Vibe pedals?

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Have a Fulltone MDV-2 (the one with the treadle that varies speed). I love the sound but it doesn't handle humbuckers well; it clips badly when I play hard.

Looking at a couple other boutique vibes, the two front runners being the Wilson Haze and the Foxrox AquaVibe.

I think tone/feature wise these seem pretty close although I am basing this on clips and reviews rather than personal experience. Mostly I am looking for a technical solution to the problem which doesn't require me to turn my guitar volume knob down or lower my humbuckers. I considered the Voodoo Labs Micro Vibe which is supposed to not have this issue, but it seems like it's not quite as lush.

Anyway, anyone have suggestions/recommendations or personal experience with any of these pedals, or another vibe pedal that you like?
 
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I use the Neo Instruments’ Ventilator it is amazing. What I like about it best is, it is very clean, but it does have an amp sim that duplicates the tube amp that came in the Leslie cabs. The drive is veritable so you can dial it back. There is also a distance setting that lets you adjust microphone placement close vs distant. The close micing gives up the sought after “whooshing,” sound.


Here is my review.
http://www.tmrzoo.com/2012/32939/gu...gave-me-every-tone-i-was-looking-for-and-more
 
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Those are two totally different effects! Vibe pedals tend to fall into two catagories . . . univibe type pedals (like the Wilson Haze which slightly mess with the phase of your signal) and Vibrato pedals (like the AquaVibe which change pitch).

I really like pitch vibrato myself. Just built myself a clone of the Bigfoot Effects Magnavibe that's a pretty awesome pedal - it's noticeable and sounds great on almost all settings but is subtle enough that it doesn't overpower your normal guitar tone. FWIW, with this effect there is no volume drop when you switch it on.
 
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I am completely happy with my Sweet Sound Mojo Vibe. It has two internal switchable settings, modern (brighter) and vintage (like an original UniVibe). The modern setting may work better with your HB pickups. It has a jack for an expression pedal to control the speed, if you need that.

Al
 
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micro vibe is great... ive seen them pop up on TGP for $75. Well worth a shot.

Disappointing to hear about the fulltone vibe though... been wanting to get one.
 
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SteveAlysis said:
micro vibe is great... ive seen them pop up on TGP for $75. Well worth a shot.

Disappointing to hear about the fulltone vibe though... been wanting to get one.
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Well it (fulltone) actually is a great sounding pedal - it's just that it does not work very well with higher output or humbucking pickups from what I can tell, because of this distortion problem. You may have a better experience with it depending on what gear you are using.
 
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I have a Drybell Vibe Machine. It's pricey, but it's also the only true Univibe circuit in the world (at least when I was shopping for vibes) to be housed in a Phase 90 sized enclosure. It's got all the bells and whistles too, including expression control and even a ramp mode selectable with an internal jumper. It has input and output buffers (external and internal, respectively), chorus AND vibrato modes, and volume, range, and symmetry trimpots accessible on the side of the unit. I haven't messed with the trimpots because it sounds incredible out of the box. I've never had an issue using it with humbuckers. I tried a Deja Vibe earlier this year and it didn't hold a candle to the Drybell. It sounds just like it does in this video:

 
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I'd like to try one of those Drybell units - the demo sounds good, but can't ever really tell until you're in the same room with it.

The best I've played so far was the Castledine Supra-Vibe - man that thing is one of the most compelling effects I've ever played. Very 3-D swirl to it, no fighting against the drop out at the bottom of the sweep like with others I've played.

Second place goes to the Roger Mayer VooDoo Vibe - it's close to the Castledine, maybe not quite as lush but equally easy to play.

I've played the Aqua Vibe and found it extremely limited in it's controls. Weird because the ProVibe in the Captain Coconut isn't nearly as finicky to dial in.

Bang for the buck went to the VL Micro Vibe - that thing sounds fricking great. Real photocell like the big boys too.

MDV-2 was at the bottom of my list in the shootout we did. No dimension to it, really flat sounding to me.
 
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GuitarStv said:
Those are two totally different effects! Vibe pedals tend to fall into two catagories . . . univibe type pedals (like the Wilson Haze which slightly mess with the phase of your signal) and Vibrato pedals (like the AquaVibe which change pitch).

I really like pitch vibrato myself. Just built myself a clone of the Bigfoot Effects Magnavibe that's a pretty awesome pedal - it's noticeable and sounds great on almost all settings but is subtle enough that it doesn't overpower your normal guitar tone. FWIW, with this effect there is no volume drop when you switch it on.
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The AquaVibe is a Uni-Vibe. The Bigfoot MagnaVibe is an emulation of the Magnatone pitch-shifting vibrato circuit. They are very different effects.

That Neo Ventilator is a Leslie sim - again not a Uni-Vibe, and different than the MagnaVibe.
 
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I've used to have a Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe and a gold Fulltone Deja Vibe. They were both good, but I now use a T Rex Viper. It's a true photo cell vibe that's has a nice sweep. Good vibrato mode too. As a matter of fact, I tweaked the pedal by dialing in the internal dipswitch in vibrato mode, making it sound as good as possible. Then when I went to Univibe mode, it was also dialed in because the vibrato mode allowed it to be perfectly fine tuned.

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Next to it is the Strymon Lex, which is a way different sound, being a leslie simulator.
 
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Gearjoneser said:
I've used to have a Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe and a gold Fulltone Deja Vibe. They were both good, but I now use a T Rex Viper. It's a true photo cell vibe that's has a nice sweep. Good vibrato mode too. As a matter of fact, I tweaked the pedal by dialing in the internal dipswitch in vibrato mode, making it sound as good as possible. Then when I went to Univibe mode, it was also dialed in because the vibrato mode allowed it to be perfectly fine tuned.

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Next to it is the Strymon Lex, which is a way different sound, being a leslie simulator.
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**** you Joe. Just **** you to hell. I hate you and I hope you die in fire. I know how you got that, I know what you payed. **** you **** you **** you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

An excellent choice however....
Voodoo has lots of love.
Speaking of love, check out the Lovepedal Pickle Vibe
 
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Like my Aquavibe, use it with anything from not so loud to very loud guitars...
Have had for 2 years now I think...
A long clip with a strat....alittle delay here and there, alittle dirt as well...
Nothing fancy, going through sounds...
 
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The Wilson Haze is a Vibe style pedal, but it 's more a tweaked phaser. It does sound great though.

I'd love to try a Drybell. I have an Oxvibe being build by Ken Baluke from oxfuzz. His fuzz pedals are redonk and his whole 'vibe' (hehe) is awesome. I bought a Ge Oxfuzz from a dude in Michigan last year used, and in July the NKT 274s crapped out. Ken fixed it for free... Even without me purchasing it from him. Totally unexpected and super cool. I'll report about the OxVibe when it gets in!
 
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Thanks for all the input, fellas.

I'm leaning toward the Dry Bell right now, but I gotta find the dough first! :D
 
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Aceman said:
**** you Joe. Just **** you to hell. I hate you and I hope you die in fire. I know how you got that, I know what you payed. **** you **** you **** you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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If you hate me now, you're REALLY going to hate me when I unveil the new guitar I bought on Saturday. :fingersx:
 
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