Great Uni-Vibe Sounds, Signal Chain Considerations & Associated Tangents – That Pedal Show

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In this episode Dan and I ask and answer some common questions about classic Vibe style pedals. The original Uni-Vibe pedal first appeared in 1968, introduced by Japanese company Shin-ei and released in the US by Univox… erm, according to Wikipedia. The name Uni-Vibe is now a trademark of Dunlop Manufacturing Inc.
The Uni-Vibe sound was immortalised into rock history by Jimi Hendrix and Robin Trower among others and has since become a staple of countless pedalboards. It’s a four-stage phaser that uses light dependent resistors around a bulb to creates a unique modulation effect that’s kinda part phaser, kinda part chorus and definitely all magic.
Join us as we dial in a bunch of sounds and mess with settings and pedalboard position to help you on you quest for the perfect vibe tone. Let’s pulse and throb baby…

Pedals in this episode…

• TheGigRig Three2One
https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one

• Sonic Research ST-300 Turbo Tuner Mini
Australia: http://bit.ly/2mR1s8c

• Chase Tone ’68 Red Velvet Fuzz

CHASE TONE™ ’68 Red Velvet FUZZ™

• Fulltone Full-Drive1 FD-1
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2PKpL5a
USA: https://imp.i114863.net/VXLZk
Australia: http://bit.ly/2rFuUSH

• Drybell Vibe Machine
Australia: http://bit.ly/2Nf8wYG

• Sweet Sound Mojo Vibe
https://www.sweetsound.com/mojovibe.htm

• Fulltone Mini Deja Vibe CS-MDV2 MKII
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2pKQOCY
USA: https://imp.i114863.net/BLDx4
Australia: http://bit.ly/2A3ZtGA

• Boss MD-500
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2wfNNiu
USA: https://bit.ly/3s50WYL
Australia: http://bit.ly/2vEfgd2

• JAM Pedals Retro Vibe Mk.2
UK: http://bit.ly/36PhBkN
USA: https://bit.ly/30sXqfk

RetroVibe mk.3

• Walrus Audio ARP-87 Delay
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2khFrA2
USA: https://bit.ly/3ynnSU2
Australia: http://bit.ly/2xXMsvF

• Neo Instruments Mini Vent II
USA: https://imp.i114863.net/Wox4n

• Supro Tremolo
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2pZrAkZ
USA: https://imp.i114863.net/ED59n

• TheGigRig G2
https://www.thegigrig.com/g2

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Interesting bits and go-to sections…
– Intro playing: 0:00
– New Callaham bridge in Mick’s Strat: 2:10
– What are we doing today? 3:08
– Today’s big questions: 3:45
– What is vibe anyway? 4:16
– Today’s amps: 5:25
– Vibe or vibrato? 5:55
– Chorus and vibrato modes? 8:50
– Vibe and rotary speaker simulator compared: 11:48
– Doppler and rotary? 15:01
– Rotary speaker high and low frequency difference: 16:30
– That famous Pink Floyd song and Syd’s Theme: 17:14
– Vibe and harmonic tremolo compared: 18:25
– What about signal chain position for vibe? 23:55
– New Fulltone Full-Drive OD1: 25:40
– Vibe before and after overdrive: 27:45
– Vibe before and after fuzz: 29:40
– …with the volume down in the guitar: 30:50
– …with more drive in the amp: 33:10 (34:07)
– Speed and intensity controls? 37:34
– Five vibe pedals compared with with fuzz: 39:17
– …and with a clean tone: 43:33
– Tweaking the Drybell… and more comparisons: 45:03
– Tweaking the MD-500… and more comparisons: 48:00
– What about humbuckers? 53:20
– And P90s? 56:13
– Surely not all on? 57:30
– What have we learned? 58:30

Guitars in this episode:
• Fender American Vintage ’62 Stratocaster – Mick’s video at http://bit.ly/2cQv3yT
• Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster – Dan’s video at http://bit.ly/2dlZJ6K
• Gibson Memphis 1958 ES-335 – no video yet
• Nik Huber Krautster II – Dan’s video at http://bit.ly/2fKv0RU

Amps in this episode
• Fender ’65 Super Reverb (reissue) with 4×10 Jensen P10R speakers

• Marshall 1987x (reissue) with 4×12 Celestion G12M Greenback speakers
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USA That Pedal Shop: https://bit.ly/3v3Xazc

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