# Ram's Head Big Muff

> This gain entry consolidates documented Ram's Head Big Muff variants, controls, settings and roles across dated guitarist pedalboards.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/ram-s-head-big-muff/
- 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, Mascis's first Big Muff, V2 Big Muff
- **Controls:** Sustain, Tone, Volume
- **Identification:** The model is identified.
- **Documented appearances:** 2 boards, 1977–2021

The large silver four-screw fuzz box with three black controls used for Gilmour's singing 1977 lead sound.

## 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| David Gilmour | Animals-era Cornish board | 1977-01-23 | 8 | Source-described | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/david-gilmour/animals-tour-1977/ |
| J Mascis | Bradshaw-switched touring board | 2021-11-01 | 4 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/j-mascis/dinosaur-jr-touring-board-2021/ |