Anyone using Vibes?

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CarlF said:
I'm loving it in SC. I was in a 2 family house w/ mom for a long time, and I thought it would last forever, but it didn't. She fell. Hospital and Nursing Home for a year and she passed at 92. Sold the house. I went into an Apartment for a year. Hated it. $2800 a month rent! Decided to get out of the state. Got a new house in Myrtle Beach. Got a Mesa Boogie Mark VII coming tomorrow, but that's another story.
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Interested on your take of the MkVII.
 
eclecticsynergy said:
I never did a deep dive into really good vibe pedals; it's a once in a while sound for me so it just wasn't worth it.
I've got a little Lovepedal one-knob (depth trimpot inside, though) Pickle Vibe on my small board; that's good enough.
I have a pair of the Dano photocell vibes too - not very tweakable but they were only $25 each coupla years ago.



Drybell makes great stuff though. I love the Unit67.


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This is how i feel about compressors.

I have owned a few, and they had great sets of features.
However, my favorite was the simple and well priced Xotic SP...
 
Geez Carl, now I’m watching demos of that Funky Vibe.
Sounds fantastic!
You may end up getting me in trouble! :LOL:

Didn’t see one of those cool white versions though…

Do you have a preference over the 68 or 69?
 
The Jam RetroVibe is where it's at for me. Pedalboard friendly size and it sounds really authentic with all that chewy throb that the old Shin-Ei's have.
 
NaturalBornBoy said:
The Jam RetroVibe is where it's at for me. Pedalboard friendly size and it sounds really authentic with all that chewy throb that the old Shin-Ei's have.
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I didn't think it sounded bad, I just wanted more volume out of it.

Gotta say though, that what I paid used for the Jam wasnt much less than what I paid for the Drybell new and I am way happier.
 
dcburn mk.ii said:
Geez Carl, now I’m watching demos of that Funky Vibe.
Sounds fantastic!
You may end up getting me in trouble! :LOL:

Didn’t see one of those cool white versions though…

Do you have a preference over the 68 or 69?
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The white one I got, the "Mastermind" was a Limited Edition. I also owned his Fillmore East Funky Vibe. They are all good. The differences are subtle.
 
CarlF said:
Most Vibes are very good. I've owned so many thru the years I lost count. I actually owned 3 original Univox Univibes thru the 70's and 80's.
These days I got a Sabbadius Funky Vibe, a Limited Edition one, and as a spare I got a Roger Mayer Voodoo Vibe+.
Here's a pic from my new house in Myrtle Beach, SC. I moved from Long Island a few months ago.
What are those black pedals in the pic? Could they be the Frank Marino pedals, handbuilt and signed by Frank? Yup

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How are the Marino pedals? I did not know they were out yet
 
legend71 said:
How are the Marino pedals? I did not know they were out yet
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They are great pedals. They don't really sound like anything else. The fuzz one is like the most over-the-top Big Muff I ever heard, with greater fidelity and tons of fuzz/ gain.
I been playing them into a cleaner amp (PRS Hendrix amp) and used that way I can get some good sounds but not exactly what I hear with Frank, especially the live stuff.
However, when using the pedals as ods/ boosts into a dirty channel, it's all there. The high gain and the ability to clean up the sound by rolling off the guitar's volume. I suspect this is how Frank uses them into his Preamp.
 
CarlF said:
They are great pedals. They don't really sound like anything else. The fuzz one is like the most over-the-top Big Muff I ever heard, with greater fidelity and tons of fuzz/ gain.
I been playing them into a cleaner amp (PRS Hendrix amp) and used that way I can get some good sounds but not exactly what I hear with Frank, especially the live stuff.
However, when using the pedals as ods/ boosts into a dirty channel, it's all there. The high gain and the ability to clean up the sound by rolling off the guitar's volume. I suspect this is how Frank uses them into his Preamp.
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Thanks - they sound pretty cool. I am a big fan of his.
 
CarlF said:
They are great pedals. They don't really sound like anything else. The fuzz one is like the most over-the-top Big Muff I ever heard, with greater fidelity and tons of fuzz/ gain.
I been playing them into a cleaner amp (PRS Hendrix amp) and used that way I can get some good sounds but not exactly what I hear with Frank, especially the live stuff.
However, when using the pedals as ods/ boosts into a dirty channel, it's all there. The high gain and the ability to clean up the sound by rolling off the guitar's volume. I suspect this is how Frank uses them into his Preamp.
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I play a JTM45 with a Fryette Power Station.
Ive never tried a fuzz.
Started looking down that hole and retreated.

May need to start looking again?
Anywhere to start using a dirty amp?
 
dcburn said:
I play a JTM45 with a Fryette Power Station.
Ive never tried a fuzz.
Started looking down that hole and retreated.

May need to start looking again?
Anywhere to start using a dirty amp?
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After getting the Marino pedals and playing them thru the PRS Hendrix head, I was a bit perplexed. The OD/Distortion pedal was great tonally. Not quite enough gain, with a Strat and didn't clean up too well. Not like what I hear Frank getting. He goes from heavy gain to clean all using his guitar's volume knob.

As an experiment, I played the pedals into my Katana Artist's lead channel. Used the pedals more as overdrives, and there it was. That told me Frank is likely using the pedals into one of the gain channels of his preamp.

So started looking an amp with gain channels. I considered a few, but I thought I'd have the most fun w/ the new Mesa Mark VII. I can use the amp on it own or I can use one of the channels w/ the pedals. If it sounds decent I'll try to make a clip or two.

Also, back in the day Frank used the Eventide Instant Flanger. Lo and behold the Instant Flanger and Instant Phaser are part of the new presets in the Eventide H-90!
 
dcburn said:
This is how i feel about compressors.

I have owned a few, and they had great sets of features.
However, my favorite was the simple and well priced Xotic SP...
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Yah, sometimes simpler is better. Part of what I like about the Unit67 is that the comp controls are very basic, even though the circuit itself is modeled after the classic 1176 studio compressor. The Sustain control actually is a blend knob, while the threshold control is just a switch for Low or High. Foolproof, easy to set, and it sounds absolutely great.

That's only half the story in the Unit67 though, since it also has really musical sounding three-band EQ that's separate from the comp and could be used alone if desired. Its 'Range' knob boosts mids and treble (like the classic Rangemaster) and the High knob controls sparkle. It makes a great boost to give you tailored drive for leads (Drybell uses the same circuit as one half of their The Engine preamp pedal). I even thought about getting another just for the but they're a bit pricey.

Since the Unit67 really does more than I need from it, I used a more basic Pale Green comp for my bigger board. The Pale Green has four knobs but two are tone controls; the comp section only uses the other two. A fairly gentle and very nice sounding compressor. In the lower range it feels a lot like the natural compression of a cooking tube amp, and at higher settings it gives you audible squeezing.
 
eclecticsynergy said:
That's only half the story in the Unit67 though, since it also has really musical sounding three-band EQ that's separate from the comp and could be used alone if desired. Its 'Range' knob boosts mids and treble (like the classic Rangemaster) and the High knob controls sparkle. It makes a great boost to give you tailored drive for leads (Drybell uses the same circuit as one half of their The Engine preamp pedal). I even thought about getting another just for the but they're a bit pricey.
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Been thinking about EQ lately.
This pedal sounds pretty cool.
 
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