jan 15, 1969 - Electro-Harmonix Big Muff (Pi)
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Fuzz pedals provide guitarists, bass players and even keyboard players with a hefty amount of distortion that sounds VERY different to regular distortion sounds. Fuzz pedals make your guitar sound like its pushing your amplifier to the point of blowing up. A fuzz pedal completely changes the sound of your guitar signal into a heavy, fizzy, and extremely noisy sound that, depending on which pedal you choose, can provide a bass heavy noise, to a spitting ‘broken’ amp sound. Think Velcro being ripped apart and you are somewhere pretty close.
Few stomp boxes can tap into a legacy as rich as the classic Big Muff from Electro-Harmonix. From Hendrix and Santana to the titans of 90’s grunge, the venerable Big Muff has inspired players and defined genres for the better part of 30 years. There are now different types of Big Muffs the one pictured is the USA Big Muff, there is also the ‘Russian’ Big Muff, the ‘Civil War’ Big Muff and more recently, the ‘Op-Amp’ Big Muff. Each type of muff has a subtle difference in tone and colour.
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