Deluxe Muff is the best Muff

[Supernautilus]

Got myself a nice Deluxe Muff! I had an OpAmp version already, but it's kind of a one trick pony. I did some A/B testing and I can pretty much get the Deluxe to match the OpAmp tone almost exactly. Plus it does a bunch more stuff too. And it was only about 30 bucks more expensive. I like it.

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

I have owned the metal muff with top boost twice before
And the metal muff regular sized one as well.
I prefer the pocket or nano model tone-wise. I still own one of those .

They are a lot of fun for sure.

 

[Hiwatts and Gibsons]

I love Muffs on albums, but rarely love them when I am playing. That said the Germanium Muff is high on my list of pedals I want to try out.

 

[Masta' C]

From what I gather, the Deluxe can be dialed in to match pretty much any popular version of the Muff.

 

[Supernautilus]

From what I gather, the Deluxe can be dialed in to match pretty much any popular version of the Muff.

Yes, this is one of the primary reasons I bought it actually. The unit comes with presets in the manual for this reason. And Muff aficionado Kit Rae has a bunch of settings on his website for various Muffs. Presets aside, the range on this is huge. I can get anything from vintage sounding dark and midrangy tones to super scooped and bright chug tones. And the attack knob is killer for getting some articulation back. I'm having a blast with this thing right now. I'm very happy with my purchase.

 

[Supernautilus]

I love Muffs on albums, but rarely love them when I am playing. That said the Germanium Muff is high on my list of pedals I want to try out.

Yeah, the Muff almost seems like it was designed for studio use. Using it live can be tricky.

By the way, I know they discontinued the Germanium 4 Big Muff this year. So you might want to keep an eye on them. It looks like brand new ones can still be bought. After those are gone, I can imagine used prices might go up. Just a guess though.

 

[Hiwatts and Gibsons]

Yeah, the Muff almost seems like it was designed for studio use. Using it live can be tricky.

By the way, I know they discontinued the Germanium 4 Big Muff this year. So you might want to keep an eye on them. It looks like brand new ones can still be bought. After those are gone, I can imagine used prices might go up. Just a guess though.

I'm not that worried about it at the time. It sounds good, but I think I like my Twin Bender and Keeley Jave better still for similar tones to the two sides on the Germanium Muff. For fatter tones I have a Keeley Fuzz Bender that sounds downright gargantuan, and a two Plasma Coil Fuss pedals, one Game Changer and one 3rd Man collab that sound like a fuzztortion into an amp about to explode. I've also got a Foxx Tone Machine Clone that sounds pretty damn huge as well.

I've had a tone more Muff, Fuzz Face, and Tone Benders over the years, ut, well you know, once one dives into the fuzz rabbit hole there's no turning back.