Mark III + Big Muff pedal

[Seanboy]

Just curious how you use your big muff pedal with your mark III, in front of the amp? Or in the effects loop? I've read that some people like it better in the loop. Also, which channel? Clean or rhythm 2?

 

[soundguruman]

Just curious how you use your big muff pedal with your mark III, in front of the amp? Or in the effects loop? I've read that some people like it better in the loop. Also, which channel? Clean or rhythm 2?

Why on earth would you use a transistor distortion pedal? you have a boogie, that's 10 times better.
Tube overdrive is the real thing. Distortion pedals are a weak imitation. silly.

 

[megavoice]

Just curious how you use your big muff pedal with your mark III, in front of the amp? Or in the effects loop? I've read that some people like it better in the loop. Also, which channel? Clean or rhythm 2?

I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw this thread. I remembered immediately the player from my very first band in the seventies. He used a Big Muff for a while. So he can be very lucky to be still alive and not being hung upside down on the next tree by me and the others of that band.
Sound was like shaving with an electric razor and listening to the big brakers on the shore at the same time and of course with a humming like hell.

People at that time had been keen on for decades to have an amp with an overdrive like you have now. And many couldn't afford the money for..............

 

[Rick Mark2A]

With regard to all the hate for the Big Muff, I think david gilmour, and many others would tend to disagree. Yes, natural tube distortion is a thing to behold, no arguments there, I love the sound of tubes. But, there are times when other types of distortion are desirable. If I'm trying to cop a hendrix vibe I will sometimes break out a Fuzz Face or similar pedal. So I see nothing wrong with the original post and would actually like to hear if anyone else has a preference one way or the other pertaining to the original question. 8)

 

[Seanboy]

Apparently I just need to learn how to use my Mark III better. I know there's a TON of different tones and amounts of gain, but I just haven't figured out how to get them yet.

 

[Seanboy]

With regard to all the hate for the Big Muff, I think david gilmour, and many others would tend to disagree. Yes, natural tube distortion is a thing to behold, no arguments there, I love the sound of tubes. But, there are times when other types of distortion are desirable. If I'm trying to cop a hendrix vibe I will sometimes break out a Fuzz Face or similar pedal. So I see nothing wrong with the original post and would actually like to hear if anyone else has a preference one way or the other pertaining to the original question. 8)

Thank you, that's pretty much exactly how I feel.

 

[thunda1216]

yeah, I think Billy Gibbons would agree that fuzz boxes have a use - he uses them all the time and I like the tones he gets...

 

[MrMarkIII]

The Big Muff is a classic, no doubt. The Mark III is a classic, no doubt.
So is steak and lobster, but not everybody loves steak and lobster.
Hey, but watch out if you put that monster in the loop, because now you will be running the reverb through the fuzz as well.
Gnarly.
The Mark III is quirky that way, as the reverb is *before* the effects loop, not after it like most lesser amps.

 

[Markedman]

I would use it front end, mostly on channel 1 and 2, maybe on lead (by accident.) When covering other band's music, you need stomp boxes sometimes to get their tone. The greatest guitarist of all, -enter name- tone changed over time during their career so trying to sound similar with stomp boxes is the most efficient way to get a drastic tonal change. Free-thinkers are dangerous. I love to use BOSS's MT-2 metal zone or a Rocktron Rampage in Rhythm 1 Mark III. I can get a seriously scooped rhythm and them kick it off when I play lead on the lead channel.
Boogie Mark III's are simply the world's best sounding amps when turned up, so in order to crap it up and get a bad sound out of them you'll need to introduce a stomp box into the signal and the Big Muff is a super extra crappy stomp pedal along with the MXR Distortion +, Pro-CO Rat.

 

[megavoice]

Well then, have fun with the Big Muff and all the other stuff.........
Greetings fromthe 60ies.........

 

[user 21540]

I quite often used to use a Russian Big Muff in front of my Studio Calibre 50+'s clean channel and it was great. Big Muffs work well with 1x12 combos like Boogies because they tend to be mid-scooped in the EQ department and the 1x12 combo is very midrangey so it all evens out and gives a smooth, creamy distortion that is just fun to play. You don't need to leave it on all the time though - we all love the Boogie overdrive sound too - just keep the Muff as another dirt option.

 

[megavoice]

If some of you guys like so much contact-mines, there's s.th. I remember I checked out in the mid seventies.
It's the Fender Blender. Most of you've probably heard about or even checked.
But I'm remembering this as a very interesting machine making aware that in general I'm not a friend of small boxes.

 

[MkIII Renegade]

I use my Soviet Muff on the front end every now and then just for effect on the Clean channel or R2, but generally speaking, when you have what I consider quite possibly the greatest lead channel of all, there is no need to add anything!

 

[kdorsey]

I love it in ch1 and have tried several fuzzes over the years. It's a tool, and one that can yield unique and tasty results. My preference is to put it in front of the amp.

Oh, and here's a shocker...not everyone plays metal with their MkIII.