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!Tool
11-25-2007, 12:46 AM
Hey can anyone tell me did Justin Chancellor use a Big Muff if did what albums? i just got one so i can jam with them

Zappstorius
11-25-2007, 12:56 AM
Not that I'm aware of.

ndrly
11-25-2007, 01:22 AM
No. His only distortion pedals include a Pro Co RAT (which is used on H., and is also the key behind his signature grit on his clean on), a Tech 21 Sansamp GT2 (used for almost every other distorted effect), and more recently, a Coloursound Tonebender (for Jambi).

bigchiefbc
11-25-2007, 11:17 AM
No. His only distortion pedals include a Pro Co RAT (which is used on H., and is also the key behind his signature grit on his clean on), a Tech 21 Sansamp GT2 (used for almost every other distorted effect), and more recently, a Coloursound Tonebender (for Jambi).

I'm pretty sure it was actually a ProCo Turbo Rat, to be specific. Correct on the other two. He also used a Foxx Fuzz Wah for The Pot.

ndrly
11-25-2007, 03:17 PM
Oh yeah. I forgot about the Fuzz/wah.

I think I also read somewhere that he may have used a Crowther Prunes and Custard one time.

MysticBoo
11-25-2007, 07:54 PM
You could use a Big Muff for "H," but it wouldn't sound entirely right.

Other than that, you won't find any use for it in covering Tool songs.

SKATE RAT
11-25-2007, 07:57 PM
i have both a Rat and a Muff and they are not that different sounding,

bigchiefbc
11-25-2007, 08:39 PM
i have both a Rat and a Muff and they are not that different sounding,

I've played a Turbo Rat and a Little Big Muff, and I think they are very different. The Muff to me has always had a smooth, warm fuzz tone, whereas I always found the Turbo Rat to much harsher and colder.

Tbirdbassist
11-25-2007, 08:58 PM
You could use a Big Muff for "H," but it wouldn't sound entirely right.

Other than that, you won't find any use for it in covering Tool songs.



I think it does a good job on Jambi. At least mine does... .then again, IME, no two Muff's have sounded the same.

MysticBoo
11-25-2007, 09:53 PM
I think it does a good job on Jambi. At least mine does... .then again, IME, no two Muff's have sounded the same.

Ooh, I forgot about Jambi!

Yeah, for that over-the-top fuzzy distortion, it'll do the trick nicely. But for overdrive... tough luck - that's not what the Big Muff is for.

Tbirdbassist
11-25-2007, 10:13 PM
I think anyone trying to use a Muff for overdrive must not be corresponding the name of the damn thing to the sound it has... :smug: