Damn, Ryan! You really surprised me with the opening of the video. Some downright nasty Industrial beat jam. Great to hear and see this side of you! A really cool fuzz from JPTR FX, too. And here's me thinking I'd never ever need yet another Big Muff interpretation. I guess I'll want one in some point. Loving their effects already, and now this, lol.
I could see the Warlow doing very well in a live situation, it sounds very open and bright, the EHX is more rounded and pleasing to my ear though, and considering the difference in price I'd go EHX.
I bought a Warlow as well, but it's a different one, with a toggle to switch between a Muff tonestack, a Rat-like filter or a combination of both. That one seems to have more mids in the Rat filter, and works great on bass/bass VI.
I own both, and both are great! I really enjoy how thick and brutal the warlow is. The ehx is hard to beat for how it cuts in a mix. But for home solo practice the warlow is sooo much more satisfying. I have the limited Ed rat gfx warlow and it has a toggle on front to switch between op-amp and rat tone stacks. The standard v1 Warlow has the switch internally. I’ve yet to see anyone show off the rat mode in any video. I’m keeping both, because the warlow is incredible and the ehx is still different tonally and cheap. Thanks for the great shootout!
The Death By Audio Fuzz War is based on a Muff. That one is pretty brutal. This one sounds like the serial killer Muff. I'd love to see them have fight. A Monstrous Muff War, if you will. Lame, I couldn't think of anything better.
If he put it through that Supro in the back, it would be even dirtier. Those amps when pushed sound like they have a broken speaker. Some hate that, others love it.
All the Muff fans out there ought to check out the largely forgotten EHX Germanium 4 " Big Muff " version. Besides using four legit diodes( which surprised me, especially given the price; they are the NKT 275" red dot" high gain type, which are more common), and having a cool Tiki design , it's a two sided , Drive & Distortion, with sag/ voltage controls.It's NOT a Muff circuit, nor is it technically a square wave Fuzz, but it can do creamy to sputtery, and has a Treble Booster capacity for darker amps , bass, and general brain drilling. Tough to really qualify the sound, - Garage Trash, with a vintage flavor? Like the GeOD , it's one of EHX's forgotten classic's, right down to the crappy footswitches and dollar store knobs.Stacked on a Boost, it can get into Muff territory, but it normally isn't high output. For around $100, it's a crazy deal, a credible Muff option, and a solid platform for mods/ upgrades. I'm not a high gain player, but I do have Jptr's Double Jive Reel fixed on my board, and they make great pedals.I plan on it remaining my main Boost/ Drive and early gain stage for a while to come. Peace.
I have been waiting for this demo! I saw few demos of this pedal and order it but I also wanted to see your thoughts on it. Still seems like a killer pedal! Shame JPTR FX seems to be having some trouble delivering the pedal. Still waiting for mine.
Really. That opening riffs is absolute banger !!! This pedal are ultra-gnarly. Sound defining genre. Throw away the Marshall-in-a-box type pedals! Shout to Beast-in-a-box type pedal ! Thank you anyway
Yeay, finally another big muff demo. Cool stickers and clever marketing, but I'll guarantee that this particular fuzz pedal will not cut through in a live mix with a loud drummer and another guitarist. The fizzy buzzy thing is aweome on its own, and can be mixed into a nice intro riff, but it's also the best way to completely dissapear in a messy live mix.
@Far Stox Depends on the particual mix we're talking about though. With a loud drummer with a lot of 4-6 kHz action, and a second guitar that doesn't mute all his treble frequencies eiher...I'd personally prefer an overdrive/dist with more mids and not too much emphasis on neither the lowest or highest frequencies. If there were one size fits all kind of solution for guitar pedals and band mixes, it'd be a pretty boring world I guess :)
One year later and I'm about to eat my own words. My ove/hate for the big muff changes every now and than, and I'm now entering a new phase where I'm diving back into the muff rabbit hole and again listening more to the stoner/grunge/shoegaze/etc bands I grew up with, as well as newer bands that play similar stuff. Listened to some more demos of this pedal, mostly of the new version with the filter switch. Turns out this particular demo just doesn't do it for me, but nearly every other one makes me extremely curious to try this pedal out myself. So I guess that's the long version of me appoligizing for being a condescending cynical whise-ass one year ago :/ Cutting through a mix is still always an issue with big muffs imo, but there's plenty of bands to prove that it can be overcome, and that the results are worth the effort of tweaking yer settings and levels a bit.
@@NutsTesticles You sure? On the schematic it has a 2 band active peaking equalizer. It boosts or cuts 2 specific frequencies using gyrator circuits, which is what many EQ pedals use such as the boss GE7. I can understand the comparable sound though, since the HM2 allows a huge mid scoop, as do muff stacks, and this thing is particularly nasty sounding.
I just bought this pedal and the guy on Reverb is telling me I must use a 9v psu only. The page states 9-18v. Can you verify this is correct? I sent them a screenshot and they are not replying.
I liked more the Warlow, has more of a fuzz character, while the EHX Op-Amp has that boxy/nasal mids that i tend to dislike and sounded to me very much like typical metal high gain distortion, while the Warlow reminded me more to a 60's/70's raspy and brutal heavy psych fuzz, something like Frijid Pink's debut album or Stone Garden.
Yeah I own a couple of fuzzes and the ehx op amp is probably my least favourite, like you say it has a boxy sound as compared to some other I have like a Keeley fuzz bender which has a more well defined and clear fuzz sound with a thicker bottom end
The E-H is a OpAmp Fuzz...believe it or not it is more related to a Tube Screamer than any Big Muff made before or after. The JPTR FX pedal is voiced to sound like a classic silicon transistor Muff Fuzz so you will get a scoop thing.If you are simply all about having a classic Muff neither of these are it. Though the JPTR had me fooled. I did not do my homework and check out the site. So the words you are reading are in my way a retraction from the epistle that graced this page only yesterday. THE JPTR IS ABOUT $215.00 USD and the E-H is $90.00 USD Nothing is more Big Muff than the Ram's Head and EH reissue is more than just a passable take on it. You can get it for $100.00 USD. Yes the Ram's Head is 'Dave Gilmour" and the OpAmp is Billy Corgan so they are worlds apart in their intent. My point is you can get a lot of Pro sounding 'Fuzz noises ' for the same budget.
On this theme are a bunch of EHX "Big Muffs" that do not sound like a typical Big Muff. Along with the Op-Amp there is also the Double Muff (I think it actually predates the Rams Head), The Germanium 4 Big Muff, The Big Muff Deluxe, the Metal Muff and more. I have a Germanium 4 Big Muff and I love it but it sounds nothing like a typical Muff. Its got a boost side and a gated fuzz side. The Earthquaker Devices Hoof and Solid Gold FX MkII would also be in this category of un-muffy Muff style pedals.
@@padernia4477 That's cool but my comments were aimed at guys new to Muffs.I am 74. My first Fuzz was a Maestro FZ-1 Fuzz Tone ...NEW...it was an easy choice ...no one made a second choice. I have vintage stuff I keep but it is unusable live.The only old thing I use is a Plexi ...lol I used an original Rams Head I bought new to replace the Fuzz Tone for years. Know I have a few Metal style Fuzz boxes I mostly use pushing an OD and a Frantone Peach Fuzz. Fran designed the E-H NYC Big Muff. I also love the Deep Trip Hellbender. It won best in show at NAMM when it came out.It is an f-ing must have pedal. Keep in mind I front a 3 piece Prog Metal Band. I have zero time to layback or noodle at 220 bpm tempo's LOL I do love pedals. My live board has 70 pedals and I use every one of them at a single gig!
@@JPTRFX what do you think is inside am OpAmp? OK I am being the horses butt ;-) I confess I was surprised when I visited the JPTR site. A little pricey at $215.00 USD but the center of gravity these days is $200.00 USD. I hate the distressed look but it is hardly a deal breaker. Time out for an edit.
One of the worst shopping experiences. Total lack of communication and no clarity regarding delivery times. I requested a refund through PayPal, and fortunately, it was accepted.
Sounds like the feedback network has been set closer to a gating than normal.. So if it was a 100k link in a Fuzz Face to the Fuzz pot replacing with a 68k will give it that style gating.. Essentially the Gate on a Fuzz Factory.. In a Muff style circuit. You can hear the wave rolling over itself.. Must be all Op-Amp clipping and just gated and biased for distortion. Warlow is super satisfying cranked amp. Natural feeling breakup somehow. Stereo fuzz was good. Needs a bass muff blend and we happy
I have heard this exact sound already,we all have. Just plug any good distortion pedal direct into the board like Reznor did on countless NIN albums. Same fuckin old sound. Doesn't even sound like a good fuzz. More like a too distorted, distortion pedal to me. Not enough bass to be a good muff sound.It only sounded decent when everything was turned low. Nah. This Won't cut the mustard. too noisy and trebly for sabbath, yet not enough bass for the heavy doom I normally create. I'll pass.
Sounds like a muff broke. This pedal could define a bands entire sound. Love it
I mean, the best fuzz pedals in history make you think some piece of gear is busted so.....
It would be the band’s entire sound cos you wouldn’t be able to hear anything else lol
You think that’s something ? I have a super weirdo by them.I scared to turn it on!😵💫👍🏿
WOW! I did not realize how much turning up the amp completely changes the EQ of a pedal! thank you for cranking it!
“Thankyou for cranking it” ……….. lol, you are welcome. .
Your intro music was inspired. That's the true test of gear. JPTR really stands out from the crowd in a good way. Thanks
Wow, love JPTR pedals but that surprisingly highlighted how great the EHX is.
But holy hell, the 2 in parallel is GREAT!
The power of fuzz broke reality and made everything all glitchy *noice*
I love this sound - gritty, crunchy, breaking up. If it's not cutting out, it isn't brutal enough!!!
Stereo fuzz?
Me: "YES!!!"
Dude, that was brutal. I loved it all. Splatty, Velcroy, nasally, tight and scoopy - I dug it.
Dude. That intro. What the hell man that was siiiiiick
Damn, Ryan! You really surprised me with the opening of the video. Some downright nasty Industrial beat jam. Great to hear and see this side of you! A really cool fuzz from JPTR FX, too. And here's me thinking I'd never ever need yet another Big Muff interpretation. I guess I'll want one in some point. Loving their effects already, and now this, lol.
This tells me 2 things. That I would like the warlow as much as I thought I would. And my pumpkin pi still sounds damn good
Loved the way you just dove in and let the fuzz guide you. Great intro 🤘😎
It scoops the mids so much it has a faux octave effect. My Guyatone fuzz pedal has similar color and tone and it has a slight octave effect.
I just bought one. I have 4 fuzz pedals but seeing that this one is named after me I guess I have to buy one.
I could see the Warlow doing very well in a live situation, it sounds very open and bright, the EHX is more rounded and pleasing to my ear though, and considering the difference in price I'd go EHX.
One of my exes had the most brutal muff ever. Think I'll give her call.
I think a mix of both would be FANTASTIC. I would buy one in a heartbeat.
it sounds nasty gnarly and i can feel it rattling the back of my eardrums. so sounds like a winner!
There go my laptop's built-in speakers....you'll be getting my repair bill shortly.
Well that was a Beast of an intro I must say. Now I have to reproduce it, dang you!
Cool intro, reminded me of Ministry, Ever played a FuzzHugger Algal Bloom?
I got ministry vibes too !!!
i love this. it’s literally a velcro muff
4:30 Is that the beginning of The Munsters theme song? Edit. It is!
That intro went hard as hell oh my god
I think this pedal would definitely benefit from lower tunings.
Would love to see this side-by-side with the Metal Muff (full size version).
This and a Fuzz War at the same time could rip a whole in the fabric of our reality.
I bought a Warlow as well, but it's a different one, with a toggle to switch between a Muff tonestack, a Rat-like filter or a combination of both.
That one seems to have more mids in the Rat filter, and works great on bass/bass VI.
I own both, and both are great! I really enjoy how thick and brutal the warlow is. The ehx is hard to beat for how it cuts in a mix. But for home solo practice the warlow is sooo much more satisfying. I have the limited Ed rat gfx warlow and it has a toggle on front to switch between op-amp and rat tone stacks. The standard v1 Warlow has the switch internally. I’ve yet to see anyone show off the rat mode in any video. I’m keeping both, because the warlow is incredible and the ehx is still different tonally and cheap. Thanks for the great shootout!
I know I gonna really like the vid when you do a fuzz stuff.
so fun to see and hear
I don't remember hearing that intro on any Bel-Airs albums. Probably just missed it. Has anyone seen Ryan? lol
Love this! I want this and the Katastrophe pedal!
Nice pedal. Maybe you'll like the fuzzlord pedals too!
Yeah this is good but the fuzz war does exist, more brutal? Who knows, I'd be interested in a comparison
Those two pedals at the same time could rip the fabric of our reality.
This is wicked. Both pedals are killer, but the stereo pedals at the end is the best! Bonecrushing!
The Warlow is a beast
How’s the low end? I feel like some fuzzes thin out right when you’re trying to kick into the heaviest part of your songs
The Death By Audio Fuzz War is based on a Muff. That one is pretty brutal. This one sounds like the serial killer Muff.
I'd love to see them have fight. A Monstrous Muff War, if you will.
Lame, I couldn't think of anything better.
That Intro was Fuzzzin Awesome!!! 😂🙌🏻🎸🎶
Somebody get this to Ty Segall ASAP!
It sounds like someone shot your amp mid-gig and it's struggling to even output. I love it.
If he put it through that Supro in the back, it would be even dirtier. Those amps when pushed sound like they have a broken speaker. Some hate that, others love it.
Love the shirt
I LOVE LOVE LOVE it.
All the Muff fans out there ought to check out the largely forgotten EHX Germanium 4 " Big Muff " version.
Besides using four legit diodes( which surprised me, especially given the price; they are the NKT 275" red dot" high gain type, which are more common), and having a cool Tiki design , it's a two sided , Drive & Distortion, with sag/ voltage controls.It's NOT a Muff circuit, nor is it technically a square wave Fuzz, but it can do creamy to sputtery, and has a Treble Booster capacity for darker amps , bass, and general brain drilling.
Tough to really qualify the sound, - Garage Trash, with a vintage flavor? Like the GeOD , it's one of EHX's forgotten classic's, right down to the crappy footswitches and dollar store knobs.Stacked on a Boost, it can get into Muff territory, but it normally isn't high output. For around $100, it's a crazy deal, a credible Muff option, and a solid platform for mods/ upgrades.
I'm not a high gain player, but I do have Jptr's Double Jive Reel fixed on my board, and they make great pedals.I plan on it remaining my main Boost/ Drive and early gain stage for a while to come.
Peace.
I didn't think that said WARBOW. I'm slightly relieved.
I have been waiting for this demo!
I saw few demos of this pedal and order it but I also wanted to see your thoughts on it. Still seems like a killer pedal!
Shame JPTR FX seems to be having some trouble delivering the pedal. Still waiting for mine.
No I just have to build them alö
@@JPTRFX But I already received email that it has been shipped almost a month ago :(
@@emossg oh can you contact us via Mail? It can be stucked in customs
Definitely a loud amp pedal, it really shines then. +100 when running a baritone into it.
I would totally buy the Hades out of a Double-Warlow ......... Oh wait , maybe toss octave in for one channel
Really. That opening riffs is absolute banger !!! This pedal are ultra-gnarly. Sound defining genre. Throw away the Marshall-in-a-box type pedals! Shout to Beast-in-a-box type pedal !
Thank you anyway
Yeay, finally another big muff demo. Cool stickers and clever marketing, but I'll guarantee that this particular fuzz pedal will not cut through in a live mix with a loud drummer and another guitarist. The fizzy buzzy thing is aweome on its own, and can be mixed into a nice intro riff, but it's also the best way to completely dissapear in a messy live mix.
just dime the volume and you get the mids that you need for the mix
@@JPTRFX That's a real good way of ending up as a one man band :)
I guess I'm personally more of a Tonebender kinda guy :)
@Gupster 23 Or you could just spend the same amout of money on a pedal that's able to cut through a mix on its own :)
@Far Stox Depends on the particual mix we're talking about though. With a loud drummer with a lot of 4-6 kHz action, and a second guitar that doesn't mute all his treble frequencies eiher...I'd personally prefer an overdrive/dist with more mids and not too much emphasis on neither the lowest or highest frequencies. If there were one size fits all kind of solution for guitar pedals and band mixes, it'd be a pretty boring world I guess :)
One year later and I'm about to eat my own words. My ove/hate for the big muff changes every now and than, and I'm now entering a new phase where I'm diving back into the muff rabbit hole and again listening more to the stoner/grunge/shoegaze/etc bands I grew up with, as well as newer bands that play similar stuff. Listened to some more demos of this pedal, mostly of the new version with the filter switch. Turns out this particular demo just doesn't do it for me, but nearly every other one makes me extremely curious to try this pedal out myself.
So I guess that's the long version of me appoligizing for being a condescending cynical whise-ass one year ago :/
Cutting through a mix is still always an issue with big muffs imo, but there's plenty of bands to prove that it can be overcome, and that the results are worth the effort of tweaking yer settings and levels a bit.
The EHX dimed into the cranked amp sounded almost Swedish chainsaw to me with its EQ
The HM-2 EQ tone stack is based on the Big Muff
@@NutsTesticles You sure? On the schematic it has a 2 band active peaking equalizer. It boosts or cuts 2 specific frequencies using gyrator circuits, which is what many EQ pedals use such as the boss GE7.
I can understand the comparable sound though, since the HM2 allows a huge mid scoop, as do muff stacks, and this thing is particularly nasty sounding.
@@JulianA-tr6pt you are absolutely correct friend.
@@NutsTesticles ?what. It's pretty different actually.
I was half waiting for Ola Englund to show up for a Will It Chug segment😁
Damn that stereo baritone fuzz. Holy fuuuuuuu...
I just bought this pedal and the guy on Reverb is telling me I must use a 9v psu only. The page states 9-18v. Can you verify this is correct? I sent them a screenshot and they are not replying.
Rad intro!
Is this the intro music at your church service? (C;
I liked more the Warlow, has more of a fuzz character, while the EHX Op-Amp has that boxy/nasal mids that i tend to dislike and sounded to me very much like typical metal high gain distortion, while the Warlow reminded me more to a 60's/70's raspy and brutal heavy psych fuzz, something like Frijid Pink's debut album or Stone Garden.
Yeah I own a couple of fuzzes and the ehx op amp is probably my least favourite, like you say it has a boxy sound as compared to some other I have like a Keeley fuzz bender which has a more well defined and clear fuzz sound with a thicker bottom end
it's like 2 muffs stacked
I heard a little bit of Ganondorfs Theme in your Intro
sounds great, to me its like you took a op amp muff and put a bias control on it set to about 2 oclock
If only they would put it in a smaller enclosure
Brutal.
That Warlow nearly puts the Univox Super Fuzz to shame, but not quite. I definitely want one for myself though.
The E-H is a OpAmp Fuzz...believe it or not it is more related to a Tube Screamer than any Big Muff made before or after. The JPTR FX pedal is voiced to sound like a classic silicon transistor Muff Fuzz so you will get a scoop thing.If you are simply all about having a classic Muff neither of these are it. Though the JPTR had me fooled. I did not do my homework and check out the site. So the words you are reading are in my way a retraction from the epistle that graced this page only yesterday. THE JPTR IS ABOUT $215.00 USD and the E-H is $90.00 USD Nothing is more Big Muff than the Ram's Head and EH reissue is more than just a passable take on it. You can get it for $100.00 USD. Yes the Ram's Head is 'Dave Gilmour" and the OpAmp is Billy Corgan so they are worlds apart in their intent. My point is you can get a lot of Pro sounding 'Fuzz noises ' for the same budget.
On this theme are a bunch of EHX "Big Muffs" that do not sound like a typical Big Muff. Along with the Op-Amp there is also the Double Muff (I think it actually predates the Rams Head), The Germanium 4 Big Muff, The Big Muff Deluxe, the Metal Muff and more. I have a Germanium 4 Big Muff and I love it but it sounds nothing like a typical Muff. Its got a boost side and a gated fuzz side. The Earthquaker Devices Hoof and Solid Gold FX MkII would also be in this category of un-muffy Muff style pedals.
@@padernia4477 That's cool but my comments were aimed at guys new to Muffs.I am 74. My first Fuzz was a Maestro FZ-1 Fuzz Tone ...NEW...it was an easy choice ...no one made a second choice. I have vintage stuff I keep but it is unusable live.The only old thing I use is a Plexi ...lol I used an original Rams Head I bought new to replace the Fuzz Tone for years. Know I have a few Metal style Fuzz boxes I mostly use pushing an OD and a Frantone Peach Fuzz. Fran designed the E-H NYC Big Muff. I also love the Deep Trip Hellbender. It won best in show at NAMM when it came out.It is an f-ing must have pedal.
Keep in mind I front a 3 piece Prog Metal Band. I have zero time to layback or noodle at 220 bpm tempo's LOL I do love pedals. My live board has 70 pedals and I use every one of them at a single gig!
Hey the warlow has Not a Single Transistor
@@JPTRFX what do you think is inside am OpAmp? OK I am being the horses butt ;-) I confess I was surprised when I visited the JPTR site. A little pricey at $215.00 USD but the center of gravity these days is $200.00 USD. I hate the distressed look but it is hardly a deal breaker. Time out for an edit.
@@Paul_Lenard_Ewing you dont have to buy our Work and you dont have to like it as well thats ok people are different:)
Sounds like a power starved muff!!! Dang!
This is so surf stoner So Cal baby
No you’re the most brutal muff ever
The intro sounds like if Red hot chili peppers played metal
Yeah sounds like By the Way
Pumpkin pie eats it for breakfast!
Cool pedal. Still prefer my Alchemy Audio hotrodded Muff Pi. 😎🤘
Try running this through a bass or keyboard amp!😉👍✨
Phuckin' philthy phuzz Ryan! \m/
That thing is… mean
It's pretty easy to mod a muff to sound like that
One of the worst shopping experiences. Total lack of communication and no clarity regarding delivery times. I requested a refund through PayPal, and fortunately, it was accepted.
The EHX sounded better. The Warlow sounded way too scooped to be usable in a band setting. Seemed to have less gain and a 'mosquito-y' tone overall.
Sounds like the feedback network has been set closer to a gating than normal.. So if it was a 100k link in a Fuzz Face to the Fuzz pot replacing with a 68k will give it that style gating.. Essentially the Gate on a Fuzz Factory.. In a Muff style circuit.
You can hear the wave rolling over itself.. Must be all Op-Amp clipping and just gated and biased for distortion.
Warlow is super satisfying cranked amp. Natural feeling breakup somehow.
Stereo fuzz was good. Needs a bass muff blend and we happy
That pedal would be really hard to use in a band setting.
If you want a heavy Muff, Devi Ever Hyperion.
No it is not.
My ex was the most brutal Muff ever... EVER 🤕
Cheers 🍻
It's so fuzzy that you can play like crap and get something decent until someone turns off the pedal😄
I have heard this exact sound already,we all have. Just plug any good distortion pedal direct into the board like Reznor did on countless NIN albums. Same fuckin old sound. Doesn't even sound like a good fuzz. More like a too distorted, distortion pedal to me. Not enough bass to be a good muff sound.It only sounded decent when everything was turned low. Nah. This Won't cut the mustard. too noisy and trebly for sabbath, yet not enough bass for the heavy doom I normally create. I'll pass.
If your not testing your fuzzys with cherub .. your not smart