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There is some sort of filter effect going on. The sonic landscape is painted by bass and guitars, but if I were to cover this song I would be trying low gain OD into envelope filter (very light!) into sft (does the whole doom thing nicely). Muff based fuzz with blend and mid control would also work for sft. What do you guys think?

Can't beat a Muff based fuzz!

The nano is very small and very low, not much will fit below. I went with a OneSpot + daisy chain in the end.

I have a Tecamp Puma 900, great SS D class amp, a notch or two above the norm. I am not as big a fan of their cabs, they are too modern for my taste. That said, they are really well made and light as....

Alan bought a One Control Mosquite Blender, very smooth and pleasant transaction indeed, one of the BC members I will very happily deal with again. Cheers Alan!

What is a guitar? Sound like something with too short a scale, puny strings, and totally overrated

You forgot the why part [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1371805729' post='2118279'] Mark E Smith. What a jumped up little arsehole. [/quote]

After reading some of the discussions on BC, I think it is time for a tally on who you think is the saddest, grumpiest, most ridiculous, annoying musician/luthier/producer/CEO or whatever in the music industry and why. To start with I nominate [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]John Hall, CEO of a certain company that starts with an R and ends with ickenbacker - because he is so incredibly offended by the fact that people are copying his company's design whilst he should view it as a positive. People can afford a clone and can aspire to one day owning the real thing. John Hall, in my book you are a deeply sad person.[/font][/color] (I hope you have not trade marked your "visage".... ) [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Who's next?[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]P.S. This is intended a some light hearted fun, so please can we keep it light hearted, free of profanity etc?[/font][/color]

A tuner

I have just ordered one (very reasonable price for the custom work Tom needs to do), all the positive feedback has made me want to try one. Tom was kind enough to give me some feedback and insight on an idea I have been playing around with on my breadboard. I still am of the opinion that the Muff Deluxe is a really good low cost pedal that does what is says on the box. Not the best pedal out there, but certainly very good for the money and reading dannybuoy input I am not the only one who thinks that.

Warwick, the sound of a great big gaping hole in the wood...... Sorry Guy, but this bass is a pr@tt.

The TFR is lower gain than the Pickle Pie B and the Fuzzrocious was very similar in gain structure to the Pickle Pie if memory serves me correctly, perhaps a little heavier even. On another note, I have been in touch with Tom of COG just today and he was explaining what he had done with the pedal to "better" the Russian Muff it is based on. He has added a mid switch that sets the normally scooped sound to flat which will really help in a band setting, seeing as he has just started his company he is pricing his pedals very reasonably indeed. TG Flatline is his BC name, perhaps worth a PM in any case.

Yet again the my Muff clone is better than yours discussion.... fun. I like the Muff fuzz circuit and must have owned at least 10 clones that have taken that original design and then tried to better it. Some were more successful adaptations than others. Wren&Cuff and Earthbound are two of the companies that I feel have successfully taken the Muff design to a next level, I have not owned the TFR but I have owned the Pickle Pie B, which is an adaptation of the Swollen Pickle = MUFF clone. I will take Danweb22's word for it that Tom of COG has created a design with the Tarkin that is at that level. Now for all the money I have spent on boutique clones and will in future I am sure, [u]NO[/u] fuzz I have ever owned (also the non Muff designs and you can actually substitute fuzz for OD or Distortion, all have the same issues in minor or major ways) has ever fit perfectly into a band setting. However good the pedal is you always loose some definition and this impacts how well you cut through. There is a reason why the bigger acts use 2 or 3 amps to achieve their sound. We can talk merits of individual pedals over others, but at the end of the day there is no perfect solution. There are only decent solutions when using 1 amp, the Muff Deluxe is decent at a very low price, Wren&Cuff or Earthbound or Fuzzrocious or Tarkin or Tonebender will all be slightly better than the original but will not totally overcome the fundamental issues with dirt pedals. No blend or extra transistor or whatever will. Just buy whatever you believe is best (believing something is better is as important as the pedal actually being better), they are all Muff based designs and will all give you oodles of dirt whilst screwing with your sound

The new Muff is cheap and does address 2 important issues, i.e. blend option to keep fundamentals intact and the gate is great. Di and filters are pretty useless, but at half the price of a wren&cuff you can't knock it. I like the new deluxe muff, especially for price vs quality.