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(Work in progress) - Here are clips of various Big Muffs for comparison. Keep in mind that the sound of vintage Big Muffs WILL vary slightly from unit to unit. I tried to pick a typical sounding example for each Big Muff version for this clip library.
HOW I COMPARED THEM - I matched the tone of each Big Muff as close as possible to a bench mark tone for an accurate comparison of the tonal differences. I did not set all the tone knobs at the same position because that is a terrible way to make a pedal comparison. The same pot (potentiometer) positions will give a wide tonal variance from Muff to Muff. Rather, I adjusted the tone knob of each Muff until the tone matched as close as possible a V1 Traingle Big Muff that I used as a bench mark tone to match. The V1 tone was set to 1:00 for Comparison Clip #1 and 11:00 for Comparison Clip #2. The actual tone knob positions for each Muff ended up between 45-55% (11:30). The sustain was set to about 90% (4:30) for each Muff.
Comparison Clip 1 - Wet solo lead tone with Fender Strat fitted with SD SSL-5 bridge pickup, a bit of compression from a Boss CS-2, Boss CE-2 chorus lightly mixed in using a mixer pedal, and 470ms delay from a TC Nova, into a clean Fender Twin Reverb cranked LOUD.
Comparison Clip 2 - Raw Muff tone with a Les Paul Custom fitted with P90 pickups, into a Marshall JCM800 head and Fender cabinet.
RECORDING - Two Sure SM57 mics placed 2" from speakers, converted to digital through a Presonus Firebox, recorded into Garage Band on a Macintosh G4.
V1 "TRIANGLE" BIG MUFF DEMO
Comparison Clip 1 - Wet solo lead tone
Comparison Clip 2 - Rhythm and riff tone
V2 "RAM'S HEAD" BIG MUFF DEMO
Comparison Clip 1 - Wet solo lead tone
Comparison Clip 2 - Rhythm and riff tone
Demo Clip 2 - Comfortably Numb second solo - Ram's Head Big Muff. Played with a 2008 American Standard Strat, Seymour Duncan SSL-5 bridge pickup -> Boss CS-2 compressor -> Muff ->TC Nova Delay -> Boss CE-2 chorus -> Fender Twin Reverb amp.
V3 BIG MUFF DEMO
Comparison Clip 1 - Wet solo lead tone
Comparison Clip 2 - Rhythm and riff tone
V4/V5 BIG MUFF DEMO - op-amp version
Comparison Clip 1 - Wet solo lead tone
Comparison Clip 2 - Rhythm and riff tone
Demo Clip 1a - Cherub Rock - Les Paul played through a Marshall JCM800.
V6 BIG MUFF DEMO
Comparison Clip 1 - Wet solo lead tone
Comparison Clip 2 - Rhythm and riff tone
MIKE MATTHEWS RED ARMY OVERDRIVE DEMO - Early version of a Sovtek "Civil War" Big Muff. This is the first edition RAO.
Comparison Clip 1 - Wet solo lead tone.
Comparison Clip 2 - Rhythm and riff tone
V7 “CIVIL WAR” SOVTEK BIG MUFF DEMO
Comparison Clip 1 - Wet solo lead tone
Comparison Clip 2 - Rhythm and riff tone
Demo Clip 2 - Civil War Muff only
Demo Clip 3 - Civil War Muff with Boss CS-2 compressor
V7 “GREEN” SOVTEK BIG MUFF DEMOS
Comparison Clip 1 - Wet solo lead tone
Comparison Clip 2 - Rhythm and riff tone
V8 “BLACK” SOVTEK BIG MUFF DEMOS
Comparison Clip 1 - Wet solo lead tone
Comparison Clip 2 - Rhythm and riff tone
V9 NY REISSUE BIG MUFF DEMO
Comparison Clip 1 - Wet solo lead tone
Comparison Clip 2 - Rhythm and riff tone
V10 LITTLE BIG MUFF DEMO
Comparison Clip 1 - Wet solo lead tone
Comparison Clip 2 - Rhythm and riff tone
V11 BASS BIG MUFF DEMO
Comparison Clip 1 - Wet solo lead tone in normal mode
Comparison Clip 1 - Wet solo lead tone with bass boost switch on
Comparison Clip 2 - Rhythm and riff tone
V12 TONE WICKER BIG MUFF DEMO
Comparison Clip 1 - Wet solo lead tone. Wicker switch off.
Comparison Clip 2 - Rhythm and riff tone