Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
The Thorpy FX Fallout Cloud AKA the Muffroom Cloud, is a Big Muff with a Baxandall tone stack. Here’s the thread on Freestompboxes. It’s a lower gain muff, probably more like a BMP from the former Soviet Union, as they also tend to have 47n caps on the diodes and large emitter resistors. THORPY FX FALLOUT … Read more
Another variation on the Big Muff, the Elk Super Fuzz Sustainar from the early seventies – one of the earliest Japanese copies known. The Elk Super Fuzz Sustainar originally used PNP transistors, which is completely unnecessary now, given the availability of good NPN transistors. The tone section is slightly different from a regular Big Muff, and retains more high-end across … Read more
The Hoof Fuzz – a great variation of the venerable Big Muff from Earthquaker Devices. I think this was the one that really put Earthquaker Devices on the map back in the day. The Cloven Hoof is very similar, but without the germanium transistors. What really helps these is the mid-shift pot. Being able to flatten … Read more
The Pete Cornish NG-2 fuzz is quite the fuzz pedal. It’s probably one of my favourite modern fuzzes. It’s a real beast when you dial everything up. PETE CORNISH NG-2 – BIG MUFF STAGE The first two stages of the Pete Cornish NG-2 are pretty much a Big Muff. Boost, then clip. The Big Muff … Read more
I think this is my favourite Electro-Harmonix Big Muff. I built this using vintage 2N3565 glob top resistors and opted for some large vintage ceramic capacitors where possible (mainly for looks). Sounds great – the lower gain vintage transistors do change the tone and feel to some degree. Of course it still sounds like a Big … Read more