Electro Harmonix Deluxe Big Muff PI 5-stars Reviews

Powerful, direct sound

This was my third muff in my pedal collection, after previously getting the Green Russian and Rams Head (both of these are great too, but I need other external pedals to shape their sound to my taste). I’m looking for these long sustaining lead tones. Usually fuzz tends to get brittle and losing tightness which I don’t really like, but this pedal has great mid frequency control, which can tighten those low ends and make melodies cut through the mix. I boost it sometimes with a tube screamer or with an EQ pedal to further sound shaping and it has become my main lead pedal. I usually plug it into a slightly overdriven clean pedal platform amp, like the Marshall Origin 20 head, or Laney and it’s pure joy to my ears.

Muffs are made to be loved

This pedal is so nice builted and its super easy to use find your sounds gate out the noise, use the expression pedal to cut through the mix in a band.

Electro Harmonix Deluxe Big Muff PI

Love the this, makes a big difference on my rig

Awesome

Love everything about it, sounds great , really solid , wild range of sounds.

Wonderful sci-fi sounds

I bought the Big Muff Deluxe because of the MIDS function, controllable with an expression pedal

I love the sound, giving "movement" to your chords

very versatile lots of options in this unit

A Beast of a Fuzz Pedal

Another great Big Muff in the serious off classic pedals produced over the years. Dirty, rich sound all over.

Excellent fuzz

If you want a fuzz just get it.

Very good sound and many options. Noise gate is amazing but it cuts a bit the sustain.

Very good for stoner rock.

The King of Big Muffs!

This pedal is an amazing deal! I have always been into big muffs but the original design and variants are not always very responsive when you're dialing in your tone.

What I love about this pedal is that you get the classic NYC Muff sound if you only use the 3 classic knobs in the normal mode.

For added versitility, the bass boost function really gives my single coils depth.

The attack really helps bringing clarity into chordal work. I also use fuzz pedals while playing some chords or filling certain passages and with a regular Big Muff, there would be no note clarity for more complex chords. Not with this unit, chords are much clearer with the attack knob maxed.

Due to the nature ofbig muffs, they are really noisey. With the added gate knob, this is no longer a problem. It is extremely sensitive and I usually use it before 3 o'clock. If I want really prominent staccatofuzz sound, I just pump up the gate knob and get really gated fuzz sounds.

Another inovative feature I really like to use is the Mids part of this pedal. I have at least three ways I like to use it: As a normal mid boost, as a clarity enhancer or as a dramatic effect. You can really sweep through those mid frequencies and dial just the right amount.

If used with an expression pedal, it yelds some some frequency sweeping sounds just like a wah would. I usually set it and leave it but you can change it on the fly should you wish.

I woudn't change anything to this pedal. It's clear, noise free, fairly priced , has a low current draw and is realiable and durable.Amazing sound and quality we have come to expect from Electro Harmonix.

Excellent upgrade to the standard EHX big muff!

I play in a band that covers a lot of early 1990s pop punk and power pop and so the use of a EHX Big Muff Pi is important in songs by Weezer and Green day in the band. I love the tone of the Big muff in general but it has a well known problem for not cutting through a band mix very well for solos and getting lost within the bass guitar and drums.

EHX have solved this problem brilliantly with the deluxe big muff.. one side of the pedal is the big muff you know and love, and is identical to my current pedal, however it is the mid boost and cut section that has been added that really makes this pedal worth the money. It gives you a second foot switch that when pressed can cut or boost your selected part of the mid range frequency, meaning you have 2 muff sounds on seperate pedals, and meaning you can set a solo tone that boost the mids and really cuts through the mix in a band setting. No more need to put a tubescreamer type pedal in front of the muff to get it to stand out. Also includes a noise gate and a pick attack section on the boost - meaning you can really dial in two seprate tones on your you big muff pedal - brilliant upgrade to a classic! Dare i say the definitive big muff pedal? I think so!

Great dist.

Best distrutionen! There are a number of dist. but there are two features that this is like me (playing electric trumpet) especially enjoy using this stompbox my floor pedal systems. 1 / A good gate that prevents the "acoustic noise" starts running when I'm not playing the trumpet. 2 / I have no wa-wa pedal, because the use of an external expression pedal to my Delux SLEEVE works as An incredibly wa-wa (filter sweep). It is quiet and works really well in all the different contexts I work as a professional trumpet player. Vsisst. It is a little bigger / wider than most dist. stomp box, but it is really worth the few extra centimeters. A professional stomp box in my professional reality.