The NYC original. The USA Electro Harmonix Big Muff Pi is the distortion that Hendrix and Santana, up to the top contemporary guitarists and rock legends, rely on for its rich, creamy, violin-like sustain.
A timeless piece, the Electro Harmonix Big Muff Pi has been defining the sound of rock guitar for almost 40 years. From Pink Floyd to The White Stripes, everyone wants a piece of the Pi!
The Electro Harmonix Big Muff Pi main features inlcude
"Back in 1969 I (Electro-Harmonix) was already selling the Muff Fuzz, which was a mild overdrive circuit in an LPB-1 box. I wanted to come out with a three knob distortion unit in a bigger box. I asked my buddy, Bell Labs designer, Bob Myer, to design a unit, one that would have a lot of sustain. When I got the prototype from Bob, I loved the long sustain. This was done by cascading the circuit into additional sections, each one clipped by twin diodes. However, when you clip, the tone can be a bit raspy. So, I spent a couple of days changing capacitors to roll off distortion in the highs, and eventually found that the best long sustaining tone that was a sweet violin like sound was done by having three capacitors in different parts of the circuit rolling off the rasp. We plunged into production and I brought the very first units up to Henry, the boss at Mannys Music Store on 48th Street, NYC. About a week later, I stopped by Mannys to buy some cables, and Henry yelled out to me, Hey Mike, I sold one of those new Big Muffs to Jimi Hendrix. "
One of he sweetest pedals Ive ever used. Amazing sound. For a low price. This pedal gives you that big fat fuzz sound for deep blues. Great for songs from the black keys. I mainly used it for the black keys. For songs like: Just got to be, Your touch, Just a little heat. If you are looking for that old fuzz and distortion sound then this is the pedal you need!
Big muff gives a nice fat fuzzy distortion that rocks. Its a huge pedal though, its shiny and pretty but has the size of two normal pedals. The knobs allow a very good tuning to get the desired fuzz. For the price it is an excellent bargain.
Big Muff is one of the greatest distortion pedals I ever used. Very simple to use. Sweet, fuzzy and tasty sound!
The Tone knob helps to get differend kinds of sounds from bassy and warm to sharp and crisp.
I dont think it does for everyone, however its great for lots of music styles!