Electro-Harmonix "Ram's Head" Big Muff Pi V2 vs Electro-Harmonix Flatiron Fuzz
The Electro-Harmonix "Ram's Head" Big Muff Pi V2 and the Electro-Harmonix Flatiron Fuzz are both pedals sharing mid-forward, sustaining. The Electro-Harmonix Flatiron Fuzz leans gritty and full. Current prices: $2044.15 vs $72.57.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.48% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Punk
- Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- mid-forward
- sustaining
Electro-Harmonix "Ram's Head" Big Muff Pi V2
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$2044.15via Reverb
$72.57via Reverb
The Electro-Harmonix Ram's Head Big Muff Pi V2 is a germanium-topology fuzz variant from the early-to-mid 1970s, prized for a smoother, more articulate voice than other Big Muff versions. It has a throatier, midrange-sparkling character with less low-end weight but excellent note separation on chords, and effervescent, sustain-rich lead tone that sings on single-coil pickups and turns smoother and more vocal with humbuckers. It is closely associated with David Gilmour's Comfortably Numb solo tone, and also suits looser, grungier alt-rock fuzz textures. Its gain control set around noon produces some of the smoothest high-to-mid-gain fuzz in the Big Muff family.
The Electro-Harmonix Flatiron Fuzz is a classic op amp powered fuzz and distortion based on the hard clipping op amp circuit famously associated with early ProCo Rat and op amp Big Muff style tones. It has three controls, Volume for output, Drive for sustain and distortion, and a Filter that acts as a movable low pass cutoff to shape brightness. At lower drive it stays fairly clean with a pleasing mild distortion, while higher settings deliver thick, meaty, aggressive fuzz distortion. Compact and straightforward, it suits rock, punk, alternative and garage players who want a versatile op amp fuzz distortion ranging from light grit to thick, cutting saturation with flexible tone shaping.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Experimental
- Metal
- Stoner Rock
- Shoegaze
- Grunge
- Alternative Rock
- Classic Rock
- gritty
- full