The Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Bass Big Muff Pi 2 resurrects the dual op-amp Big Muff 2 design with a crossover section, noise gate, blend control and studio-ready I/O.
Electro-Harmonix has announced the Deluxe Bass Big Muff Pi 2, a bass fuzz pedal built around the dual op-amp Big Muff 2 circuit – a design that, until now, had largely faded into obscurity. EHX has taken that foundation and loaded it with enough tone-shaping tools to keep even the most particular bassist busy.
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The core controls are familiar: Volume, Tone and Sustain handle overall output, EQ and distortion. Beyond that, the Deluxe treatment kicks in. A Blend knob lets you dial in the balance between clean and fuzz signals, preserving the fundamental low-end punch that can disappear when a bass hits a heavy fuzz circuit. A noise gate cleans up the trail when you need a tight, controlled sound rather than a wall of sustained chaos.
The standout feature is the footswitchable Crossover section. It splits your signal in two, routing a high-pass filtered signal into the fuzz circuit while leaving a low-pass filtered version of your dry signal untouched. The HPF and LPF knobs adjust the cutoff frequencies of each. The result: trebly, saturated fuzz sitting on top of a clean, full bass signal below it – a tone that usually takes two separate rigs to pull off.
On the I/O side, EHX has clearly thought about studio and live applications equally. Alongside the standard input and output jacks, there’s an XLR DI output for sending your effected signal straight to a console or interface, plus a buffered Direct Out carrying your clean, unaffected signal. An input pad drops sensitivity by 10dB for players running high-output pickups.
The footswitch itself operates in two modes: tap it for standard latching on/off, or hold it for momentary fuzz. A 9.6V power adapter is included.
The EHX “Deluxe Treatment” has always been a favourite for players who believe in a ‘more is more’ philosophy – and the Deluxe Bass Big Muff Pi 2 delivers on that.
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