supertonesteve…to mute the signal you could always use a A/B box like the Switchblade (rather cheap) and just dont connect the second jack so when you engage the pedal it mutes the sound instead of re-directing it.

wow….lol …how ironic!

i am in the middle of making a new pedal of my own, that consists of 5 different simple pedal like projects in one box. (kinda like a Swiss army knife of effects boxes, wont say what ones yet till its done) i was racking my brain as to what to call it and today at work i figured it out, im going to call it THE SHORT BUS! (no offense) i named it that because it is a small box (actualy a large Hammond die cast box 2 inches longer than the SMMH box) full of “simpletons” …lol i even have sketched out how it will look when it is done…i got those large black knurled knobs with silver insert and different color LED’s that i will place in the right spots to look like the lights and wheels on a bus! and maybe change a couple terms for the effect controls to match bus controls to suit the theme.

ooohh…..tube phaser! it never crossed my mind, but now, dam that would sound so nice and dreamy, now im hooked on a non existent pedal…thanks!

hmmm, i guess i got lucky or sum thing, because i have allways had the same great results from my tube Black Finger as well, clean, quiet, good compression. and i do keep it on all ways.

i say i must be one of the lucky ones, because i have heard many others having noisy problems with there units, or tubes dont glow, ect….. perhaps its sum thing to do with the tubes? and after i had mentioned that before to others they state that there unit is brand spankin new, but there’s always the chance that, tubes are fragile….so maybe the unit was miss handled during shipping or warehouse storage?….who really knows?

i have this pedal, and ive asked questions about it here, it seems not to many people have info on it here, i guess it is a rarity.

but i can say that it is a very subtle envelope filter effect, i would say the the weakest sounding of all EH envelope filters, if its cheap or simple your looking for try the Dr.Q (probably best, subtle and just enuf effect) or Bass Balls (a bit different than the others,”wacky” as you sed)(even cooler if your willing to mod it and place the internal trim pots on the outside of the unit for extra control)

if not cheap and you got a couple extra bucks any version of the Q-Tron is good (and its based on and created by the original mu-tron creator, i see you were interested in), and i would say the Riddle:Qballs is the king.

heres a couple examples i could find, not the right one but close.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2006/11/nano_amp.jpg

http://www.rocknrollvintage.com/prodimages/thumbs/Zvex-nano-head-tube-amplifier-s.JPG

http://www.aloaudio.com/store/images/mwsf-4.jpg

http://resources.vr-zone.com/image_deposit/up2/1253864736c3fdac389a.jpg

http://www.panopticist.com/graphics/impamp.jpg

http://hi-end.on9mart.com/products/amplifiers/integ_amp/AI-QP-A1/photo_01.jpg

ok….so make on now EHX!! WE WILL BUY ! ! !

the bottom ones are a little to futuristic for me, but i love the top one, i dont care if the transformers ect are jotting out of the top of it, it has character, i want it with an EHX logo on it!

oh man here we go agean!…”Mr.Neely Know it all”

just joking, i love ya Ron! your one of my favorite people these days, and ive never met you!…lol

thanks as always for your information, and ill continue to refer people your way!

thanks Kit Rae, i feel dumb, i all ready read your whole page on them but failed to notice the colors on this version….lol