Micro Metal Muff Review

The Electro-Harmonix Micro Metal Muff Distortion Pedal is everything you love about the classic Metal Muff in a small, die-cast aluminum package with simplified controls. 15db boost and cut around a carefully selected mid frequency guarantees huge scoop possibilities. Selectable top boost ranges.

Ease of Use:	9.5
Sound:	7
Reliability:	10
Impression:	8.5
Overall rating:	8.8
Users rating:	6
Comments:	7

overall: 8.5

Reviewed by: lithium26, on july 09, 2008

Price paid: $ 70

Ease of Use: The Electro-Harmonix micro MM is easy to use. 3 knobs: volume, tone and distortion, as well as a top boost Switch: hi, off and lo. Pretty basic. The learning curve is not too steep so straight from the box it would be easy to dial a decent metal tone from the pedal. // 9

Sound: The Micro MM is good for high gain distortion. from Radiohead's Marshall Shredmaster type distortion to extreme metal distortion. I was using it with a Fender '62 Jaguar and a Fender HSS Stratocaster. It gives a good-sounding metal tone. Much better than my previous high gain distortion box, the Line 6 uber metal (which was crap). Unfortunately, the good parts stop here. To me, the top boost Switch is useless, as it gives a ear-piercing high pitched scream (not feedback) when you use it in the "hi" setting, for most settings, making the "hi" useless. To me, the "lo" also sounded like crap, so I never used the top boost Switch. Also, the metal muff feedbacks easily when you stop playing and leave it engaged, which was actually why I kept it for so long. I used it's easy to feedback "feature" in gigs. Fortunately for me the feedback was controllable for it to not be ear-piercing. Lastly, the hum is very loud. I'm using a 1spot adaptor. I've gigged at a few places with this pedal and jammed at many different studios. Even changed the adaptor and stuff. But the feedback wont go off. And this is not because of the single coils in my Jaguar. My strat has a 'bucker in it. However, despite the flaws, this pedal is a decent pedal if you want to be able to dial a nice sounding metal tone. I've since replaced the metal muff with a MI Audio Crunch Box. // 7

Reliability & Durability: I definitely can rely of this pedal. I've gigged and jammed with this pedal quite a fair bit in the 9 months this pedal have been in my possession. Sturdy construction, and it doesn't seem like it will break within the next decade or so as long as you don't take a sledge hammer to it or something. // 10

Impression: I play a wide variety of music. Rock to blues to metal. Primarily rock and the "older" hard rock music. I used this pedal at first because I wanted a Jonny Greenwood sound, as well as metal distortion. It does give a good distortion. However, it does have a few problems, as seen in the "sound" section. I've since then replaced it with a Crunch Box by MI Audio. If it were lost, I'd try out other pedals, including the actual Metal Muff. It seems a lot more tweakable and sounds like a better pedal. // 8

overall: 9

Reviewed by: Triviumsucks666, on may 20, 2008

Price paid: $ 74.99

Purchased from: Alpha Music

Ease of Use: The Micro Metal Muff is fairly easy to use. It's a simple concept, plug one cable into the guitar, hook it up to the distortion box, plug another cord into your amp, and hook it up to the box. You probably wouldn't need to read the instruction manual to figure this out. // 10

Sound: There are three very basic controls; Volume, tone, and distortion. Also, there are three different sound levels; Lo, Mid, and High. Although on Lo and Mid it sounds fine, on Hi you must adjust the controls more to get less feedback and ge a more clear and distinctive sound. I've been using it with a G. Burton strat, and a Roland Kc-100 amp. // 7

Reliability & Durability: This box is very reliable and extremely durable and has been dropped a few times by me and still works just fine. It also features a one year warranty in case damaged. I would probably use it playing Live as it sounds pretty good without a back up. Maybe It is because it was made in the US unlike a bunch of other china made shitty gear that constantly break down. // 10

Impression: This box is very reliable and durable and has been dropped a few times by me and still works just fine. It also features a one year warranty in case damaged. My overall impression is nice. It is agreat distortion box for people looking to find their first one. // 9

Comments

[PumpkinPieces]

You forgot to tell us what it sounds like.

[tdrules]

wtf, you give sound a 7, with no explanation why its so low

[mathman51]

i own this pedal and i will say without a doubt its a 10 across the board. as far as metal petals go this one has severe crunch and great tone. I used to own a digitech death metal petal...used too! traded it for this beast

[cielmort]

It can't beat the original metal muff.

[Triviumsucks666]

i ****ed up and pasted the same shit twice

[Blas3]

I've tried, and compared this, the big and the Nano muff, and I must say, that for the tone, the Nano sounded the best... That had the crunch I was looking for. This one was too muddy for me...

[babybeastie]

with only 3 knobs, you'll find it difficult to clear the dirty sound off this pedal. it's out put is also quite weak. i honestly think that the Matal Zone is better than this piece, or at least get the big metal muff instead.