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Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi Distortion Pedal (Made in NYC)

Like the legendary Big Muff Pi of the 70's, the reissue has 3 controls that let the player dial in the finest harmonic distortion/sustain ever produced. The Volume control adjusts the output level. The Sustain control optimizes the long sustain with just the right amount of harmonic distortion. The Tone control provides a range of sounds, from warm bass to crisp treble. A "made in NYC original." Learn More...

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
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Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10

Individual User Ratings

Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
pretty simple... tone knob moves you from a bassy sound into a harsher sound with a great transition throughout... volume... sustain...

Quality:
solid steel, but pretty lightweight

Desirability:
oh yes

Sound:
this pedal gives a delicious distortion fuzz sound - pure siamese dream by the smashing pumpkins. i played it with my single coil strat into a fender hot rod deluxe. with this setup you'll get that pumpkins tone right away. a little tear almost fell down my cheek when i heard this thing - being that the pumpkins are my favorite band. a must have for any shoegazer or guitar rock player.

Ease of Use:
if you cant figure it out, give up on playing guitar...

Support:
n/a

Overall:
cheap cheap cheap for this kind of tone. a must have...

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
Volume, Tone, Sustain (fuzz). That's it. What more do you need? The tone works as a mid boost. It's an extremely flexible tonal range.

Quality:
This is where it'll lose a point. I'm not saying it's not durable, because it is, but it's a thin aluminum box, not a metal casing like a Boss pedal. It'll take a licking and keep ticking, but it wont survive the apocalypse, unlike a Boss pedal.

Value:
You can use this pedal for just about anything. Obviously it's a guitar effect, but it sounds great on bass, keyboards, anything you want. I know a few live sound engineers that'll use a real light setting through drum aux channels to give a little beef to a drumkit.

Desirability:
I wanted it the second I played it. It's a phenomenal effect.

Sound:
An immensely transparent and useful effect. After having the black, Russian made model for a while, using this was like night and day. The black model is more overdrive-y, where this is a wall of fuzz. If you use this in conjunction with a nice, gritty amp, you'll have an instant tone you'll fall in love with.

Ease of Use:
It's a pedal. You put it on the ground, you kick it. End of story.

Support:
Great support. Email them, you'll get an answer very fast.

Overall:
It's not perfect, but what pedal is? The size of the pedal is a little annoying, but the tone you get out of it is phenomenal. Use a boost pedal or light overdrive before the pedal, instant sustainable feedback. It's a wonderful pedal to have in your arsenal.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10

Feature:
Only three knobs, but that makes it pretty simple.

Quality:
metal case, metal footswitch.

Value:
Only about 80 bucks! Great value

Desirability:
Classic pedal, I love it.

Sound:
The sound is pretty good, but you have to have a Strat to make it sound best. Also, the tone control changes fast at about quarter way.

Ease of Use:
Pretty easy to use, but the footswitch is loud when you turn it on or off.

Overall:
I will keep this pedal forever. I don't like the noisy footswitch and the power cable is hard to find (except if you get the SKB PS45 pedalboard like I bought). Overall, pretty good pedal.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
It comes with a battery, but if you own a pedalboard, the cables that come with it won't work so you'll just have to keep replacing the battery.

Quality:
It's really large but the sound is great and it's real durable.

Value:
It's a nice sounding pedal and not THAT much money.

Desirability:
No other pedal sounds like this so it's pretty appealing.

Sound:
It sounds great and you can adjust how clean or how distorted it is. You can also adjust how much treble or how much bass you want in the sound.

Ease of Use:
There's only three knobs so it's pretty easy to use.

Support:
I just got it so I don't really know anything about the support from the company.

Overall:
It is a great pedal and it definitely deserves a 10 overall because it's a unique pedal.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10

Feature:
I like the different ways u can adjust the tone.

Quality:
Suprisingly light for it's size, but it seems to be a good quality product. I like the way it looks.

Value:
OK walue. I would of liked to pay a little less though.

Desirability:
Just look at it. Tell me you don't want one. Just look at it.

Sound:
It's a fuzzy, muffled type of distortion. I thought it was cool. It didn't blow me away, but it's something that I definitely wanted to add to my collection. Mostly because I never heard anything like it before.

Ease of Use:
It's easy

Overall:
It's a cool pedal. It seems that I like having it for it's status alsmost as much as for the sound.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10

Feature:
Simple to use, only 3 knobs (Volume, Tone, Sustain). Lovely sustainer control.

Value:
Nice for the pedal. It worth to pay its price.

Sound:
The sound is nice, but a little "bassy" when you play the low strings making chords... The sound is more like Fuzz, but its just great.

Overall:
Nice sustainer, if you don't move the string (vitrato you can make, ofcourse), fuzz-like distortion, really BIG muff... it's bigger than I tought. It's appearance is just lovely. In one word: SWEET. =)

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10

Feature:
Very basic controls... the way it should be. Wish it wasn't so hard to track down an AC adapter for this thing.

Quality:
Good quality

Value:
Affordable.

Desirability:
Still the coolest looking fuzz pedal.

Sound:
This is the fuzz for psychedelic stuff.

Support:
Actually, I never talked to these dudes but they've been around a while.

Overall:
I will keep this fuzz till death. I had one of these in the 70's(who knows what happened to it). I finally got another recently and man I missed this sound.

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