Aquilar Filter Twin vs. MXR Bass Envelope

**superdick2112** · #1 02-14-2011, 08:12 AM

I'm ready to buy one or the other - has anyone here played both pedals side-by-side? Thoughts & preferences? Thanks!

OhulahanBass · #2 02-16-2011, 10:19 PM

Hope some one with experience on both chimes in, I to am interested in their thoughts. I had the mxr M82 and it is a great filter. I suspect very different from Aguilar Filter Twin but assume each is of the highest quality. Band pass filters such as the M82 are just nasty! Almost every setting was the same sort of sound with different levels of nasty and clean blend. Loved the clean blend.

MXR M82 is fairly cheap and readily available used so I'd personally start there (as I did).

TheVoiceless · #3 03-21-2011, 03:23 PM

YouTube - Aguilar Filter Twin with Steve Jenkins Part I

This should be a link to a Youtube video ( in Russian I think ) with a side by side comparison. I am also looking at getting these pedals, and from what I saw the best way to describe their differences would be, the MXR is wetter then the Twin Filter. I plan on getting the Twin Filter first, but complementing it with the MXR.

BigOldHarry · #4 03-21-2011, 03:27 PM

I compared these two, side by side.

I liked them both, but I preferred the MXR. Why? First, it had a very big wet sound. Second, it has a blend control that most Env Filters do not have. The Aguilar is cool, and it's really cool that it's two filters in one box... but I ended up with the MXR.

chris lykins · #5 03-22-2011, 11:56 AM

Quick response is that the aggy is not very wet but really fattens up yoursound where the MXR is really wet and "poppy". The MXR is also really prone to a big subsonic whomp at the end of the envelope if youre not careful with your settings. Theyre kinda opposite ends of the spectrum.