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Home 2010 May Rams Head Big Muff Pi

Rams Head Big Muff Pi

Last week or so, I watched “Fuzz: The Sound That Changed the World“. Really cool documentary on the fuzz pedals.. and about the people that build them. In that movie, there was a small clip of J. Mascis and his Big Muff collection, it was pretty awesome. I wish they had more footage of the collection and him talking about it, but here is a quick shot of his collection of older vintage Big Muffs.

J Mascis Big Muff Collection

As you can see, it’s a pretty hefty collection of older Rams Head, Triangle Muffs, etc. Pretty cool. Yesterday, someone tweeted about a Rams Head Big Muff on eBay, so I had to take a quick look. This, of course, led me to think how it stacks up with Big Muffs of today. I went to YouTube, and started my search, and what always seems the case, there is a Gearmanndude video that is exactly what I was looking for.

Here we have Gearmanndude comparing the Rams Head Big Muff vs. the Big Muff of today:

So how did you think it sounds? Definitely different.

May 13, 2010admin

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Comments: 5
  1. Tony
    12 years ago

    I just bought the ram’s head on ebay. Can’t wait till it comes.

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  2. admin
    12 years ago

    Hey Tony! Nice job on finding one. Good price? When you get it.. love a review for the site. I’m thinking getting some vintage pedal reviews would be very handy for others interested in picking up a older pedal. Thanks for commenting!

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  3. Tony
    12 years ago

    I think the price for the ram’s head was a little high considering the condition of the case, but the good thing is that it works perfectly. I recently got that fuzz documentary from netflix. Probably watched it about 20 times already. It inspired me to pick up a vintage foxx tone machine, vintage univox superfuzz, and a vintage fender blender. Think im going to ebay my boss me70 and jackson dinky to grab some more vintage pedals. Anyhow it might take me some time but i would love to do a review, and maybe even a youtube video. Gearmandude is my hero!

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  4. admin
    12 years ago

    Tony.. that’s cool. vintage stuff is fun. That fuzz vid is great. Seen it a few times too. Another route.. that can be fun is build clones of those vintage boxes. They’re not 100% true due to design changes/variations.. and especially components, but you can come up with some great stuff… and they’re pretty darn easy.

    h

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  5. Tony
    12 years ago

    Actually BYOC is what first peaked my interest in vintage pedals. I bought a prebuilt BYOC leeds fuzz a while back. It’s a little louder and not as warm as my univox superfuzz, but its still an amazing pedal. As soon as I learn how to solder I intend to start building my own. Let me know if you have any good resources for beginning pedal builders.

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