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The Online Guitar Store - Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi (USA)
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List Price: $102.00
Our Price: $76.50
Your Save: $ 25.50 ( 25% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Electro-Harmonix
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Electro-Harmonix
EAN: 0683274010144
Feature: The pedal that started it all! The distortion that countless musicians such as Hendrix and Santana relied on for its rich, creamy, violin-like sustain
Label: Electro-Harmonix
Manufacturer: Electro-Harmonix
Model: USA Big Muff PI
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Electro-Harmonix
Release Date: 2008-06-30
Special Features: USA Big Muff Pi "made in NYC original" Like the legendary Big Muff Pi of the 70âs, the reissue has three controls that let the player dial in the finest harmonic distortion/sustain ever produced. The Volume control adjusts the output level. The Sustain control optimizes the long sustain with just the right amount of harmonic distortion. The Tone control provides a range of sounds, from warm bass to crisp treble.
Studio: Electro-Harmonix
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Features
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The pedal that started it all! The distortion that countless musicians such as Hendrix and Santana relied on for its rich, creamy, violin-like sustain
A timeless piece, the Big Muff has been defining the sound of rock guitar for the past 30 years
From Pink Floyd to the Chemical Brothers to Korn, everyone wants a piece of the ’Pi!
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Editorial Reviews:
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Like the legendary Big Muff Pi of the 70?s, the reissue has three controls that let the player dial in the finest harmonic distortion/sustain ever produced. The Volume control adjusts the output level. The Sustain control optimizes the long sustain with just the right amount of harmonic distortion. The Tone control provides a range of sounds, from warm bass to crisp treble.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: The bigger your amp the better this will sound.
Comment: I have played through this for over 15 years and I will tell you right now, get a big amp. Get 2 amps and split the signal, even. You want to have the biggest amp you can when using this pedal. Otherwise it will come off sounding frail instead of "Frail and Bedazzled".
Otherwise this pedal conjures up a beastly reference, and it should. I have been in a couple bands where I just plugged this into the amp and played my riffs. The free drinks and loose women followed shortly thereafter.
If you're looking for stinging yet rumbly fuzz, this is the pedal you need. I only wish it went up to "11".
Customer Rating:
Summary: the king of fuzz!
Comment: I absolutely LOVE my USA Big Muff fuzz pedal! I owned the black Russian Big Muff, and I sold it - the USA model sounds better to my ears. This is NOT a subtle effect - it takes your tone, pushes you down in the mud, and walk off with it's arm around it, like stealing your girlfriend... and that's part of the charm! It is the schoolyard bully of non-boutique fuzz pedals. The Dunlop Fuzz Face is abit more transparent, so if you don't want something as extreme, you might like that better. I am a happy Electro-Harmonix customer, and have no hesitation in recommending their products.
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Summary: One trick pony, but its a good trick
Comment: I owned this pedal for many years, before finally trading it in on some other equipment. It produces one sound extremely well, but it only does that one thing. The sound it does very well is the late 60's/early 70's fuzz sound: "White Room, Black Curtains"; "Satisfaction"; "Ina Gadda da Vida". Note: this pedal produces very good sustain, but has really bad attack. As such, it will not really do the "Whole Lotta Love" sound. As I said, it does one thing very well, but its range even with classic rock is quite limited. If you plan to cover songs with that classic fuzz sound, this pedal gets you 100% of that sound. If you want to also cover other classic rock, you're gonna need at least one more overdrive/distortion effect.
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Summary: Very different from the vintage version
Comment: I owned both the original Big Muff Pi and this reissue and they sound very very different. I ended up selling my reissue. The only thing I liked better about the reissue was the on/off light, but if you can't tell if your Big Muff is turned on, you need to get your ears checked. The vintage pedal's tone is far superior and for some reason the reissue was never loud enough compared to my clean signal. I would have to turn the volume knob on my guitar down in order for it to be effective when I kicked on the pedal. The vintage Big Muff is plenty loud.
The only problem I had with the vintage Muff is that there was a lot of saturation channel bleeding through to the bypass channel. This was fixed pretty easily and cheaply by soldering in a 3PDT true bypass switch. You can find step by step info on how to do it online.
My advice is to approach the reissue as a separate pedal and NOT a replacement for the vintage big silver Big Muff. If you like the reissue, then get it, but if you want the classic Muff sound I think it's worth the extra money and time it takes to get an original. The improvement in tone is not subtle.
Customer Rating:
Summary: F*cking awesome
Comment: If you ever wanted to be in a stoner or doom metal band this is your petal. Awesome with bass and guitar!!! Anyone that ever wanted to sound like something off Southern Lord BUY THIS....
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