Big Muff Pi...

waldo22
waldo22 Posts: 12
edited January 2004 in Musicians and Gearheads
i have this pedal, and i was wondering what the general consensus is on this thing... i love the sound, but i also don't have much to compare it to, or much experience in the electric field... soooo, please, expound...

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  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    which one? the green russian, the black russian or the new USA made one in the old-school case?

    the bypass when off on the old russian ones suck ass. the new USA one is true bypass.

    they all sound pretty cool.
  • MissYouAllDay
    MissYouAllDay Posts: 939
    is the first pedal I am gonna get when I get my tele.

    The usa true bypass one.

    Is it made by digitech?
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  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    Originally posted by MissYouAllDay
    Is it made by digitech?

    no. it's made by electro-harmonix.
  • MissYouAllDay
    MissYouAllDay Posts: 939
    and also what would you call this pedal? Distortion oir an overrive pedal. I'm guessing distortion.
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  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    distortion/fuzz. it's circuit is actually a couple distortions in series.
  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    It's traditionally listed as a distortion/sustainer pedal. In essense it is a very high gain fuzz with emphasis on upper mids and trebles. It is a very harmonic distortion.
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  • MissYouAllDay
    MissYouAllDay Posts: 939
    It seems from the pictures of it that it is a switch and not a pedal? I am talking about the pics from musicians friend. Is this a pedal or a switch?
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  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Originally posted by MissYouAllDay
    It seems from the pictures of it that it is a switch and not a pedal? I am talking about the pics from musicians friend. Is this a pedal or a switch?

    Its a pedal with a footswitch.
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  • El_Kabong
    El_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    Don't they all sound different tho? All 3 Muffs. I mean...I've been thinking of getting one on and off for years.
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  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    Originally posted by El_Kabong
    Don't they all sound different tho? All 3 Muffs. I mean...I've been thinking of getting one on and off for years.

    yeah, they all have their own characteristics.

    don't both with the black russians. they're built like crap. the green russian is a collectors item at this point. i haven't played a USA one yet but based on the true bypass alone, it's the one to get. the others have dreadful tone-suck issues.

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