It's nice to see EHX finally make a decent Big Muff after years of making arguably the worst Big Muff's on the market. More fuzz, less fizz. I'd like to see a head to head comparison between these and the Vick Audio Muffs.
I was waiting days for this review of yours. I've got this pedal a couple of weeks ago. Can't be happier with this pedal. Great review, thanks for a great video
Wow. I have the Opamp, the Green Russian, the Keeley Dark Side (modded opamp Muff), a NYC modded to Violet RH specs (very close to Triangle), Vick Audio V-2, Caroline Olympia - yet I still want this. It seems to be the closest to the classic Gilmour Muff tone, especially late 70's through to mid 90's. It sounds to me a lot like his mid-80's live tone (Delicate Sound of Thunder). But you proved it can also approximate the earlier stuff, the Echoes tone was great!
EHX just re-issued the Ram's Head Big Muff. It gets the closet to the Gilmour sound. In fact, I like it so much, I'm going to buy one; even though I already own an OP Amp Big Muff reissue (which I LOVE) and a Big Muff w/Tone Wicker.
hello Bjorn Hope to find you fine in these difficult times; I agree Ravenslaves it is nice to have news form EHX; a bit too warm and fat for me but nice effect that affect, for me, the clearness of the sound. Take care and stay safe
Nice review as always Bjorn. Have you done an A B comparison between this and your BYOC triangle? I have the BYOC, like it a lot especially the mid boost feature. I'm hoping EHX finally re release a rams head. Like you said, it's about time they embrace the big muff heritage.
Very interesting. I'm sure it's not easy for EHX, or any clone company to hone in on one specific Triangle or Rams head sound because of the inconsistent circuits of the early 70s. But I'm pretty certain if an EHX Rams head came out, I'll gladly buy it.
@@gilmourishofficial Would you consider the tamed, less aggressive sound possibly better towards nailing that DSOTM/Animals Gilmour tone? Also, which one is less noisy? I'm very torn between the BYOC Triangle and this one at the moment. I'm aware he was using a Ram's Head around the time of Animals, but I tend to like the extra spit the Triangle variants have. If you had to choose between the EHX and the BYOC Triangles, which would you go with?
It is really good and maybe more than expected. I have to precise that I use a very good double compressor. If possible, add it on a cali76 stacked edition and a delay , the result is ...gilmour sound with no noisy bad sound. And the work to learn a good solo from gilmour....gives me shivers because it sounds so good while before there was a lack of something I was searching for. Triangle is very affordable for what it provide!
Hi Bjorn! Very good joob, congratulations from Peru. Excuse me, which are the settings for the Mistress at the beginning? That comfortably numb cover sounds beautiful. Thanks.
Bjorn, if you haven't already I suggest you try a deluxe BASS big muff. I promise you can get a verrrrry convincing Gilmour tone from it. Especially if you play with the crossover and a tinge of clean mix. It has almost identical circuitry to the original Russian. You can change like two components and it is exactly the same. The DBBM plus a light OD is dead on Wall tone. With the crossover engaged a tad, and you got DSoTM or Young Lust ready to roll. I've tried all the muffs minus a couple of originals and the DBBM is by far my favorite, especially for our Floyd gigs. Great demo as usual!
@@mattgilbert7347 the only one I ever found was this one below. It's very generic, but he does go through a few settings just not in context of something like a Gilmour solo. But you get an idea of the very basic tone. And I lied about not having a gate. I totally forget that it does have one. I've been meaning to try using a full on clean blend into my dirt pedals to see if I could use it just as a noise gate if needed. But anyway, I'm gonna try to make a demo of it when I get some time and I will link you that..in the meantime,..... th-cam.com/video/c9-Xy9NGm3M/w-d-xo.html
I haven't done a vid for the Bass Muff but you're right. It's very old to those old 90s models. I do prefer the Green Russian but the Bass Muff is a close competitor.
Hi Bjorn! I need an advice about my first pedal. I really like both the dark side of the moon and wish you were here, and I’m looking for a versatile pedal that can perform well this album. I don’t like a lot of songs from the wall, apart from Comfortably Numb. I have a boss katana 50 watt amplifier. Said that, I looked for some of the fuzz that are on your list (especially the silicon ones) but unfortunately the analog man is not available here in Italy. I can find the jim dunlop for sure, both the big one and the mini version, and some shops have the fulltone 70 too (the new version). Should I buy one of these two or look for a muff instead?
I'm not sure I would go for a fuzz for the Katana. Fuzz pedals are very sensitive to the amp and although the Katana can handle pretty much anything you might be better off with something a bit more versatile. See this feature for more www.gilmourish.com/?p=7115
Thank you! Yes, I already read that article on your website. So I will probably go for a muff. How is the triangle muff compared to the others on your list?
Bjorn, have you done the new Op Amp Muff yet? It doesn't look like you have. Maybe you can wait 2 days on that then if you've planned on releasing a demo. Because I just got my hands on the new Triangle Muff, and the Op Amp Muff, and I'm going to do a shoot-out of both with my EHX Big Muff Pi w/ Tone Wicker. I may include some other fuzzes or distortions (my Little Bear R.ATTACK-2, for instance) at the end for fun. But primarily I want to see how these two new Muffs compare to the big box, standard version. Video should be up on my channel within 2-3 days. Have yet to get my hands on the Green Russian. I may add that if my video gets any likes. Maybe I'll get the Way Huge version too.
Hi Bjorn! How did the custom 50 works with the vintage 30’s?? I’ve heard that they’re too bright together. I can buy a 412 loaded with v30’s for 160€ but i’m worried about the excess of treble. I’ve a dr103. If they are too bright I can sell the v30 but i’m curious..
So in your personal opinion, what do you think Gilmour was using on “No More Lonely Nights” by Paul McCartney by way of fuzz/distortion/effects ? I love his tone and sound in that song.
This is covered in Phil Taylor's Black Strat book. He used the modified 1983 Fender '62 reissue Strat with the Roland synth pickup. Pictures reveal the he used most of the 1984-85 About Face setup, which featured Fender amps. Effectswise I would guess a Boss HM2 into a Mesa head and chorus. Might be a Muff too... I really don't know.
No I haven’t but I usually don’t play that loud when recording. Don’t need to. Gets loud when we play as a full band though but you’re really just seeing a small corner of a much bigger room.
Amazing review, it needs an amp with good amount of mids and compression, but i have a doubt, it works just as well as in your Reeves through a blues junior iii tweed? i think it has jensen speaker, it's a new version of blues junior's series
The Blues Jr has considerably less and mids and compression compared to a Hiwatt or Reeves. It's also a much brighter sounding amp so I'd might consider the Green Russian or something else alltogether.
It would be awesome if you could do a comparison study between the Russian and triangle muff. Also for a occasional hobby player like me which one would you suggest ?
Depends on your amp. Some amps doesn't like Muffs at all. The Green has more mid range and an overall warmer tone. The Triangle is brighter, less mids, more lows and gain.
Great sound! I used to have a big muff back in the late 70's but sold it long ago. I would like to pick up a new one. Which big muff would you recommend? I have an '09 Les Paul Standard and a Marshall DSL 40CR. Would love to get the Gilmour sound, tone with them.
David Gilmour has mainly been using the Ram's Head. From 1976 to present. He did also use the Sovtek in the 90s and on the recent Rattle That Lock tour. IMO the Green Russian is the best sounding of the three new EHX reissues but the Ram's Head is right up there. The Triangle sound a bit too dark and gated for my taste. Ultimately, all three will cover David's tones. See my channel for comparisons and reviews of all three. See my site gilmourish.com for more.
@@gilmourishofficial Thanks! I had a hard time deciding between the Triangle or the Ram's Head, because they sound so similar! You did say that the Triangle has more gain? I feel like that would be a plus for me, but thanks so much for the reply and explanation! Your channel is by far the most helpful one I've seen! Keep up the great work!
It's a great pedal and review, don't get me wrong. I just don't understand why anyone would get all of the ehx muff pedals when they can get just 1 muffeletta by jhs.
Fair question but then again, it's about taste and availability I guess. Personally, I thought the Muffuletta had some very nice tones but I don't think it has the same character and "mojo" (in lack of a better description) as some of the other clones out there. I think EHX has hit the mark with their new reissues.
Can you do a review of ckk electronics royal fuzz? Just bought one while I was traveling in australia and it says it is a new type of fuzz distortion but to me it surely has that smooth mid low end and loudness of big muffs!
I do as well. Read my other comment in here about the best Russian available (and super cheap) hint: it's the deluxe Bass big muff. I promise it really is the best muff!
@@LeviBulger A lot of guys say this. What about the regular Deluxe Big Muff? Kit Rae claims you can tweak it to sound like pretty much any of the other Muffs, and even get Fuzzface-ish tones from it. Problem is, that would mean tweaking knobs while playing a gig. I can handle one or two manual adjustments when playing live, but mostly I like to set my pedals up and use a MIDI-capable true bypass loop switcher.
@@mattgilbert7347 absolutely I agree with Kit, the deluxe is extremely flexible. Personally I prefer the bass version simply because of the optional clean blend (which really tames the low end), the Russian base tone, and the crossover effect that kinda does what the deluxe does just a bit differently. It does not have the exp pedal option, but I would never use that as much as the blend. Having the crossover and DI capabilities is massive for me because I like to detune from time to time, as well as use a baritone. It's just so flexible and sounds massive. Hitting the crossover during a solo gives you a cocked wah tone that is killer. But just using a tinge of the crossover gets you that seemingly impossible mid-range scream with Russian flavor. The deluxe can also do it, just with an NYC muff flavor. I will probably never go back to using any other Muff
@@mattgilbert7347 and I totally get not wanting to fiddle with knobs live. I personally just use colored sharpies to mark the different settings I like, of which there are two primary ones... DSoTM Gilmour and Wall Gilmour. Takes a few seconds to change settings
I think this one is fairly quiet campared to many other models I’ve played. Keep in mind though that high gain such as Muffs do have som hiss and noise. It’s just the nature of these pedals.
Is it normal that once I turn up the volume even to like 2 on the triangle muff and have my Guitar plugged in at zero volume, there to be a horribly loud static bassy sound coming out of the cab?
This think has a lot of gain so there will be some noise. Depending on the noise floor of your rig and possible hum issus, it might also amplify some noise that’s already there. However, there shouldn’t be too much.
No. In the 70s he used Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face pedals and Big Muffs. He's still using stock Big Muffs today. He's also used Pete Cornish Big Muffs in the 80s and 90s. In the 70s he famously used a Binson Echorec and since the early 80s, different digital delay units. All studio recordings have some reverb in one form or the other but he's never used reverb on stage. Please see my site gilmourish.com for in-depth rundowns of his gear since 1968 to present.
Depends on your amp and pickups but it doesn't have much mid range and compression, which makes it fairly bright. The tone control allow you to roll of quite a bit though.
gilmourish riis well.. I have a fender blues junior, and play with a strato 63 josefina pickups and Ibanez rg as well with di marzio humbucker.. Do u suggest me to get a green one if I want more darker sound or maybe the triangle can be “acceptable” dark rolling down the tone?
Hi Bjorn, Brilliant demo👍👍👍. I Love the sound of this Pedal, I would of preferred the Skeedy P19 but for$300 compared to $185 for the Big Muff Triangle it really is a no brainer! Gilmourish.com is a Brilliant resource for Fuzz recommendations! Thank you. Take care. Melbourne, Australia.
Depends on which era you prefer I guess. The triangle is very close to that late 70s and 80s Gilmour. Especially his live tones from that era. The Green Russian fits the 90s perfectly but it also depends on the amp and pickups.
I have the Mooer Triangle Buff copy of this Triangle Big Muff, but I pass difficult to simulate tone of Gilmour, my impression that this pedal has a Very dirty tone, the only tone that i could I used a booster with treeble And Bass for try better frequencies!
I bought a L20T-112 and I love it. I use it on the drive channel and tone turned about 2-3, except for the fuzz tone. Clean channel, tone all the way up.
@@gilmourishofficial Thanks will try! Gonna have to work the tone and sustain (do they work differently between models?) til I can get the sound of those sweet bends around 3:30-4:00
@@cHzism yeah it really comes down to your amp and preference. But in a vacuum, I think the green suits more rigs. The triangle definitely wouldn't work for Fender amps but probably sounds great with mid heavy amp.
I ' ve got a green russian, a Vick audio Rams head, a nano big muff and a NYC standard. They all sounds great in the clean (or the crunch with mild overdrive) channel of the Katana. The best, IMO, is the green russian, overall if you play with a band. Anyway , I think the katana is a great base for effects.
It has totaly digital and trebely sound and i dont like it... Bjorn you consider that it has SMD board and its not good alternative of old school analogue type big muff's... By the way, your playing style is aaaaawesomeeeee and superbbbb
This comment is a good example of how so many from our guitar playing community have backwards opinions stemming from so much misinformation online and a lack of basic electronics/engineering principles
they are not - it's mass produced SMD garbage - china modular electronics - the components are so tiny the tolerances are not the same - the tone is not the same - its cool and serves a purpose but the nano shit is tired - id rather pay more for a through hole design any day - and wave soldering makes it fast and streamlined - the tolerances will be closer to the original units - these are just slightly tweaked BMP's with "cool" graphics nothing about these reissues resemble the original units - not in appearance - not in circuit design - these are made to feed the machine - anyone can build a BMP clone - you have to learn how to solder - it will take several hours to build but can be done for about 5 bucks
More low end than the russian? It seems otherwise from the clips (not just yours, KitRae's as well). Great job and nice selections, loved the "Echoes" solo.
Definitely more low end, and it's really apparent because it's so scooped. I'm sure they got really close to the original triangle, but for Gilmour I would stick to a Russian circuit or a solid Ram's head style
The Green Russian has noticeably more mids and it gets even more the more your turn up the tone. The Triangle is louder, with more gain, which might be reason why it seem to cut through more but the tone is very open and scooped and the tone gets brighter and almos ice picky when you turn it up.
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It's nice to see EHX finally make a decent Big Muff after years of making arguably the worst Big Muff's on the market.
More fuzz, less fizz.
I'd like to see a head to head comparison between these and the Vick Audio Muffs.
this one and the new green one totally rock!
Thank you! I may give this one a go. Sounds very nice on Echoes there especially.
Mighty playing there Bjorn! You’re the closest I’ve ever heard to the great DG in terms of feel and playing. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
Really Great review Bjorn, ehx still lays out great products at a very reasonable price tremendously useful tones! great to hear you Bjorn.
Thanks!
I was waiting days for this review of yours. I've got this pedal a couple of weeks ago. Can't be happier with this pedal. Great review, thanks for a great video
Thanks!
Wow. I have the Opamp, the Green Russian, the Keeley Dark Side (modded opamp Muff), a NYC modded to Violet RH specs (very close to Triangle), Vick Audio V-2, Caroline Olympia - yet I still want this.
It seems to be the closest to the classic Gilmour Muff tone, especially late 70's through to mid 90's.
It sounds to me a lot like his mid-80's live tone (Delicate Sound of Thunder).
But you proved it can also approximate the earlier stuff, the Echoes tone was great!
Great tones!! Just got one, and this pedal sounds fabulous through my deluxe reverb...👍👍
EHX just re-issued the Ram's Head Big Muff. It gets the closet to the Gilmour sound. In fact, I like it so much, I'm going to buy one; even though I already own an OP Amp Big Muff reissue (which I LOVE) and a Big Muff w/Tone Wicker.
They promised to send me one so a review will be up soon!
Great video! Do you prefer the triangle or the russian one to capture Gilmour's sound?
Thanks! The Ram's Head for Animals and Wall and the Russian for Pulse.
Bjorn is the guy.
Finally... someone using this thing proper like.
Great stuff as always new pedal sounds a bit more crunchy compared to the green muff. Both are great. :-}
Great review Björn. Beautiful tones. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Thanks!
hello Bjorn Hope to find you fine in these difficult times; I agree Ravenslaves it is nice to have news form EHX; a bit too warm and fat for me but nice effect that affect, for me, the clearness of the sound. Take care and stay safe
as always, like your review , anything related with PF...
Hot sounds through the pickups you can ramp it up and rock it great for anybodies musical timelines with a big audience 👌 ✨
Another excellent review thanks Bjorn!
Cheers!
Nice review as always Bjorn. Have you done an A B comparison between this and your BYOC triangle? I have the BYOC, like it a lot especially the mid boost feature. I'm hoping EHX finally re release a rams head. Like you said, it's about time they embrace the big muff heritage.
I did a quick test and I think the BYOC is far more tamed and not nearly as aggressive and boomy. Two very different Muffs... to my ears.
Very interesting. I'm sure it's not easy for EHX, or any clone company to hone in on one specific Triangle or Rams head sound because of the inconsistent circuits of the early 70s. But I'm pretty certain if an EHX Rams head came out, I'll gladly buy it.
@@gilmourishofficial Would you consider the tamed, less aggressive sound possibly better towards nailing that DSOTM/Animals Gilmour tone? Also, which one is less noisy? I'm very torn between the BYOC Triangle and this one at the moment. I'm aware he was using a Ram's Head around the time of Animals, but I tend to like the extra spit the Triangle variants have. If you had to choose between the EHX and the BYOC Triangles, which would you go with?
It is really good and maybe more than expected. I have to precise that I use a very good double compressor. If possible, add it on a cali76 stacked edition and a delay , the result is ...gilmour sound with no noisy bad sound. And the work to learn a good solo from gilmour....gives me shivers because it sounds so good while before there was a lack of something I was searching for. Triangle is very affordable for what it provide!
Hi Bjorn! Very good joob, congratulations from Peru. Excuse me, which are the settings for the Mistress at the beginning? That comfortably numb cover sounds beautiful. Thanks.
Thank you! Color 9:30, rate 2:30 and range all the way down (off)
Excellent job, as always.
thanks man your videos helped a lot
Cool tones... thanks again
Bjorn, if you haven't already I suggest you try a deluxe BASS big muff. I promise you can get a verrrrry convincing Gilmour tone from it. Especially if you play with the crossover and a tinge of clean mix. It has almost identical circuitry to the original Russian. You can change like two components and it is exactly the same. The DBBM plus a light OD is dead on Wall tone. With the crossover engaged a tad, and you got DSoTM or Young Lust ready to roll. I've tried all the muffs minus a couple of originals and the DBBM is by far my favorite, especially for our Floyd gigs.
Great demo as usual!
Can you link to any demos of the pedal being demo'd with those sort of tones?
@@mattgilbert7347 the only one I ever found was this one below. It's very generic, but he does go through a few settings just not in context of something like a Gilmour solo. But you get an idea of the very basic tone. And I lied about not having a gate. I totally forget that it does have one. I've been meaning to try using a full on clean blend into my dirt pedals to see if I could use it just as a noise gate if needed. But anyway, I'm gonna try to make a demo of it when I get some time and I will link you that..in the meantime,..... th-cam.com/video/c9-Xy9NGm3M/w-d-xo.html
I haven't done a vid for the Bass Muff but you're right. It's very old to those old 90s models. I do prefer the Green Russian but the Bass Muff is a close competitor.
The next is Ram’s Head ?
Did you use compressor ?
Very Nice Tone as usual 😍
J’adore
No compressor.
You actually predicted this!!! Just some days ago ehx released the reissue of the ram’s head...
Hi Bjorn! I need an advice about my first pedal. I really like both the dark side of the moon and wish you were here, and I’m looking for a versatile pedal that can perform well this album. I don’t like a lot of songs from the wall, apart from Comfortably Numb. I have a boss katana 50 watt amplifier.
Said that, I looked for some of the fuzz that are on your list (especially the silicon ones) but unfortunately the analog man is not available here in Italy. I can find the jim dunlop for sure, both the big one and the mini version, and some shops have the fulltone 70 too (the new version). Should I buy one of these two or look for a muff instead?
I'm not sure I would go for a fuzz for the Katana. Fuzz pedals are very sensitive to the amp and although the Katana can handle pretty much anything you might be better off with something a bit more versatile. See this feature for more www.gilmourish.com/?p=7115
Thank you! Yes, I already read that article on your website. So I will probably go for a muff. How is the triangle muff compared to the others on your list?
Great demo, as usual...
Thanks!
very nice sir
Thank you!
I own the Triangle Big Muff and the Ram's Head; and I've found that I like the Triangle better.
Nice!
Bjorn, have you done the new Op Amp Muff yet? It doesn't look like you have. Maybe you can wait 2 days on that then if you've planned on releasing a demo. Because I just got my hands on the new Triangle Muff, and the Op Amp Muff, and I'm going to do a shoot-out of both with my EHX Big Muff Pi w/ Tone Wicker. I may include some other fuzzes or distortions (my Little Bear R.ATTACK-2, for instance) at the end for fun. But primarily I want to see how these two new Muffs compare to the big box, standard version. Video should be up on my channel within 2-3 days.
Have yet to get my hands on the Green Russian. I may add that if my video gets any likes. Maybe I'll get the Way Huge version too.
I'm here for purchase validation, and man, do you have me patting myself on the back!
I think they actually nailed this pedal.. Also, are you using the electric mistress on the clean rhythm part in the overdrive section?
No that's a Strymon Lex.
@@gilmourishofficial thank you!
NIce work. Is that an All Parts bound neck?
Thanks! It’s a Fender CIJ 65 reissue similar to the Eric Johnson.
Hi Bjorn! How did the custom 50 works with the vintage 30’s?? I’ve heard that they’re too bright together. I can buy a 412 loaded with v30’s for 160€ but i’m worried about the excess of treble. I’ve a dr103. If they are too bright I can sell the v30 but i’m curious..
Dependson how you set the amp, what pickups and pedals you use. I don’t find them too bright but tats my personal taste.
Hi Bjorn!! Have you tried the Iron Horse from Walrus Audio? Great Videos!!!!!
No thanks for the tip!
So in your personal opinion, what do you think Gilmour was using on “No More Lonely Nights” by Paul McCartney by way of fuzz/distortion/effects ?
I love his tone and sound in that song.
This is covered in Phil Taylor's Black Strat book. He used the modified 1983 Fender '62 reissue Strat with the Roland synth pickup. Pictures reveal the he used most of the 1984-85 About Face setup, which featured Fender amps. Effectswise I would guess a Boss HM2 into a Mesa head and chorus. Might be a Muff too... I really don't know.
Sehr gut und hilfreich!
Danke!
Hi Bjorn your recording space looks pretty small. Have you ever measured the decibels inside the room when recording?
No I haven’t but I usually don’t play that loud when recording. Don’t need to. Gets loud when we play as a full band though but you’re really just seeing a small corner of a much bigger room.
Amazing review, it needs an amp with good amount of mids and compression, but i have a doubt, it works just as well as in your Reeves through a blues junior iii tweed? i think it has jensen speaker, it's a new version of blues junior's series
The Blues Jr has considerably less and mids and compression compared to a Hiwatt or Reeves. It's also a much brighter sounding amp so I'd might consider the Green Russian or something else alltogether.
It would be awesome if you could do a comparison study between the Russian and triangle muff. Also for a occasional hobby player like me which one would you suggest ?
Depends on your amp. Some amps doesn't like Muffs at all. The Green has more mid range and an overall warmer tone. The Triangle is brighter, less mids, more lows and gain.
Great sound! I used to have a big muff back in the late 70's but sold it long ago. I would like to pick up a new one. Which big muff would you recommend? I have an '09 Les Paul Standard and a Marshall DSL 40CR. Would love to get the Gilmour sound, tone with them.
Probably the Green Russian. The Triangle will probably be too aggressive for your Marshall.
Thanks Bjorn, appreciate the recommendation!
What are the names of the Songs that you're playing, Björn? I think I recognise them but can't name them...
Loosely based on Comfortably Numb, Dogs and Echoes.
What do you guys think: Ram's Head, or Triangle? Which one is better at replicating the "Gilmour" tone? Please let me know via reply.
David Gilmour has mainly been using the Ram's Head. From 1976 to present. He did also use the Sovtek in the 90s and on the recent Rattle That Lock tour. IMO the Green Russian is the best sounding of the three new EHX reissues but the Ram's Head is right up there. The Triangle sound a bit too dark and gated for my taste. Ultimately, all three will cover David's tones. See my channel for comparisons and reviews of all three. See my site gilmourish.com for more.
@@gilmourishofficial Thanks! I had a hard time deciding between the Triangle or the Ram's Head, because they sound so similar! You did say that the Triangle has more gain? I feel like that would be a plus for me, but thanks so much for the reply and explanation! Your channel is by far the most helpful one I've seen! Keep up the great work!
It's a great pedal and review, don't get me wrong. I just don't understand why anyone would get all of the ehx muff pedals when they can get just 1 muffeletta by jhs.
Fair question but then again, it's about taste and availability I guess. Personally, I thought the Muffuletta had some very nice tones but I don't think it has the same character and "mojo" (in lack of a better description) as some of the other clones out there. I think EHX has hit the mark with their new reissues.
Can you do a review of ckk electronics royal fuzz? Just bought one while I was traveling in australia and it says it is a new type of fuzz distortion but to me it surely has that smooth mid low end and loudness of big muffs!
I'll be happy to check it out if they send me one :)
Hey Bjorn!
Can we have some thoughts on the Basic Audio Tri/Ram muff?
If they send me one I'll check it out :)
Great review! But I still like the Green Russian Big Muff more :D
I do as well. Read my other comment in here about the best Russian available (and super cheap) hint: it's the deluxe Bass big muff. I promise it really is the best muff!
@@LeviBulger
A lot of guys say this.
What about the regular Deluxe Big Muff? Kit Rae claims you can tweak it to sound like pretty much any of the other Muffs, and even get Fuzzface-ish tones from it. Problem is, that would mean tweaking knobs while playing a gig. I can handle one or two manual adjustments when playing live, but mostly I like to set my pedals up and use a MIDI-capable true bypass loop switcher.
@@mattgilbert7347 absolutely I agree with Kit, the deluxe is extremely flexible. Personally I prefer the bass version simply because of the optional clean blend (which really tames the low end), the Russian base tone, and the crossover effect that kinda does what the deluxe does just a bit differently. It does not have the exp pedal option, but I would never use that as much as the blend. Having the crossover and DI capabilities is massive for me because I like to detune from time to time, as well as use a baritone. It's just so flexible and sounds massive. Hitting the crossover during a solo gives you a cocked wah tone that is killer. But just using a tinge of the crossover gets you that seemingly impossible mid-range scream with Russian flavor. The deluxe can also do it, just with an NYC muff flavor. I will probably never go back to using any other Muff
@@mattgilbert7347 and I totally get not wanting to fiddle with knobs live. I personally just use colored sharpies to mark the different settings I like, of which there are two primary ones... DSoTM Gilmour and Wall Gilmour. Takes a few seconds to change settings
Hey sorry to bother you but when do you think you can do a review of the Moore triangle buff
When Mooer sends me one.
@@gilmourishofficial ok but how did you test it? Or did you just try one?
I've listed it in my Big Muff Buyer's Guide.
www.gilmourish.com/?page_id=3389
@@gilmourishofficial I meant as in did you test the Moore one time
How about hiss and noise?? I previously had a Big Muff Pi and hat to sold it because the noise was unbearable.
I think this one is fairly quiet campared to many other models I’ve played. Keep in mind though that high gain such as Muffs do have som hiss and noise. It’s just the nature of these pedals.
Is it normal that once I turn up the volume even to like 2 on the triangle muff and have my Guitar plugged in at zero volume, there to be a horribly loud static bassy sound coming out of the cab?
This think has a lot of gain so there will be some noise. Depending on the noise floor of your rig and possible hum issus, it might also amplify some noise that’s already there. However, there shouldn’t be too much.
It's a nice pedal but I tried it with the Green Russian and went for that one instead.
How does it compare to the regular (big) Pi?
Much more vintage sounding. Less aggressive.
@@gilmourishofficial too bad it's less agressive (for me then) thanks!
David Gilmore, uses a special made fuzz. he uses delay and reverb, no echo.
No. In the 70s he used Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face pedals and Big Muffs. He's still using stock Big Muffs today. He's also used Pete Cornish Big Muffs in the 80s and 90s. In the 70s he famously used a Binson Echorec and since the early 80s, different digital delay units. All studio recordings have some reverb in one form or the other but he's never used reverb on stage. Please see my site gilmourish.com for in-depth rundowns of his gear since 1968 to present.
There is a way to get the triangle darker?!
Nothing to do with the green Russian or can be close?
Thanks
Depends on your amp and pickups but it doesn't have much mid range and compression, which makes it fairly bright. The tone control allow you to roll of quite a bit though.
gilmourish riis well.. I have a fender blues junior, and play with a strato 63 josefina pickups and Ibanez rg as well with di marzio humbucker..
Do u suggest me to get a green one if I want more darker sound or maybe the triangle can be “acceptable” dark rolling down the tone?
Tringle vs. Green Russian for Gilmour tone?
Depends on your amp and taste. I'd say Triangle for Animals/Wall and GR for 90s Gilmour.
manuelde6 did you get one
I dont care about the pedal, I just want to see play.
What track is this?
I'm jamming to Comfortably Numb, Dogs and Echoes. All by Pink Floyd.
Lacquer allows the wood to breathe, gives me mega tone bro
Hi Bjorn, Brilliant demo👍👍👍. I Love the sound of this Pedal, I would of preferred the Skeedy P19 but for$300 compared to $185 for the Big Muff Triangle it really is a no brainer!
Gilmourish.com is a Brilliant resource for Fuzz recommendations! Thank you.
Take care.
Melbourne, Australia.
Thank you!
John Roberts
'...would have...' or '...would've...'
For me this Muff is the less arrive to tone of Gilmour, the best is the soviet!
Depends on which era you prefer I guess. The triangle is very close to that late 70s and 80s Gilmour. Especially his live tones from that era. The Green Russian fits the 90s perfectly but it also depends on the amp and pickups.
I have the Mooer Triangle Buff copy of this Triangle Big Muff, but I pass difficult to simulate tone of Gilmour, my impression that this pedal has a Very dirty tone, the only tone that i could I used a booster with treeble And Bass for try better frequencies!
Play with a proper neck guitar fender please :P
What’s wrong with this one? CIJ 65 reissue. Looooove it!
I didn’t realize it is that big
Very cool. When dou you do a laney lionheart review?
Thanks! I plan on having one up soon but there's all these other videos to do too :)
gilmourish riis we love your reviews👍 in your reviews you use the 20w or 5w head? I hope that review come soon lol
For this one I used a Reeves Custom 50 - a Hiwatt clone. My Liomnheart is a L20.
I bought a L20T-112 and I love it. I use it on the drive channel and tone turned about 2-3, except for the fuzz tone. Clean channel, tone all the way up.
What amp settings
linked input (lower bright - upper normal) guitar upper bright, normal volume 1:00, bright volume 11:00, bass 1:00, treble 8:00, mids 1:00, presence 12:00
@@gilmourishofficial thx also awesome as always
Dammit, and i just bought the green russian... This sounds much closer to the 1977-tone
You can get very close with both I think. The Green Russian has less gain, so turn it up - almost all the way - and you're there.
@@gilmourishofficial Thanks will try! Gonna have to work the tone and sustain (do they work differently between models?) til I can get the sound of those sweet bends around 3:30-4:00
Stick with the green. It has better mids and like Bjorn said, it's a lot smoother. Hit it with a compressor or an sd1 if you have to!
@@LeviBulger I don't know, I quite like the spiky-ness of this one. Already using a Yellow Comp when using overdrive, gonna have to tweak around!
@@cHzism yeah it really comes down to your amp and preference. But in a vacuum, I think the green suits more rigs. The triangle definitely wouldn't work for Fender amps but probably sounds great with mid heavy amp.
Very nice playing but I returned it. Not for me.
Fair enough.
Has anyone tried this one or the green russian with a Boss Katana 100w combo? Does it work? Any thoughts? Thanks
I ' ve got a green russian, a Vick audio Rams head, a nano big muff and a NYC standard. They all sounds great in the clean (or the crunch with mild overdrive) channel of the Katana. The best, IMO, is the green russian, overall if you play with a band. Anyway , I think the katana is a great base for effects.
@@albertonoya1322 Thanks, mate. That's very helpful. Cheers
way too much flange bro
Ha ha, thanks for letting me know. I like them swirly tones :)
It has totaly digital and trebely sound and i dont like it...
Bjorn you consider that it has SMD board and its not good alternative of old school analogue type big muff's...
By the way, your playing style is aaaaawesomeeeee and superbbbb
Well, I disagree but thanks for the kind words!
This comment is a good example of how so many from our guitar playing community have backwards opinions stemming from so much misinformation online and a lack of basic electronics/engineering principles
@Krish - Eloquently stated.
they are not - it's mass produced SMD garbage - china modular electronics - the components are so tiny the tolerances are not the same - the tone is not the same - its cool and serves a purpose but the nano shit is tired - id rather pay more for a through hole design any day - and wave soldering makes it fast and streamlined - the tolerances will be closer to the original units - these are just slightly tweaked BMP's with "cool" graphics nothing about these reissues resemble the original units - not in appearance - not in circuit design - these are made to feed the machine - anyone can build a BMP clone - you have to learn how to solder - it will take several hours to build but can be done for about 5 bucks
More low end than the russian? It seems otherwise from the clips (not just yours, KitRae's as well).
Great job and nice selections, loved the "Echoes" solo.
Considerably more low end and gain.
Definitely more low end, and it's really apparent because it's so scooped. I'm sure they got really close to the original triangle, but for Gilmour I would stick to a Russian circuit or a solid Ram's head style
I'm a bass player and I own both. The Triangle booms. Lows on the Russian are tighter. The tone control turned counterclockwise adds low end actually.
@@gilmourishofficial
In Kit Rae's demos it seemed to have more mids than the GR
The Green Russian has noticeably more mids and it gets even more the more your turn up the tone. The Triangle is louder, with more gain, which might be reason why it seem to cut through more but the tone is very open and scooped and the tone gets brighter and almos ice picky when you turn it up.
What I don't understand after trying this pedal, is how could you keep volume at 12 o'clock.
On mine with level at 9 volume is above unity already...
Use the settings that works for your set up.