Depending on the stacking order and the type of overdrive, it can smooth out the fizzy harshness of the tone while adding some gain and mid range, or add more dirt and grit to the tone. Driving/blending/stacking a Big Muff with an overdrive pedal can sometimes make the Big Muff tone come alive and help it cut through in a band mix. I am not referring to a volume boost, but rather a gain boost, or more accurately a blend of the gain and tone from the two different pedals. A Tube Driver, or similar overdrive pedal, can be used as a light boost before or after a Big Muff in the signal chain to add gain and sustain or EQ the Big Muff signal. ![]() Big Muffs like to be driven hard and I think they sound best through a loud, clean tube amp.
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