Agileguy_101
Master of his Domain
As I get deeper and deeper into the muff (best name for a pedal ever, btdubs) I've found myself listening to artists that utilize the big muff, especially ones that use different versions than what I use. That lead me to The Smashing Pumpkins. I've had Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie for years (dad must have downloaded them a long time ago) but I never listened to them much for whatever reason, which is odd because apart from Nirvana I ****ing love grunge. Anyway, Billy Corgan's tone:
It's a wall of muff. How can you not love it? The more I listen to Siamese Dream, the more I want more variants of the big muff. I know he used a V3 (if I have the versions right) op-amp based muff as opposed to the transistor based BMP's that most of us know and love. And while I'm not in a SP tribute band or an avid chaser of famous guitarist's tone, I want to see if I can get close to this tone. I know he used a JCM-800 with the master full on and the gain practically off. It's different from my rig, but not incredibly so - I run my 68 Bassman loud enough to get the power tubes cooking hot, and I have a JMP toned pedal that I can use to mimic Billy's 800.
Anyway, let's just have one giant big muff/Pumpkins lurve fest up in this *****. Post muffs you have, are looking at acquiring, or just found interesting in passing. Spread some pumpkin-flavored love. It's all good bros
Here's the muff I'm looking at getting next, although I'm going to contact the builder and have him make me one with a mids control, as both of my other muff clones have one and I don't wanna live without it. The tone bypass switch sounds ****ing awesome, almost like two muffs in one, available at the touch of a button.
Here's the two I'm trying to pick between for after the IC muff. Not sure which, although the ARC looks really cool with the switches (you can contact the builder and have him put external switches on it instead of DIPs.
Yes, I love Big Muffs. I plan to acquire a lot. Haters welcome to hate.
It's a wall of muff. How can you not love it? The more I listen to Siamese Dream, the more I want more variants of the big muff. I know he used a V3 (if I have the versions right) op-amp based muff as opposed to the transistor based BMP's that most of us know and love. And while I'm not in a SP tribute band or an avid chaser of famous guitarist's tone, I want to see if I can get close to this tone. I know he used a JCM-800 with the master full on and the gain practically off. It's different from my rig, but not incredibly so - I run my 68 Bassman loud enough to get the power tubes cooking hot, and I have a JMP toned pedal that I can use to mimic Billy's 800.
Anyway, let's just have one giant big muff/Pumpkins lurve fest up in this *****. Post muffs you have, are looking at acquiring, or just found interesting in passing. Spread some pumpkin-flavored love. It's all good bros
Here's the muff I'm looking at getting next, although I'm going to contact the builder and have him make me one with a mids control, as both of my other muff clones have one and I don't wanna live without it. The tone bypass switch sounds ****ing awesome, almost like two muffs in one, available at the touch of a button.
Here's the two I'm trying to pick between for after the IC muff. Not sure which, although the ARC looks really cool with the switches (you can contact the builder and have him put external switches on it instead of DIPs.
Yes, I love Big Muffs. I plan to acquire a lot. Haters welcome to hate.
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