# Big Muff Pi

> This gain entry consolidates documented Big Muff Pi variants, controls, settings and roles across dated guitarist pedalboards.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/big-muff-pi/
- Machine-readable index of the archive: https://pedalboardarchive.com/llms.txt
- Evidence and reconstruction conventions: https://pedalboardarchive.com/methodology/

- **Category:** Gain
- **Types:** Fuzz, Sustain
- **Also known as:** Electro-Harmonix Big Muff, Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi, NYC Big Muff, Russian Big Muff, Sovtek Big Muff, Vintage Big Muff
- **Controls:** Sustain, Tone, Volume
- **Identification:** The model is identified.
- **Documented appearances:** 4 boards, 1994–2014

A vintage wide-chassis Big Muff with volume, tone and sustain.

## Documented boards

Each row is an observed appearance on a dated board. A position is only an observed one where that board's order evidence says so.

| Artist | Board | Date | Positions | Order evidence | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dan Auerbach | Turn Blue rack rig | 2014-09-11 | 9 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/dan-auerbach/turn-blue-rack-rig-2014/ |
| Dan Auerbach | El Camino touring rig | 2012-04-02 | 7 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/dan-auerbach/el-camino-touring-rig-2012/ |
| David Gilmour | PULSE / Division Bell rig | 1994-03-30 | 12 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/david-gilmour/pulse-division-bell-rig-1994/ |
| Jack White | White Stripes octave-and-fuzz board | 2005-06-01 | 3 | Source-described | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/jack-white/white-stripes-board-2005/ |