MUSITRONICS

Aaron Newman and Mike Beigel founded musitronics and launched the popular Mu-Tron pedal series in 1972. In 1976-1977 musicians Lol Creme and Kevin Godley from 10CC developed a guitar sustainer, the Gizmotron. Musitronics became the Gizmotron manufacturer. The Gizmotron proved difficult to make and was temporamental in use. The Gizmotron used mechanical plastic parts but none of the Musitronics staff were experts in engineering plastics. For example they found that that units made during the winter wouldn't work properly in hot weather.