Electro-Harmonix and JHS Pedals revive Bob Myer’s forgotten circuit with the Big Muff 2
After sitting untouched for nearly half a century, Bob Myer’s long-lost dual Op-Amp Big Muff design has finally been brought to life as the EHX Big Muff 2.
Built in partnership with JHS Pedals, the new Big Muff 2 is described as “a sharper, louder, more aggressive take on the classic Big Muff voice.”
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In 2021, while digging through Big Muff inventor Bob Myer’s archives for the forthcoming Electro-Harmonix history book, Made On Earth For Rising Stars: The Electro-Harmonix Story, JHS founder Josh Scott unearthed something unexpected: a hand-drawn schematic labeled “BIG MUFF USING (2 DUAL OP AMPS)”.
It wasn’t a variation anyone had heard of, but rather, Myer’s own attempt to reimagine his landmark fuzz using the newer Op-Amp technology that had emerged in the 1970s.
Credit: JHS Pedals
“Once discovered, [we] breadboarded the circuit exactly as Bob drew it, and immediately knew they had something worth making,” says JHS. “We found that Bob’s design is unique when compared to the now famous late ‘70s Op-Amp Big Muff designed by Michael Abrams. Different clipping arrangement, an extra gain stage and various other elements that made this lost version extremely special.”
Where the original Big Muff is known for its “sweet violin-like sustain”, the Big Muff 2 is built to hit harder. It dishes out a sharper edge, significantly more volume, and what the companies describe as the “most pronounced low-end and midrange” of any EHX Big Muff ever released.
Controls remain reassuringly familiar – with the usual Volume, Sustain, and Tone knobs – on top of a classic big-box wedge enclosure.
Production is limited to 5,700 units, with the Big Muff 2 priced at $249.
The pedal’s launch also coincides with Made On Earth for Rising Stars: The Electro-Harmonix Story — a 500-plus-page archival volume chronicling the company’s history, created with JHS Pedals, Third Man Books and archivist Daniel Danger. The book is available to pre-order now via Third Man Records.
Order the Big Muff 2 today at JHS Pedals.
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