EHX wrote:Long revered for its sweet singing tone and violin-like sustain, the classic three-knob Big Muff Pi has helped define the sound of rock guitar for over 40 years. Now, we’ve added some extras for those who crave more sound shaping control. Introducing the Deluxe Big Muff Pi. It delivers all the classic sounds of the original NYC Big Muff Pi, plus more.
Quick Specs
- Delivers all the classic sounds of the original NYC Big Muff Pi, plus extra features
- Foot-switchable MIDS Section helps you cut through when recording or playing live
- MIDS section features four controls so you can fine tune your midrange boost or cut
- Noise gate with adjustable Gate control eliminates noise and hum while preserving your attack and original tone
- Adjustable Attack control adds punch to your single notes and chords
- Switchable Bass Boost for added bottom when you want it
- Expression Pedal input lets you sweep the mids in real time
- True bypass for maximum signal path integrity
I had one of the originals, made in 1980 around the time EHX closed down. It was a beast of a pedal, mains powered only, when my Marshall JCM blew up they blamed the EHX for overloading the circuit
Wasn't the original Deluxe based on the IC Big Muff? The advertising implies it will be based on the NYC version, which I assume is the current reissue.
It's great to see EHX doing this and I have a lot of respect for Kit and his encyclopedic Muff knowledge, but from what I can tell it's still using the reissue's V9 circuit as a foundation...and I personally don't like the V9. Even if it has clever and useful extra controls, it's still a V9 circuit. The problems I had with the reissue - namely being muddy and inarticulate, rubbish for palm mutes, harsh and generally not very musical - would also be present in this too, surely?
Yes. It was a well-written and interesting read as always. Unless I interpreted it incorrectly though, this is essentially a V9 circuit with extra (albeit useful) controls. I'm just not convinced that the things I dislike about the V9 circuit can simply be dialled out with some tweaking. Even Kit admits that you can only get "80%" of the way to a different version. As a general rule - this doesn't just apply to Muffs - it's pointless trying to make one device sound exactly the same as something that's fundamentally different.
I'd like to be proved wrong though, because it doesn't sound like EHX are ever going to do a Triangle/Ram's Head reissue.
Concretebadger wrote:The problems I had with the reissue - namely being muddy and inarticulate, rubbish for palm mutes, harsh and generally not very musical - would also be present in this too, surely?
YO THAT'S THE BEST SHIT ABOUT THE REISSUES THO.
different strokes mang
Fakir Mustache wrote:Classic Shad Deluxe.
Nick wrote:Some of Shad's favorite Teles are black.
Yes. It was a well-written and interesting read as always. Unless I interpreted it incorrectly though, this is essentially a V9 circuit with extra (albeit useful) controls. I'm just not convinced that the things I dislike about the V9 circuit can simply be dialled out with some tweaking. Even Kit admits that you can only get "80%" of the way to a different version. As a general rule - this doesn't just apply to Muffs - it's pointless trying to make one device sound exactly the same as something that's fundamentally different.
I'd like to be proved wrong though, because it doesn't sound like EHX are ever going to do a Triangle/Ram's Head reissue.
I thought he said that he could get extremely close to some muffs and 80% close to others, but then I could have interpreted it wrong. Meaning that although it's based on a V9 it can be dialed in to sound very different.
