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FuzzBattle: B:assmaster vs Bass Big Muff

Which fuzz do you like better?

  • Fuzz 1

    Votes: 28 46.7%

  • Fuzz 2

    Votes: 25 41.7%

  • Carrots

    Votes: 7 11.7%
  • Total voters
    60
#43
Jerry J said:
RC, what is most noticeable about the "extended range mod" if you could elaborate, please?

I've been contemplating sending mine back for the expression pedal mod and thinking about the extended range mod, also.
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I believe it lets (even) more low end thru. I think this improves the silicon version a bit by balancing out the heavy mids. But I am not claiming to have a/b'ed them at any point, and ultimately i decided the assmaster wasn't the sound for me - not that it isn't awesome!
 
#44
RCCollins said:
I believe it lets (even) more low end thru. I think this improves the silicon version a bit by balancing out the heavy mids. But I am not claiming to have a/b'ed them at any point, and ultimately i decided the assmaster wasn't the sound for me - not that it isn't awesome!
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Thank you for your thoughts on the mod. It's not all that expensive to have done. I do have the silicon version and I've not found the pedal to be "low shy". But I have noticed the strong mids. And from what I've been told is part of the problem in putting a synth package together with other pedals. And I have experienced as well as been told that the pedal doesn't play well with other pedals.
 
#45
Jerry J said:
Thank you for your thoughts on the mod. It's not all that expensive to have done. I do have the silicon version and I've not found the pedal to be "low shy". But I have noticed the strong mids. And from what I've been told is part of the problem in putting a synth package together with other pedals. And I have experienced as well as been told that the pedal doesn't play well with other pedals.
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it should play fine with other pedals AT LIMITED GAIN SETTINGS. My biggest issue with the B:Assmaster was its incredibly high output. Unity gain? HAHAHAAHHA
 
#50
Jerry J said:
Thank you for your thoughts on the mod. It's not all that expensive to have done. I do have the silicon version and I've not found the pedal to be "low shy". But I have noticed the strong mids. And from what I've been told is part of the problem in putting a synth package together with other pedals. And I have experienced as well as been told that the pedal doesn't play well with other pedals.
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I thought the same and changed three capacitors to larger values. Retains the low end really well now.

katri said:
A massive db boost although fun at home is a bad thing live and is a good way to get disapproving looks from band mates.
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I think it's even annoying on my own. I'm going to mod my Brassmaster clone and add a volume pot to it.
 
#55
Jerry J said:
Thank you for your thoughts on the mod. It's not all that expensive to have done. I do have the silicon version and I've not found the pedal to be "low shy". But I have noticed the strong mids. And from what I've been told is part of the problem in putting a synth package together with other pedals. And I have experienced as well as been told that the pedal doesn't play well with other pedals.
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i have the double germ and the pink silicon b:am's with the extended frequency mods, i love them to death and would never sell them. the double germ shines on guitar and adds a nice smooth grit to my bass. the silicon is balls out in your face and i love it.

i find my mid's to be haunted

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i had two bass big muffs, i think it is a great pedal for the price. i really like what ehx is doing these days. you get a great bang for you buck. i need to buy another bbm, i realize that i should have kept my old one. this thread is full of win
 
#56
Sorry to be resurrecting an old thread, but I have a question that fits better here than in a new thread. I have a BBM and a silicon b:A, and my question involves the dry/unaffected tone that each lets through. My feeling, after several months of playing both pedals in live and rehearsal settings with small rock/punk bands, is that the BBM does a better job of preserving the clean tone (on its "Dry" setting). The Assmaster preserves pitch very well (you don't lose yr lows) of course, but it seems to throw a wet blanket over the tonal qualities associated with the pitch. (I'm thinking eq, I suppose, but probably more than that.) The BBM doesn't throw as much hawt sawce on that original tone, but it's much easier for me to hear, for example, other pedals in the chain prior to the fuzz than it is with the b:A.

Genuinely looking for opinions on this, not trying to hype one or the other.
 

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