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Hughes & Kettner makes a realistic sounding device called a Tube Rotosphere MK II.

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Jimi Hendrix used the Univox Univibe, company is no longer in business. This was that watery effect that he got on the Band Of Gypsies album with the song Machiine Gun & also that pulsing or throbbing that he got on the Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock. That throbbing sound. There are quite a few of Univibe clones out there on the market right now and one of the best that currently uses the Univox's Univibe circuit right to true specs. is Bob Sweet's Ultra Vibe or Mojo Vibe. This is an exact clone and mimics the Univibe sound and has all the exact electronics copied right down to the original specs. and the 18V power and incandescent lamp which is essential in to getting that authentic throb to the Univibe sound.

Another down to authentic as you can get is Mike Fuller's Fulltone Deja Vibe. Robin used to use the Univox Univibe but now uses the Fulltone Deja Vibe and it also uses the exact circuitry that is built exactly right down to the original factory standard specs that the original vibe had.

There are a lot of almost that try to sound near the sound, but the Sweetsound Ultra and Mojo Vibe are the way to go and hit the nail on the head perfectly!


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23 years ago i bought a 2nd hand vox chorus/tremelo pedal from the 70's. you could have chorus, trem or both. that didnt do a bad leslie impression. Whatever happenend to the 2nd hand effects market i used to find some real gems. Everything these days is so generic, is anyone venturing outside the norm anymore outside of Electro harmonix and danelectro. Even the boutique drives just seem like more of the same.


Go to Ebay, do a search under musical instruments for vintage effects or vintage (insert brand name here). There's some nice old MXR stuff.


Good advice, but be prepared to pay. Many years ago I bought a Univox Super-Fuzz for $29.95 (I think). Found one on eBay for $240 and the 1st line of the description said it was inoperable! Then I found one that did work . . . for $420 !!!


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Hey All...

I just noticed this post was back, and I want to thank everyone for the good input. Just to let you all know, I did end up with the Boss RT 20 and its, well...BOSS. Kind of expensive for the novelty, but what the hey, its all about the fun.


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I have an agreement with you, but the closest thing to what Jimi used on the Band Of Gypsys album and that throbbing liguidy sound was no better than the Univox Univibe! And there are perfect examples out today which I bought which is Bob Sweet's Sweetsound Ultra Vibe and now he has made it more compact into a smaller pedal with the same features as the original Univox Univibe calling it an Mojo Vibe. Now these are even being becoming costly. I paid $772.00 to get my hands on one of these. The other is what Robin Trower is currently using which is (Mike Fuller's) Fulltone Deja Vibe. Robin say's of it " It's brillant I use it all the time" but Robin should have discovered the Sweetsound Ultra or Mojo Vibe. It get's more toward the original Univibe sound in every way. I'ts too bad he didn't get his hands on one of these units. Bob Sweet knows exactly what he's doing in getting the right 18 volts to the incandescent lamp to get the right voltage to the right throb and sound out of the original circuit. Bob's Sweetsound Mojo or Ultra Vibe is the best on the market right now. It uses the same exact original Univibe circuit that was created back in the 60's early 70's that Jimi or Robin Trower used on the Bridge Of Sighs album. Robin first started using the Univox Univilbe on his first album (Twice Removed From Yesterday),
but now he's using (Mke Fuller's) Fulltone Deja Vibe which I consider another exact replica of the original exact circuit of the original Univox Univibe. Why pay thousands of dollars for a 30 year old dinasour when you can get an exact right down to the T exact pedal built to exact specifications? Another thing is the later MXR phase 90's and 100's didn't phase in the same way as the original Univox did. There were 4 stages of phasing. All these later brands used op-amps to create the phasing effect. It's just not the same thing. The Univibe used 4 stage incandenscent lamp phasing facing 4 photocell resistors like almost like the kind that are used on street lights and blinked at every end of the phase shift. So this is why the newer phase shitfters can quite imitate that throbbing or warbeling sound as the old Univox Univibe phase shifters can. And there a lot of fool of be cheap imitations out there right now. I strongly recommend, if you want to get the original throbbing, pulsating, watery, liguidty sound of the Hendrix. Trower. or Gilmour error for that fact that you pick up on the Bob Sweet's (Sweetsound Ultra Vibe the one that I own in which I paid $ 772.00 for or the new (Mike Fuller's) Fulltone Deja Vibe. Robin says of it "It's simply brilliant, I use it all the time" Now if only Robin realized how much better the Sweetsound Ultra or Mojo Vibe was in comparison to his Deja Vibe. And another trick that Robin used! Too get that fat humbucker type distortion that he get's he's also using (Mike Fuller's) Fulltone OCD pedal a 60s fender in the neck pickuup section and a 50s fender pickup in the middle pickup section and a Tex Mex in the bridge section. I documented all of this stuffl As far as the Fulltone OCD pedal, It's an overdrive pedal capable of giving a Strat a heavy fat sounding overdrive or distortion. This is what Robin is currently using righ now to get his overdrive through his amps. It's been a nice discussion with you guys. If you have any questions ask me. But believe me there's a lot of cheap Univibe clones out there but nothing beat's the Sweetsound Ultra or Mojo Vibe or the Fulltone Deja Vibe. These are the top 2 contenders which I believe Bob Sweet's (Sweetsound Ultra or Mojo Vibe is simply on top for the exact same circuitry if you looking for it!

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A very cool but inexpensive pedal is the Rocktron Vertigo Vibe. They're out of production, but you can still find them around for about $80. It's not a perfect Leslie simulation, but it's very cool for what it does, and it has the added bonus of gradual increase and decrease from low to high speed. It's a major part of my pedal board.

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No one has mentioned the Voodoo Lab MicroVibe. Anyone have any experience with it? I heard it had an authentic Uni-Vibe sound.


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Believe me you can't get any closer to the original Univox Univibe sound other that a Fulltone Deja Vibe (which is what Robin Trower is currently using) or a Sweetsound Ultra Vibe or Mojo Vibe. These are the most authentic pedals on the market right now.

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THe Vibratone was a real Leslie speaker incorporated into a guitar cabinet that had to be driven by your amps power. Fender partnered together with Leslie back in the late 60's early 70's and put a real Leslie into a Fender cabinet. This was the real thing, with rotating speaker built in. The is the effect you hear Stevie Ray Vaughn using on Cold Shot.

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abombaci wrote:
THe Vibratone was a real Leslie speaker incorporated into a guitar cabinet that had to be driven by you amps power. Fender partnered together with Leslie back in the late 60's early 70's and put a real Leslie into a Fender cabinet. This was the real thing. The is the effect you hear Stevie Ray Vaughn using on Cold Shot.


Absolutely true. Check out this YouTube link for a little history, some sound demos, and to see how it worked mechanically.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CF5mqU0NEc


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Or, you can go for the real deal -- the new Leslie guitar speakers and amps (assuming they ever become reality):

http://www.sixstringsoul.com/leslie-for-guitar-coming-feb-09/

There are also some other mechanical rotating speakers for guitar on the market -- check Google or the MF website for examples.


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