Hi, I had to write this review due to how awesome the EHX Silencer is. I am the original owner of an early 70’s BIG MUFF PI. I used the BIG MUFF when I first purchased it but then I put it away and it sat all these years until a couple of weeks ago. The main reason I didn’t use the BIG MUFF was due to the nose these things make (btw perfectly normal for this pedal) also I had a hard time using it on stage due to the noise especially when you mic the amp. This all changed when I decided to try using the EHX Silencer this thing is the best pedal for what it does! The BIG MUFF in conjunction with the Silencer is the perfect marriage and because of this the BIG MUFF is now one of my favorite pedals and no more noise! I can’t say enough about the Silencer and I’m so happy that I found this pedal. Just make sure to hook up the silencer with your effect pedal using the send and receive on the pedal.

I would post a photo here but not sure how to do that.

Paul

• This topic was modified 1 year, 5 months ago by paulk.

Hello everyone so long story short I purchased a little big muff approx. 11 years ago and the op amp big muff orange pi about 9 years ago. I only got to use the orange pi muff for a couple of weeks then I had had to box all my gear up and put in storage. Well fast forward to about 2 month ago and I was finally able to start pull my gear back out. Anyways today I pulled out my big muffs to use them and the knobs on the little big muff were seized and didn’t want to turn. Well the volume pot shaft broke and the sustain pot broke. So I need to find a place to buy all three pots. Anyone know the best place to buy them.
Now the orange pi muff it sound like it has a dying battery but I’m not using a battery. It is very sputtery and the volume cut outs. Any Ideas what it could be???

A few days ago I bought a big muff pi USA (the bulky metal ones with just three controls). It worked flawlessly. As of today it will go quite once engaged, unless the tone control is at 0 or full on. However, even then it doesn’t change the tone when turning the control unless you hit one of the extreme positions again.

Bypass works. Volume and sustain control work.

Any help would be appreciated.

Hi

I am currently choosing between Green russian vs rams head vs nano big muff
They are all in my budget.

Which big muff model would you suggest:

For jimi hendrix, black keys, jack white, josh homme, david gilmour and 90’s alt rock/Seattle sound?

My main guitar is an epiphone 1961 tribute les paul SG as well as a fender player stratocaster.

I use a boss katana 50 mk 2 for home practice.

Any help appreciated and experience with choosing appreciated.

Hi, I am new here but have been using EXH pedals for over 40 years.
I am running the BM Triangle re-issue. Current signal chain is: OCD Germanium, Polytune, Pigtronix Micro Octava, BIG MUFF, followed by vibe, tremolo, echo and reverb. The muff sounds better in this position and didn’t work at all in the first position. It is usually run with the following pedals on in this order OCD Ge, Big Muff, JHS Morning Glory. Problem is the muff sounds great but the noise floor hum is is ridiculous when pedal is on and not being played even with guitar volume rolled down. I want to sustain a note on edge of feedback and roll down my guitar volume with out having to stomp off the muff as I’m coming back in in like 2 beats but the hum takes over as I reduce the guitar volume knob. I’m not a newbie to controlling a loud guitar/amp set-up. I am obviously going to try some other signal chain placements and try the Muff alone. Also I am running a modern isolated power supply on all effects. Would a Silencer or Hum Debugger work here? Would I place the noise gate just after the muff in series? I do not run amps with effects loops so everything is in front of amp. Changing that is not an option.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Special edition fuzz / sustainer pedal reproduces legendary guitarist’s iconic sound

Electro-Harmonix introduces a J Mascis artist signature fuzz / sustainer pedal based on the celebrated 1973 Electro-Harmonix V2 Violet Ram’s Head Big Muff Pi. The J Mascis Ram’s Head Big Muff Pi produces the indulgent fuzz tone of equal parts thickness and clarity that J has utilized as his sonic center for decades.

Demo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhl0t5EpNnw

“That’s my sound. The Muff is always on,” J says. “All distorted sounds begin with the Muff. That’s what I grew up playing so it’s kind of amazing to have my own signature one.”

The special edition pedal is housed in a die-cast chassis with a white and violet finish and includes true bypass switching, a 9V battery and the option of being powered by a 9V AC adapter.

Learn More: http://www.ehx.com/jmascis

The EHX J Mascis Ram’s Head Big Muff is available at Reverb.com and features a U.S. street price of $131.50.

Good morning!

I bought a Big Muff Deluxe for bass.

I plugged a power supply with positive central (not negative) and i think i have fried the protection diode. I saw it when I have opened the pedal to see if there was a battery inside and it was a bit broken, all the rest of the circuits look ok.

However, after that, I plugged different batteris and active and passive basses (so the broken circuit of the diode should be not included). The pedal works, as the lights turn on when i switch the foot controls, but the audio signal, connected from input to output does not pass through the pedal and the amp is mute, like if no sounds arrives to it. The whole signal is “mute”, even with lights and effects are off. (i attach a photo)

If i plug the bass on “output” and the audio exit on “direct out”, it works and the audio signal goes to the amp. If in this configuration I try to click the effect controls, the audio goes off (photo attached). If I plug the bass on “input” and the amp exit on “direct out”, the sound does not reach the amp.

I suppose there is a problem on the “input part” and I do not know which are the causes (wrong polarity last time? other reasons).

Considering this, please I have a few questions:

The warranty service could cover the diode damage/substitution? If not, how much is the substitution of this piece?
The warranty service could cover further damages in future, not considering the diode?
What about the general problem even if I plug the battery (sound does not pass through the pedal, even if it is off)? Could the problem be caused by other reasons or because of the wrong polarity on that episode? It could have cracked other circuits? Could you solve it and for how much?

Thanks in advance,
Best regards