@@jamiewoodard4293 get you a Les Paul, a DS1 (yes, I know it was a super distortion feedbacker but the distortion circuit in that is a DS1) an Orange OR120 and an Ampeg V4 running 7027s and you’re set.
My useless knowledge of the Smashing Pumpkins finally is useful. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness was recorded almost entirely on a Marshall JMP-1 rack mount pre-amp, on the OD1 setting, but Siamese Dream did use a JCM-800. It was modded to use KT-88 output tubes. Billy dimed the master, and use the pre-amp to set the level, getting it just below the cusp of breakup. That being said, the jcm-800 sure does that sound justice.
Corgan's 800 and the big muff were definitely used on MCIS as well as Siamese. As was a universe of pedals and preamps and guitars. The JMP-1 was used, yes, but "almost entirely" is definitely not accurate. There was a mountain of gear used on that record and while the JMP-1 was no doubt a part of it, so were a lot of other things.
Being a 90's young dude at the time - was in my mid 20's - these tones/sounds had a HUGE influence in my musical taste. And THIS is EXACTLY what I tried to achieve with the Animalizzer, my "interpretation" of the Muff circuit. You got some great tones there, Sir! I mean, GREAT tones really! Congratulations!! :D Keep 'em coming!
Thanks so much for the kind words! I remember seeing Eirik of Living Room Gear Demo's video of the Animalizzer a while back and thought it sounded killer!
@@ZachWish Indeed Eirik did showcased it in a video some months ago. It's my "baby", I am biased - I know - but honestly I am yet to find a bad/unusable sound out of it. And also yet to receive a bad review. I must say, I am a proud "father". Really love how it turned out. And happy to deliver a musical tool to the community, helping guitarist/bassists. Really happy, I confess.
Man space hog was a nice addition to this. Really underrated band. Also love that you used ‘I hate myself and want to die’ instead of other more known nirvana tracks. Excellent job matching up the tones. Really felt like I could be listening to a ‘live’ rendition.
Spacehog !!!!! I was in Middle school when that song came out, never forget having my FM radio wake me up at 6am and that song started from the beginning right then. I laid in bed and just listened to the whole thing and have loved it ever since!!!!
That's awesome! I know those AM alarm tunes all too well. I have such a strong association of "Been Caught Stealing" by Janes Addiction as the "Oh shit, gotta go to school" song. Good times. 👍
Dang. I've had my big Big Muff in its box for a year, just because i don't have room on my board for it. You're inspiring me to _whip it out._ Sounds glorious. Crazy, how your clean tone is so clean, and the pedal does all that work. // This is one of those rare inspiring pedal videos where i don't have to spend any money! Wicked.
@@shawngrass5607 it’s a Les Paul Classic Custom. Not to be confused with the Les Paul Custom or the Les Paul Classic or the les Paul Custom Classic. I wish I were joking.
Hey Jeremy! I'm referring to a band that got big in the 90's called the Smashing Pumpkins. Great band if you're unfamiliar, definitely check them out. Two of the songs in this video were Smashing Pumpkins songs. They're one of the bands that made these kinds of tones really popular, so often times when people get a Big Muff, they'll tend to write stuff that sounds a little too much like the Smashing Pumpkins songs (which I've definitely been guilty of). Anyways, disregard if you already knew that, but figured it's always good to turn people on to new music. Thanks so much for watching!
@@ZachWish thanks for the response Zach, and you always dial in the best tones dude. I meant I was confused as to why we wouldn’t want everything to sound like Smashing Pumpkins. They’re one of my favorite alternative bands ever. 🍻
Hell yeah! New video! And it's another great winner with information and tones!! Thank you and hope all is well! I forgot to mention how badass that modded strat is.. love the red..🤘🏼
Great sounds! I have a 800 and almost always use the low input….and a 1978 OpAmp or 1981 transistor Big Muff. Both are great. The high input, with a pedal boosting it, is great for Thrash.
i'm a recent convert to the Muff gang. i've had a swollen pickle for many years but never gelled with it particularly because of the internal knobs and thisly kinda wrote off fuzz pedals ever working for me lol. got a ram's head reissue earlier this year and it changed my life.
Solid video. I recently discovered the beauty that is the low input of my jcm 800 and using a TS9 to get my favorite tones. Don't even go back to my high input nowadays.
We don’t get to see all the other stuff they running through, you can bet it’s not guitar straight into amp. He worked hours on hours to get these sounds this perfect
Great video, man. Love the 90s sounds in there. Totally agree with your sentiments on the wall of sound from fuzzes (just got a hizumitas and a shigeharu), and couldn’t have said it better when you said they make you play by their rules. It’s like you are playing the pedal in addition to playing the guitar. Cheers!
Well I certainly learned something today..Iv been doing the Yngwie thing so long iv totally disregarded my rythem playing & you are a great rythem player, thanks for video🎸
Damn, this sounded fantastic! You gave me a lot of great ideas for dialing in similar tones on my HX Stomp, strangely enough; I even have some IRs of the Pete Thorn cabinet. Thanks!
Pretty sure that was the combo most of those songs were recorded with. I know Billy Corgan used that exact combo for Gish and Siamese Dream. JCM800s were everywhere in the 90s, and they were pretty low gain so using a boost or a fuzz pedal was common back then. And the Big Muff was really popular back then.
Amazing tones in this vid! Please do a mix breakdown of this because I find fuzzed out guitars are so hard to mix. They’re either uncontrollably inaudible or so scooped that they get lost in my mixes. But yours sound great!
I had a muff like that but with the other knobs! Great pedal, but I sold it because I was after that Op Amp tone like the one Billy used. The ones like ours rock, and you're right, it does make you play by its rules! I too found it hard to bond with them live, as did BC, but man after watching this I might have to go ahead and get that more SP-esque model for doing Hum and Pumpkins covers...keep up the good work!
Damn, nice throwback. I saw Spacehog in a tiny club in Seattle in 1995 and this brought me back. Thanks.
Fluff do a Hum tone recreation
Man! Super jealous. I think in '95 the closest I got to that was borrowing my neighbors records and wishing I had a Playstation. Hope you're well!
@@jamiewoodard4293 get you a Les Paul, a DS1 (yes, I know it was a super distortion feedbacker but the distortion circuit in that is a DS1) an Orange OR120 and an Ampeg V4 running 7027s and you’re set.
Jelly fo sho
Big muff +jcm800 =Smashing pumpkins
I love the sound of the big muff. It's like getting cozy by wrapping yourself in a warm comfy blanket and then being hit with a hammer 🙃
I swear this is everything I use to jam to in my bedroom as a teenager in the 90s.
This and a Wah are all anyway really needs.
My useless knowledge of the Smashing Pumpkins finally is useful. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness was recorded almost entirely on a Marshall JMP-1 rack mount pre-amp, on the OD1 setting, but Siamese Dream did use a JCM-800. It was modded to use KT-88 output tubes. Billy dimed the master, and use the pre-amp to set the level, getting it just below the cusp of breakup. That being said, the jcm-800 sure does that sound justice.
Exactly. And Siamese was recorded with a Big muff pi.
@@ectoplasma5 it was a big Muff opamp, as used in the video. There was even a promo video with Billy when ehx reissued it.
@@gavinpearcey I must apologize. Praise the great Pumpkin !
Corgan's 800 and the big muff were definitely used on MCIS as well as Siamese. As was a universe of pedals and preamps and guitars. The JMP-1 was used, yes, but "almost entirely" is definitely not accurate. There was a mountain of gear used on that record and while the JMP-1 was no doubt a part of it, so were a lot of other things.
@@adamcoe tell me you haven’t seen any footage or read of Corgan speaking on his various tones for MCIS without telling me you haven’t.
I've never heard anyone play any hum in a pedal demo, instantly subscribed
Respect for including Spacehog and Hum 🤘🏼
Case anyone is wondering the high input intro riff is Black Shuck by The Darkness
The moment I heard Hum, you earned my respect
Being a 90's young dude at the time - was in my mid 20's - these tones/sounds had a HUGE influence in my musical taste. And THIS is EXACTLY what I tried to achieve with the Animalizzer, my "interpretation" of the Muff circuit. You got some great tones there, Sir! I mean, GREAT tones really! Congratulations!! :D Keep 'em coming!
Thanks so much for the kind words! I remember seeing Eirik of Living Room Gear Demo's video of the Animalizzer a while back and thought it sounded killer!
@@ZachWish Indeed Eirik did showcased it in a video some months ago. It's my "baby", I am biased - I know - but honestly I am yet to find a bad/unusable sound out of it. And also yet to receive a bad review. I must say, I am a proud "father". Really love how it turned out. And happy to deliver a musical tool to the community, helping guitarist/bassists. Really happy, I confess.
Yeah he nailed the tone. I was blown away the whole video.
@@HerroYuy246 makes us two :)
I used my 800s low input with a RAT for almost 30 years
Man space hog was a nice addition to this. Really underrated band. Also love that you used ‘I hate myself and want to die’ instead of other more known nirvana tracks.
Excellent job matching up the tones. Really felt like I could be listening to a ‘live’ rendition.
Thanks so much Steve!
I'm super impressed. You nailed the 90s Mesa Rectifier sound using a Big Muff and Marshall.
Good work!
killer tones, spot on like the original tracks.
Thanks so much Scott!
Damn! Love those Classic songs ❤️ Thank you, Fan here from Philippines 🇵🇭
First time I've heard anyone make a muff pedal sound good on youtube, cheers.
Thanks, now I need a JCM 800 and Big Muff
Always just so precise with the technique and tone. You can tell you put a ton of time into your sound and videos. Truly skilled at your craft.
Spacehog !!!!! I was in Middle school when that song came out, never forget having my FM radio wake me up at 6am and that song started from the beginning right then. I laid in bed and just listened to the whole thing and have loved it ever since!!!!
That's awesome! I know those AM alarm tunes all too well. I have such a strong association of "Been Caught Stealing" by Janes Addiction as the "Oh shit, gotta go to school" song. Good times. 👍
That silverburst LP is just such a beauty.
Big pedals, big knobs, big riffs, big tones. Muffs rule
Yeahhhh buddy!
Saw the title and instantly thought Smashing Pumpkins!
My cheap electric strat copy..my fender champ and my big muff 1976...ah the great memories..couldn't play but I sounded so good...
Jeez, you totally NAILED Machinehead. Fantastic!
Absolutely loved how the Hum tone came out! And no need for an Orange :)
thank you for showing me HUM a couple of months ago! im not into pedals but i always appreciate the song selection
Right on, such a great band! Thanks for watching!
Omg that is 90s rock. Wow. I never knew this was how it was done!
Mate, what a great video!!! Took me back to a great time in the 90s!!! Thank you so much!!!
Dang. I've had my big Big Muff in its box for a year, just because i don't have room on my board for it. You're inspiring me to _whip it out._ Sounds glorious. Crazy, how your clean tone is so clean, and the pedal does all that work. // This is one of those rare inspiring pedal videos where i don't have to spend any money! Wicked.
Damn these tones are the business! Can't wait to try these out!
Sick tones as always man, and that black and gold Les Paul looks killer!
Thanks so much Logan!
I love that guitar too!! What year and model LP?
@@shawngrass5607 it’s a Les Paul Classic Custom. Not to be confused with the Les Paul Custom or the Les Paul Classic or the les Paul Custom Classic. I wish I were joking.
Killer comb… great tunes used for examples oh and yeah I find it next to impossible to not sound like the pumpkins 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Sounds great. Everything
This is the way. This is indeed tonal PERFECTION!
You: “Just make sure everything you write doesn’t end up sounding like Pumpkins”
Me: visibly confused.
Hey Jeremy! I'm referring to a band that got big in the 90's called the Smashing Pumpkins. Great band if you're unfamiliar, definitely check them out. Two of the songs in this video were Smashing Pumpkins songs. They're one of the bands that made these kinds of tones really popular, so often times when people get a Big Muff, they'll tend to write stuff that sounds a little too much like the Smashing Pumpkins songs (which I've definitely been guilty of). Anyways, disregard if you already knew that, but figured it's always good to turn people on to new music. Thanks so much for watching!
@@ZachWish thanks for the response Zach, and you always dial in the best tones dude. I meant I was confused as to why we wouldn’t want everything to sound like Smashing Pumpkins. They’re one of my favorite alternative bands ever. 🍻
I was so happy when i heard him rocking Fireball Ministry :) Such an underrated band.
Nice nod to Hum there with “I’d Like Your Hair Long” - took a bit to remember. Killer tones man!
Love that tune! Thanks for watching!
Spacehog!
Sounds awesome
Thanks so much!
Bro I’ve never heard anyone playing space hog but I love this song so much I thought it was virtually unknown
Very good video! Thank you
oh how much i love this channel !
Shoutout to Hum. Love that band.
Hum! Nice!
Dude, In The Meantime? Subscribed. This video is awesome
thats exactly what billy corgan was thinking!!
It does sound fantastic
Thanks!
Thanks so much Alex! Really appreciate it.
Haha tossin in some Spacehog
Hell yeah! New video! And it's another great winner with information and tones!! Thank you and hope all is well!
I forgot to mention how badass that modded strat is.. love the red..🤘🏼
Spot on 👍
Nice work, sounded wicked!!
Great sounds!
I have a 800 and almost always use the low input….and a 1978 OpAmp or 1981 transistor Big Muff. Both are great.
The high input, with a pedal boosting it, is great for Thrash.
I Hate Myself.. was a good touch, very overlooked song.
Ou I didn't expected to hear in the meantime, but that's a very good song!
That bush track sounds 1000% like the original- I was waiting for the “yeahyeahyeahyeahs” to come in.
Having been that grunge kid in the 90's and beeing a guitarist this is exactly my cup of tea
Love the silverburst!
Big ups for Where Boys Fear to Tread!
Great to see the love for Bush!
The amount of work you put into this video is incredible! Really enjoyed it.
Killer tones man!
Thanks so much!
7:23 holy hell.
i'm a recent convert to the Muff gang. i've had a swollen pickle for many years but never gelled with it particularly because of the internal knobs and thisly kinda wrote off fuzz pedals ever working for me lol. got a ram's head reissue earlier this year and it changed my life.
Amazing as always mate! Perfect tone and perfect playing! 😉👍
Thanks so much! Really appreciate it.
Big agree. Low input on these and also Sovtek Mig 60 are great neutral pedal platforms.
Sounds phenomenal!!
Thanks so much Ryan!
Solid video. I recently discovered the beauty that is the low input of my jcm 800 and using a TS9 to get my favorite tones. Don't even go back to my high input nowadays.
Great job, sounds super close to the original tones! Silverburst on les pauls are my favorite. I am subbing for the Hum appreciation, amazing band
Dude! Space Hog! 🤯
Another awesome video man! Sick tones, great playing, another helpful video! 🤘
Thanks so much Cameron!
We don’t get to see all the other stuff they running through, you can bet it’s not guitar straight into amp. He worked hours on hours to get these sounds this perfect
Man, you've got some class!!
SPACE HOG! Yeah man!
Fuck yes, I loved the inclusion of I like your hair long. Love to see Hum getting some shine.
Such a great demo man...some of my favorite tunes from some of my best days in this video...always loved that Spacehog bassline
Thanks so much! Appreciate the kind words.
Great video, man. Love the 90s sounds in there. Totally agree with your sentiments on the wall of sound from fuzzes (just got a hizumitas and a shigeharu), and couldn’t have said it better when you said they make you play by their rules. It’s like you are playing the pedal in addition to playing the guitar. Cheers!
This was a sick ass video. Where the hell did this dude come from on my feed ??
Thanks so much!
Love Space Hog!!
All the 90s tones in one video. How cool!
Great video. Loved all the samples of songs and demonstrations of pedal settings at the end.
very nice collection of amps and guitars - you nailed the sound!
Well I certainly learned something today..Iv been doing the Yngwie thing so long iv totally disregarded my rythem playing & you are a great rythem player, thanks for video🎸
Spacehog! That bass riff is so hard to play and sing at the same time.
Damn, this sounded fantastic! You gave me a lot of great ideas for dialing in similar tones on my HX Stomp, strangely enough; I even have some IRs of the Pete Thorn cabinet. Thanks!
That's awesome! Thanks so much for checking out the video Keith!
Sounds great i can't wait to get mine to pair with my Marshall SC20C!
Plug in Baby, very cool man
Pretty sure that was the combo most of those songs were recorded with. I know Billy Corgan used that exact combo for Gish and Siamese Dream. JCM800s were everywhere in the 90s, and they were pretty low gain so using a boost or a fuzz pedal was common back then. And the Big Muff was really popular back then.
This dude plays great. All the minor harmony are exellent. I feel inspired. Time to plug in!
Oh man, I lit up when I heard Hum.
OMG. I would kill for your Les Paul. It's one of the GOTW black Les paul
Making me want a Gibson
Cool, very sweet tones. We went out and bought big muffs right when Van Halen released their first album, we wanted/needed more gain. Haha
That's FREAKING awesome 😃
Nice! I was never a fan of fuzz until a few years ago. Not even realizing all the bands I grew up with used them lol
Same here
Amazing tones in this vid! Please do a mix breakdown of this because I find fuzzed out guitars are so hard to mix. They’re either uncontrollably inaudible or so scooped that they get lost in my mixes. But yours sound great!
+1. Tips for live use would be awesome too
I had a muff like that but with the other knobs! Great pedal, but I sold it because I was after that Op Amp tone like the one Billy used. The ones like ours rock, and you're right, it does make you play by its rules! I too found it hard to bond with them live, as did BC, but man after watching this I might have to go ahead and get that more SP-esque model for doing Hum and Pumpkins covers...keep up the good work!
The Op-Amp reissue is worth it
Dude - youre like, really good
Insane tones!!! Nice Porter Robinson shirt too!
Such great tones!! I've never used the low gain input, time to give it a try!
you need to play a muff every now and then and go crazy