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. The Electro-Harmonix Blurst! Modified Filter leans modulated and ambient. The Electro-Harmonix Micro Q-Tron leans dynamic and mid-forward. Current prices: $113.32 vs $77.19.
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Blended 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.46% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Funk
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$113.32via Reverb
$77.19via Reverb
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.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Ambient
- Experimental
- modulated
- ambient
- dynamic
- mid-forward