sludge setup

[onelouderash]

LOL i clicked on that link to the boards
and decided to check out the tumblr
and found this under a little big muff picture

“a little bit updated.” - Submitted by dmuggg
Our Review:
Richard: Every time I see a “Little Bitch Muff,” I cringe a little. But there is some good stuff on here. B-
Bobby: I like the new additions, and I love the AC30, but dude seriously get a real big muff.

kids

Their board reviews are pretty terrible. I just click on the "celebrity pedalboards" tag, it's like ripping the articles out of Playboy.

[tuffteef]

LOL i clicked on that link to the boards
and decided to check out the tumblr
and found this under a little big muff picture

“a little bit updated.” - Submitted by dmuggg
Our Review:
Richard: Every time I see a “Little Bitch Muff,” I cringe a little. But there is some good stuff on here. B-
Bobby: I like the new additions, and I love the AC30, but dude seriously get a real big muff.

kids

Their board reviews are pretty terrible. I just click on the "celebrity pedalboards" tag, it's like ripping the articles out of Playboy.

oh god i went deeper
its the most ridiculous thing ive read lately
its smd so its not real

[Wes Mantooth]

a big muff ?
even electric wizard use a little big muff live

I've heard they use the Boss FZ-2 as well correct?

they did on the recordings not sure live
when i seen them play live all they had were a little big muff each and a wah
shit was heavy

Ah makes sense, I want to see them live so bad

[onelouderash]

oh god i went deeper
its the most ridiculous thing ive read lately
its smd so its not real

I literally like Spoon 8% less now that I know there's a Klon on Britt Daniel's board.

[tuffteef]

oh god i went deeper
its the most ridiculous thing ive read lately
its smd so its not real

I literally like Spoon 8% less now that I know there's a Klon on Britt Daniel's board.

oh cmon he makes up for it in charm

[onelouderash]

oh god i went deeper
its the most ridiculous thing ive read lately
its smd so its not real

I literally like Spoon 8% less now that I know there's a Klon on Britt Daniel's board.

oh cmon he makes up for it in charm

I tease, I tease. He's so dreamy.

[mathias]

Hey man, Klons can be cool. When they're cloned and don't cost $385 (or $600+ for that matter...)

[onelouderash]

To get back on-topic!

A lot of the sludge folks play aluminum guitars - when they aren't playing custom First Acts.

[madmax1012]

Laura from Kylesa def. has a Blackout Musket on her board at shows. Not sure what the other dude uses. IMO, you're gonna need more than an AC15 to REALLY get that sound. That sound, to me, is a stack, played VERY loud. Pushing the speakers in the cab really hard, etc.

Gonna hook Laura and Phillip up with some Pharaohs to check out this Sunday. She definitely makes good use of the Musket, all over the new album and studio DVD.

Definitely agree it will take a lot more amp to get those tones, esp in a band situation, no pedal can do it alone.

i know my amps limitations and it doesn't reach sludge status and i don't really need it to for a band setting, because i'm not in a band at the moment. but i love that sludgy sound and it's tough to recreate with my gear right now. if i find a band situation i'll end up with a peavey head. they go for next to nothing all the time, it's just something i don't need all the time right now

[phantasmagorovich]

You want lots of sustain from your guitar and your fuzz. That's why so many of these people play alu necks, it just sustains a lot. And then any Muff variant will probably get you into the ballpark. If you got some money to spend, definitely get a mountainking megalith. That thing is so heavy you can not use it upstairs. I had one and was sludge king through a 12W amp. Decided to sell it, because I don't play such stuff that much and I've been regretting it ever since. Now I use a Mountainking Ruckus into a TAFM. When I crank my amp the results are pretty heavy as well but not like the Megalith.

[dorfmeister]

I had a TheSyle Singularity that could do bone-crushing sludge along with all kinds of other sounds. Pumpkin Pieces has it now. Way too many knobs and switches, some without clear apparent function.

[t-rey]

The guys from The Sword are using Blackout stuff now? That's pretty badass - their tone is always awesome

[theavondon]

LOL i clicked on that link to the boards
and decided to check out the tumblr
and found this under a little big muff picture

“a little bit updated.” - Submitted by dmuggg
Our Review:
Richard: Every time I see a “Little Bitch Muff,” I cringe a little. But there is some good stuff on here. B-
Bobby: I like the new additions, and I love the AC30, but dude seriously get a real big muff.

kids

Their board reviews are pretty terrible. I just click on the "celebrity pedalboards" tag, it's like ripping the articles out of Playboy.

All they talk about is bug muffs! And they all seem to love the NYC reissues, which sound terrible to me.

oh god i went deeper
its the most ridiculous thing ive read lately
its smd so its not real

[Toonster]

Here's a pretty dope pic of Baizley's setup. His main sound is Fulltone OCD into Blackout Twosome (they're separated into Fix'd Fuzz and Musket in that pic, but lately he's consolidated). Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but the Pharaoh and the Musket kinda play in some of the same sonic space. In addition to Kylesa, the guys in The Sword are pretty big Blackout devotees as well.

Given that I love these bands, I've pretty much found my own dream sludgy tone going OCD > Eau Claire Lightning* > Eau Claire Thunder > Pharaoh > rest of my chain. Mainly, though, you're probably want to look up Muff variants for starters.

* - Dwarfcraft custom TP/AE job, I should really get around to posting pics of it.

FAKE EDIT: Here's Peter Adams' board, as well as another John Baizley pic.

LOL i clicked on that link to the boards
and decided to check out the tumblr
and found this under a little big muff picture

“a little bit updated.” - Submitted by dmuggg
Our Review:
Richard: Every time I see a “Little Bitch Muff,” I cringe a little. But there is some good stuff on here. B-
Bobby: I like the new additions, and I love the AC30, but dude seriously get a real big muff.

kids

Bookmarked that tumblr

I also found this funny

I play a Little 'Bitch' Muff and I totally agree, in comparission to the Big Muff, it lacks power, it's no contest. But I have had zero issues it tone wise, I'm pretty sparing with it, I don't heavy up often but when I do I think it does justice. As part of the Big Muff family, it's one of the kids, but ultimately as a fuzz, I think it serves it's purpose nicely.

I personally despise Little Big Muffs, they just don’t deliver the power that I’ve come to expect from real Big Muffs. I love fuzz too much to deal with that defanged cobra of a pedal.

[Derelict78]

TAFM