Mark Arm

Gifted to Arm by bandmate Steve Turner, as recalled by Turner in this excerpt from I'M NOW: The Story of Mudhoney. Along with the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi, it was the namesake of Superfuzz Bigmuff. This Super-Fuzz broke soon after, however, as recalled in this March 16, 2006 Portland Mercury interview. One can see that it had already lost its blue footswitch in this excerpt of Live: Berlin 1988 at 1:13 and in this photo from Touch Me I'm Sick by Charles Peterson.

Maximumrocknroll, August 1990 (as archived on this Open Computing Facility fan page)

Steve: The singer was afraid to sing at practice because he had never sung before and was embarrassed. So all we did was instrumental versions of "Louie Louie" and "Dr. Love," (laughs) and check this out ­ I didn't even have a distortion box. This is my roots: the guy that I was working in a restaurant with used to be in bands up in Vancouver and he started telling me about punk rock history. He asked me what kind of equipment I used and I said, "Peavy guitar, Sub amp," and he said, "Do you have a distortion box?" and I said "What's that?" I was going like "clink-clink-clink (to the tune of 'Dr. Love')." I couldn't tell the difference. So he gave me a Super Fuzz. So that's where the Super Fuzz comes from.

MRR: And you still have the same Super Fuzz to this day?

Steve: No, that one broke and I bought another one and that's the one Mark uses now.

Portland Mercury

Are you and Steve [Turner] still rocking the legendary Superfuzz and Bigmuff stomp boxes?

He still uses a Bigmuff. The Superfuzz died probably in, like, '90.

Steve Turner in I'M NOW: The Story of Mudhoney (2012)

I was working at a Japanese restaurant and this chef there seemed like he'd already been through the punk wars and, you know, had gone, you know, pop, sort of and was into kind of synthpop stuff. I was talkin' about guitar and I was like "Yeah, I just can't really get it to sound the way I want it to, you know?" and he asked me what distortion box I was using. And I didn't know what that was. It was like "Huh?" He just kinda smiled and the next day, he handed me a Super-Fuzz. Said "Here, try this." It was a serious revelation 'cause it's not just a distortion box, it's fuzz, you know? It's like really, really deep thick fuzz and, so that just, you know, blew my mind.

By the time that Mudhoney started, I was playin' the Big Muff 'cause it had more of that sustain, kinda like Blue Cheer, Stooges kinda thing going, and so Mark used the Super-Fuzz.

Mark can be seen using a red fender jaguar in the clips of the live shows seen in the music video for 'Into the Drink'. Seen at [0:33]

Mark arm can be seen using the Hagstrom III in this video, he used the hagstrom III for almost all the albums, with maybe using a Fender Jag now and then.

In the music video for “Blinding Sun”, Arm can be seen playing a Fender Mustang.

In the EarthQuaker Devices video "Board To Death Ep. 29," Mark Arm of Mudhoney discusses using the Ibanez Soundtank FZ5 60's Fuzz, noting its distinctive grey metal casing and its similarity to a Big Muff clone.

MARK ARK USED A COMPETITION RED MUSTANG IN THE VIDEO FOR BLINDING SUN

In the YouTube video "Board To Death Ep. 29" by EarthQuaker Devices, Mark Arm of Mudhoney is seen using an Ibanez F-300 CS acoustic guitar.

In this picture, Mark is seen using a black SG.

In the YouTube video titled "Mudhoney - Touch Me, I'm Sick - Boston 2013 [HD]," Mark Arm can be seen using a Fender '68 Custom Twin Reverb amplifier on stage. This amp is frequently used by Arm during live performances.

Mark Arm discusses this pedal in the linked video

In this picture, Mark Arm of Mudhoney is seen playing a Gretsch Penguin at the Flemington Racecourse on Friday the 24th of January 2014.

In This photograph you can see Mark play his modded creamy white telecaster

Listed in this November 1, 2018 Premier Guitar interview.

Amps

’70s Fender Super Six Reverb

Mark Arm uses the Hagstrom II at Bogart's in 1990.

Featured in this November 17, 2018 Twitter post by Mudhoney.

Mark Arm’s gear #EuropeanTour

It's on 2:40 on the video it's a clone of the univox superfuzz

According to Gretsch official website (https://www.gretschguitars.com/artists/mark-arm-profile), Mark is using a Gretsch G6129T-59 Vintage Select '59 Silver Jet.

Listed in this November 1, 2018 Premier Guitar interview.

Strings and Picks

Ernie Ball .010–.052 string sets

Jim Dunlop .73 mm Tortex picks

Peterson pedal tuner

Mark Arm used the Black Cat Pedals Wee Buzz during live performances in both 1988 and 2015, as demonstrated in a YouTube video by MrExcane.

Mark Arm discusses using the Grey Channel pedal in the linked video

Mark Arm discusses using this pedal in the linked video

In the EarthQuaker Devices YouTube video "Board To Death Ep. 29," Mark Arm of Mudhoney demonstrates using the EarthQuaker Devices Organizer to emulate the sound of a Farfisa organ.

Featured in this November 17, 2018 Twitter post by Mudhoney.

Mark Arm’s gear #EuropeanTour

Part of Arm's 1999 rig, as documented by Guitar Geek.

Listed in this November 1, 2018 Premier Guitar interview.

Strings and Picks

Ernie Ball .010–.052 string sets

Jim Dunlop .73 mm Tortex picks

Peterson pedal tuner

In this is picture from Premier Guitar's instagram feed you can see the Stromer Superfuzz on Mark Arm's pedal board.

I saw mud honey in Cleveland last month and I saw mark using some new pedals since I saw them in 2019 and saw the earthquaker devices life v3 on his board and 3 catalinbread pedals and a new super fuzz

I saw mud honey in Cleveland last month and I saw mark using some new pedals since I saw them in 2019 and saw the earthquaker devices life v3 on his board and 3 catalinbread pedals and a new super fuzz

Last month in Cleveland, I saw Mark Arm of Mudhoney using several new pedals, including three from Catalinbread, one of which was the Epoch Boost, along with an EarthQuaker Devices Life V3 and a new Super Fuzz.

I saw mud honey in Cleveland last month and I saw mark using some new pedals since I saw them in 2019 and saw the earthquaker devices life v3 on his board and 3 catalinbread pedals and a new super fuzz