MU-TRON

The ’70s Just wouldn’t have been the same without Rosemont, New Jersey’s Musitronics Corporation, producer of such innovative and road-worthy Mu-Tron pedals as the Phasor II, Bi-Phase, Octave Divider Micro V envelope-controlled filter; Volume & Wah Pedal, and the Mu-Tron III, one of the most happening envelope-controlled filters ever created. Musitronics also built the U.S. versions of Dan Armstrong’s Orange Squeezer; Red Ranger; Purple Peaker; Yellow Humper; Blue Clipper; and Green Ringer. Musitronics founder Aaron Newman who left his job as chief engineer in Guild’s electronics division to launch Mu-Tron in the summer of 1972 and product designer Mike Beigel provided their accounts of the Mu-Tron years.