Members Dr.Picklebottom Posted February 28, 2011 Members Share Posted February 28, 2011 All of the Big Muffs I've played are noisy and take over the amp. The pharoah is quiet and meant to enhance the amps tone, not completely take it over. that doesnt sound like any fuzz ive ever heard. if thats true thats remarkable and contrary to my understanding and experience with fuzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goodhonk Posted February 28, 2011 Members Share Posted February 28, 2011 i felt like i was hurting my twin reverb when i played the pharaoh through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members renula Posted February 28, 2011 Members Share Posted February 28, 2011 but in a good way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goodhonk Posted February 28, 2011 Members Share Posted February 28, 2011 yes. it is so thick and sounds so good. and so it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members renula Posted February 28, 2011 Members Share Posted February 28, 2011 yours has the germanium mod? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goodhonk Posted February 28, 2011 Members Share Posted February 28, 2011 no, regular version. and it's been traded away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members renula Posted February 28, 2011 Members Share Posted February 28, 2011 why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nico/atd Posted February 28, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 28, 2011 Because it's hard to settle on a Muff. Trying different kind of Muffs is what keeps us alive.But this time it's different! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members THAT4301 Posted February 28, 2011 Members Share Posted February 28, 2011 All of the Big Muffs I've played are noisy and take over the amp. The pharoah is quiet and meant to enhance the amps tone, not completely take it over. Translation: it doesn't use the muff tone stack with the big mid scoop. It's still the same muff sound with different shaping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Snufkino Posted February 28, 2011 Members Share Posted February 28, 2011 A challenger appears! I really didn't think much of the focus control. The mids were only marginally effected either boosted or scooped and the tone control didn't have much range. Maybe I was doing it wrong? But either way, how much more vesatile is the Pharoah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members conky Posted February 28, 2011 Members Share Posted February 28, 2011 That video is awesome. I especially liked the riffs in "Quiet". I got all kinds of Punkins tones out of it as well as big ass walls of doom. I need to get my {censored} back so I can record a demo clip.I haven't had a Muff w/ Tone Wicker but I've owned the Green Russian muff which doesn't have {censored} on the Pharaoh and the Swollen Pickle. The Swollen Pickle comes close and can get a little more scooped mids and tight for metal riffing but the Pharaoh sounds more natural and cuts through live like a mother{censored}er. I run mine in my bass rig but It sounds {censored}ing awesome on guitar too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members renula Posted February 28, 2011 Members Share Posted February 28, 2011 oh God. Too many fuzzes, so little time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members magnum pi Posted February 28, 2011 Members Share Posted February 28, 2011 yes. it is so thick and sounds so good. and so it goes. hmmm "and so it goes", Im off to the Library to get me some Kurt. Thanks for the reminder...... if we are on the same track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted February 28, 2011 Members Share Posted February 28, 2011 Nice demo... really nice playing. I'm sticking with my little big muff. I must be weird, but I paid $30 for the thing and it's all the muff I need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted February 28, 2011 Members Share Posted February 28, 2011 All of the Big Muffs I've played are noisy and take over the amp. The pharoah is quiet and meant to enhance the amps tone, not completely take it over. doesn't sound much like a muff to be honest......'enhance the amps tone' seriously? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nankuamedha Posted February 28, 2011 Members Share Posted February 28, 2011 My favorite Muff I've used is the Earthbound Audio Supercollider/Beast. I'd like to get another Muff to run with it, one with a bit lower gain with a nice trebley bite to it. I'm curious about the the Pharaoh though, especially the germanium mode. Has anyone compared the Pharaoh to the Hoof? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 doesn't sound much like a muff to be honest......'enhance the amps tone' seriously? hahahah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nankuamedha Posted February 28, 2011 Members Share Posted February 28, 2011 hahahah What's your 'favorite'muff StopReferencing? You've been through a couple of them it seems.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 What's your 'favorite'muff StopReferencing? You've been through a couple of them it seems.... I like the real corksniffer ones. Skreddy Mayo and ? Lady. The Ronsound Hairpie 75 and, to a slightly lesser extent, Hairpie Classic are also very very good, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pelliott Posted February 28, 2011 Members Share Posted February 28, 2011 I really didn't think much of the focus control. The mids were only marginally effected either boosted or scooped and the tone control didn't have much range. Maybe I was doing it wrong? But either way, how much more vesatile is the Pharoah? I think the knobs interact with each other a fair amount so that changes are going to be a little less dramatic just changing one knob at a time, even diming it. The sweep on a couple of the knobs on their own isn't huge, but tweaking Focus, Pre, Tone and Mids I think gives you a huge range of sounds. I love my Musket, and it's totally silly and superfluous, but man I really want a Pharaoh to use beside it and stack 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gunner Recall Posted February 28, 2011 Members Share Posted February 28, 2011 I LOVE my pharaoh. It's versatile enough to be the only fuzz on my board (from an amp booster to low gain fuzz to sludgey doom {censored}, it does it all)... but it is so far removed from the "muff" sound that it won't go replacing a skreddy/hoof/musket. Muffs have something of a clinical tone, that's part of their charm. None of that here, which could be a good thing or a bad thing. It isn't the best muff because it just really doesn't sound like one at all to my ears. The only certain thing is that Mark has an "ear for fuzz" and I eagerly anticipate his new designs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pelliott Posted February 28, 2011 Members Share Posted February 28, 2011 but it is so far removed from the "muff" sound that it won't go replacing a skreddy/hoof/musket. Just what I wanted to hear. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted February 28, 2011 Members Share Posted February 28, 2011 None of that here, which could be a good thing or a bad thing.It isn't the best muff because it just really doesn't sound like one at all to my ears. glad someone else said it. if this is the BEST muff clone to you, chances are you just dont like muffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 glad someone else said it. if this is the BEST muff clone to you, chances are you just dont like muffs. Oh cool, you got one? What do you think of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted February 28, 2011 Members Share Posted February 28, 2011 Oh cool, you got one? What do you think of it? if this is the BEST muff clone to you, chances are you just dont like muffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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