12 Big Muff Pedal Shootout (EHX, Vick, Mooer, EQD, TC, Greer, Keeley, Wren & Cuff, Blackout)

Twelve Big Muff and Big Muff-style pedals compared with the same loop from an Electro-Harmonix 720 looper, recorded from my Fender Classic Player Jazzmaster.



They are, in order:



0:16 Electro-Harmonix Nano Big Muff
(The latest version of EHX's 'NYC' Big Muff Pi circuit in a 'nano' pedal format)
https://www.ehx.com/products/nano-big...

0:30 Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi
(EHX's current full-size version of the 'NYC' Big Muff Pi)
https://www.ehx.com/products/big-muff-pi

0:43 Vick Audio Violet Ram's Head
(based on the early 1970s V2 Violet 'Ram's Head' Big Muff, this has an added toggle switch to select Boosted, Stock (scooped) or Flat mids)
http://vickaudio.com/shop/index.php?r...

0:57 Mooer Triangle Buff
(micro-pedal-sized clone of the 1971 V1 'Triangle' Big Muff)
https://www.amazon.com/Mooer-Triangle...

1:11 Earthquaker Devices Cloven Hoof v2
(all-silicon version of the EQD Hoof, a 'Green Russian'-inspired fuzz, with a Shift control that sweeps the mid-range to allow scooped or boosted mids)
https://www.earthquakerdevices.com/cl...

1:24 TC Electronic Honey Pot Fuzz
(not based on any particular Big Muff model but claims to cover territory from The Black Keys to The White Stripes to Dark Side Of The Moon)
https://www.tcelectronic.com/Categori...

1:38 Blackout Effectors Musket Fuzz v2
(highly tweakable version of the 'Civil War' and Sovtek 'Green Russian' Big Muffs, with an extra Pre-Gain stage and controls for Mids and Focus)
http://www.blackouteffectors.com/?pro...

1:52 Electro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff Pi Reissue
(EHX's reissue of their classic mid-'90s green Russian Big Muff, in a 'nano'-sized pedal format)
https://www.ehx.com/products/green-ru...

2:05 Keeley Electronics Rotten Apple Fuzz
(not really a clone, this is Robert Keeley's vigorous reworking of the Op-Amp Big Muffs made famous in the 1990s by Billy Corgan and his Smashing Pumpkins - and there's a toggle switch for Boosted, Flat or Scooped EQ)
https://robertkeeley.com/rotten+apple

2:19 Greer Amps Tarpit
(inspired by the V4 Big Muff with its dual integrated circuit design, this claims to have much-improved wide-sweeping tone control)
https://www.greeramps.com/products/ta...

2:32 Wren And Cuff Eye See '78
(a clone of two particular 1978 V4 dual Op-Amp Big Muffs, hand-wired, with a toggle switch to bypass the Tone circuit which was featured on some models of the original)
https://www.wrenandcuff.com/eye-see-78

2:46 Electro-Harmonix OpAmp Big Muff Pi Reissue
(EHX's own reissue of their classic late-'70s Op-Amp Big Muff, again in a 'nano'-sized pedal format)
https://www.ehx.com/products/op-amp-b...



Gear:

Fender Classic Player Jazzmaster (bridge pickup)
EHX 720 looper
Boss Katana 50w amp
mic'd with a Sennheiser e609
into a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2

Recorded in GarageBand, edited in Final Cut Pro X



Inspired by a similar video made by Livingroom Gear Demos (subscribe to him, he's great)
   / conradtiss