BJFE / BearFoot fx Guitar Effects Community

What is everyone's favorite Big Muff or Big Muff inspired creation?

Why do you like that particular pedal so much?

Cheers.

These are on my board. Of the three, I think I like the Rams Head best. The Munchkin is a bit more "unhinged". The RH is a bit more under control and I like that (as a chord player). I had a SUF Civil War and A/B'd it against the Tym CW. The Tym one is a clone of the Civil War owned by Raul from Magic Dirt. To my ears, it's got a bit less "balls" than the SUF but it's also a bit clearer (without losing that CW bottom end) and I think it'd stand out more in a live mix. As much as a Muff can, that is. I had a SUF VRH also but found that I preferred the Tym one. Not that there was anything wrong with the SUF pedals. They are great. I just liked these more. And I love the design of the graphics.

The Pete Cornish P2 made a fuzz lover of me.

As far as muffs go I like the BYOC Triangle, but I got the Stomp Under Foot Pumpkin Pi early this year and love it! It is based on the late 70's Muffs and does sound a bit like Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream album. What I like is it works great with a clean amp or a dirty one which most Muffs can't handle.

I ask because I recently bit on a Drive Gate (by Top Tone in Brazil) and traded for a Pink Flesh. Very different designs, I know, but they are pretty nifty in terms of the ground they cover. I can get REAL fat with the PF, while the DG is stellar for warm, smooth, singing leads.

Has anyone experienced these? If so, what thoughts can you offer?

+1 for the SUF Pumpkin Pi. That pedal is a LOT of fun. I'm also borrowing a friend's SUF Civil War muff, which sounds great, and I was really impressed when I tried out the SUF Green Russian Muff too.


I used to own a Sitori Sonics Harem Fuzz, which I absolutely LOVED, but the dumb thing was so noisy even when it was turned off that I couldn't keep it in my signal chain.

My Pumpkin Pi has serial number 28, so we must be in a pretty select club!

I'd love to try some of the other SUF pedals, but I have so much fuzz and I really don't use it much. Muffs: BYOC Triangle, Pumpkin Pi. Tonebender: Lumpy's Tone Shop MKIII (custom made) and BA Scarab Deluxe. Fuzz Face: Analogman high gain NKT275 Sunface, Fulltone '70 BC108cb (small box). Treble Boosters: Swart Atomic Boost, Plum Crazy Squawk.