Nano just seems to have everything of the NYC, and maybe a bit more sustain and brighter. Impressed with it so far, and room for two more pedals on the board.
A big muff pedal does not have to be in a large box. All the components used to be larger in the old days. In modern times, components are now available in much smaller sizes.
Your videos are the best comparison and demos out there. I like Pro Guitar here in Portland as well, but yours have the quality of complete disclosure, and a lack of the billyblarry you get when someone is echoing the advert. Thanks!
I would say the nano is a little bit brighter clarity wise on all settings. Great video. I have been toying with the idea of adding the Big Muff to my pedal board!
I love muffs of all flavors, NYC Big Muff is one of the first pedals I ever bought and even though the Iron Bell has kicked the NYC off my board I still love it and have to play through it when I am home. Nano sounds awesome too.
This video was what i needed. I think the nano is more like the original than the little big muff, which is not in the video. Nice to know its quieter, but the tone knob was 12 oclock vs 2 oclock at one point and never got corrected. This comparison works only if you precisely match the settings. No unnecessary stuff like a wah or chorus pedals is great. I hate when people show a pedal while using extra effects because its not clear what pedal does what. Just use the clean signal. Good job.
Yes! This! It drives me nuts that people demo pedals with other pedals so you can never trust the sounds made are going to come out of it when you get your own.
I had Big Muff USA v.9, had the BM Wicker, now I have the Nano BM. For the looks I would go with the Big Muff Classic USA, but, as sound matters the most, the Nano is hard to beat. I just wish the Nano could have the knobs not so close to the footswitch.
The nano sounds brighter but could just be something as simple at pot tolerances or even where the knobs were put on. I find it helps to match the tone irrespective of the knob positions for a better demo.
I used to have the Big Muff Pi but it just took lots of space on my board so I sold it. Today I ordered the nano version. Hope I will be pleased by that one :)
The sound is the same to me. The Nano sounds brighter because it is "clearer", which probably has to do with it being true-bypass. I'm not certain if the NYC is or not. Also, around the 3:00 mark he accidentally turns the tone knob on the Nano making it brighter. Other than that, they are the exact same.
I've been using the nano for 2 years and have yet to knock the control with my foot. But then I wasn't used to the big one to begin with. I do love it though. It's my favourite pedal.
2013 this version used same transistors and diodes than the NYC reissue (I don't know anything about the current NYC version) but different vallues from other components especially most resistors. In natural the reissue and the nano have the same amount of gain but sound different. The nano is more angry and clearer.
Thanks JJ. Nice comparison. Listening through a laptop I think they both sound very similar too. I have a NYC that looks like the unit in your video, but many of the large units look the same.Edit: I think i have a version 9. My remaining question is. Is the center pole positive or negative in the all steel 1/8" 9v.DC receptacle? If you know please share.
I found a bit of info on the big muff page. Looks like the plug tip is positive or reverse polarity. Pretty sure most guitar pedals are center pole negative.
NYC has a much dirtier feel and overall tracks a biiiit on the muddy side; but it works very well all the same. The nano is a much more consistent and while a great fuzz, could be considered less enjoyable cause of it's streamlined nature. Excellent playing and stellar shootout :)
Nano sounds brighter, so it comes down to what you like. I like the NYC sound slightly better, but if you need something small to squeeze onto your board, the Nano is pretty faithful and you don't use a whole lot.
They sound quite similar. Did anyone see the Anderton's video of the Nano vs. the ThorpyFX Fallout Cloud? I'm appalled at how similar they sounds, yet you could buy three-four Nano's for the price of the Thorpy.
ram's head is j mascis is known for I believe. Not sure what the cheaper version would be, as there isn't isn't a nano version. Could go with a green russian nano, or a cheap clone maybe. From what I've heard, the green russian has some similarities in tone
Very, very similar but not identical I think. btw That first riff You're playing sounds awfully familiar, what is it? ...Smashing Pumpkins? ...Ash? ...?
First off, JJ, I love you.. . Big one has more the pumpkin sound, but the nano I think wins. I Have a Little Big Muff, but use a swollen pickle. I would consider the nano though.
siiiiii yo me di cuenta de este error de ecualización. todo el mundo comenta que el nano suena con mas treble y es porque el potenciometro esta en 1 y en bigmuff está en 12 . Saludos!!!
Yeah...I like the mids from the nano. The one complaint about big muffs is scooped out mids which the NYC has. The nano has a lot more focus and clarity in the mids which, to me, is wonderful.
I thought it had less but maybe I don't know what attack is. It seems the nano sounds like your picking harder. Where as with the NYC you can change your attack or articulation to get more out of it where as with nano it's all right there, but that's with levels set the same I'm sure you set something back a bit on nano it wouldn't sound as if your picking harder.
Aren't distortion pedals not mostly used for solos and single note bass strings "Satisfaction" type notes ? Those open sustain chords would sound better through an overdrive tube amp . Sorry...but this is mostly how dilettantes would play their fuzz pedal .
@@Lespaulman987 the circuits and the board make a sonic difference. Let's hear how a nano sized version of the Triangle Muff sounds compared to a full size reissue and an original from 1971. I bet it will sound like a Chinese Donner or NuX version
NYC wins! More bottom, more highs = more lively. But... the right way to do a shootout is with a good A/B box or a true bypass looper. Even your little cord between the two muffs may have had a slight impacton the whole thing. You do deserve a thumbs up, though. Keep rocking!
This is completely false. As far as I know, both pedals are true bypass, and beyond that the cable between them in terms of impedance is so small that has no potential whatsoever to make a difference tone-wise, even if it is the worst cable known to man.
Not completely false. True bypass doesnt mean zero affect on tone. Every added connection, wire, switch, etc, can have an affect on tone. Sometimes negligible, but Ive heard it be pretty noticeable..
Fastest pedal stompers in the west! Honestly that's a hell of a skill and I'm jealous you're able to do that without tripping over your own feet... Unless that cozy rug is there as a safety net?
