Behringer Mutron III clone (B-Tron III)

[Cosmo Valdemar]

Both of mine are still here, DPD have failed to collect four times 🙄

[Quatschmacher]

4 minutes ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Both of mine are still here, DPD have failed to collect four times 🙄

Where did you buy from? Andertons?

[Kyndainverse]

On 13/03/2025 at 19:42, Kyndainverse said:

It's been fun to play with, makes some great sounds with Low pass. Much more enjoyable sounds than I have managed to get out of my bassballs.

It was a bit of an impulse buy and I didn't realise how huge it would be. I'll probably send it back and get something small.
It does look cool and feels quality for the price. Even if it is giant.  

 

I didn't send mine back. It's too much fun and didn't cost much.

[Cosmo Valdemar]

3 hours ago, Quatschmacher said:

Where did you buy from? Andertons?

Yeah. Not their fault, but it's getting a bit ridiculous. 

[Quatschmacher]

Shite. That is all. 

[bakerster135]

2 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said:

Shite. That is all. 

😆 Oh dear...Please, do elaborate

[Cosmo Valdemar]

On 31/03/2025 at 13:47, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Yeah. Not their fault, but it's getting a bit ridiculous. 

5th collection attempt today, according to DPD they collected at 1 o'clock today.

It's still here.

[Quatschmacher]

3 minutes ago, bakerster135 said:

😆 Oh dear...Please, do elaborate

Massive volume drop when engaged and wholly useless gain control - even on the minimum setting, my passive P bass is maxing out the envelope (even at the low sweep setting); that renders the high setting totally unusable. Will be returning this tomorrow.

 

Glad I scored a Micro-Tron again, which should arrive tomorrow. 

Edited yesterday at 16:08 by Quatschmacher

[LukeFRC]

16 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said:

Massive volume drop when engaged and wholly useless gain control - even on the minimum setting, my passive P bass is maxing out the envelope (even at the low sweep setting); that renders the high setting totally unusable. Will be returning this tomorrow.

 

Glad I scored a Micro-Tron again, which should arrive tomorrow. 

So even worse than my DIY clone?!

[Quatschmacher]

2 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

So even worse than my DIY clone?!

Your clone was good.

 

It’s frustrating as it sounds like it’d be pretty good if it responded properly. Does actually respond OK to slap, which my previous Micro-tron didn’t. 

[Quatschmacher]

Also had a scratch on the base. 

[ped]

1 hour ago, Quatschmacher said:

Massive volume drop when engaged and wholly useless gain control - even on the minimum setting, my passive P bass is maxing out the envelope (even at the low sweep setting); that renders the high setting totally unusable. Will be returning this tomorrow.

 

Glad I scored a Micro-Tron again, which should arrive tomorrow. 

I don’t suppose you can change the sensitivity internally. Just goes to illustrate how finding the best filter for your own style also needs to take into account the output and bandwidth of your instrument. 

[Quatschmacher]

35 minutes ago, ped said:

I don’t suppose you can change the sensitivity internally. Just goes to illustrate how finding the best filter for your own style also needs to take into account the output and bandwidth of your instrument. 

Might be possible but nothing in the documentation to say so. 

[Kev]

Doesn't sound right, even the most basic of mutton circuit clones should have more than enough range to stop it from triggering.

[Quatschmacher]

8 minutes ago, Kev said:

Doesn't sound right, even the most basic of mutton circuit clones should have more than enough range to stop it from triggering.

Yep. 

[Kev]

try another, maybe?  The scratch could be indicative of it already having been returned before for being a dud.

[Quatschmacher]

1 minute ago, Kev said:

try another, maybe?  The scratch could be indicative of it already having been returned before for being a dud.

No, it was fully factory sealed. 
 

Not going to bother if this volume drop is a “feature”.

[stewblack]

5 hours ago, Quatschmacher said:

Massive volume drop when engaged and wholly useless gain control - even on the minimum setting, my passive P bass is maxing out the envelope (even at the low sweep setting); that renders the high setting totally unusable. Will be returning this tomorrow.

 

Glad I scored a Micro-Tron again, which should arrive tomorrow. 

Wow. I used mine happily with quiet passive basses and really hot active basses. The gain works just fine.

Sorry you had such a bad experience.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

I was excited when I first heard about this pedal in the dim and distant past, however I've now decided not to bother. On my all-boss gigging pedalboard I have an AW-3 which makes a wide range of funky sounds, and my recently acquired HX effects has a pretty decent sounding model of a mutron III that I have been having fun playing with.

[LukeFRC]

9 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

I was excited when I first heard about this pedal in the dim and distant past, however I've now decided not to bother. On my all-boss gigging pedalboard I have an AW-3 which makes a wide range of funky sounds, and my recently acquired HX effects has a pretty decent sounding model of a mutron III that I have been having fun playing with.

Autofilter will also get you there or thereabouts with some fiddling

[p4ul]

19 hours ago, Kev said:

The scratch could be indicative of it already having been returned before for being a dud.

 

Perhaps B-Ringer only made like five hundred units, and are just passing them round via DPD 🤪