I'm not a fuzz fan but I do get a kick out of cascading a fuzz unit into a mild drive every now & then. The fuzz, to me, muffle clarity & has limited appeal when one relies on clarity for the type of music one peddles. The Deluxe Big Muff (DBM) is my kind of fuzz because it has a midrange reinforcement to manifest clarity. If this results in a very shrilled voicing for some of us, EHX has a bass boost function you can use. There's a lot of gain/ fuzz coming from this pedal & the manufacturer had wisely included a noise gate feature in there to ensure extraneous noise do not get in the way of sensible tones. On this note, the Muff purists would argue the fact that creamy fuzz tones are compromised by dialing in the additional features here but we are aware EHX has a good range of other fuzz units for our consideration; from the traditional to metal intensity- they are all there.
Congrats, EHX for expanding the Muff plethora & reaching out to some of us who would embrace a good serving of fuzz if it was tweaked to our requirements & that just happened with this DBM unit. All the traditional Muff goodness with extras that won't kill the fuzzy joy.
Rating: 80%
Electro Harmonix: Deluxe Big Muff
Availability: Davis GMC
Price: $165
