Electro-Harmonix XO Big Muff Pi Guitar Pedal
I bought this pedal the day it came out. I am a long time fan of the big muff sound. The tone control on this new one seems slightly more even and responsive, could be just my experience with older ones, but it’s a good thing.
Smaller than it looks, so it fits easily among others. Solid build, no pops, etc. As claimed, does old school muff, with a switch to drop out the tone control. This creates an immediate signifigant increase in overall volume/perceived gain. Maybe they should have called it a “Hulk” switch…transforms the old muff into a raging wall of raw fuzz distortion beast, then your amp eq does the rest. The “tone wicker” is much more subtle, adds brightness and presence/trims out the attack mud that originals had at bass tone settings, but retains that low end presence/grind. Makes finding that sweet spot much easier. Produces some strange ultra raspy fuzz at odd settings, not ugly, just bizzaro cool. This isn’t like a Tube Driver as much as its like a gutsy vintage distortion.
I really can’t find a down side with the tones twekaed out so far. For fans of the big muff sound, punk/grunge/rock/heavy music in general this is a great pedal to own. I love mine so far.
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There’s also a bass Big Muff here.
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