Fuzz or Big Muff? | David Gilmour Tones

In this video, I'm trying to show you what a fuzz and big muff is by comparing them. David Gilmour fuzz tones are hard to get, he used Fuzz Face till 1976 and he switched to big muff around that time. Can we get big muff tones with fuzz? Can we get fuzz tones with big muff? Let's hear a lot of sounds and you be the judge!

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00:00 Fuzz vs Big Muff
00:18 Time Solo with Fuzz and Big Muff
01:14 Pedals I’ll Use
02:23 Clean Amp
02:37 Echoes Pompeii
05:47 A bit Breathe
07:24 Atom Heart Mother
08:49 Shine On You Crazy Diamond
10:04 Any Colour You Like
10:37 Money
12:17 Childhood’s End
13:21 Have a Cigar
14:26 MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS VIDEO
14:46 High Hopes (Early Version)
15:54 Raise My Rent
17:03 What Do You Want From Me
18:47 Comfortably Numb
19:51 Your Possible Pasts
20:37 On An Island
21:58 Sorrow (PULSE)
23:33 On The Turning Away
25:05 Well, that was something…
25:25 MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS VIDEO PT.II

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🎸 Echoes Pompeii FULL Solo Tutorial + Tabs: COMING THIS WEEK!
🎸 Childhood’s End FULL Tutorial + Tabs: COMING NEXT WEEK!

[DestinMcWhorter]

one of the best Gilmour guitar channels on Youtube, period. GREAT WORK!!!

[ricardo.shinoda]

Better than Netflix, very entertaining!

[Spaceman-jomz]

Great comparison!
Great playing as always.

Fuzz on Echoes Pompei is Sick!!
Fuzz for earlier PF and muff for later PF!

[pgt]

You have become the greatest expert on Gilmour's tones and playing on the YouTube, for sure. Thank you for the stuff you do!

As for the unusual low gain settings for Big Muff, I love how that sounds on bridge pickup. It was amazing to see you using it for AHM funky part and that early Floyd stuff, because I had an experience playing those songs live with the same 'not appropriate' gear and settings.

[andrew_lev]

honestly fuzz face is much cooler, you can use it as heavy fuzz and overdrive and it sounds amazing, big muff is just kinda smoother, works well with couple of Davids sounds, he didnt use it everywhere. with fuzz face you can cover early years much closer, obscured by clouds meddle tdsotm. fuzz face got that sweet treble voice

[DeeTee]

Hands down the only channel I need for DG tones.

[jimmydodopage]

It simply depends on the era you are in the most. If you split gilmour's career in two big groups (pre animlas - post animals, in order to simplify things) it's one (fuzz) or another (big muff). If you're into less complex rigs and more "raw" sound go for the fuzz face. If you like a more articulated sound go for the big muff. It's a matter of flavours rather then right or wrong.

[RandomVideoGuy]

The Muff has always felt like a very “precise” fuzz to me. Its sound is very focused and much less spitty when compared to a classic fuzz. A classic fuzz is just way more versatile imo, the ability to clean up so well makes it so powerful. The Big Muff has one massive advantage though, it does one thing and it does it REALLY well, be a Big Muff. You simply can’t recreate that with a classic Fuzz.

[brandonlewis]

Great sounding video! Got my headphones out for it. Damn dood.

[Teoandor]

Hey! I’m that dude with the Green Russian Big Muff and Overdrive from Boss GT-1.

Honestly it sounds great but it’s just a bit too noisy so I have to work on it.

Thanks a bunch for helping me on my guitar tone journey!

[alw]

I love this video! Both of these are awesome sounds! I think I prefer the FF mostly because of the Echoes tone

[chrisradzion]

I have always like the Fuzz Face for anything up to DSOTM. I think the solos from “Time” and “Money” just sound better on a Fuzz Face. Plus, it does that cool trick where it can be an overdrive when you roll your guitar volume down. From “Animals” on (I don’t think WYWH had any fuzz on it… maybe on the last track in small doses), it’s a Big Muff of one kind or another. At that point, I think it’s more of a question of “which Muff?”. It all depends on the tones you’re going for, which album or tour, etc.

[bryantcochran]

Both have their place in Gilmour tones. The muff is usually, with overdrive, smoother. I personally use a germanium fuzz face. I don't have a big muff yet.

[RichInternationalAir]

This comparison is tremendous! Thank you for showing the differences with so many examples (loved that you included Possible Pasts), excellent playing too! 🎸
The only conclusion is to have both? 😎

[ac-Guitar-Pedals]

Love your channel bro. The Lunar Module isn’t exactly a Fuzz Face ! Whilst parts of the circuit are similar to a FF, lots are not. It’s a super versatile pedal, I make a version of it, but it’s not a fuzz face.

[tymanngruter]

Pure Gilmour, no effects at all please! 🙏

[barrywuthrich]

I like my Skreddy Earnie fuzz. I can clear it up by dialing it down. My Wampler Triple Wreck will get close to the same sound, but with more mid range, while also being able to transition into overdrive, depending on the settings. Lastly, I have a modded tube screamer that when paired on the left side (down signal) with my modded Metal Zone can get a crunchier clearer Fuzz with good sustain. I can't say one is better than another. They are just subtly different.

[roscius]

Both sound great and if you were in a Pink Floyd tribute band you'd have both.
Personally I prefer the edginess of the fuzz
Nice comparison video BTW

[christianfieldhouse]

I don't have a problem with the Ram's Head being muddy, but I turn the sustain way down and the tone and volume way up, and raise the gain of the amp to compensate for the lower sustain setting.