J Mascis, dans une interview sur la Bigmuff Homepage de Kit Rae, explique un des secrets de son son:
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JM: Pretty much that. It was either clean or Big Muff. I mean, I did use a Tube Driver.
KR: The B.K. Butler Tube Driver?
JM: Yeah. That was my clean sound. And then I have always used a pedal to turn down the Big Muff volume, for my rhythm, and then have it wide open for leads. I have always had something like a Tube Driver to have a quieter clean sound, but not too clean. You know, I figured you can’t go up from the Big Muff volume through an amp. It’s got to be the loudest thing. I have tried to structure everything to come down from there, to make it louder when you step on it. That’s what a lot of people never understand. You know, like a boost pedal is not going to do anything, your amp only goes so loud, so if you want the Big Muff to appear louder you are going to have to make everything else quieter.
KR: The exact opposite of how most people think their setup should be. You don't use a pedal to reduce the gain, right, just a volume cut?
JM: You mean for the Big Muff?
KR: For your lower volume Big Muff rhythm sound.
JM: It’s just kind of like a volume knob, like a master volume.
KR: So literally, a master volume switch. Use the volume control for rhythm, and then for leads you bypass the volume control and you get maximum output.
JM: Yeah, to get the Big Muff cleaner. Well, it’s not as loud so it’s more controllable for rhythm, but the same sound. That’s what I put in the Tym Guitar pedal (KR-the Tym Guitars Fuzz Munchkin has two foot switches), that’s what the other switch is. It’s like a master volume, so I could do both the rhythm and lead thing with it.
Si je comprends bien il utilise le B K pour baisser le son de la big muff (elle reste tout le temps allumé). Quelqu'un peut confirmer?
Tym Guitars a fait un clone de sa fameuse Ram's Head avec un bypass ajouté pour faire le "bin's" expliqué plus haut.
