Big Muff PI - Low end loss

[sk8]

Been fiddling with my muff and i've noticed that high up the fretboard its fine but on an open E etc the bottom end has disappered.

Is this to do with my settings on the muff

Tone 2 o'clock
Sustain 11 o'clock ish

Or is there something i can do on the amp.

Or should i just use my OD pedal for the low and the Muff for the high

Thanks in advance

[Lebowsky]

the bif muff is well known for losing low end.. you'd know that if you had done a search

most people use a blend pedal to blend the fuzzed signal with their clean signal to keep the low end

[sk8]

Originally Posted by Lebowsky

the bif muff is well known for losing low end.. you'd know that if you had done a search

most people use a blend pedal to blend the fuzzed signal with their clean signal to keep the low end

I was pretty sure it was known for it as i had done searches previously but wanted to make sure and get a fix if possible.

Thanks

[stoneboy26]

I have my tone as low as possible on the big muff. and rarely move the sustain of the lowest setting too...keeps as much bottom end as I can get without opening the sucker up.

Still gives me a ton of fuzzy goodness!!

[sk8]

think i need to have a good play with it

[stoneboy26]

That's basically what I did. I had never played bass through one and found it on ebay for a good price so grabbed it, as I wanted to try it out. started in the middle and worked my way back....

[Swimming Bird]

I know of a few people who compensate by upping the volume on it. When I had a BMP, I used a Boss GEB-7 and it worked wonders.

[hunta]

Someone posted a video to a guy playing a Big Muff with an X-Blender pedal a while back (don't have the link anymore..), it sounded pretty good. I have a LBM I picked up to mess around with, and it's a major tone killer. I want to try it with a blender but those thinsg cost a pretty penny :-\ It just feels wrong blowing like $300 total for a stupid fuzz! I'll probably do it eventually anyway lol...

[Zachass]

I just bought Bassjunkie's Big muff modded to Tonebender specs, and its the best fuzz I've ever heard. Take a look at his thread on it, I believe specs are posted and if you have solder skills it's a much cheaper option.

[schmeng]

Originally Posted by sk8

Been fiddling with my muff and i've noticed that high up the fretboard its fine but on an open E etc the bottom end has disappered.

Is this to do with my settings on the muff

Tone 2 o'clock
Sustain 11 o'clock ish

Or is there something i can do on the amp.

Or should i just use my OD pedal for the low and the Muff for the high

Thanks in advance

the tone at 2 o'clock cant help things
try turning that down more and you wont lose so much bottom end

[sk8]

thanks for all the suggestions