NPD: MXR M68 Uni-Vibe

[Funkfingers]

Just returned from my friendly local guitar dealership with something that I should have purchased years ago - a Uni-Vibe. This is the plain black case M68 version rather than the Hendrix paint job JMH3 edition.

Having just A/B tested the MXR M68 against my Red Witch Deluxe Moon Phaser, I am pleased to say that they do not sound the same. Obviously, there is some overlap but the U-V adds a Hendrixy whooshiness whereas the RW DMP just modulates with a slight notch filtering (if you dial that in).

What I have always liked about Uni-Vibe units is the way that they thicken up the sound of a single guitar so that it fills out a trio. The inevitable Hendrix comparisons are there to be drawn but the sound that I have in my head is more like the first David Gilmour solo album.

Anyway. Nice pedal. It has everything on it that it requires and nothing that it does not.

 

[SirJackdeFuzz]

Re: NPD: MXR M68 Uni-Vibe

I've been looking into this one for a few weeks now !

Looks like i will be getting one too - thanks !

 

[SirJackdeFuzz]

Re: NPD: MXR M68 Uni-Vibe

https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?276768-New-MXR-UniVibe-i-like-this-one

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: NPD: MXR M68 Uni-Vibe

Thank you for that link. Quite a wide range of opinions.

The Red Witch Moon Phaser pedal mentioned in my OP offers Phase, Tremolo and a combination of the two. Contrary to what Glenn/Astro asserts in the linked thread, neither of these modulation types sounds like a Uni-Vibe. Periodic swept notch filtering is not the same as periodic pitch variation.

I do not delude myself that the MXR M68 is an exact recreation of a vintage Uni-Vibe.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: NPD: MXR M68 Uni-Vibe

IO had an original Uni-Vibe with the separate foot controller/expression pedal back in the early 70's. I was playing with a band in Canada at the time and when I came back home I sold it to the keyboard player who wanted to use it on his piano (which really sounded great, by the way). I was an idiot back then and sold it for $25. I've been kicking myself ever since.