Cheap Envelope Filter...funkaay?

[Jared92]

Hey guys, I really want to get a good envelope filter for some funk, thats under 100$. Like i want the best i can get. I have already had the digitech 90$ and i wasnt a fan. I would really love a mutron 3. but i dont have 350+ to spare on pedals. Should i be looking at electro harmonix, dod fx25. or what...?

 

[bongomania]

FX25, no doubt. The old "flat green, non-sparkley" ones.

 

[Andy V.]

What Bongo said: non-sparkley.

 

[Jared92]

Yeah those are only like $40 bucks. My digitech was "sparkley"

 

[bongomania]

We're talking about the paint job. Early FX25's (the better ones) had non-sparkley paint.

 

[Andy V.]

Yeah, plain green with black lettering is the one to look for.

 

[Jared92]

I know I had a sparkley Jade green digitech synth wah X

 

[TheMutt]

Another +1 for the DOD FX25!
Those things can be had really cheaply.
Another good choice would be an EHX Basballs (if you're into that sound), or an EHX Dr. Q for some quacky goodness.
If you're willing to spend a little bit over $100 you can find Maxon AF-9's, Q-Trons, MXR Bass Auto Q's, and Boomstick Bottom Feeders used for a little bit over that price. The AF-9 and Qtron are based on the Mutron, the Bass Auto Q is technically an auto-wah and is based off of the Dunlop crybaby wahs, and the Boomstick Bottom Feeder is based on the DOD 440 (another filter similar to the FX25). I've personally owned or tried all of these except the Bass Auto Q, and they are fun indeed.

 

[Smurf-o-Deth]

Micro Q-Tron?

 

[KarateKid25]

I know I had a sparkley Jade green digitech synth wah X

I think you might still be missing the point

People thinking that the sparkley green FX25 is not as good as the slightly older, non sparkley ones, doesn't mean all sparkley green coloured effects are the same

The Synth Wah, other than the colour, is nothing like an FX25

 

[cheapbasslovin]

+1 to Micro Q-Tron. It's definitely low enough cost. But I've never played the DOD. Try both I say.

 

[phat daddy]

I have a 90's sparkle green (did I really say sparkle green?) FX25 and I love it immensely. IMO any of the FX25's before the FX25B will do you right and be way funkaeeee.

 

[fivestringgecko]

I dig the sound I can get from the Micro Q-tron, but the volume jump when I turn it on is too much to keep it in my board as my main envelope filter.

5sg.

 

[KarateKid25]

I have a 90's sparkle green (did I really say sparkle green?) FX25 and I love it immensely. IMO any of the FX25's before the FX25B will do you right and be way funkaeeee.

Mine is a 'sparkle' green one too. I have only compared it against one of the 'flatter' green ones and didn't see much in it myself either. I ended up buying the sparkle because it was cheaper at the time.

Each to their own though.

 

[Guest043]

i honestly like the sound of the lime green DODfx25 more than all the others. i was ready to spend 400+ on "the best" filter. i ended up with a DOD..and a lot of spare cash. very happy with it.

 

[JimmyThunder]

I paid $22 for my bassballs on the 'bay.

 

[Earthday]

Start experimenting. No one can tell you what filter you'll like. People here love FX25's, I find them annoyingly quacky. People here also hate Mutron III+'s, while I think it's a great filter.

I'd say shop online, find yourself a deal where you know you can sell it back for the same or more than you paid for it, and just keep trying.

 

[markjazzbassist]

FX25, no doubt. The old "flat green, non-sparkley" ones.

+1

or try an Electro-Harmonix Mini Q-tron or Q-tron. Try looking USED.

 

[DavePlaysBass]

I am surprised no one has said the Digitech Bass Synth. It was this board that turned me on to trying one. Nice evelope and octave in the same pedal. I got mine on Ebay for around $50.

 

[beggar98]

The big thing with filters is that they are so interactive they really are very individual. What sound sgood with my bass and playing style might not interact well with your gear. I'd start cheap and go up the price ladder until you're satisfied.

That said, I use an old flat-green fx25.