Jubilee and Uni-vibe

[Maxbrothman]

I just saw this video looking at uni-vibes and noticed he was using a Jubilee half-stack.



That sounded pretty darn close to how a Plexi and Uni-vibe sounds if you ask me but with more Marshall crunch.

I am considering an MXR M68, TC Electronics Viscous Vibe, or the EHX Good Vibes. The Drybell Vibe Machine sounds awesome and feature-rich but is also expensive. Everything else is outside of my budget after that one, like the JRocket etc.

 

[FleshOnGear]

I just saw this video looking at uni-vibes and noticed he was using a Jubilee half-stack.



That sounded pretty darn close to how a Plexi and Uni-vibe sounds if you ask me but with more Marshall crunch.

I am considering an MXR M68, TC Electronics Viscous Vibe, or the EHX Good Vibes. The Drybell Vibe Machine sounds awesome and feature-rich but is also expensive. Everything else is outside of my budget after that one, like the JRocket etc.

I have the DryBell Vibe Machine v2. I’m not much of a vibe connoisseur, so I can’t compare it to other vibes. All I can say is that the middle range of its sweep seems to get lost in overdrive. I don’t know if this is common with vibes, or if there’s a vibe clone out there that has a more vocal midrange. The DryBell has plenty of throb, though, and fantastic shimmer with cleaner tones. It might work better with single coils; I’m almost exclusively a humbucker player.

 

[junk notes]

All I can say is that the middle range of its sweep seems to get lost in overdrive. I don’t know if this is common with vibes

You are correct. Athough they (the pedal) dialed in the tones fairly well the pulse is different. (IMHO It is not a bad sounding pedal and easily better than Dunlop's Uni-Vibe.)
Common? Yes, for cheap vibes. Money does separate quality so..

 

[carlygtr56]

That's an old video of mine. I miss that Jubilee and cab (V-30's) Dialed it to Joe Bonamassa's settings and never touched it. Gain never went past 2:00 or it would become muddy.

I had just got that Shiftee Vibe when I made this vid. One of the best Vibes I ever owned.
IMO, get the best Vibe you can afford. The Drybell is a good choice.

One other thing. I hear alot of guys talking about midrange in a Vibe. I hear no such midrange in the originals (owned 3) and the better clones. I have had a Vibe or two w/ that excess midrange and they have a quack to them that I can't stand and was never a quality of a great Univibe.

 

[Benny]

I just saw this video looking at uni-vibes and noticed he was using a Jubilee half-stack.



That sounded pretty darn close to how a Plexi and Uni-vibe sounds if you ask me but with more Marshall crunch.

I am considering an MXR M68, TC Electronics Viscous Vibe, or the EHX Good Vibes. The Drybell Vibe Machine sounds awesome and feature-rich but is also expensive. Everything else is outside of my budget after that one, like the JRocket etc.

yep, bridge of sighs type stuff. Sounds good. I have other univibe devices and this one sounds as good or better

 

[Benny]

yep, bridge of sighs type stuff. Sounds good. I have other univibe devices and this one sounds as good or better

but the jube is not the secret. I had a couple of jubes and they are just marshalls with diode clipping built into the preamp

 

[Maxbrothman]

That's an old video of mine. I miss that Jubilee and cab (V-30's) Dialed it to Joe Bonamassa's settings and never touched it. Gain never went past 2:00 or it would become muddy.

I had just got that Shiftee Vibe when I made this vid. One of the best Vibes I ever owned.
IMO, get the best Vibe you can afford. The Drybell is a good choice.

One other thing. I hear alot of guys talking about midrange in a Vibe. I hear no such midrange in the originals (owned 3) and the better clones. I have had a Vibe or two w/ that excess midrange and they have a quack to them that I can't stand and was never a quality of a great Univibe.

Wow. Cool read.

I got an EHX Good Vibes and have been really enjoying it with my SV20. I should have bought this before the Octavio... Heck maybe even before the Dunlop Hendrix Fuzz Face!

I didn't think it would be as good as it is but the caveat is that it needs this strange 9.7V DC adapter it comes with and if you use a 9V power cable or even a Boss 9V adapter, the pedal drops some of it's goodness.

If I could figure out a way to brick power it I would be very happy!

 

[okgb]

For interest check out the AXiom vibe. I know the designer Casey had studied bulb characteristics for another job but applied that knowledge to audio in this pedal https://axiomeffects.com/en-ca/collections/frontpage/products/omega-vibe-ov-1

 

[Dean Swindell]

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I just saw this video looking at uni-vibes and noticed he was using a Jubilee half-stack.



That sounded pretty darn close to how a Plexi and Uni-vibe sounds if you ask me but with more Marshall crunch.

I am considering an MXR M68, TC Electronics Viscous Vibe, or the EHX Good Vibes. The Drybell Vibe Machine sounds awesome and feature-rich but is also expensive. Everything else is outside of my budget after that one, like the JRocket etc.

When I was about 12, in the mid '70s I got a big thick catalog in the mail from freeport Music, the coolest thing I'd ever seen. It had "the Shiftee Uni-Vibe". Forgot about the "Shiftee" part eventually until now. Interesting.

 

[paul-e-mann]

I just saw this video looking at uni-vibes and noticed he was using a Jubilee half-stack.



That sounded pretty darn close to how a Plexi and Uni-vibe sounds if you ask me but with more Marshall crunch.

I am considering an MXR M68, TC Electronics Viscous Vibe, or the EHX Good Vibes. The Drybell Vibe Machine sounds awesome and feature-rich but is also expensive. Everything else is outside of my budget after that one, like the JRocket etc.

Find a Danelectro Cool Cat Vibe, they were $40 new 10 years ago when I got mine and it sounds amazing! No need to spend big bucks on an effect that will get used sparingly. Recently I got a Zoom multi-effects pedal and the vibe effect is good on that too, $100 used plus its got so many other effects as well.

 

[Casey_Butt]

For interest check out the AXiom vibe. I know the designer Casey had studied bulb characteristics for another job but applied that knowledge to audio in this pedal https://axiomeffects.com/en-ca/collections/frontpage/products/omega-vibe-ov-1

...Just happened across this thread... I'm (hopefully) finishing a batch of Omega-Vibes today. They're not listed on the site yet, but they should be in a day or so.

I've never heard a SHIFTEE before, but it does sound damn good.

 

[junk notes]

Do not really need the foot control, but looks good. Set and forget.

edit: oversized knob does the job.

 

[PelliX]

I got an EHX Good Vibes and have been really enjoying it with my SV20. I should have bought this before the Octavio... Heck maybe even before the Dunlop Hendrix Fuzz Face!

The EH Octavia? I had that thing, and it was so utterly useless (to me) that I sold it after a day. Maybe the Good Vibes is the ticket. How did you get on with the Octavia?

I didn't think it would be as good as it is but the caveat is that it needs this strange 9.7V DC adapter it comes with and if you use a 9V power cable or even a Boss 9V adapter, the pedal drops some of it's goodness.

If I could figure out a way to brick power it I would be very happy!

Two ways; 1: there are pedal power supplies with adjustable outputs (@fitz has one) or you could just google around a bit. 2: considering the tiny power consumption, a simple voltage divider stepping down from 12V with a couple of resistors would do the trick. Yes, voltage dividers are hacky, but this might be one of those edge cases where they make sense.

 

[fitz]

there are pedal power supplies with adjustable outputs (@fitz has one)

MXR iso brick.
2 adjustable output jacks: 5.5v - 15.5v.
Requires an 18v supply.

 

[Maxbrothman]

The EH Octavia? I had that thing, and it was so utterly useless (to me) that I sold it after a day. Maybe the Good Vibes is the ticket. How did you get on with the Octavia?



Two ways; 1: there are pedal power supplies with adjustable outputs (@fitz has one) or you could just google around a bit. 2: considering the tiny power consumption, a simple voltage divider stepping down from 12V with a couple of resistors would do the trick. Yes, voltage dividers are hacky, but this might be one of those edge cases where they make sense.

MXR Octavio. It is an Octavio Fuzz. Something you have on some of the time for some Hendrix stuff. It tries to be like the Mayer versions (plural because there were loads and even thrown away). I can't really use it with the Fuzz Face as the stack is too much. One or the other.

Good Vibes is great, but my expression pedal wouldn't work with it, so I have to get that.

I'll check out the voltage divider option. Currently, it is plugged via the adapter into an extension lead powered by the Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2 extension connection. Thanks!

 

[El Gringo]

Back in 2021 I purchased a Fender The Pinwheel . I did not get on with it and checked it into the closet . About a month ago I got the itch for some nice faux Leslie sounds and got The Fender Pinwheel out again . My mistake that I made was placement in the chain . This time around I placed it after the 535 Dunlop Wah and bingo I won the tone quest . Also lots of knob turning to figure this gizmo out , but darn it I got the sounds that I want , such as the sound from Cream's Badge , and Aerosmith What It Takes (I know cheesey ballad ) https://www.fender.com/en-US/effect...wheel-rotary-speaker-emulator/0234543000.html

 

[PelliX]

MXR Octavio. It is an Octavio Fuzz. Something you have on some of the time for some Hendrix stuff. It tries to be like the Mayer versions (plural because there were loads and even thrown away). I can't really use it with the Fuzz Face as the stack is too much. One or the other.

Gotcha, different beast, yeah. I know about octavers in general (was actually aiming more for SRV than Jimi), but the EH thing was just the worse piece of kit I've ever owned, hands down.

Maybe I'll give that MXR job a shot, cool!

 

[Wildeman]

My Shin Ei is getting rehabbed right now by Classic Amplification, I can't wait.