EHX Russian Big Muff

[growlinscythe]

Hi

Silly question, but;

to me it seems this pedal retains SO MUCH low end, it really doesn't need a clean blend, but much rather I dial back the low mids on my SVT-CL (Mids Setting 1, Mids @ ~10 o'clock), and also roll back the lows going into the muff (Darkglass Tonecapsule Bass @ ~ 40% if 50% is neutral).

Otherwise the room is insanely sonically filled up.

Tried this out today out if curiosity (Bass (Schecter Stargazer with Seymour SPB-3 & DG Tonecapsule, 60-110 Nickel Wound D'addarios) ->EHX Russian BM->SVT-CL->SVT810), and it made me question the whole biamping & clean blend thing - maybe you just need the right distortion pedal & tuner??? (maybe some wah, compression & delay if you wanna go fancy, but really it seems especially with this pedal&amp
it doesnt need much else)

lmk if anyone had similar experiences!

curious to hear of your experiences & opinions!

 

[kyral210]

I have the Deluxe Bass Big Muff, which is a green Russian circuit with a blend, gate, and crossover switch. I’ve never found it thunderous to the point I need to dial back my tone capsule, but maybe it’s your pickups and amp making the difference?

either way, the DBBM is an incredible piece of kit that (in my opinion) is the only fuzz a bassist needs.

 

[growlinscythe]

I have the Deluxe Bass Big Muff, which is a green Russian circuit with a blend, gate, and crossover switch. I’ve never found it thunderous to the point I need to dial back my tone capsule, but maybe it’s your pickups and amp making the difference?

either way, the DBBM is an incredible piece of kit that (in my opinion) is the only fuzz a bassist needs.

might be the quarter pounds that are slightly more towards the bridge that are super aggressive indeed

I have the bass big muff nano, but I just don't quite like the way it sounds compared to the standard russian one.

great pedal, but always prefered the standard one. gotta check out the deluxe!

 

[johnk_10]

i think the green russian is very nice, especially after i added a mids control to mine:

 

[IronLung1986]

Yes, this pedal absolutely rules. It utterly blows the doors off. It doesn't really need a clean blend, especially with passive basses. I use an LS-2 with mine, not because it needs low end (it has more low end than the clean sound lol) but just to preserve the solidness of the fundamental a little more. In my opinion this thing plus the LS-2 is the best big muff you can get for bass at any price. It completely bullies almost anything else you'll find, including the EHX Deluxe Sovtek. I owned both at the same time and the little Green Russian, due to its simplicity, has a bigger, more massive and ferocious sound with more natural midrange and considerably more bass. In fact, the Green Russian with no clean blend at all has more low end than the Deluxe Sovtek WITH its clean blend engaged. It's just one of those uncanny pedals that's both the cheapest and best, and you have to hear it to believe it. I've been using mine for years and every time I turn it on it's thrilling as it fills the room. Practically every other fuzz I've tried sounds puny compared to it. And it's worth mentioning that despite the magnificent, space-filling volcano of sound it puts out, it never overpowers anything else in the band or oversteps its bounds. You don't suddenly squash the guitar player with a load of weird midrange or treble buzzsaw noise. You get to stay in position as the bass player and have superpowers at the same time.