Electro-Harmonix Blurst! Modified Filter vs Electro-Harmonix Micro Q-Tron

The Electro-Harmonix Blurst! Modified Filter and the Electro-Harmonix Micro Q-Tron are both pedals sharing dynamic. The Electro-Harmonix Blurst! Modified Filter leans modulated and ambient. The Electro-Harmonix Micro Q-Tron leans mid-forward and analog warmth. Current prices: $117.59 vs $80.10.

Similarity
citedBlended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.

48% somewhat different

Shared genres
citedGenres both listings are associated with.
  • Funk
Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • dynamic
Citation fame
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Price

$117.59via Reverb

$80.10via Reverb

Description

The Electro-Harmonix Blurst! is a modulated filter pedal from Electro-Harmonix, applying auto-wah-style filter modulation to the guitar signal with a modulation LFO that sweeps the filter rather than envelope-tracking from picking dynamics. Controls include Rate, Depth, and Filter Type for LFO-controlled automatic filter sweep. The Blurst delivers automatic filter modulation without requiring hard picking for the filter to respond.

The Electro-Harmonix Micro Q-Tron is a compact analog envelope filter, condensing EHX's classic Q-Tron auto-wah circuit into a smaller pedalboard-friendly enclosure. It tracks playing dynamics to automatically sweep a resonant filter, producing funky, vocal-like auto-wah textures without needing an expression pedal, driven purely by how hard the player picks.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
  • Ambient
  • Experimental
Tonal lean
  • modulated
  • ambient
  • mid-forward
  • analog warmth

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