Mu-Tron™: Mike Beigel’s personal collection now available to the public!
Mike Beigel has pulled his personal collection of vintage Mu-Tron out of hiding and made it available to the public. Whether you’re a museum who’d like to feature the collection for an exhibit, or a studio looking to produce the original sound of the Mu-Tron as calibrated by the inventor, this rare opportunity to revisit the dawn of analog synthesizers should not be overlooked. Please see below for details on the full collection.
The collection features one unit each of every product manufactured by Musitronics, plus a number of pre-producton prototypes and one-of-a-kind lab specimens. |
| Visit Mu-Tron.org for more information regarding the original Mu-Tron™!
We still have some remaining units for sale: Click to View |
Mike Beigel: The Inventor’s Collection ( return / contact )
Now available for display or studio rental. For more details:
Contact / E-Mail : Mike Beigel ( info@mu-tron.org )
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item : Mu-Tron™-III |
| description : The patented automatic wah device developed in 1972. Stevie Wonder’s endorsement brought the product to national attention. |
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item : Mu-Tron™ Bi-Phase |
| description : A dual phase shifter that could be operated in parallel or in series and in stereo or mono. An optional C-100 photoelectric foot controller was also available, which allowed players to manually control either sweep or the rate of the effect. |
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item : Mu-Tron™ Phasor II |
| description : Electro-optical phase control: uses same “photo-mod” circuit as Bi-Phase, with rate depth and feedback controls. |
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item : Mu-Tron™ Phasor |
| description : Mu-Tron™’s original phasor using transconductance amps. Rate and depth controls. |
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item : Mu-Tron™ Octave Divider |
| description : Using the guitar signal as the source material for the octave, it made the octave sound like a guitar. In addition, the Green Ringer circuit was used so it would produce a fairly reliable octave above as well as an octave below. |
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item : Mu-Tron™ C-100 Pedal |
| description : Control pedal. |
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item : Mu-Tron™ Flanger |
| description : A bucket brigade flanger with extensive pedal control of music parameters. |
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item : Mu-Tron™ Vol-Wah Pedal |
| description : Using the robust Mu-Tron pedal design, the product provided volume and wah pedal functions. |
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item : Mu-Tron™ Micro V |
| description : A budget version of the Mu-Tron III. It used transconductive amplifiers instead of photomods. |
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item : Mu-Tron™ PS-1 |
| description : Power Supply |
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item : Mu-Tron Yellow Thumper |
| description : Manufactured by Musitronics Corp between 1976-78, and some by Beigel Sound Lab from 1980-84. |
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item : Mu-Tron Orange Breeze |
| description : Manufactured by Musitronics Corp between 1976-78, and some by Beigel Sound Lab from 1980-84. |
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item : Mu-Tron Purple Peaker |
| description : Manufactured by Musitronics Corp between 1976-78, and some by Beigel Sound Lab from 1980-84. |
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item : Mu-Tron Blue Clipper |
| description : Manufactured by Musitronics Corp between 1976-78, and some by Beigel Sound Lab from 1980-84. |
Mu-Tron Unreleased Units
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item : Mu-Tron Phase Synthesizer |
| description : Prototype, approx. 1973. this was actually a “flanger” using the earliest 32-stage “bucket-brigade” chip. This unit had controls for every parameter we could think of. It was used by Larry Coryell on a piece in the “Eleventh House” album and in live performance. |
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item : Mu-Tron Phase II |
| description : This was the prototype version that later was manufactured as the “Mu-Tron Bi-Phase” . This version had some extra features which were deleted on the production Bi-Phase. Two prototypes were made, and one was given to Mick Jagger at a Rolling Stones rehearsal at an upstate NY air hangar, mid-70’s. |
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item : Prototype “Envelope Follower” |
| description : A sophisticated “Envelope” control voltage for voltage-controlled effects (but no sound output). 1978 Never manufactured. |
Mu-Tron Prototype Units
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item : Mu-Tron VII Prototype |
| description : Advanced guitar signal processor 1978, never manufactured. |
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item : Prototype Mu-Tron Flanger Prototype |
| description : A flanger in an Octave Divider package 1977-78. Flanger was manufactured in 1978 as a pedal-controlled unit, not this package style. |
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item : Mu-Tron III from Mexico |
| description : An authorized reproduction of the Mu-Tron III made in Mexico. |
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item : Mu-Tron Phasor Prototype |
| description : First prototype of Mu-Tron Phasor with transconductance amplifier processing, later manufactured as “Mu-Tron Phasor”. |
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item : Mu-Tron Vol-Wah Pedal Prototype |
| description : In lab prototype created before the mainstream production models of 1977. |
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item : Mu-Tron Vol-Wah Pedal Prototype |
| description : In lab prototype created before the mainstream production models of 1977. |
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item : Mu-Tron Vol-Wah Pedal Prototype |
| description : In lab prototype created before the mainstream production models of 1977. |
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item : Mu-Tron Vol-Wah Pedal Prototype |
| description : In lab prototype created before the mainstream production models of 1977. |
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item : Dan Armstrong Purple Peaker |
| description : Made by Dan Armstrong and George Merriman in England before 1975 |
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item : Dan Armstrong Green Ringer |
| description : Made by Dan Armstrong and George Merriman in England before 1975 |
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item : Dan Armstrong Red Ringer |
| description : Made by Dan Armstrong and George Merriman in England before 1975 |
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item : Dan Armstrong Blue Clipper |
| description : Made by Dan Armstrong and George Merriman in England before 1975 |
In addtion, we have substantial documentation about the company,
it’s products, and the prototypes available for limited release to qualified journalists who want to write about the company’s history and products.
Intended for museum or studio use, rental or display, and/or demonstration.
The collection is currently not for sale.
