some not regret to see 45 € 50 seresse do that to test and make your own opinion.

true bypass
analog
a pedal legend! Finally, the big muff is well known
here is the version that fits in a backpack if we put more lol
is a volume control
high = mid tone left and no acute bcp low mids and treble right
not need adjustment mediums!
= gain and sustain.

UTILIZATION

it is very simple
ON may sound fuzz spirit in the sky to satisfaction
Surely U2, slash (just Marshall) to pink floyd (for fans)

SOUND QUALITY

well, then, I confess that I am a little disappointed.
Why?
the gain is not huge because I was expecting the feedback and a big warm sound
I think the sound is cold, almost digital
and eg with a vox brit boost pedal, there is a great gain and lamps: it's beautiful and it's hot and not there
even if solo is probably fine (I see the time)
Otherwise, you can pair it with a TS9, booster, Marshall Bluesbreakers, delay, compressor etc. if we want something more.

OVERALL OPINION

this is a recent purchase
I hesitated with tone wicker, but I think others are less well known fuzz pedals as well see better
I love the sound fuzz
I'm not a fan on the cold side and the lack of feedback, while other pedals do the same volume
I will test bcp fuzz but, then, so much time etc.
there, I went to ease
I'll see with time
I would have liked a settings bass, treble and bass in this pedal, I find that it lacks
I think the big muff (big model) has a warmer sound in serious if not, see the next tone bender etc..

Fuzz type distortion, three knobs, it looks simple but I've always found that the Big Muff all confused series were not necessarily the most obvious to solve.
Bad point for the quality of the switch that sometimes bad snaps and lets off the pedal with the volume halved!
I'll have to think out my soldering iron and replace the switch. The rest is in good condition.

UTILIZATION

Setting a bit more complex than a conventional distortion.
Indeed it depends on the amp and the guitar used. Roxane on my 1000 The Paul-type (SH2 and SH4 pickups), I have not managed to get a sound that I liked 100%, say that the tone does not quite end adjustments to balance the bass / treble.
on the other hand on my Telecaster 60th anniversary, it rocks, it goes well with the edge of the bridge pickup and adjustments are easier.

SOUND QUALITY

The sounds are powerful and bold, it gives in the large energetic rock but curiously as I said, it does better single coil pickups on the Telecaster (for my taste).
I would have to test it on a guitar with humbucking different from my Roxane.
The gain is relatively high and it just sounded like modern fortification based on the parameters selected.

OVERALL OPINION

A good pedal but ask myself the quality issue. To see time as the switch is really low-end. I do not know if the normal version of the Big Muff is doing better on this point. On the left is correct.
A pedal that needs to be tamed and dwell on the settings to deliver its potential.

Fuzz-like effect ... but good for me, the WB is not really a fuzz in the sense of the term hendrixien (the Dallas Arbiter is a true ...)
It's analog, but the electronics is much less pretty to look on my old BM Russian.
Otherwise, big advantage of this model have a standard power supply (by which I mean Boss type)
Otherwise, 3 knobs, they are known: Sustain, Tone and Volume

UTILIZATION

Very simple ... quickly found its sound even a guy (or girl) who have never played ... do not scratch

SOUND QUALITY

The Big Muff ... It's legendary, it's part of the pedals to have my opinion ...
It is a grain, a sound, not too versatile ...
I love it.
Compared to the Russian that I possessed, by the by less spin is a little more specific, in fact, I prefer it in its (though many prefer the opposite)
There are very grain of Floyd, Black Sabbath ...
I also love to Lead the parts of songs like "My Iron Lung" or "creep" by Radiohead although this effect is far enough from the Shredmaster used by Greenwood ...
Only flaw ... a lot of breath ... Anyway, it was a fuzz, I think I'm exaggerating by saying that.

It's bold, it's not accurate at all but we love it!

Other details ... I would find it a bit more gain than the Russian BM (st a little less dynamic ...)

OVERALL OPINION

I just buy it to replace my BM Russian, I had not tried before but from what I read above, she corrected the flaws I found in Russian.
I am very satisfied, an inimitable grain, a very affordable ... nothing special to complain

Distortion / Fuzz could not be more conventional. Pure analog. SMD components. Full-metal body, true bypass. Powered by 9V (probably more able to cash), by conventional battery or AC adapter (for effects pedals, tip = GND).

Three knobs: gain, volume, tone.
An LED indicator of operation (red).

A jack input, 1 output jack.

Classic. Not fancy.

UTILIZATION

The configuration is simple. Having bought second hand I did not have the manual with it. But given the straightforward approach, there is no problem.

Note: I had a look at the manual on their site. Two pages! (No, one and a half.) But there is no need more. Perhaps some examples of settings were nice?

The buttons look good, are not too sensitive, maybe a little lack of grip. The controls are really effective.

The LED is easily visible, no problem from this point of view. Despite this, the battery does not wear out too quickly (usually it's the LED that pumps more on a pedal, especially when it's a simple effect like here). From what I remember, I used it much but I've never needed to change the battery. Good point.

Quality level of manufacture, unless you are a fundamentalist component crossing is good. Conso mastered, metal housing and solid switch. The plastic jacks tend to unscrew: be careful. The jacks are soldered to the PCB model, so it's not bad, if the plastic flies, it is always easy to plug / unplug the Plugs (since they do not move). The disadvantage is that you just might tear if there is too much like a nag, as it is the PCBs that takes all the mechanical stress (even if it is visibly solid). Blunders made plastic parts, if you lose you're wrong!

The battery change is done by unscrewing the bottom cap. So you need a screwdriver. Hum. The box is rather large, not very high (less than a BOSS), but very wide. It takes up space on a pedal board. Moreover, there is, as on all EH pedals, 4 small rubber feet to grip. Efficient, sure, but for a pedal board is the galley, as it must be glued velcro underneath. As the feet are 3-4 mm high and they are stuck, difficult to put the Velcro, as it will not stick to the floor pedal board. I admit I have not yet acceptable solution (I dare not pull the feet).

SOUND QUALITY

I use it with Epiphone SG Special, Fender Tele and Fender Jag.

The sound is quite what one expects: this powerful, a little heavy. The sound is rather rough cons, especially since the profit margin is important: 1 / 10 of the race was already a flurry of fuzz. At least we have on reserve. Margin volume is good, because in general it takes to turn the knob 1 / 3 for a volume equivalent to the sound clear. Good point. The coloring is very marked, and the tone of the guitar appears difficult. But it is the effect that it wants. In general, the sound is rather rough (again, this is the effect which means that). I shudder to think what would be a Double Muff ...

You can have the crunch by reducing the gain, and it makes it rather well, but even this minimum crunch not bad. The tone knob is very effective, but obviously does not sound sculpting. It takes a true equalizer for that. One way I think overall there are too many mids / bass, which makes his vague, and requires up the tone knob, but it quickly gets something nazillard. Hard to get something convincing.

It is perhaps the guitars I use, in any case it is difficult to be clear already in a band with another guitar. To make matters worse, the gain he has seen, we get a feedback loop of control quickly (again, it surely comes as the guitar). Difficult to tame. on the other hand, once a balanced setting is found, it was a real dirty fuzz sound and powerful. For which this pedal is made casually. To the psyche / rock 70's punk or she is well. For solos yes (but beware of feedback). For metal it seems too rough.

I do not think it adds a lot of breath. Better! For cons, the switch is very noisy! When activated, it makes a noise (sound) monstrous. It exudes quality, for sure, but hey, it's a bit annoying when you play. In a song, you hear a little noise in the switching amplifier, so be careful.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for two years, initially to make recordings and experiments (Hagstrom Suede - Spring King - Little Big Muff - tube amp = Wow!), Then on stage, coupled with an Octave Multiplexer, which I brings out my Jag on a solo (as the basic sound of the Jag is a bit anemic, especially in a group of 7, with another guitar player who plays Les Paul). Margin volume of the Big Muff allows me to overcome the attenuation of the octave. I think they go well together. To give an idea, it gives the same kind of sound that the keyboard early Trukin Space 'on the Made in Japan Deep Purple. This is powerful! But do not abuse it.

The sound is distinctive, powerful, dirty, not very versatile, I find, but this is not what we asked. Seems still difficult to use it exclusively. In any case, I do not do it.

Considering the price (45 € used) I'm not complaining. But given the limitations in sound, I tell myself that I would have been disappointed if I had had more money. It is worth its price (fob quality and sound) and it has its place in a pedal board. We must be sure of what we want.

According to Electro-Harmonix, the Little Big Muff is identical to the Big Muff, only smaller. It's a rather basic, but seemingly sturdy stomp box fuzz pedal. One input, one output, three knobs (volume, tone, and sustain), and a foot switch.

I chose this pedal primarily as a compromise between the Big Muff and the Nano Muff. The Big Muff is just too... big, and I honestly don't understand why the pedal has to have such a large housing. The Nano Muff only has a volume control, and I wanted to be able to tweak the sound. But I really feel that the Little Big Muff is no compromise at all, more like the best of both pedals, and it seems deceptively flexible.

Some people have complained that it adds too much low-end. While I do tend to keep the tone above 12 o'clock, I feel there is plenty of room for adjustment, and it might be more about the amp they are playing out of; my tube Peavey Classic 50 makes this pedal sound a bit less bassy than my digital Peavey KB-60 keyboard amp (but surprisingly enough, I feel that this pedal sounds good through both of them).

I was inspired to try an EHX Muff pedal when I heard some of the gritty fuzz tones coming from Jack White's guitar on the DVD "Under Blackpool Lights." It's extremely easy to get a very similar sound with this pedal and variations on it. Perhaps this pedal IS a bit more bassy than the regular Muff, but someone searching for Jack's sound is probably better off with this one, because I feel some of his low end is probably coming from that hollow-body Res-o-Glass Airline guitar, as they tend to "growl" quite a bit. But most people don't have an Airline.

Anyway, to me this pedal sounds "full," so I'm not complaining at all about any perceived amount of low-end. It's got a sound that I like a lot.

UTILIZATION

There's no real manual to speak of. The instructions that come with it give a basic overview, and the gist here is that if you plug in an AC adapter, it must be outer-ring positive (like most pedals). EHX didn't supply an adapter with it, but they did include a battery. I've got mine plugged into a Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2 Plus.

It's simple to use by just adjusting the three knobs. The volume, tone, and sustain all seem to have the ability to affect the sound, which is a good thing, because it gives the pedal quite a bit of versatility. I just love the sound I get from it, and it's hard to come up with a combination of settings that doesn't sound good. It does seem to get a bit too bottom-heavy with the tone control set low, but if you like fuzz, it'll be easy to get a satisfying sound out of this pedal.

In my opinion, it's a perfect combination of simplicity and versatility. Very easy to use.

SOUND QUALITY

"Sound quality" is an interesting metric for a fuzz pedal. As I said before, I love the sounds from this pedal. It trashes up the signal very nicely, though inevitably there will be people who do not like it for one reason or another. I was actually a bit shocked by how much I liked the pedal. It sounds a lot fuller than the overdrive box I have. I thought maybe the pedal would be redundant seeing as how I had two other fuzz pedals as well. But this pedal seems to have its own character, and a significantly different fuzz sound than the two Effector 13 pedals.

I play a Switch Wild One (single bridge humbucker with coil tap), an Eastwood Corona (SG clone, with excellent Eastwood humbuckers), and a modified Squier Strat through this and the rest of my pedals, and each guitar has some subtle differences that can be heard. It sounds good with all of them. It even cleans up a bit if you put an overdrive after it, but I'm not really liking much of the sounds I'm getting from my overdrive. A Boss DS-1 would probably be more to my taste than the AMT Du Hast pedal that I have now. But that's not the Muff's fault.

My favorite guitar, as far as sound from the Muff is concerned, is the Eastwood Corona, and it sounds so good that I often leave the other pedals turned off. However, a new addition to my pedals is a BBE Sonic Maximizer, and this makes the Muff sound even fuller. You can almost sort of adjust the tone of the Muff even further with this pedal. So while I liked the sound of the Muff by itself, I tend to leave the BBE on at all times.

OVERALL OPINION

I've been using this pedal for a while, mostly playing with the settings and jamming with it. I like to adjust it because of the many variations it can produce. It's fairly quiet, even with the sustain turned up, but adding distortion behind it can highlight some of the background noise (one of the reasons I like using it by itself). The only real problem with this pedal is it can sometimes create such a wall of sound that it loses clarity in chords and such. I think this pedal shines best when played with 3 strings or less, which helps the individual notes come through. But I'm not complaining.

I think I paid $65 for this pedal brand new, and for my satisfaction of the sounds I'm getting, it's a ridiculously good value. I wouldn't hesitate to make the same purchase if I had to. There will always be people complaining that they can't get an exact sound out of a pedal, and for those of you looking to chase a sound of a particular artist, that may very well be the case. I don't know, because I'm not much on chasing a particular sound. I bought this pedal because I wanted something similar to what I heard Jack White playing. I'd say I got it, and I'm more than satisfied with the sounds it can make.