Members echodeluxe Posted February 12, 2008 Members Share Posted February 12, 2008 while i have always loved my nyc big muff, i have recently been hard pressed to find context in any song that i have written. i have no plans of ever taking it off my board, and i love the sound, i just didnt know how to apply it to the style of songs i was writing. well today, my drummer and i jammed on an old song of mine and ended up restructuring it quite a bit and god damn, that big muff fit the bill so well. i was just amazed at how awesome it sounded. this is kinda one of those "well, duh" threads, but i just feel like my eyes have been reopened to the big muff's awesomeness. has anyone has a similar experience with a pedal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Free the Guilty Posted February 12, 2008 Members Share Posted February 12, 2008 Similar experiences with a Big Muff actually. I bought and sold 4 different ones but I keep crawling back. I'm putting the finishing touches to a triangle big muff 'clone' this week which sounds absolutely awesome. I've tweaked a few things, used a lot of ceramic caps and it just sounds mint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted February 12, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 12, 2008 right on man. you just cant beat that "wall of sound" sometimes. its just an amazing pedal. ive grown to like it alot more recently as well. it sounded cool through my old peavey classic 50 and my bassman 10, but it just sounds like absolute heaven through my ac30. we have a winning pair, it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lanefair Posted February 12, 2008 Members Share Posted February 12, 2008 At some point or other I've used all my pedals in different ways to my original intention. I used to use my LBM just for solos, but then I realised I could use it for heavier rythm work. I cant wait to get the new Large Beaver kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members co-pilot Posted February 12, 2008 Members Share Posted February 12, 2008 Good timing. Last night I couldn't be bothered dragging my board to practice so I used my NYC re-issue for the first time in about 4 years. It sounded incredible. It won't replace my Gain {censored}er II, but it was really nice to use it again. Stupid sustain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted February 12, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 12, 2008 Stupid sustain. seriously, the sustain is incredible. and just the timbre of my tele (a MIM sunburst standard with 52' RI pickups and a GFS three saddle brass bridge) and the roar of the big muff just about made me wet myself. wonderful pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Urinate Forever Posted February 12, 2008 Members Share Posted February 12, 2008 The two sounds that are best out of the big muff are the sustain low, tone at about 12-1 oclock and volume cranked or the sustain cranked and the tone at about 9 oclock. imo of course. It's a good pedal for any sort of slow metal or alternative punk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr.Picklebottom Posted February 12, 2008 Members Share Posted February 12, 2008 yeah, its a neat sounding pedal. when i used one i had to totally change the way i played. coincidentally, or perhaps not coincidentally, when i was using my NYC muff i was on tons of pain meds for my back. after my surgery i stopped taking 50 percocets a week and decided it sounded terrible. ultimately, i decided it wasnt for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members moosapotamus Posted February 12, 2008 Members Share Posted February 12, 2008 ultimately, i decided it wasnt for me.... the muff or the percoset??? ~ Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Holey Lint Trap Posted February 12, 2008 Members Share Posted February 12, 2008 I found that a some of my favorite Muff uses is a background of fuzz under a delayed clean line or ambient noise. The wall of fuzz words so well when used as a wall of fuzz. Also fast strumming of power chords with the sustain maxed and the tone at around 1:30 equals fun, especially through a cranked practice amp. For some reason my tiny Brownsville bedroom amp loves that pedal. Not to say my Blues Deluxe doesn't but it sounds very different through each amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members only_shallow Posted February 12, 2008 Members Share Posted February 12, 2008 i love the sound but its very distinctive and i dont know what to use it for except wall of fuzz. i set the knobs all the way up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AmericanCracker Posted February 12, 2008 Members Share Posted February 12, 2008 yeah ive been using my green big muff for just about every song ive written with distortion for the last 16 years. i could never think about not using it. i love it. greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lewisb21 Posted February 12, 2008 Members Share Posted February 12, 2008 i totally relate to this story. ive had the muff for about a year and couldnt really find anything to use it in, but found out, with my guitar and amp i get a really sweet jazz fusion type tone out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted February 12, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 12, 2008 yeah i have been messing with it and have been getting some really cool sounds out of it. when i think about it, it sounds like my ac30 just kinda opened up the big muff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kishjor Posted February 12, 2008 Members Share Posted February 12, 2008 I bought and sold this pedal twice, but now I find myself needing one so much that I'll probably get rid of a few pedals I have now to get that and an octave multiplexor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted February 12, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 12, 2008 I bought and sold this pedal twice, but now I find myself needing one so much that I'll probably get rid of a few pedals I have now to get that and an octave multiplexor. that sounds like a plan! ive thought about selling it and getting something else, but what else would i need? i have two delays, a super shifter, two overdrives, a tuner, a volume/boost pedal, im pretty much set! not to mention that when the wattson superfuzz is released im gonna have one of those on board. all i need is a muff. check. staying on my board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Liberty Belle Posted February 12, 2008 Members Share Posted February 12, 2008 ive always maintained that the nyc muff is the best sounding fuzz around.i use mine with fuzz on full tone between 9-12 oclock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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