Pickle Pie B or Musket?

[ItsMichaelYeah]

Which would you recommend. I'm looking for a fuzz that is thick yet cuts in the mix. I play with a treble-y tone more or less and play with a pick

for me I use an SVT CL head-Emperor 6x12-fender MIA P-basses.

[Valerus]

Um. I haven't played the Pickle. But the Musket is the best fuzz I've ever played and it's not moving from my board ever.

Is that good enough evidence?

[DosiYanarchy]

I on the other hand havent played the Musket but Loved the pickle pie b (mine's the one in Grygryx's review)

:P



...if it wasnt for my Colorsound Bass Fuzz, i might seriously GAS for a Musket.

[ItsMichaelYeah]

I know someone with a musket locally so I'll try it out. But I'm really intrested in the pickle pie B. Anyone use or have tried both?

[foomanfat]

I, too, am getting behind the Musket. Very versatile. Get about any muff sound you want and more.

[sutarappa]

now you fuzzers have gone and done it! i have the PPB and love it's high performance. had the musket on the GAS list, and after seeing this thread, hell, i had to go and order one.

to vote or not to vote?

ok, biased vote - PPB (great fuzz everything, vast range of tones + superb onboard blend). i vote this one because out of twenty or so great fuzzes i have, it's one of four which are currently rocking my board(s).

[Joe Gress]

Originally Posted by DosiYanarchy

I on the other hand havent played the Musket but Loved the pickle pie b (mine's the one in Grygryx's review)

I was about to say wait a minute...



I for one love my Pickle Pie. Amazing tones to be had all around, and the blend is incredibly useful.

[ItsMichaelYeah]

Originally Posted by Joe Gress

I was about to say wait a minute...



I for one love my Pickle Pie. Amazing tones to be had all around, and the blend is incredibly useful.

When you get the musket let me know what you think compared to the ppb. Send me a pm or just post a review.

[ItsMichaelYeah]

Some added info i'm going with these two for there tone as I can tell from clips and videos. And for there small size. I don't need a B:assmaster or ehx green muff those are really big and I'm trying to save pedal space. currently I'm using a ehx lbm sound great but I want more out of a fuzz. I had a zvex wooly mammoth and did not like it at all.

[Eric!]

I'm gonna bump this because I'm curious if we have any further views, opinions, or experiences.

[tigerbass]

I had both and liked the Pickle Pie B way more personally. The blend knob on the PPB is the kicker. The Musket was great and all, but for some reason, it just felt like I was playing a guitar pedal that sounded good with bass. But the PPB, you just tell it was made for bass. If that makes any sense. haha!

[Smallequestrian]

I swear I must be the only one who had a Musket and didn't think it was anything special. However I did have a v.1 so maybe I would have liked a v.2 better.

Of course I think the Team Awesome Fuzz is the best thing ever, so I'm not too worried about it.

[bigchiefbc]

I haven't played the Pickle Pie, but I can say that I have tried other muff clones and came away with this conclusion: I hate the sound of muff + clean blended. I much prefer a muff that has enough lows and mids to not need a blend. The Musket does this. That is why I now own a Musket.

[SFjonstarr]

I agree with bigchief here. I feel the problem with a simple clean blend implementation is that I don't want a full range, unprocessed signal mixed with the distortion. I would want a lowpass filter on the cleans so that the highs wouldn't clash. That and I would want to compress the lows on the clean signal to better match the dirty, the problem being that if you compress into the front end of the distortion/fuzz you're messing with how the distortion responds.

[ItsMichaelYeah]

Just so you all know I ended up getting the musket. Got a good Price on it and am Very happy with they way it sounds.

[Unrepresented]

I can't compare to the Musket but I'm a satisfied Pickle Pie B owner, if that's any help at all.

[CliffD]

I owned a musket v1 for about a year, it is a killer take on the BMP and can offer a lot of versatility and the sound is killer. I've had my PPB for about three weeks now and am enjoying it much more than my musket when using it in the same band that I had used my musket in. The PPB has a low end (thanks blend and the different circuit) that the musket just can't touch and its got great range on the tone and gain knobs, combine those with the blend and its got a lot of tones available.

[johnbegone]

Forgive me for bumping a three year old thread but these are the two fuzzes I'm considering adding to my board and I could't find any other thread comparing the two (so many big muff fuzz threads though, I feel like my brain is going to explode with information!).

I currently have a TAFM, Wooly Mammoth, and a Swollen Pickle. I want to flip the Swollen Pickle for a smaller pedal, which is why I was going to pick up a Pickle Pie, but the Musket sounds pretty radical as well. I'm also planning on picking up an Oxide as well to round out the fuzz flavors at my disposal.

I also have a Rat Tail, SFT, B3K, and a modded tubescreamer for OD, and I just got an LS-2 because I want to start blending two dirt paths for some more experimental gnarly tones.

Like the idea of the Musket because of the mids/focus knob and the ability to add preamp OD gain in one pedal. Like the ideal of the Pickle Pie because of the smart clean blend and it's simple to dial in nature.

[MCS4]

The answer to your question is "Fuzzrocious Grey Stache." Crank the mids knob = you will be heard in the mix.

[johnbegone]

Yeah, you're probably right about the Grey Stache. It's on my list too, but I do like the smaller enclosures of the other two. My pedalboard space is about to be at a REAL premium. I already have 14 pedals and just bought a Super Synth, LS2, and a Xerograph. Oh boyyy