METAL MUFF w/o THE TOP BOOST THANK YOU LORD

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  • Опубликовано: 22 авг 2023
  • Trying out the Electro Harmonic Metal Muff Mini pedal! They removed the Top Boost! It's like a dream come true!
    Disclaimer: EHX sent me this pedal but it's going back after demo has been made. EHX does not have a saying on how I make or what I say in my videos. This is not a sponsored demo.
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  • @green8923
    @green8923 11 месяцев назад +81

    I like the unique "grind" sound you get when you dial in the mids just right. It's sort of HM2-ish, yet a little cleaner on the top end. Great demo!

    • @Helena-gk4ui
      @Helena-gk4ui 11 месяцев назад +7

      guitar it's a mid-range instrument, you don't need anything beyond 6000hz and anything below 80hz, because then you start conflicting with the cymbals and the bass

    • @fonesrphunny7242
      @fonesrphunny7242 11 месяцев назад +5

      I got one and the low-mids seem scooped a bit too much, but those carefully dialed in mids really make up for it. You may want an EQ to keep the crunch somewhat under control.
      It certainly got the job done when I was playing along my favorite Nasum songs.

    • @arkavagoswami
      @arkavagoswami 11 месяцев назад

      kristian khole would have love this pedal..he should review it someday maybe.

    • @Jimmy-cv2js
      @Jimmy-cv2js 6 месяцев назад

      @@Helena-gk4ui jimmy

    • @DaarthPingas
      @DaarthPingas 4 месяца назад

      ​@@Helena-gk4uiyou absolutely need treble and presence beyond 6000hz and sub bass below 80hz in your guitar track. if you put your favorite guitar track through a 6000hz low pass, it'd sound terrible and lifeless. you also generally do want some level of sub-bass for your palm mutes. yes, if you have to much of either, it'll will also sound terrible. but everything needs to lock together correctly in the end. otherwise your mix wont "mix" and sound natural.
      as for the mid scoop with this pedal, it might be a little excessive for most peoples' tastes, you generally have to fight extremely mid-centric speakers in your guitar cabs and mid-centric pickups.

  • @davidatyson
    @davidatyson 11 месяцев назад +22

    I love your honesty. Being a consumer it helps. Thanks Ola

  • @earthquakemagoon2505
    @earthquakemagoon2505 11 месяцев назад +10

    Sounds killer!! Sure do see a lot of them on the used market here in the U.S. Thanks Ola Skål! 🎸👍😀

  • @christopherhavison5176
    @christopherhavison5176 3 месяца назад +1

    Love this channel!!! Love the honesty and of course all about METAL!!!

  • @alexskibicki2262
    @alexskibicki2262 11 месяцев назад +22

    Killer demo, ola 😎🤘🏻🎸 and this pedal is a major improvement from the previous metal muff. The noise gate feature is so much better than the top boost(which sounds unpleasant). And I do dig the tone of this pedal by itself.

  • @olebrumme6356
    @olebrumme6356 11 месяцев назад +11

    I have this pedal and it's my favorite! Got exactly the tone I wanted, good chug and the noise gate is great.

  • @thirteenthandy
    @thirteenthandy 11 месяцев назад +11

    This pedal is my backup rig that I bring to every show, and I run it with a little poweramp pedal. It's a life saver, and honestly sounds good enough that no one even notices if I need to use it for a set (which unfortunately happens, as I have the WORST luck with my tube amps).

    • @TheBoondoggler
      @TheBoondoggler 11 месяцев назад

      what Poweramp pedal are you using

    • @thirteenthandy
      @thirteenthandy 11 месяцев назад

      @@TheBoondoggler Quilter MicroBlock 45

    • @tommilitello198
      @tommilitello198 11 месяцев назад +6

      Other guitarists are the only people that notice what gear you use,the general audience could care less

  • @PutItAway101
    @PutItAway101 11 месяцев назад +19

    Mids up high is almost in Swedish Chainsaw territory, but minus the fuzzy broken insanity sludge

  • @42itous
    @42itous 11 месяцев назад +15

    Sounds good. I've always been a fan of the EHX Metal Muff, used to have a Joyo clone that was surprisingly legit. Love the fuzzy, thick midrange sound

    • @HCkev
      @HCkev 11 месяцев назад +3

      Joyo clones are all pretty legit. I use an Ultimate Drive for my boost pedal. It's supposed to be a Fulltone OCD clone, but its sounds slightly different. I like it!

  • @JoeFic9997
    @JoeFic9997 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks Ola! I appreciate your review ms and this is no exception.
    I bought the Nano Metal Muff for the 3 band eq plus gate and I feed it with a J Rockett Archer and I really like how they sound together !

  • @FartCoffinStudios
    @FartCoffinStudios 11 месяцев назад +7

    This pedal would slay for nasty black metal or old school death metal tones. Gross, over the top, gained out to holy hell. I think I might have to get one of these. Cheers Ola!

  • @MoosicDude
    @MoosicDude 11 месяцев назад +11

    The top boost took me forever to work out but it can sound good. Turn the treble down, it will make the top boost is usable up to around 11/12 O'clock and really adds a lot of clarity especially when you've got the distortion cranked. The metal muff top boost is a great example of WAY too much of a good thing, but you can balance it because of how wide the EQ is.

  • @lichen8855
    @lichen8855 11 месяцев назад +5

    With the OD and the gain turned down a bit it sounded really nice and gnarly.

  • @Daveed2087
    @Daveed2087 11 месяцев назад

    Love the sounds and love the shirt! let’s go!!!!

  • @priorwitness
    @priorwitness 11 месяцев назад +15

    Honestly it reminded me a lot of a Boss Metal Zone. It didn't sound like a fuzz at all. There is a great thick mid range tone to be had here though :)

    • @JulianA-tr6pt
      @JulianA-tr6pt 3 месяца назад +1

      That's because it's a modified Metal Zone and has no connection to the Big Muff. Had one, distinctly MT-ish.

  • @rustee_nyfe
    @rustee_nyfe 11 месяцев назад +2

    Sounds really cool. Really cool

  • @natedurham2748
    @natedurham2748 11 месяцев назад +1

    Woah, it's cool seeing Ola use one of my first pedals. The East River Drive was, I think, the second pedal I ever bought with the Boss DS-1 being the first. I bought it maybe 10 yrs ago. It sounds pretty good on its own but I mainly used it for boosting distortion pedals. Nowadays I use the Spark pedal by TC Electronic to do that but I still love my ERD.

  • @theartofts
    @theartofts 9 месяцев назад

    You are best, Ola. Thanks.

  • @perpetualgrimace
    @perpetualgrimace 11 месяцев назад +2

    Sounds surprisingly good!

  • @tizianodeberardinis6306
    @tizianodeberardinis6306 8 месяцев назад

    I have bought this pedal and it's so great! I use it with my bass as well and it's a pretty cool little thing!

  • @Mike-vu7em
    @Mike-vu7em 11 месяцев назад

    Planning on grabbing 1 at some point

  • @DielectricFailure
    @DielectricFailure 2 месяца назад +1

    _This seems like a good addition to using a Laney Dualtop amp to record some nasty yet brutal industrial metal. 🤘🤘🤘🤘 Definitely one pedal on my radar!_

  • @doocies
    @doocies 11 месяцев назад +3

    I owned a Micro Muff on a couple occasions. A 6 band MXR eq after the pedal makes it sound amazing

    • @angryroostercreations5194
      @angryroostercreations5194 10 месяцев назад +1

      Same Mine is the chintzy beringher eq, but it works wonders to reign in some of the piercing highs.

  • @thomasbaldiscola4671
    @thomasbaldiscola4671 11 месяцев назад +3

    Sounds descent with the OD!

  • @TarnishedViking.
    @TarnishedViking. 11 месяцев назад

    Yes!👍 It is doing it! 🤘Do it again!🤘

  • @insulartomb
    @insulartomb 11 месяцев назад +2

    love the t shirt dude

  • @amaethinfernal6014
    @amaethinfernal6014 11 месяцев назад +15

    That's one buff muff! Seems bottom end is lacking but brutal distortion gain. 🤘🤘🤘

    • @01blaval
      @01blaval 11 месяцев назад +2

      The bottom comes with the bass🤘🏼

  • @o0punk
    @o0punk 11 месяцев назад +5

    Hello from Donbass. Metal forever 🎸

  • @CrushingAxes
    @CrushingAxes 11 месяцев назад +1

    Definitely chugging my friend!

  • @JaniceLalla
    @JaniceLalla 11 месяцев назад

    Great video, very amusing

  • @Davidthestratman7
    @Davidthestratman7 11 месяцев назад +80

    That east river is a tube screamer lol

    • @chaptermasterpedrokantor1623
      @chaptermasterpedrokantor1623 11 месяцев назад +9

      Mike Matthew probably figured everybody is cloning them and selling them, I'm gonna get me some of that pie. And from what I could gather it worked. That tranche of fairly generic overdrive/fuzz pedals that EHX released around that time got them a lot of money that funded their crazier DSP stuff.

    • @Tommy_Thunders
      @Tommy_Thunders 11 месяцев назад +8

      Heaps of companies make a knock off/their own version of a tube screamer

    • @alexcorona
      @alexcorona 11 месяцев назад +3

      He meant with THE actual tube screamer, we all knew what he meant. If not look up the history of the original one.

    • @chaptermasterpedrokantor1623
      @chaptermasterpedrokantor1623 11 месяцев назад +8

      @@Tommy_Thunders Standard operating procedure of a boutique pedal company. Make yet another Tubescreamer/Big Muff/Fuzz Face. Slightly different voiced, maybe some switches or extra pots to make them stand out more.

    • @bitronicc1887
      @bitronicc1887 11 месяцев назад +5

      Thing is not all tube screamers all equal. They all use different variations of the circuit, with varying components, gain stages, as well as different EQs.
      Check out Josh’s video on the bonsai pedal on the JHS RUclips channel to learn more about them.

  • @halo0919
    @halo0919 11 месяцев назад +7

    Ola, would love to see you demo the Steel Panther 1987 pedal - just to hear your thoughts 🤘

  • @ratt669
    @ratt669 11 месяцев назад

    at first settings with the od as a boost sounds close an ENGL. Nice!

  • @claudevieaul1465
    @claudevieaul1465 11 месяцев назад

    Nicely priced too!

  • @JoeCostantini74
    @JoeCostantini74 11 месяцев назад +3

    Reminds me of a Boss Metal Zone, maybe I'll compare the two one day.

  • @angryroostercreations5194
    @angryroostercreations5194 10 месяцев назад +1

    the East river drive is supposed to be an 808 TS clone. I use it to boost fuzz pedals.

  • @0dreads0
    @0dreads0 11 месяцев назад

    YESSSSS!!!! I SUGGESTED THIS ONE A WHILE AGO 🤘👹🤘

    • @0dreads0
      @0dreads0 11 месяцев назад

      this is my main pedal and sound no iff ands or butts about it

  • @fundude365
    @fundude365 11 месяцев назад +5

    That Mid control gives a bit of an HM-2 vibe at the top of the sweep. Though that could be my less than ideal headphones 😅

    • @huffdm
      @huffdm 11 месяцев назад +2

      some MT-2 vibes as well

  • @gajapi
    @gajapi 11 месяцев назад +1

    That chug 😍

  • @louchavez4307
    @louchavez4307 3 месяца назад

    Great demo. Have or will you demo the mxr fullbore metal distortion pedal. It also has an on board noise gate.

  • @LOWFREQUENCIES
    @LOWFREQUENCIES 11 месяцев назад +3

    Nice I give a Solid 6/10 !!!

  • @zozangzozang4073
    @zozangzozang4073 11 месяцев назад +1

    I love you Ola.

  • @clowncorpse7230
    @clowncorpse7230 11 месяцев назад +1

    It sounds ok I think you should demo the budget pedal I found 😂it is quite sick I use it live mostly as it has a real balanced tone & the controls are really good on it & it cuts through better than a lot of expensive gear onstage and in rehearsal😁it's been in use with me for around 3 years,I used it on some of my thrashier swolas too as it works great for thrash riffs😁

  • @jonbanks3341
    @jonbanks3341 11 месяцев назад +1

    big improvement! But wow is that EQ sensitive

  • @philippemartignier9858
    @philippemartignier9858 11 месяцев назад

    Hi Ola, would love to see you testing the baghdad pedal from does it doom !_!

  • @darkgardener9577
    @darkgardener9577 11 месяцев назад +7

    The gate is way better value over the top boost...I got a delux big muff with one and I like that feature.

    • @8Seven65
      @8Seven65 11 месяцев назад

      Good thought

  • @ulrichweber3944
    @ulrichweber3944 10 месяцев назад

    I also have this pedal in my Collection. I is one of my Favorite beside Guardian Of the Wurm and the Fleshrot ;-)

  • @Mike-vu7em
    @Mike-vu7em 11 месяцев назад +1

    I don’t know if you do but you should offer the solar x type (cheaper model) in blue (for dime) the red was a nice choice as well

  • @coolchug1611
    @coolchug1611 11 месяцев назад

    Yeah, that MID KNOB!! wonders

  • @algrundau9441
    @algrundau9441 3 месяца назад

    MXR FullBore Metal also has a built in Gate. Mid Scoop button and 2 knobs that control mid's...as well as bass, treble, volume and Distortion. EHX improved the Muff with this compromise. Try them both out. They are about the same size and price.

  • @coldragoon
    @coldragoon 11 месяцев назад

    You need to do the MXR Fullbore Metal. Pretty much same controls but 20 years earlier

  • @yohanonshine4664
    @yohanonshine4664 11 месяцев назад +1

    Ola so just checking the overdrive before or after the metal muff on my pedal board?

  • @musicflamesstudio171
    @musicflamesstudio171 11 месяцев назад +2

    wow nice.

  • @michaelgrahamwongacutemadness
    @michaelgrahamwongacutemadness 9 месяцев назад +1

    I’ve tried the top boost engaged but not turned up much I think if it was voiced for more upper mids there’d be a lead guitar use

  • @6rusT
    @6rusT 4 месяца назад

    would be nice to hear the muffins in the effect loop of a tube amp

  • @philipdesailles5286
    @philipdesailles5286 11 месяцев назад +3

    You will have to try out the new Friedman JEL20 Jake E Lee Junior 20w Guitar Amp Head

  • @patrickbarge9872
    @patrickbarge9872 11 месяцев назад +1

    Max Gain and you see Ola smiling🤘😎

  • @gearhead2017
    @gearhead2017 11 месяцев назад +3

    Wow electro harmonics have highly improved their shit!

  • @panagiotisioakeim834
    @panagiotisioakeim834 11 месяцев назад +3

    Bruh.. i bought this pedal yesterday and because i let it in the heat it doesn't work. I waited months for this pedal and now im kinda sad.. The funny part here is while im contacting with the store i bought it from, i see a notification from your channel for this video😂😂. Olaaa, you're playing with meee

    • @claudevieaul1465
      @claudevieaul1465 11 месяцев назад +1

      It's very rare that a pedal stops working because you kept in the heat... 🤔 With that I think you mean in full sunshine?
      Shouldn't affect a pedal, I would think. Unless it got so hot inside that plastic parts warped, or maybe even some soldering came unstuck (but that's an extreme scenario)

    • @panagiotisioakeim834
      @panagiotisioakeim834 11 месяцев назад +1

      I believe it's from heat, because as a stupid man i am, i let in the hot sun inside the car and it got very VERYY hot. So i guess that's why. Anyways the store replaced it and im pretty happy. It's a very nice pedal, i truly recommend it.

  • @OfficialDroidRevenge
    @OfficialDroidRevenge 11 месяцев назад +1

    Is a pretty standard distortion until you throw an octave up pedal, or an octave fuzz at low gain in front of it. Then you have a ghetto FZ-2.

  • @zacharyzane1638
    @zacharyzane1638 11 месяцев назад

    I sure would love to get one of your Vola guitars and can I get it in Barbie pink

  • @mescaliiiiine
    @mescaliiiiine 11 месяцев назад +2

    Hey Ola, have you ever tried the Empress Heavy? If not it could be a pedal to look at one day, and if you have already, they have a new revised pedal, in a smaller package too.

    • @mattmartinez3741
      @mattmartinez3741 11 месяцев назад +1

      He did. In will it chug. And has an 8 second clap from ola. The fastest ever. Lol

  • @ArtGuitars.
    @ArtGuitars. 11 месяцев назад +3

    Metal muff total distortion..show🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @cams432
    @cams432 9 месяцев назад

    Hi Ola Englund
    Have you tried the ehx big muff rams head reissue

  • @TiwazPagan-if3og
    @TiwazPagan-if3og 11 месяцев назад

    What does the gate do exactly, take out unwanted fuzz?

  • @SiriasisOFFICIAL
    @SiriasisOFFICIAL 10 месяцев назад +1

    This pedal slams hard

  • @newrockorder
    @newrockorder 11 месяцев назад +1

    brutal shit man this cool pedl is useful

  • @cybersixx
    @cybersixx 11 месяцев назад +1

    Is Ola tune to D standard in this video?

  • @JohnWiku
    @JohnWiku 11 месяцев назад +9

    The boosted up muff didn't sound that unusable, add an 10band EQ right after and you can tweak a lot of heavy tones!!

  • @newbeginning1510
    @newbeginning1510 11 месяцев назад

    Is the top boost supposed to be a tube screamer? Also if not would you recommend me using a tube screamer without the top boost ?

  • @jeffreybonaventure6981
    @jeffreybonaventure6981 11 месяцев назад

    I would love to play with a Ola Muff😂

  • @MALINCHE678
    @MALINCHE678 11 месяцев назад +1

    i have this pedal, is great for a beginer like me, the gate noob is really usefull, if you set the eq correctly and boosted with a overdrive (i have the boss blues driver BD-2 and then the overdrive/distortion OS-2) is a great distortion, i think is almost a fuzz with all the distortion noob on full, in the future i am gonna buy some tipe of eq, btu for the price is a good distortion.

    • @fonesrphunny7242
      @fonesrphunny7242 11 месяцев назад

      The MM has so much distortion, I can't imagine what it sounds like with two OD boosts.

  • @Makuz1988
    @Makuz1988 Месяц назад

    Very good Pedal. Keep it Simple

  • @TheStringDojo
    @TheStringDojo 10 месяцев назад

    Oh I laughed so hard to the ending, Ola throws the pick to make like a bunch of rebounds, so funny! 4:21

  • @Daledoingitgaming
    @Daledoingitgaming 11 месяцев назад +1

    Ola your a beast 🤘🏻

  • @rjadamz9117
    @rjadamz9117 5 месяцев назад

    What is the closest to the “end all” distortion pedals you’ve tried/used?

  • @caelenselke-minogue
    @caelenselke-minogue 4 месяца назад

    It sounds like what happens if you combine an MT-2 and an HM-2. Both grinding/crunchy and gritty. It also has the compromise in regards to those two pedals - way too touchy controls crossed with useless controls that have to be maxed out.

  • @zacharymurphy5312
    @zacharymurphy5312 11 месяцев назад

    What gauge and brand strings he use?

  • @TheCyberMantis
    @TheCyberMantis 11 месяцев назад +1

    Cool. They made a Metal Zone clone pedal.

  • @rockybasu
    @rockybasu 11 месяцев назад

    Hello ola make a video about Boss ns2

  • @scottishbawbag315
    @scottishbawbag315 11 месяцев назад

    Ola, I know it's not related. But are u going to be releasing a solar acoustic anytime in future. Thanx bud, love and life to family.

  • @CitizenKang
    @CitizenKang 11 месяцев назад

    As a NYC'er, I do like the name "East River Drive"

  • @homunculusSZN
    @homunculusSZN 11 месяцев назад

    Ola, please make a Precision Bass chug.

  • @DonDouglass
    @DonDouglass 11 месяцев назад +2

    I wonder how long those pedals will last before they break? I have had no luck with EHX.

    • @bbq4126
      @bbq4126 9 месяцев назад +2

      My east river drive broke after a month or two. Not fault of mine but EHX quality control is shoddy.

  • @scoliewood
    @scoliewood 10 месяцев назад

    🤘🤘

  • @hallofshame6112
    @hallofshame6112 2 месяца назад

    How much usd sir this cost from nepal I wanted to know

  • @StupidEarthlings
    @StupidEarthlings 11 месяцев назад

    For a hot sec, I mis heard ya, which makes me think,..... they should make an Oladrive Pedal. :)

  • @Trendkill666
    @Trendkill666 Месяц назад

    Honestly it sounds decent. Especially for the price! 😈🤘

  • @onguitargerry
    @onguitargerry 10 месяцев назад

    Can try boss power stack..

  • @zacharyzane1638
    @zacharyzane1638 11 месяцев назад

    Sounds almost as good as my fillhore metal pedal

  • @Pj32Sr
    @Pj32Sr 11 месяцев назад

    Jhs legends bender into eq ❤️‍🔥

  • @timchan8205
    @timchan8205 11 месяцев назад +5

    Maybe the Top Boost is for you to plug it straight to the power amp but no the preamp 🤔?

    • @mvyper
      @mvyper 11 месяцев назад +1

      He tried that. You have to balance it out with the treble knob.

  • @okaight7248
    @okaight7248 11 месяцев назад +3

    Sounds pretty damn good at the very end when you had lower gain

  • @there_is_nothing_here
    @there_is_nothing_here 7 месяцев назад

    I liked it when I heard it back in the day, I still like it. 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @JulianA-tr6pt
    @JulianA-tr6pt 3 месяца назад

    Note to everybody - this pedal sounds like a Metal Zone because it is a modified Metal Zone. It features a different type of EQ, basically. C'mon it's clearly not a Big Muff circuit!
    I had the original, large Metal Muff w top boost back in probably 2011 when I was younger and getting into some metal playing. Yeah, that top boost was useless! I had it set to 0.5, where it'd just "change" the EQ rather than boost.
    I made a true bypass mod for it (probably one of the only OG MMs with true bypass ever) and ended up putting in on reverb years back. It's out there somewhere!

  • @METALFROG6
    @METALFROG6 11 месяцев назад

    Damn!!! 🐸🤓✌️🤘

  • @DanGmz
    @DanGmz 11 месяцев назад

    The classic metal zone bee sound 🐝🤣

    • @TheCyberMantis
      @TheCyberMantis 11 месяцев назад +1

      I agree. This thing is like a Metal Zone.

  • @user-wt2dh9kt7s
    @user-wt2dh9kt7s 11 месяцев назад +1

    Ола проверь педаль AMT P-1 drive from AMT

  • @profound369
    @profound369 10 месяцев назад

    Why do people use expensive petals when we have axe fx and neural dsp?

  • @wabisabi7399
    @wabisabi7399 9 месяцев назад

    Has anyone compared this with the Metal Zone and the Ibanez Pentatone? 🤘