Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pedal Shootout: Vintage V.S. Reissue

Josh Scott is the founder of JHS Pedals and an avowed Mike Matthews fan.

Here he does a side by side shoot-out of:
00:00 - Intro
03:47 - 1969 perforated-circuit board Triangle Big Muff and new Triangle Big Muff reissue
05:33 - 1978 Op Amp Big Muff and a new Op Amp Big Muff reissue
07:12 - 1994 Green Russian Big Muff and a new Green Russian Big Muff reissue
08:32 - Current NYC Big Muff and a new Nano Big Muff Pi

Want to hear what these legendary variations of the iconic Big Muff sound like and how well the reissues nail their sound? Watch Josh's informative comparison.

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[stevehaynie]

People in the musical instrument manufacturing business will sometimes talk about how everyone knows each other and have friendly relationships. Here is a wonderful example of one manufacturer doing something nice for another manufacturer.

[livingthattwelvelife]

I have my dad's 1977 Big Muff V3, still with the wooden box, and all the paperwork. He gave it to me for my birthday last year, and it is

[LandofKon]

All the originals sound like they fill as much sonic space as they do board space.

[GingerChristmas]

Just another thing to note, I'm not sure if it's true but I figure I'll post it here in case EHX themselves have anything to say about it: I believe the Bass Big Muff (the one with the dry/normal/bass boost switch) is modelled after the later Black and Yellow Sovtek Big Muffs.

[raygunpyle]

My ears aren't the greatest, but I hear absolutely no difference in the A/B tests for any of these....It's awesome the reissues are so close to the original.

[dls]

Have always had a NYC Big Muff in my rig, just added the Bass Big Muff muff too, and that one is sounding bad ass with the guitar. Will own them all, one day.

[needlenosemusic]

This continues to be one of my favorite JHS videos. It's probably my fanboyism, but I don't even care.

[kpmurphy]

I had a 78 op amp in high school . It was my favorite

[HazeAnderson]

I actually witnessed Matt Mahaffey (of Self) record the demo for "So Low" in Christiana TN and he used the 1990s Green Russian Big Muff. Needless to say that is the reissue I picked. ;)

[purrsnickety]

The first edition 6 screw box version of the Black Russian had the same insides as the Green Russian.

[TheMarkusHK]

Sadly, the vintage Triangle sounds best to my ears. Goodbye Mr. Kidney

[Angel-shmn]

>red and white guitar
Nice homage there, bud

[johne]

Thanks, Josh! Great video. The reissues sounded like the originals to me. They sounded so similar the difference was negligible.
Could you make 1 more short video with all 4 reissues and play them side-by-side to hear the differences?
It was hard to tell with the gaps of narration between them. (Short term memory getting old. LOL)

[riffwizardsupreme]

Kinda wish they played some MC5, It was basically Wayne Kramer’s only effect.

[marcalving]

I even have this in my offline videos.

[PaulMcCaffreyfmac]

Was the Guild one the Foxey Lady?
....or was that something else?
....or have I imagined the whole thing?


....Great vid, as always

[persona_link]

I have a sovtek deluxe reissue and the guy I jam with has an (I think) bubble don’t green Russian. I feel outclassed lol

[pskully]

With the exception of the last one, the older units seem to have more bandwidth, especially in the low mid area.

[meetmichaelprince]

Anyone else think the 5 and 7 originals sound a little beefer thank the reissues? Is that sort of par for the course?

[mykelibid]

How about the Big Muff pi with tone wicker?