Electro-Harmonix Pocket Metal Muff vs Electro-Harmonix Ram's Head Big Muff
The Electro-Harmonix Pocket Metal Muff and the Electro-Harmonix Ram's Head Big Muff are both pedals sharing full. The Electro-Harmonix Pocket Metal Muff leans high gain and saturated. The Electro-Harmonix Ram's Head Big Muff leans fuzzy and mid-forward. Current prices: $117.25 vs $95.16.
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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.42% — somewhat different
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- full
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$117.25via Reverb
$95.16via Reverb
The Electro-Harmonix Pocket Metal Muff is a compact, portable high-gain metal distortion pedal from EHX, delivering the core Metal Muff distortion character in a pocket-sized enclosure. It provides the heavy saturation and three-band EQ of the Metal Muff line in a reduced physical format suited to players who need the Metal Muff character without the footprint of the full-size pedal. The Pocket Metal Muff delivers extreme saturation for metal and hard rock rhythm and lead playing, with all the essential gain and EQ controls in a convenient, travel-ready enclosure.
The Electro-Harmonix Ram's Head Big Muff reissues the early-1970s Ram's Head Muff, known for a creamy, articulate fuzz with exceptional sustain, rich harmonics, and a distinct mid scoop suited to soaring leads and thick wall-of-sound rhythm. It is growlier in the midrange than Russian-style and triangle Muffs, with smoother, more sonorous sustained notes, splitting the difference between a triangle's silicon fizz and a Russian Muff's smooth contours. It has less low end than many Big Muffs, making it tighter, more controlled, and more articulate, with the mid scoop present but balanced enough to preserve string definition. Famous for screaming leads and long, violin-like sustained bends in the David Gilmour vein, it sits between classic fuzz and distortion. With Volume, Tone, and Sustain it suits psychedelic, classic rock, shoegaze, and lead-focused players.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Metal
- Alternative Rock
- Hard Rock
- Rock
- Classic Rock
- Shoegaze
- high gain
- saturated
- fuzzy
- mid-forward
- smooth
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Occasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.- Busking
- Live