Deluxe Bass Big Muff Pi : The best Muff for Bass

12 years ago

It's been 3 months now since i bought this device and after several rehearsals and Gigs A/B-ing the Bass Big Muff and this one here I clearly can say, that this one is far better than the standard Bass Big Muff. I don't know how EHX did it, but the Deluxe Muff is scooping less mids and so i can definitely cut more through the mix than with the normal Bass Muff.

Also it's more easy to dial in the right amount of clean signal with the extra knob (the standard muff had a 3-way switch and with this set to dry you could dial the dry/wet-mix with the volume knob, but there was a slight sound change involved).

So far, the sound itself is better.

But wait, theres more! ;-)

The second channel:

It offers a lot of possibilities to shape a completely different or just a slightly different sound which can be activated with the second foot switch. The high pass filter applies to the distorted signal and the low pass filter to the clean signal.

from thin, cutting guitar like fuzz to ultra low modern sounding mid scooped bass fuzz everything is possible.

I also had the Wooly Mammoth, the Mastotron and the HotOne Fury in comparison, but they all sound not that organic. They more sound like a synth. If you need that, than go for them, they are good, but I wanted some sort of very hard distortion that keeps more natural.

Image Electro Harmonix Deluxe Bass Big Muff Pi

Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Electro Harmonix
  • Released in 2013
  • Average price : $152
  • Dimensions : 120mm x 146mm x 63mm
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