The shin ei univibe is the original univibe pedal which has inspired clones for decades since its inception as a portable device to emulate a leslie spinning speaker. The best univibe pedals on the market if you are a fan of jimi hendrix, pink floyd, or robin trower, i think you are well aware of the famous univibe pedal. Shinei produced the jax vibrachorus and nomad verberola with. Select between truebypass switching and the original univibes preamp mode. Ive been through all of them except the sir henry shin ei reissue and vibe bro so i cant compare it to those. Up for sale is a kr musical products mega vibe guitar pedal in excellent condition. Its a spectacular performance, with classic elements of a pink floyd show, a super tight band and david delivering some of his finest playing and tones. Feb 22, 2016 we are proud to announce the birth of vibebro vibebro is a modern day version of the univibe, manufactured by honey and shinei in the 1960s and 70s. Kr musical products mega vibe univibe w ac adapter 2016. The best univibe pedals on the market guitar tone talk.
Instead of a leslie replacement, the univibe became a musical endeavour in its own right. The tubevibe preamp, mixer and phaseshifters sections are built on triode tubes operating at real amp plate voltages. This spring 2018 we are proud to bring you the unicorn v2. Jimi hendrix jhm3 70th anniversary tribute series univibe. See more ideas about guitar pedals, vintage and guitar effects pedals. Jimi hendrix jhm3eht experience hendrix tour univibe. Nov 21, 2005 more than 25000 different guitar effects pedals from 4000 brands. If you want it to work just like the original univibe pedal then youd need to mount a switch at the heel of the base casting. The univibe is actually a footpedaloperated phaser or phase shifter for generating chorus and vibrato simulations for electric organ or guitar. So the megavibe by kr, and aquavibe by foxrox are fantastic. Dec 12, 2012 1969 shin ei univibe all original except upgraded 3 prong power cord vibrato chorus 2 inputs 1 output volume and intensity controls footswitch expression pedal power switch red jewel light. Features two speed controls operated by a front panel foot switch.
This is a special 1969 shin ei univibe with the gray cord, white univibe name painted indicating it is the same type used by jimi hendrix at woodstock and with band of gypsys and by robin trower. I always wanted to build an univibe with the real pcb. Vintage guitar pedals gearslutz pro audio community. Shin ei vb1 vibebro chorus vibrato pedal limited woodstock 69 white.
There has been those times where i will just play it just to hear that rich, deep pu. Pulling off of that gravitational high, he set out to modernize, and super mod the vintage shin ei univibe into a powerhouse workstation for guitarists, bass players and djs alike it comes in two versions with components proprietary for either guitar, or bass. Keep in mind the 1968 univibes were not made by shin ei, they were made by a company named honey. Awesome vibe pedal lets you recreate the legendary sound of the shin ei univibe in a modern, compact piece of kit deadon accurate recreation of the distinctive tones and dramatic swirls of the original shin ei univibe with the robust convenience of a modern pedal toneprintenabled to let you beam cool signature tones into your pedal with the free toneprint app design your own. Inside there is, as is the case with all shin ei stuff, the schematic, stating rt18 and showing the resleytone schematic, proving it is in fact a resley tone. In the 1960s and 70s, shin ei also produced many of their pedals and effects under private label brands such as jax, companion, shaftsbury, and sekova to name a few. Clean and gorgeous as this unit sat in a mans closet for 25 years. The shinei univibe is a classic phase shifter effect made famous by jimi hendrix, david gilmour, and many more.
Dunlop jhm7 jimi hendrix univibe chorus vibrato for sale. In all likelihood, trey was abing them during these shows to see if the shin ei was as good as its reputation, and he mustve liked it. You know, the original shin eiunivox, with the foot pedal, and how acquiring one today is rare, and quite expensive. Neovibe easy vibe phase 45 legendary guitarists such as jimi hendrix, david gilmour pink floyd and robin trower have made the univibe one of the most sought after vintage effects units with originals now so rare that they command huge prices, well into the thousands, even for units which arent in great working. When it arrived i found that, a it was in a close to mint condition and b when the rands tag was removed it was a full shin ei phasertone pt18. David gilmour returned to the roman amphitheatre in pompeii in july 2016 almost to the day 45 years after pink floyd filmed their legendary concert film at the same location. I received an unsolicited email a day before the delivery date, letting me know they were running a. Neovibe, a univibe tmw orkalike the univibe is one of the trademark effects used by jimi hendrix and robin trower, just to name a couple of the more famous users. Although youre not likely to mistake the sound of a univibe for a leslie, it can produce some wonderful phase shifting effects. Unspeakably rare, the vintage shinei resly tone is one half of the famed and renowned companion psychedelic machine designed by fumio mieda in japan. Gibson 1959 les paul reissue true historic tom murphy aged demo by ykm. The best univibe and vibeinspired pedals of 2020 compare. Shin ei took over honey in 1969 and years later korg took over shin ei.
May 19, 2016 austin, tx may 19, 2016 vibebro, shineis first offering in forty years, resurrects and reinvents their iconic vibe units produced only in the 60s and 70s, the univibe was made popular by guitar greats jimi hendrix, david gilmour, and robin trower. Created by the shin ei custom shop, the u915 chorusvibrato rack module is a 19 rack mounted version of the vibebro with the addition of some innovative and desirable flexibility. The univibe or univibe, also known as jax vibrachorus, is a footpedaloperated phaser or. Hi all, i recently bought a 2nd hand fulltone deja vibe the one in the bigger gold enclosure after reading on several forums that its one of the.
Will be hard to find one new or used, since the neovibe is a circuit that someone created based on the shin ei univibe the original brand, used by hendrix, gilmour et al and posted online it was never officially commericalized. You would see some variations and mods i explain in next post. The good folks at custom audio electronics, newly relocated in rock lititz, pa, released some photos of their rebuild of treys rig in advance of the msg nye shows, and it was truly a complete overhaul. The univibe requires a controller to adjust the rate and for bypass so if the controller goes missing or is damaged then the univibe is useless. Hendrix used it a lot and robin trowers bridge if sighs legendary sound. But this changes the correct intensity and functionality of the lfo low. As for today it looks like the early models was done by shin ei and externally had light gray enclosure, white inprinted logo, gray power cord, and internally often seen jumpered trimmer, 2x1k8 instead of 4k7 r45, r46 on my schematic in later units, and 100k instead of 47k r37.
Aug 24, 2015 we always like to see vintage pedals in here and this is definitely one of the holy grails. I purchased it about 6 years ago and havent used it much in the last few years which is why im selling it. The entire midiswitching core of treys rig is brand new, new pedals are in play, and old favorites have. Nov 10, 2012 for univibe, an original shinei would be amazing, and incredibly expensive. I have seen many wrong mods on the lamp driver that works. It is perhaps the most revered effect yet invented. Is still on hunting for info, and i think im getting to have it systematized. Dunlop jimi hendrix 70th anniversary tribute series univibe. Ghost electronic echovibemothership 2019 workstation 210.
In all likelihood, trey was abing them during these shows to see if the shinei was as good as its reputation, and he mustve liked it, because the black cat hasnt appeared on the rig. Shinei univibe expression pedal the pedal custom shop. The univibe or univibe, also known as jax vibrachorus, is a footpedaloperated phaser or phase shifter for creating chorus and vibrato simulations for electric organ or guitar. What weve come to know as the univibe was so named by the u. A few years back we created a shin ei univibe expression pedal as a replacement for the original controller which can be hard to find. In this video, reverb recreates the hendrix tones from several iconic songs and solos with pedals we had laying around the office, and you may find that you can achieve similar results using the tools you already.
Does it allow the signal to go from completely dry to completely wet. The u915 features the same manual flexibility as the vibebro with a little extra added. I have an original shin ei univibe without the foot controller but bought a shin ei wah with same foot case as my other shin ei univibe that does have the foot controller. Only twentyfive units will be available for purchase. Our website and phones are open, but shipping may take a few extra days, for the safety of our team. Shinei retro fx vibebro chorus vibrato pedal reissued.
Ghost electronic echovibemothership 2019 workstation reverb. Everything on this pedal is completely original without any repairs or mods and works per. Original shinei univibe speed control pedal effects and. We always like to see vintage pedals in here and this is definitely one of the holy grails. This is a faithful clone of the original shin ei univibe that was famously used by jimi hendrix and robin trower. The two most famous univibe users were sole guitarists in trios. Shinei recaptures original univibe with vibebro guitar. You know, the original shin ei univox, with the foot pedal, and how acquiring one today is rare, and quite expensive. The univibe is at its heart, a four stage phase shifter, not much different in concept from the common mxr phase 90. Shin ei uni vibe 1969 effect for sale true vintage guitar. The shin ei company introduce a remake of their classic chorus vibrato effect pedal of the 60s and 70s. Pink floyds breathe, jimi hendrixs star spangled banner live at woodstock 1969, and robin trowers bridge of sighs cemented the sound of a.
This pedal delivers the classic phasey, chorusy, leslie sounding goodness jimi hendrix used in all of its stunning analog glory, featuring colorful, iconic art from legendary rock artist gered mankowitz. May 20, 2016 these days, you cant so much as glance at a pedalboard without spying any number of univibederived pedals, but shin ei, the japanese company behind the iconic stompbox and now based in austin, texas, has revived the original with its first pedal in 40 years, the vibebro. I use a very linear buffered outboard bypass box to remove from the chain a real uni vibe does degregatetone suck when inserted in the signal path. Shinei vibra chorus 1972 univibe jimi hendrix ds effects. The amplitude control selects a fraction from 0 to 1 of the lfo output voltage, and provides this to the input to the lamp driver. It was introduced in the 1960s by shin ei, and was intended to emulate the doppler sound of a leslie speaker. But the new shinei cant call it a univibe because dunlopalso.
Youve waited forty years for the real thing, and your patience has been rewarded. And for the octave, the chicago iron octavia is a favorite of hendrix enthusiasts. On the dunlop uv1 univibe or univibe as it says on the box, does the intensity knob work like a depth knob. Shin ei assumed the reins and began producing the univibe and other former honey products well into the 1970s generally branding them as shin ei or shin eicompanion.
But the replacement cells in vibebro dont compromise the effect in the. I got good results when i substituted a bc549c for the 2sc828 transistors, actually my univibe build uses mostly bc series transistors and mpsa14 transistors in the lfo circuit and lamp driver circuit, although the mpsa14 transistor in the lamp driver gets a bit too hot for my liking, im pretty happy with the results i. Shineis univibe, or the first pedal designed to reproduce the sound. Shinei vibebro vintage chorusvibrato guitar effects. I have a pedaluv 1fc format wha ct to speed contrl foot. Does it require the dunlop expression pedal or can most standard expression pedals be used. Please subscribe to our channel and visit our store life too short for long youtube videos. Honey was the original company which first produced univibe and put univibe on sale in 1967. The thick, rich chorus effect that its famous for has become a staple in a classic rock guitarists rig. The vibebro chorus and vibrato pedal is shin eis first new product in nearly 40 years and is already being championed by some pretty famous tone chasers. Univibe was supposed to sound like a leslie, but ended up as the psychedelic swirl heard on jimis later stuff band of gypsies, robin trowers post procol harum solo releases and the work of more contemporary artists like doyle bramhall ii. For the fuzz pedal, roger mayer axis fuzz and krs gypsy fuzz are very expressive.
Univibe is that the lfo amplitude goes up with increasing speed, even with the diodes there. The original univibe pedal was created by the japanese guitar effects company shin ei in the 1960s as an attempt to emulate the sound of a rotating leslie speaker. Shinei univibe controller part 2 the pedal custom shop. The jimi hendrix 70th anniversary tribute series univibe delivers these classic tones in all of their stunning analog glory, and at a fraction of the size of the vintage shin ei unit that hendrix used in late 6970. At the 2014 dicks show, trey had both the black cat vibe and, for the first time, an original vintage shin ei univibe in his rig at the same time. The effect is, of course, the univibe, and theres probably a 99. Shinei is the manufacturer of the original univibe and currently producing the vibebro, fy6 super fuzz, fy2 fuzz and psychedelic machine. The original univibe pedal was created by the japanese guitar effects company shinei in the 1960s as an attempt to emulate the sound of a rotating leslie speaker.
Utilization i use mainly the accumulation of hp rotary leslie. With the pedal can dclancher effect and gradually increase the speed of rotation, gives the same effect as the phasing in of the heavy. Designed by audio engineer fumio mieda, it was introduced in the 1960s by japanese company shin ei, and then released in north america by univox in 1968. They really vary on how deep the throb is, noise and just overall sound. The univibe or univibe, or univibe is a footpedaloperated phaser or phase shifter for creating chorus and vibrato simulations for electric organ or guitar.
In 2015 we brought you the unicorn v1 the worlds first bulbdriven photocell modulator with tap tempoour very own univibe if you will. Fulltone gold deja vibe vs real univibe questions the. View all results for univibe at sweetwater the worlds leading music technology and instrument retailer. At the 2014 dicks show, trey had both the black cat vibe and, for the first time, an original vintage shinei univibe in his rig at the same time. Tone hounds quest for the real deal, a true replica of the original by shinei in the same way that some people search for the holy grail.
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