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How can I get 90s/00s rock sound?

I have a Fender Stratocaster and a Gibson Les Paul that I use with my Vox AC30. I want to get the Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream and White Stripes' Elephant sound. Is a Big Muff a good pedal to use? I don't have the money for a Marshall JCM 800 right now but I just wanted to know if I can get this guitar sound in the meantime. Thanks a lot.

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  • John Doe
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    7 years ago
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    To get the sound on Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins, you need an Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi.

    Billy Corgan used a 1970's Big Muff for most of the songs on Siamese Dream.

    Here's the EXACT settings Billy used for the album. These have been confirmed by him on a video on YouTube.

    SETTINGS:

    Volume/Amplifier: You can have it at any setting, as it's just the volume. But Billy Corgan had his at the 12 o'clock position.

    Tone: 12 o'clock

    Sustain: 4 o'clock

    Below is a picture of my Big Muff Pi with the Siamese Dream settings.

    Hope this helps!

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    Source(s): I have a Big Muff Pi, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, HUGE Smashing Pumpkins fan.
  • OU812
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    I've never used a Big Muff, isn't that more of a fuzz pedal. I used a Fulltone OCD with my AC15 and got some pretty good JCM type tones.

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