That’s also the idea: the gain structure can be manipulated with the depth knob and will only yield big muff fuzziness fully clockwise - and it's designed to have easy more mids than other muff circuits: that’s why it sticks out both in this comparison and especially in the mixes. Without judgment here: you can really hear how it cuts through the full tracks way more than the others here - this may be up your alley or not but definitely what I was always missing in BMP circuits 🙂
Dude, from the first few seconds of the video I could tell this was going to be epic. Just got my Big Muff Pi out because of you, I don't know why I keep looking for other sounds when it has it all.
I guess the thank you for recently skyrocketing Altar orders go to you ❤️ I’ve watched this video many times by now and definitely need to get a few of these: only winners in these extremely enjoyable 1 1/2 hours! (Except for my wallet, maybe 😅)
The OG green Russian and Haggtronix were my two favs. This was really well done, for real, thank you for diving in depth like this. I got sucked in and watched the entire thing haha
I feel inspired and pumped as shit to try some of these. I want all of them. This is one of the best pedal videos of the year IMO and I hope, so bad, that this takes off and makes you enough money to do more stuff like this (if you want to). Bravo and thank you for adding like 6 more pedals to my want list.
thank you so much, that really means a lot! I'd really love to do these more often but I will have to look how much time I have to spare. It was like 6-7 weeks from start to upload and I didn't do much else besides this single video. It's quite well received so far and I am really thankful for that but I have quite a few pedals on the shelf now that are desperately waiting for their time to shine. Will definitely do things like this one again - maybe not to the 1,5h mark but I have a few ideas. :)
Wow, seriously great video! I wish all comparison videos were this well made, thank you very much for this! You also have most of my favorite muffs here in this video which is awesome. If you happen to come across a Musket by blackout effectors, a Crimson by JHS or a Tarpit by Greer (easily my favorite muff ever, now discontinued) don't hesitate to pick any of those 3 up. A must for any muff connoisseur! I also love the EQD Hizumitas though it has a fairly distinct sound from other muffs.. it's sort like the Keeley Moon in terms of how heavy and dark it is, but its still very unique sounding. PS That Warlow sounds absolutely crushing. I really need to pick one of those up
Good lord how is there still so much green paint on that 90s sovtek?! I had those in the 90s - the paint is like 1 molecule thick. Look at it and it flakes. 😮
Wow what an amazing video with beautiful shots/imagery! My favorite big muff lately has been the Mythos Positron Collider; sounds killer and the ghostbuster graphics are wicked
Me: Sees video length Sees Bruit t-shirt Realizes I got the same stylistic influences as you Loves the Big Muff I think this will be the best Saturday evening in a long time
I went down the same rabbit hole, but I never had as many boutique pedals. I sold most of them because I realised that the one pedal I needed to keep was the Deluxe Big Muff Pi. It can do all the sounds I want. It was the same journey for the HM-2.
Only heard good things about the Deluxe ones. Need to get my hands on one of those. (also the hm2 stuff is really interesting and I have a few of those...)
Brilliant! Wow, you have done an amazing job here. 👌 There is only one pedal that is missing here, and it is JHS Crimson. It is based on the first version of the russian line of Big Muffs. "Red Army" pedal produced circa 1991-92
I am also obsessed. Currently though my favorite is the Deluxe…and the Deluxe Bass and that’s it…except when I use the Green Russian…but that’s it…well and the Pharoah but that is it really… ok I have the Op Amp too but that is it really … (pushes Rams head under the bed with foot)…and I dont want one of those Black Sovteks’s, I really don’t…You selling that one?
A suggestion to offer for the description: Flag the time stamp tags with a "*" to denote the pedals tested here that can go post-buffer if necessary without appreciable changes in tonal quality. I spent considerable time hunting for a fuzz pedal that could follow a buffer for my board. I eventually went with a EHX Nano Big Muff Pi as it was the one that sounded the least affected by a buffered signal. Hope this helps.
As Boris said, to my knowledge pretty much every Big Muff should not really care that much if there's a buffer or not because of how the circuit works. Some of those (e.g. the Hail Satan even comes with a buffer onboard).
@@dots.sounds I only ask because so many rig builders beat the "fuzz before buffers" drum so loudly. Nice to know there are exceptions to the rule. For the record, the Nano Big Muff on my board feeds into a Hot Wax and both pedals are looped thru a TC Sentry noise gate's send/return loop. The first pedal in the full signal chain is an Empress Buffer. This combo seems to be working great and produces good tone.
I have a musket fuzz clone with a three way clipping mod on my board. It's got Si, LED, and Ge. I dig the Hail Satan. It has a really gnarly EQ. I think the KMA Chief Disruptor was my favorite.
One of the most versatile and rad muffs out there is the EHX Deluxe big muff. I imagine the sovtek deluxe one is also a great flexible muff. they both have the bypassable parametric eq like the KMA chief disruptor. Also, another fantastic muff is the Minotaur Sonic Terrors Sludge Lord. That thing is amazing and sounds so full frequency on guitar. Really powerful rams head circuit.
The Astronaut doesn't sound bad at all, I shouldn't listen to my imposter syndrome talking. Ben told me about the comparison and I think I should have sent you a forest, but I've been so busy with work that I escaped my mind.
I love your dedication and attention to detail! Great content! So which one is your favourite? Personally I still go with the Pharaoh. From all the Muffs I tried its the most versatile and pushed through a loud amp it gets very gnarly but still manages to sound open and not too compressed!
Hm, not sure if I have a definitive favorite as most of them are pretty unique. But there's a few that I am very happy about the fact that I don't have to give them back. :)
Hmm. I think the Swollen Pickle is a Jumbo Fuzz, so it would be comparable to something like the DBA Fuzz War or the Blue Colander one in the Jumbo setting. Basically a bit more open and raunchy due to the lack of a pair of clipping diodes? Need to check the schematics to say more, but it's definitely an interesting one I'd love to try. Never played one
Pretty simple! Dunable or Huber into the Apollo and then going via Palmer Daccapo into the pedals. Then the Müller Classic (boutique JCM800style) going into the Ox with a G12T75 cab I think. Then some little post eq to get rid of stuff you simply never want to hear and you're good to go. :)
They are pretty cool, but unfortunately they are getting pretty expensive nowadays. The big one is supposed to be the same circuit as the green sovtek while the small one has some components changed which shifts the bass and treble a bit.
while i do like and appreciate this, ideally i always want to be playing a muff through a more clean amp tone. either a cleanish jcm800 or similar or s smaller sized fender style amp.
@@ShakyVertexin a crunch clean channel, you will lose the mid scoop when increasing the tone and even recover some bass, it's a weird and unexpected effect, but it solves the most common issue people have with the big muff.
@@dots.sounds that crunchy jcm is totally distorted in my ears but who am I to judge. the amount of work here is astonishing and now i see how different my Hoof would sound in a distorted amp. I play it into a clean 'til slight break-up Fender Blues Deluxe.
I was super excited when I saw this and started watching!, however, I got really disappointed when you started demoing the pedals with an already distorted amp. I never understand when someone does that! how can I really hear what the pedal is doing with a very distorted amp!! not even slightly breaking up amp. :((
Sorry to disappoint you there, I like Muffs in clean amps and in light crunchy ones like shown here and asked others in before - crunch was where it‘s at. Guess everybody has a different preference. :)
@@thesaj1110 well I can clearly hear differences and what each pedal is doing. And hundreds of others seem to be able to aswell. Tastes just differ, hope you find something that suits you at other places. :)
I was certain after listening to YT videos that the original Pharoah sounded better than the Pharoah Supreme, but people kept telling me that couldn't be right because of this and that circuitry they shared, so I bought the Supreme, and not only was it NOT worth the extra $$$ but it sucked and then developed a short just sitting in a box for a year. :-(
Huge work is done, but it has almost no sense - "clean" tone is too dirty, and unique character of each pedal is drowned in saturation by that. Something wrong with modern approaches to making "doom sound", how come stacking stupidly overdriven gain stages is normal? An hour and a half of fartsy bass and sizzling highs, damn.
Point taken, I guess each to their own when finding sounds or liking/disliking genres. I did ask a few guys in before and the crunchy base sound definitely got more points. :)
How come writing about „how bad the sound is“ under a yt video has never changed anything? Get over it, this dude knows what he’s doing and he’s doing it very well.
@@dots.sounds Don't get me wrong, I'm all for honest feedback without sugarcoating it, so I may seem rude. Nothing personal, it`a common thing: "does it doom", "fuzzed drones", and some other doom-oriented guys on YT often making same stuff for some reason. Just putting few dist/fuzz pedals in a row cranked all the way up, getting angry bumblebee sound, that absolutely useless in mix. Everything can be explained by tastes, but it`s not about personal preferences, when it comes to stacking gain stages, it`s physics. Overdriven(so is yours, i insist), not *slightly crunched*, preamp, obviously, already has way less headroom, and there is a fine line between making sound rich and dense by turning gain up a bit, and oversaturated and thrice compressed by stacking few hi-gain distortions just "because we can that`s why". When i was a kid, i thought if i turn gain all the way up - it will sound heavy. Now i understand that less is more, and wondering why this golden rule is turned upside down today. Cheers.
@@SOUNDFARE I'm voicing an opinion because it's a topic I'm interested in and comments are open here. If you are used to unconditionally agreeing with everything - ok, it’s your choice, go on.
Well. I am all in for discussions but I think this is one that doesn’t have a point. Matter of taste should ALWAYS be a valid argument in any musical discussion. Ofc gainstaging is physics and yet a whole lot of people seems to enjoy stuff you don‘t. And guess what - thats fine. Don’t take it personally but at this point discussing things becomes quite anti-fun and exhausting. Hope you have a great rest of the week and find enjoyment in other stuff.
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Press like when you giggled as he said “ today we try all those muffs”
👼
"One hour and 36 minute video all about Muffs? I'm so ready for this!"
Dude.
The production quality on this video is INSANE!
Thanks a lot!
I’d pay to watch this in an IMax theatre. A stellar contribution to RUclipsland. It’s like vitamin C for my ear holes. 👍
thank you so much!
For theatre I would have done a bit more. More of a hobbyist here, but I take the nice words
God damn dude 😳There's the moon landing for space exploration, and then there's this vid for pedal demos
Ahaha! But thanks, that means a lot. 🖤
The lichtlaerm sounded very different but punishing. Loved it.
probably due to the different eq section and the deathknob (hm2) style eq on that booster, that one really shifts some mids
That’s also the idea: the gain structure can be manipulated with the depth knob and will only yield big muff fuzziness fully clockwise - and it's designed to have easy more mids than other muff circuits: that’s why it sticks out both in this comparison and especially in the mixes. Without judgment here: you can really hear how it cuts through the full tracks way more than the others here - this may be up your alley or not but definitely what I was always missing in BMP circuits 🙂
This level of dedication towards a single circuit must be some kind of record! Great work Fabian! This needs to be seen! 🤘
thank you so much!
Very well done video! The cinematography looks so good.
Thank you very much!
Dude, from the first few seconds of the video I could tell this was going to be epic. Just got my Big Muff Pi out because of you, I don't know why I keep looking for other sounds when it has it all.
thanks! glad you like it. muffs are awesome no matter what
I guess the thank you for recently skyrocketing Altar orders go to you ❤️ I’ve watched this video many times by now and definitely need to get a few of these: only winners in these extremely enjoyable 1 1/2 hours! (Except for my wallet, maybe 😅)
Woah! Crazy!
But yes, most are very dope, even the vintage ones.
bro this will go through the roof. damn good work!!!! i love this🔥🔥🔥
thanks man! You too made this possible.
Blackhawk Green Pi and Mask Audio Black Math were my favorites of the bunch!! Epic endeavor. Thank you for your service to humanity!!
Glad you liked it! Also cool how everyone seems to find some different faves!
Leaving a like first, got to hear this with headphones
This is so fucking incredible. Well executed. Well shot. Sounds amazing. Seriously a freaking stellar project, man. Damn.
Didn't I ever tell you how important your stuff was for my early pedalnerd-being?
That truely means a lot!
I don't have time for this but now i'm glued to the screen
What an excellent video. Congratulations. Thanks for the demonstration
Absolutely insane dedication on this one. Thank you so much for sneaking our stuff in
You're welcome! The Laran is amazing, would love to get an own one at some point. :)
Haggtronix forever!
Dude! Many sweet spots and tough calls! Excellent video! ❤
The OG green Russian and Haggtronix were my two favs. This was really well done, for real, thank you for diving in depth like this. I got sucked in and watched the entire thing haha
The Haggtronix one is so good! And that OG green russian is a classic. I am really sad that this is not mine.
@@dots.sounds haha there’s just something so “extra juicy” about that green one
This is way too cool! I'm in love with this video.
The patience to prepare something this granular is super impressive. Awesome stuff, man. another +1 for Haggtronix
Just listened through this thing while working, absolutely insane work, well done! 😁🤘🏻
Thank you very much, sir!
Unprecedented levels of chunk, awesome stuff!
I feel inspired and pumped as shit to try some of these. I want all of them. This is one of the best pedal videos of the year IMO and I hope, so bad, that this takes off and makes you enough money to do more stuff like this (if you want to). Bravo and thank you for adding like 6 more pedals to my want list.
thank you so much, that really means a lot!
I'd really love to do these more often but I will have to look how much time I have to spare. It was like 6-7 weeks from start to upload and I didn't do much else besides this single video. It's quite well received so far and I am really thankful for that but I have quite a few pedals on the shelf now that are desperately waiting for their time to shine.
Will definitely do things like this one again - maybe not to the 1,5h mark but I have a few ideas. :)
This is incredible🔥🙌 I was clicking all them RUclips buttons in moments lol
The two first songs were amazing on its own 🔥🔥🔥
Wow, seriously great video! I wish all comparison videos were this well made, thank you very much for this!
You also have most of my favorite muffs here in this video which is awesome. If you happen to come across a Musket by blackout effectors, a Crimson by JHS or a Tarpit by Greer (easily my favorite muff ever, now discontinued) don't hesitate to pick any of those 3 up. A must for any muff connoisseur! I also love the EQD Hizumitas though it has a fairly distinct sound from other muffs.. it's sort like the Keeley Moon in terms of how heavy and dark it is, but its still very unique sounding. PS That Warlow sounds absolutely crushing. I really need to pick one of those up
Thank you! Glad you like it.
The Tarpit and Musket are definitely on my wishlist, but usually very hard to come by for decent prices over here.
Good lord how is there still so much green paint on that 90s sovtek?! I had those in the 90s - the paint is like 1 molecule thick. Look at it and it flakes. 😮
it's crazy, right?!
Everything about this is awesome! Amazing work man!
thank you so much!
Wow what an amazing video with beautiful shots/imagery! My favorite big muff lately has been the Mythos Positron Collider; sounds killer and the ghostbuster graphics are wicked
I bet that ones is sick! Saw them on boards around but did not know that it's a muff. Now I have to look again.
Great work ! Thanx for sharing your love and Big Muff’s collection
Amazing video. Bonus points for the Rotten Wizard 😁
Insanely work of art man! Mind blowing 😍😍😍
That's an awesome video!
thank you so much!
I have a First Herald v2 and I adore it.
Actually, I adore all of these.
The herald is so good!
Dude, this is amazing 👏🏼
thanks man!
Me:
Sees video length
Sees Bruit t-shirt
Realizes I got the same stylistic influences as you
Loves the Big Muff
I think this will be the best Saturday evening in a long time
Bruit is
The Black Arts Pharaoh Supreme is my favorite muff
If it's any close to the regular Pharaoh it is indeed a biest! Always wanted to try that one
amazing filming and walls of sound. thanks for the vid
thanks for the nice words!
This is freaking awesome
Wow , thank you ! Using humbucker in bridge .. nice
That was really big MUFF DIVE!!!
Oh yeah! Hard to hold back in the deep dive joke here 😅
Amazing video. Thank you for putting it together and giving us a reference for these pedals
Thank you
I went down the same rabbit hole, but I never had as many boutique pedals. I sold most of them because I realised that the one pedal I needed to keep was the Deluxe Big Muff Pi. It can do all the sounds I want.
It was the same journey for the HM-2.
Only heard good things about the Deluxe ones. Need to get my hands on one of those.
(also the hm2 stuff is really interesting and I have a few of those...)
Brilliant! Wow, you have done an amazing job here. 👌
There is only one pedal that is missing here, and it is JHS Crimson. It is based on the first version of the russian line of Big Muffs. "Red Army" pedal produced circa 1991-92
Thank you! I‘d love to play one of those at some point.
this is the best video on the internet
I am also obsessed. Currently though my favorite is the Deluxe…and the Deluxe Bass and that’s it…except when I use the Green Russian…but that’s it…well and the Pharoah but that is it really… ok I have the Op Amp too but that is it really … (pushes Rams head under the bed with foot)…and I dont want one of those Black Sovteks’s, I really don’t…You selling that one?
Haha, I know that. Just got my third black sovtek in and another muff on the way. 😅
amazing work, bro! 🔥
Ein richtig tolles Video. Super. 👏👏👏👏
one sound to rule them all
Incredible work! SO helpful!
A suggestion to offer for the description: Flag the time stamp tags with a "*" to denote the pedals tested here that can go post-buffer if necessary without appreciable changes in tonal quality. I spent considerable time hunting for a fuzz pedal that could follow a buffer for my board. I eventually went with a EHX Nano Big Muff Pi as it was the one that sounded the least affected by a buffered signal. Hope this helps.
I think they all do, because the big muff circuit is higher impedance than fuzz face
As Boris said, to my knowledge pretty much every Big Muff should not really care that much if there's a buffer or not because of how the circuit works. Some of those (e.g. the Hail Satan even comes with a buffer onboard).
@@dots.sounds I only ask because so many rig builders beat the "fuzz before buffers" drum so loudly. Nice to know there are exceptions to the rule. For the record, the Nano Big Muff on my board feeds into a Hot Wax and both pedals are looped thru a TC Sentry noise gate's send/return loop. The first pedal in the full signal chain is an Empress Buffer. This combo seems to be working great and produces good tone.
I have a musket fuzz clone with a three way clipping mod on my board. It's got Si, LED, and Ge. I dig the Hail Satan. It has a really gnarly EQ. I think the KMA Chief Disruptor was my favorite.
Ohh, the Musket. I‘d love to try one but they are not easy to come by over here
Wonderful work.
One of the most versatile and rad muffs out there is the EHX Deluxe big muff. I imagine the sovtek deluxe one is also a great flexible muff. they both have the bypassable parametric eq like the KMA chief disruptor. Also, another fantastic muff is the Minotaur Sonic Terrors Sludge Lord. That thing is amazing and sounds so full frequency on guitar. Really powerful rams head circuit.
Oh I heard about the Sludge Lord but didn't have the chance to include it here. Maybe at some point.. :)
The Astronaut doesn't sound bad at all, I shouldn't listen to my imposter syndrome talking.
Ben told me about the comparison and I think I should have sent you a forest, but I've been so busy with work that I escaped my mind.
The Astro is pretty cool! Bet it's amazing with bass.
Great Video.
Tbh, Daniel Danger send me here.
This is going to be great.
Woah, how so?
Very cool, hope you’ll like it!
The best mod big muffs= Swollen pickle and Animato human gear
Oh, the Animato is something I‘d love to try!
I love your dedication and attention to detail! Great content!
So which one is your favourite?
Personally I still go with the Pharaoh. From all the Muffs I tried its the most versatile and pushed through a loud amp it gets very gnarly but still manages to sound open and not too compressed!
Hm, not sure if I have a definitive favorite as most of them are pretty unique. But there's a few that I am very happy about the fact that I don't have to give them back. :)
I have the swollen pickle mkii. where's that fit in?
Hmm. I think the Swollen Pickle is a Jumbo Fuzz, so it would be comparable to something like the DBA Fuzz War or the Blue Colander one in the Jumbo setting. Basically a bit more open and raunchy due to the lack of a pair of clipping diodes? Need to check the schematics to say more, but it's definitely an interesting one I'd love to try. Never played one
Doing the lords work! Shared. BTW what was your capture chain?
Pretty simple! Dunable or Huber into the Apollo and then going via Palmer Daccapo into the pedals. Then the Müller Classic (boutique JCM800style) going into the Ox with a G12T75 cab I think. Then some little post eq to get rid of stuff you simply never want to hear and you're good to go. :)
@@dots.sounds yeah you can't go wrong with a JCM800 style amp with fuzzes. It's my fav amp for boosts or filth. Was it a real cab via the ox or a sim?
I had the Bubble, it was junk. Gave it to my buddy and he still has it. No regrets. I played them exclusively for 27 years. I have a RAT now instead.
Fair! After all it's just a matter of taste and I personally love my Bubble Font to death. :)
It's all about the two black Russians for me. I had one, sold it - really, really regret it. What's the difference between the big and small box?
They are pretty cool, but unfortunately they are getting pretty expensive nowadays.
The big one is supposed to be the same circuit as the green sovtek while the small one has some components changed which shifts the bass and treble a bit.
Nice!
while i do like and appreciate this, ideally i always want to be playing a muff through a more clean amp tone. either a cleanish jcm800 or similar or s smaller sized fender style amp.
I guess it’s very hard to get everybody’s taste right. I asked a few people in before and the crunchy jcm won over clean amps.
@@dots.sounds all good brother. If nothing else, that's an easy subject for another video. 👍
@@ShakyVertexin a crunch clean channel, you will lose the mid scoop when increasing the tone and even recover some bass, it's a weird and unexpected effect, but it solves the most common issue people have with the big muff.
@@dots.sounds that crunchy jcm is totally distorted in my ears but who am I to judge. the amount of work here is astonishing and now i see how different my Hoof would sound in a distorted amp. I play it into a clean 'til slight break-up Fender Blues Deluxe.
What about the ehx big muff germanium 4 pi?
Never played one of those, as kitrae says it deviates pretty much from the muff circuit and is more its own thing?
@@dots.sounds yes, it’s another thing indeed. Thanks for the reply. . ✌️👍
Incredible excursion 🤌🏽💎 thanks a lot 🙏🏽
What’s your top 3?
Hmm, constantly changing. Warlow, Haggtronix and Green Russian? Also the KMA one is sick.
I was super excited when I saw this and started watching!, however, I got really disappointed when you started demoing the pedals with an already distorted amp. I never understand when someone does that! how can I really hear what the pedal is doing with a very distorted amp!! not even slightly breaking up amp. :((
Sorry to disappoint you there, I like Muffs in clean amps and in light crunchy ones like shown here and asked others in before - crunch was where it‘s at.
Guess everybody has a different preference. :)
makes no sense@@dots.sounds , how can you tell what the pedal sounds like???
@@thesaj1110 well I can clearly hear differences and what each pedal is doing. And hundreds of others seem to be able to aswell.
Tastes just differ, hope you find something that suits you at other places. :)
Daaaaaamn
Hell yeah
Obsessed me? I have 30+ EHX Muffs and 20+ clones and i need more more more.
Sick! I am currently hunting down some EHX stuff aswell. Let's see where that takes me. :D
Is the obne haunt a muff?
I am not sure, at first glance I‘d say no. But I could be wrong.
@@dots.sounds very well done video btw!
@@onionheadguy7094 thank you so so much!
🙌
Too bad I can only like this video once…! ;)
I was certain after listening to YT videos that the original Pharoah sounded better than the Pharoah Supreme, but people kept telling me that couldn't be right because of this and that circuitry they shared, so I bought the Supreme, and not only was it NOT worth the extra $$$ but it sucked and then developed a short just sitting in a box for a year. :-(
Never played the Supreme but I'd love to compare those. The extra features sound pretty sick to me.
@@dots.sounds Unfortunately, they seemed to have skimped on production quality. I'd trade it for a used Muff Fuzz if I wasn'ts so'z lazy.
A good idea but sadly they all sound basically the same when played with down tuned guitar except the Op Amp one.
Probably depends on what you‘re listening. I can hear quite the differences even between the russians or rams heads. 🙂
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Huge work is done, but it has almost no sense - "clean" tone is too dirty, and unique character of each pedal is drowned in saturation by that.
Something wrong with modern approaches to making "doom sound", how come stacking stupidly overdriven gain stages is normal? An hour and a half of fartsy bass and sizzling highs, damn.
Point taken, I guess each to their own when finding sounds or liking/disliking genres.
I did ask a few guys in before and the crunchy base sound definitely got more points. :)
How come writing about „how bad the sound is“ under a yt video has never changed anything? Get over it, this dude knows what he’s doing and he’s doing it very well.
@@dots.sounds Don't get me wrong, I'm all for honest feedback without sugarcoating it, so I may seem rude.
Nothing personal, it`a common thing: "does it doom", "fuzzed drones", and some other doom-oriented guys on YT often making same stuff for some reason. Just putting few dist/fuzz pedals in a row cranked all the way up, getting angry bumblebee sound, that absolutely useless in mix.
Everything can be explained by tastes, but it`s not about personal preferences, when it comes to stacking gain stages, it`s physics.
Overdriven(so is yours, i insist), not *slightly crunched*, preamp, obviously, already has way less headroom, and there is a fine line between making sound rich and dense by turning gain up a bit, and oversaturated and thrice compressed by stacking few hi-gain distortions just "because we can that`s why".
When i was a kid, i thought if i turn gain all the way up - it will sound heavy. Now i understand that less is more, and wondering why this golden rule is turned upside down today. Cheers.
@@SOUNDFARE I'm voicing an opinion because it's a topic I'm interested in and comments are open here. If you are used to unconditionally agreeing with everything - ok, it’s your choice, go on.
Well. I am all in for discussions but I think this is one that doesn’t have a point. Matter of taste should ALWAYS be a valid argument in any musical discussion. Ofc gainstaging is physics and yet a whole lot of people seems to enjoy stuff you don‘t. And guess what - thats fine.
Don’t take it personally but at this point discussing things becomes quite anti-fun and exhausting. Hope you have a great rest of the week and find enjoyment in other stuff.