Electro-Harmonix "Ram's Head" Big Muff Pi V2 vs JHS Pedals Hard Drive Distortion
The Electro-Harmonix "Ram's Head" Big Muff Pi V2 and the JHS Pedals Hard Drive Distortion are both pedals sharing mid-forward, tight, sustaining. The JHS Pedals Hard Drive Distortion leans high gain and aggressive. Current prices: $2044.15 vs $169.
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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.33% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Rock
- Metal
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- mid-forward
- tight
- 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
$169via 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 JHS Hard Drive is the brand's first all-original high-gain distortion pedal, not derived from any classic circuit or topology. Developed to capture the post-grunge and alternative rock distortion tones of the 1990s and 2000s, it features cascaded gain stages and a hard limiting circuit followed by a class AB amplifier section. A sweepable midrange EQ and Baxandall-style bass and treble controls give exceptional tonal shaping flexibility. Covers grunge, hard rock, and modern metal territory. Made in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Experimental
- Punk
- Stoner Rock
- Hard Rock
- Grunge
- Alternative Rock
- high gain
- aggressive