WILL IT CHUG? - EHX METAL MUFF 

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As someone who has owned this pedal, the whole purpose of watching this video was to see his reaction to the top boost. Did not disappoint 😆

The Top Boost is for Black Metal. You were obviously not ready.

“It’s actually not THAT bad” >has it dialed in to sound exactly like every tone he’s ever used

It says "METAL RULES" Inside the battery compartment. At least it did in mine. Thought it was a nice touch.

2:39 Most badass metal tone. Best I’ve heard on this channel.

1:48 *Sad but true starts playing*

Lol I really love this kind of very high gain solid-state distortion sound. Metal Muff sounds much more aggressive and much harsher than any tube distortion sounds out there. Hell even fuzz pedals are not this aggressive.

In the loop, slightly crunchy and with a TS in front, it's simply amazing. Once again, those who say it sounds bad are those that are using it wrong.

Your clap at the start scared the shit out of my rabbit lmao

0:49 That's actually some surprisingly good german.

I honestly think EHX sprinkles magic on their potentiometers to give them like 85% more range than the competition.

The pedal sounds great when it's without the top boost.

Maybe next pedal could be" joyo uzi " pedal i heard its good

5:13 I could watch this on a loop for hours.

This pedal sounds incredible on my raiden special 5. The top boost goes well with the low end. It gives my bass some insane sustain so that I can do harmonics and reach into other realms of creativity.

I've got this pedal and the top boost sounds terrible when engaged.

maybe the boost ist intended for solos to cut trough the mix

SO dayum funny to see you try this pedal. I've had it for over a decade now, and it's been a real help when I could have an amp with decent distorsion AND clean sound. And it's very versatile as well, you'd be surprised!

This is one of my Go To pedals for modern metal tones. Once you get it dialed in to perfection (treble at 1pm, mids at 9am, bass at 1pm) its orgasmic! Im running it into the front of my DSL40 clean but on the edge.

I have the Metal Muff built into the Tone Tattoo. It's interesting that EHX actually tends to ADD features to their circuits that are built into the multi-effects units. The Metal Muff in the Tone Tattoo is like the Pocket Metal Muff which has VOL, DIST, and HI/LO/OFF SCOOP, but the MM in the Tone Tattoo adds TREBLE, BASS, and a GATE that you can adjust the THRESHOLD on so that you can do super-gated super-high-gain chugging. It actually sounds pretty awesome. When you combine that with the Neo Clone and Memory Toy built into the pedal it's a lot of fun...And it's 100% ANALOG!

I’ve had this pedal For like 15 years. It’s slays for a black metal tone !!

I got one of this back in the day. I partnered it with a 8 band EQ pedal and got a great sound.

i use mine a ton. my favorite setting for leads is just all the knobs all the way up, neck pickup with the guitar tone all the way down. it just sings! 💚

Man, that pedal easily sounds better than most of the pedals on Will it Chug. I have no idea what Ola's talking about.

Really good video, that distortion is killer.

Man I just wanted to say, I love to listen to your content. It's awesome man thank you for putting it out there. U rock!

I saw this in recommended and freaked lol, keep making content dude, i love your vids

I've been using the Metal Muff for years. It's a great versatile, relatively cheap pedal. You just gotta have one of these if you're starting out, and want to have a bit of different ranges in your tone. It's even a bit similar to an overdrive if you put the Distortion at 6-7 o'clock, and can be dynamic to your playing

Damn! This pedal was really cool. Ive never heard this before. Sounds radically different from a normal Big Muff.

This is my favorite guitar channel, most other channels aren't metal enough for me.

Hey Ola. I know there're a lot of fans of 80s tones and I am one of them. I would love to see a video where you try to nail 80s tones with different gear and especially with a helix or HX stomp!

Sounded great to me. I definitely prefer Distortion pedals that have their own flavor and style rather than try to imitate tube amp distortion, in which case I'd rather get a good tube amp. I could use that top boost for some dank Black Metal, solos, or for searing Death Metal tones that will haunt Ola in his nightmares! \m/

This is the pedal that saved me from throwing my shitty amp out of the window, used it for years, still have it. Sounds way better in FX loop for crappy amps imo, otherwise go front of amp like this.

Im so glad you finally did this. I have this one and the ml2.

It's really surprising. Two days ago I searched all the videos you made if you ever showcased Metal Muff and I came across with this one today. How lucky I am!

Hi Ola, I've been watching your videos for about a month or so now, recently stumbled across one of your "Will it chug" episodes. Man I love that you do these videos man, I appreciate it because I own a home recording studio, and was looking for a new preamp/ distortion pedal, and later on this year or maybe next I am gonna purchase the diezel vh4 pedal, thanks to you lol. Right now I run a universal audio Apollo interface, gen. 1, and I run 8 pedals as of now on my pedalboard, running direct into the Apollo using an engl amp emulation from Uaudio and brainworx, also using an outboard thx compressor. I own the EHX metal muff, and I had been messing around with a plumes overdrive pedal running into a RAT and the rest of my pedals, and I wasn't happy with the sound, switched the metal muff in and now things sound like they should. Must be the combination of my other pedals and the amp SIM, because the sound is better than recording analog with a mic'd up sucky amp. I'm liking my new sound quite a bit and am going to post an album here soon so people can hear the tone I'm getting. Mind that I have new gear that's only a couple months old if that, so was still dialing things in until yesterday. Sorry for such a long comment, hope it's not a bother. Thanks!!

When you were playing power chords towards the end, it sounded like GODFLESH!

This thing is a beast in the FX loop, the top boost works even better imo

I've been using Metal Muff for more than 8 years. It is indeed the marriage between the top boost and the treble that makes me love it.

EHx pedals are so underrated, especially the vintage '70s pedals. I've owned the Big Muff Pi, the LPB1, and the Small Stone from that era, and unless you're pushing them too hard, they sound incredible! People who say they sound terrible apparently don't know how to dial them properly, and are looking for an instant solution without putting the effort into finding the sweet spot.

I'm convinced that the Top Boost is there for people who love the sound of a solid state Crate combo amp with the gain & treble maxed.

The top boost i found to be really good for soloing with a band to cut through the mix. I use it with the top boost down on like 2 or 3 though but it gives a different frequency to push solo tones through the mix

I have the pocket metal muff and I love it's sound. It's now my main distortion pedal.

I actually like a trebly, screamy distortion sound.

I bought one of those new back in the day, and I still have it, and still use it. It's a great pedal for what it is...One of the better sounding overdrive pedals from back then. Back then, they mostly sounded very digital (fabricated, as you said) and high-pitched. It has a lot of adjustability and you can actually dial-in a decent sound out of it with a good tube amp and good speakers. The Top Boost part is garbage, but the regular overdrive is pretty decent once you dial it in.

I played through this pedal for years I loved it

I have one of these pedals too. I use it through a fender rumble and almost never use the top boost. When I do, the knob is almost all the way down. It does well for a thrashy black metal tone in like E-D standard. I wouldn't go lower than drop B with it. If you can find one for cheap, it can be fun. But I would not recommend paying full price like I did when you can get an eyemaster or boss ds-1 for 50$ and get some destroyed guitar sounds

This was my first pedal! The top boost sounds like ass, but otherwise I love this thing

Great sound and tone you got with that gear. Really cool

This pedal has been my baby since I was 15 and 15 years later I still love it

I had this years ago and I downgraded to get the nano which I think is excellent. The top boost I think it was supossed to be used when doing solos but who knows, it is just ear piercing.

I would imagine that top boost helps if you're using an amp that needs it. Otherwise, keep it off. Sounds good without it engaged.

The smile on Ola's face with the bass cranked was like a little kid in a candy shop

I owned 1 of these for years and it did it's job very well.. welcome to the muff world

If you’ve ever used a countersink on aluminum after drilling a hole, that loud annoying screech is what this pedal sounds like lmao! 🤣 But if that’s someone’s thing, hey go for it! Great video! 🤘

its awkward to hear you reading my native language. By accident you sound like an infamous guy from the 1940s of germans infamous history.

Favorite will it chug yet, the reactions are golden.

sounds so dope when you crank the mids

4:24 My face when I write a good riff.

The EQ have lot of range, but feels like in wrong places for shapeing guitar tone.

Ola reading german made my day, awesome pedal too!

I still have this one!

Whenever you crank the bass on a product I can just imagine Louise in the next room trying to answer emails while the whole rooms shakes and everything falls off the walls and her desk 😂

When I was younger, I had a friend that would run this pedal through a "Raven" half stack which is also trash. He would crank up the knobs of the Metal Muff pedal and god almighty it sounded like trash. I would tell him and tell him to dial in some decent tone but he never did listen to. The worst part is that anyone can look past the sound if you're inexperienced. So you had people in school complementing him on his "shreds" and crazy "lead" tone. Sure was crazy.

i am getting my metal muff pedal tuesday...im sold

Still one of my favorites,, I bought one for my kid as a present I liked it do much!!!

For me the pedal took up too much room in my board, but I thought it sounded great. I bought the next level down with just a tone knob, but it really needs the extra eq options. If EHX released a full eq version, without the garbage top boost circuit, I would buy it.

I think the characteristics come from the big muff, thats why its different than the other metal distortions. Aome like it, some hate it, but its definitely a character in the line of muff fuzzes

I have EHX Tone Tattoo (Metal Muff Pocket). And i love it! Even Fender Tele Classic 50 sounds very aggressive and true metal with it, and Ibanez is just a king. Plus on any amp it gives very decent near perfect (for my taste) sound. All default (12o'clock) settings.

Much love, Ola. Keep doing you.

Another good demo, thanks. I would love to see your take on the 12 Ax7 driven Damage Control pedals. I have a Demonizer and Solid Metal and they each have their own advantages. If you have any interest, I’d be happy to ship over for your insight.

Between the "Woollet Jug series" and Ola's chug sounds "good gum don't oh" I highly recommend using RU-vid subtitles.

I Remember having one back in the day! Plugged it into my line 6 with a Boss Metal Zone FOR TONNEEEEEE

Anyone who have owned this pedal, they definitely know the volume knobs does all the magic, from ear bleed in your face thrash tone to ballsy thick chugging metal tones.

If I had a midi controller, that'd be a sound. Ola Englund - 'Chug Chug Chug' 🤣

So when’s the solar pedals coming out??

I had that pedal forever. Loved it..never used to boost switch though.

I used a metal muff for a while, the ds 1 before that, blew my mind when I learned i could run it in the fx loop and use it as a pre amp. Still prefer the tone of the dirty channel of my amps tho, but still a solid pedal. I had the top boost set low but I would use it for leads to cut through the mix a little better.

This pedal sounds like a Line 6 on the Insane setting

I actually have this and haven’t used it in like 15 years. I’m into tube amps (Orange, VHT, 5150, etc) with boost at this point but that was a pleasant stroll down memory lane without having to plug it in and try it out again for myself. Same opinion, artificial sounding distortion and the top boost is worthless.

Your German was actually pretty much on point! Loved it!

Hello Ola, Fellow german here. Thanks for not butchering our language! Best regards!

FINALLY this filthy thing catch Ola's attention! it sounds so bad, yet so beautiful

I had one of these about 10 years ago that I played through a little Blackstar HT5 head and could get some of the most brutal tones I've ever heard in my 35 years if owning guitar pedals. Most people don't like it because it's so easy to overdue it in so many ways because of the touch sensitivity of the knobs, but if you spend some time and tweak the hell out of it; it's actually easily one of the greatest high gain distortiol pedals ever made. It's kinda like the big brother of the Boss Metalzone that was kicked out of the bar for getting too drunk, trashing the place and beating the shit out of bartender.

Such a great pedal and easy outa the box

Thank you for yet another helpful, unbiased review! I actually think this is just what I need to get my Marshall JTM30 into the right territory - i've already got the mids, so this looks perfect.

You forgot to turn up every knob to MAXIMUM! Swedish death metal sound! When you turned up mid it was about to sound like it :(

Ola Englund just started watching your channel I gotta say I really enjoy the content. I’m deciding if I should play music again but don’t know where to start. However watching your reviews among others just feel it will help me make better decision on set up. If you read thanks and if not that’s cool keep on chugging. #staysafe

I had the small version , then I bought the Top Boost, I can get a pretty good early Metallica tone and a modern tone , I run a Boss equalizer pedal before the Muff Top boost which really kicks the tone up alot. It's a good pedal for the price.

Top boost is for solos. Kind of ;) Might be some Pantera solos. Definately 6 out of 10!

Ah, the Metal Muff...... it definitely fizzes. Sometimes crackles. Always feeds back.....

I use this pedal since 2007 and I love it.

Every time I wanna know if some disto pedal is good I look for your Chug videos .. grat job man thanks for your videos 🤟

What a good monday! I have a metal muff, and actually you can dial good tones.

2:43 best part. You will thank me guys

Ola can you try an Amptweaker? Pedal, James Brown etc the “Tight Metal Pedal”?

It also does great crunch tones when you dial back the distortion with a driven sound on the amp. Nice distortion.

When you engaged the top boost....I can't stop laughing at that reaction 😂

I know it's a distortion pedal, but I wonder how this sounds straight into the FX return, acting as a potential preamp.