HC Newsletter

User Reviews Details

Currently Being Moderated

Envelope Filter

  • Features:
  • Sound Quality:
  • Reliability/Durability:
  • Ease of Use:
  • Customer Support:
  • Overall Rating:
  • Brand:
    MXR
  • Model:
    Envelope Filter
Tags: brand#mxr tax#aqb

Reviews

Items per page Previous 1 2 Next

mxr vintage envelope

Review By:
72probbo
72probbo on 12/25/10 10:43 PM
Reviewer Background:
band live
Purchased From:
ebay
Price:
$200.00 USD USED
Features:

Not a lot of features which means set and forget. I also have an Ibanez AF-9 which sounds great but not as good for live/ loud and I find that I'm always tweaking it to get it to sound like the MXR.

Sound Quality:

I've used and owned lots of envelope filters /wah /auto wahs and touch wahs. For me, this is the most useable envelope because of its warm subtle nature. Most envelope filters fall short for chords because they take over from the guitars tone by adding too much effect. This filter has heaps of useable range and really loves chords as well as single note rhythms. The pedal only dials in at about 1/2 the threshold (sensitivity) knob unlike many others(suitable for single coil and hums). The envelope itself is long and slow in the sweep, and when used before a boss oc-2 sounds straight out of the seventies, reminiscent of Starsky and Hutch tones. The quack can be easily dialed out by reducing the attack. The main reason this pedal works best is for live use. When your amp gets loud the envelope doesn't glass your ears or bass out annoyingly and isn't tempremental. These pedals are getting rare now and knock offs are appearing on line. There are sites highlighting the differences. I'm sure aftermarkets with the same circuit would sound just as good because of their simplistic design but should be cheaper than the vintage counterparts. By the way, great for reggae!

Reliability/Durability:

mine is a 1979 model and works perfectly, even the MXR CTS pots aren't scratchy

Ease of Use:

10 out of ten!!!!!!!!!!

Customer Support:
Overall Rating:

A steal at $200 US for the quality.

0 Comments Tags: brand#mxr tax#aqb

Envelope Filter

Review By:
t-yard999
t-yard999 on 5/23/08 1:00 AM
Reviewer Background:
Purchased From:
EBAY
Price:
Features:
Sound Quality:
the little mxr is the only one that sounds great in ALL applications. clean(single notes AND chords) or before an overdrive/distortion [especially an old mxr dist +] bear in mind im going for the garcia tone,although i dont play at all like that. im not gloating,but this was a great deal. as for ease of use,unlike all the other filters are tempermental beasts,the mxr is far and away the most pedalboard friendly. and it nails that 'estimated prophet' sound on low and high strings simultaneously.this is the elusive quality of the mxr,it opens and closes on all strings up and down the neck. i dont miss an led cause you know when this thing is on,and i use it sparingly.it will turn heads though,it sounds that good. kids,if your looking for a filter to make noises with,dont buy one of these.get an old dod fx-25 and put it after your boss ds-1 or mt-2
Reliability/Durability:
mines a 77,took a lickin but kept on tickin
Ease of Use:
ok,here i go again. another positive envelope filter review. i've tried em' all,fell in love with a few. but after the ''honeymoon'' stage(and too much knob twiddling onstage)i inevitably moved on to the next best. my favorites in order were- tonefactor 442 old ibanez af-9 haz mutron III + 1st edition dod fx-25 guyatone wr3 well,i bought this as a project on ebay. it arrived looking like it was wrapped in duct tape for years and inside it had a decaying battery and all the original foam had become gunk.a little naptha cleaned the case right up.the switch was bad,and i 3pdt my pedals anyway.all it needed was a switch and a bath.
Customer Support:
R.I.P MXR, my hats off to you guys that put these together back in the day.you are to be commended! maybe dunlop will stop board mounting jacks/pots and switches and once again build them like their forefathers did. wait........thats not cost effective!
Overall Rating:
well,ive said enough. sorry to be contibuting to the escalating prices, but i got mine and i wont be selling it,my orange ross phaser or my modified boss sd-2,EVER! i saw one of these mxr filters sell for $255.00 with box and manual. you pedal collectors need to get a life. what,did you finally grow out of your star wars figurines? wealthy nerds
0 Comments Tags: brand#mxr tax#aqb

Envelope Filter

Review By:
kuhlmann
kuhlmann on 11/25/06 1:00 AM
Reviewer Background:
Purchased From:
Price:
Features:
Sound Quality:
I believe most people will want to know how this pedal compares to the Dod440.The MXR has way more usable settings than the Dod440.With the Dod you have to find it's sweetspot and leave it there.Not the case with the MXR. The MXR responds to the dynamics of the player and follows your playing equally as well as the Dod. With the MXR there is no annoying volume boost as is the case with the Dod. The MXR works well on its own without the need of help from other pedals, such as a compressor. The Dod really only shines when you have a boost in front of it and a compressor behind it. THE BEST PART ABOUT THE MXR IS THAT IT DOES NOT COLOR YOUR TONE LIKE THE DOD440. The tone of the MXR envelope filter out-performs the Dod440 by a huge margin, especially with overdrive. It is the best envelope filter out there when it comes to live performance because of its tone and its ease of use. Find one of these or build a clone of one and you will not be disapointed with the results.
Reliability/Durability:
Ease of Use:
Basically, same two controls as the Dod 440, except in reverse order. One knob for adjusting the sweep, and one for adjusting the response of the pedal to the attack of the strings.
Customer Support:
Overall Rating:
Not really a fantastic value as the price of these is steadily rising. I paid $120.00 for mine and I know I could have gotten one for half that price three years ago. I think they are becoming quite rare because I don't see them up for sale very often. One can build a clone of this for pretty cheap. General Guitar Gadgets has a good plan for building one of these. I believe this filter is the favorite of many guitar players for giging purposes.
0 Comments Tags: brand#mxr tax#aqb

Envelope Filter

Review By:
king chymo
king chymo on 3/4/06 1:00 AM
Reviewer Background:
Purchased From:
Price:
Features:
Sound Quality:
To me this is the holly grail....this is the sound I ALWAYS WANTED.  This is the first envelope filter I ever owned.  I had lent it to my bass player and he died about a week after I lent it to him.  Well lets just say that his family thought I was a bad influence on him.  There was no way they would even let me have any of my equipment back.  After that I bought a T-Wah...the first model.  And it was nice with the up and down switch but...it wasn't my MXR!  I've had Q-tron, Qtron +, nice but not the MXR.  I even had a Mutron V....nice but...not it.  4 Weeks ago a package came in the mail.   It was a bunch of my equipment that was returned on the 10th aniversary of the death of the Bass Player.   I missed that damn thing!!!!!  I am so happy tohave this back...It it the BEST!!!!!
Reliability/Durability:
I can't tell you what its done for the last 10 years but its about 24 years old.  I put a new battery in and I was of to WAA WAA land. Its is strong as can be!
Ease of Use:
Just 2 knobs...attact and threshold.   Threshold works on when you want the WAAAAAA to start and attact is how hard you need to hit a note, or chord to get the WAAAAAA out.   If you don't understand that...just listen...you'll get it in a minute.
Customer Support:
The Real MXR is gone.
Overall Rating:
I bought this for the Jerry Garcia sound.   I just love his sound.  This thing hits it right on.  I have used a Mutron III like Garcia used but I found it to be too difficult to tweek.  Especially on the fly.  I hope one day Jim Dunlop gets down to business and starts to build the correct filter.  I was afraid to purchase one off of an auction site as this would be so easy to copy the outside and screw up the insides.   If you don't mind buying from internet auction sites get one quick and quack off.   Its great!
0 Comments Tags: brand#mxr tax#aqb

Envelope Filter

Review By:
Quild
Quild on 5/22/04 1:00 AM
Reviewer Background:
Purchased From:
Price:
$10.00 USD USED
Features:
Sound Quality:
Why a 10? Just listen to the sound. I dont even know how to play a guitar normaly, but whith this i can get the sound that makes my chords melt down and blend your ears with milk and honey.
Reliability/Durability:
Look at all the other mxt rewievs. A BRICK!
Ease of Use:
Customer Support:
Never needed them.
Overall Rating:
The best auto-wha on the market, or is it on the market. I bought it fram a drunk keyboardplayer who needed cash to bye beer. Its true. I saw him a couple of nights ago on the bus. I hid in my cap. I guess he would kill me for tricking him of his best sounding pice of equippment. As i said- the best!
0 Comments Tags: brand#mxr tax#aqb
Previous 1 2 Next

Comments (0)

Comments (0)

There are no comments on this user review.

Actions

More Like This

  • Retrieving data ...
%s1 / %s2