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Matt Owen

“We found it. We built it”: A forgotten design for the Big Muff 2 spent 50 years buried in dust – now JHS Pedals and Electro-Harmonix have unearthed it and turned it into a reality

JHS Pedals x EHX Big Muff 2.

JHS Pedals and Electro-Harmonix have come together to release the Big Muff 2 – a new take on the timeless fuzz pedal, based on a recently unearthed schematic that spent 50 years buried in dust.

Few pedals command the same reputation as the hallowed Big Muff. First released in 1969, the flagship fuzz was first conceived and created by EHX founder Mike Matthews and Bells Lab engineer Bob Myer, and later underwent revisions and changes under the direction of other engineers.

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