They both take drive well, but the Mu-Tron comes through clearer and more compressed. The Q-Tron still feels like it has more of the true guitar tone in it, but you can also hear the picking sound of the attack much more prominently, both of which take away from the envelope effect. Similarly, i can only really use the neck pickup with the tone all the way up with the Q-Tron, but with the Mu-Tron, i can roll back the tone and use any pickup, but prefer the neck and the middle. I have to pick hard to get the filter to engage and theres not much in-between. When picked normally, it still engages the filter and combining these two styles (accenting certain notes with harder picking like Jerry) is amazing. When picking, the micro-tron will engage the filter at multiple levels, producing a more wet and and higher volume quack when picked hard. Ive played with this thing for a few hours and have concluded that it is more badass than the 90s big box Q-Tron. Ive used it for gigs for a year now was happier overall with its Jerry tone than the new Q-Tron. The 90s big box had what sounded like more of the true guitar tone as well as a more responsive peak and threshold. However, the new Q-Tron still does sound better on bass in my opinion (despite Flea using the same 90s big box for his bass rig). I scored a 90s big box Q-Tron (not Q-Tron) and it instantly sounded better to me on guitar.

The Q-tron sounded better than most cheaper or generic envelope filters but i wasnt completely satisfied. I play a 95 MIM Strat with Dimarzio Area pickups (58 neck, 67 middle, 61 bridge) and an ebony fretboard through a Fender 65 DRRI. I started with the newer Q-Tron originally for bass and loved it for that sound, but it wasnt doing it for me with my guitar setup. I will be giving you my opinion on the differences between the Micro-Tron IV and the old 90s BIG BOX Q-Tron (purple and blue logo), as well as the newer Q-Tron that John Mayer uses in Dead Co.

Im not going to go over what the knobs and switches do, you all know that and can look at the description here. I usually just lurk on this sub, but I thought the Micro-Tron deserved my first NPD writeup. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts Log In Sign Up User account menu 41 NPD Mu-Tron Micro-Tron IV. I really liked it with a strat but not as much with my tele, which has become my main guitar the last couple years. The MU-XP2 expression pedal is set to control the RATE function. It may also be used to achieve a varied phase effect 6d) EXP PEDAL: A standard TRS jack in which an expression pedal or (CV) can be inserted to access manual control of specific functions of the Phasor 2X 6e) POWER: The Phasor 2X runs on a 12V AC power supply for optimal headroom and hi-fidelity sound.

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