Artec Resovibe RSV3

Quite easy, just have to tweak around with it..

There is a volume drop but no big deal. Vibe mode is a tremolo, reso low mode is nothing but just drops the volume, no use, reso hi mode is the best mode, I can get an auto wah and also a univibe woodstock vibe kinda sound, set the range to full it gives the auto wah, set it to 10-12 o'clock it gives the univibe. The pedal has lack of lows, it cuts out the low a lot but inba positive way, nice for funk and some hendrix.

Good to have

Helpful.

Very sensitive pedal, tweaking is very needed, moving the knobs just a tiny bit can change the whole sound and vibe. Not bad, good pedal.

Quite easy to use. You don??t need any instruction manual for the speed, intensity, 3-Mode and range knobs.

Don??t expect a hifi analog effect, this is more a lofi pedal. that it is opto controlled has nothing to say.
vibe mode:
this tremolo effect has only one kind of oscillator-waveform and that is nearly square. So you can??t get the smooth sinus ave of a fender tremolo and you won??t have the deepness and clarity of a tube driven device. It also does a light phasing like e.g. a voxish bias tremolo. for recording it is useless, because of the hiss at the amplitude of the oscillation and the noise gate that cuts the noise at one momemt, but also cuts a natural outfading of the signal.
reso lo:
has a BIG volume drop. muddens the signal of the guitar. more hiss than the vibe mode. effect has bit more phasing then the vibe. CRAP!
reso hi:
the best mode. like it is said in the review before, that is no univibish or phasing effect. it is more a mix between envelope filter and vibrato effect and that is quite unique. you will get the volume raising when engaged. overall sound is not widerange, but much like the filtering of a wah pedal. the frequency range of the filter is adjustable with the range knob. turned to the left more highs and high mids are pronounced, to the right you get more mids and low mids. so you can get a vibrato like effect with the higher filter settings and an envelope filter effect with lower filter settings. you can get very useable sounds, even with distortion pedal, that you have to place after the resovibe.
In all modes you can hear oscilation klick noise in the bypass mode with a single coil pickups, so not really true bypass. perhaps you won??t have this problem with humuckers. when i turn down the volume of my strat, the oscillation klick disappears.
I rate the vibe mode 6 and the reso hi 8, so it gets a 7 here. the reso lo don??t rate, because it is below zero!

no probs so far

the reso hi is quite useable, when you want some vibrato and whobbling sounds. the other modes are near useless until you need some lofi noise effects. i don??t know if i will keep it...i think no, if i think anout the price...

Not too challenging to operate. Controls for tremolo speed and intensity, mode, and range (which comes into play when one of the "Reso" modes is elected.

VIBE MODE - This is actually a tremolo (using opto-couplers according to the blurb). A nice enough analog effect, good range on the speed control, not a lot of variation on the intensity - and it cuts off completely at about 8 o'clock on the intensity knob. Although the instructions claim "no vibe noise", there is a pronounced hiss in synch with the tremolo effect. On the plus side, a noise gate cuts off the effect (leaving dry signal only) when the input signal drops to a certain level.
RESO HI - No, this is not a phaser. Careful study of the instructions reveals that a peak filter sweeps up and down in time with the tremolo, giving a crude hint of rotating speaker. The range control governs the frequency band that coincides with the amplitude peaks of the tremolo. Turning it to the right gives some nice throbby sounds, but no way does it sound like a Univibe - the sound is nowhere near complex enough. Turning the range knob to the left emphasises the higher frequencies, and sounds a bit harsh to my ears. Less noise than the tremolo setting, but still little variation on the intensity knob.
RESO LO - This is just a watered-down version of RESO HI, so much so that it is a bit pointless really.

The effect is housed in a surprisingly small box. I only had it a few days, so I can't comment on its durability. The battery access is quite easy (but the cover detaches completely, so is prone to being lost). There is a little stowage clip for the battery connector to stop it shorting on anything when you are using external power, which is a nice touch. The switch is quiet to operate.

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I play both guitar and bass in a wide range of styles, but I bought this pedal to use on guitar. I tried this unit into my Laney LC15 valve combo (with Jensen speaker upgrade) using a Vintage VR100LM (LP special copy) and a Yamaha Pacifica 604. I've been playing 27 years, but I can't be arsed to list all my other kit!
I love phasers, particularly 4-stage types. And the Resovibe isn't one. Although it's unusual if not unique in synching tremolo with autowah (not the touch-responsive type), it is definitely not a phaser. I can't understand how the first reviewer could think it sounded anything like an MXR or a Small Stone, let alone get Hendrix sounds from it.
Once I plugged into my Akai Intelliphase, I realised I neither needed nor wanted the Resovibe, and I sent it back for a refund.

The manuals an approximated translation from Korean to English. While much mirth arises when reading Artecs blurb 'This product can be one of your valuable gears because it is made of the robust metal case and the reliable mechanical footswitch.....this pedal will give the cool sound with perfect direct bypass etc etc' their actual description of what the pedal does is contrary - A 'Tremelo-Vibe' pedal with 'Opto-Control' eh? Your best off plugging straight in and fiddling. Controls are easy to figure out, A button each for Speed, Range, Intensity and a 3 position click switch for Mode (Vibe, Reso lo, Reso hi) - its hard to find a bad sound.

Now as if the manual didnt confuse me enough the Mode switch would appear to have been lost in translation too. Mode 1 : Vibe didnt produce those thick, lush Univibe tones I expected - instead my amp started pulsing with a remarkably organic Fender style Tremelo.....very musical...beautiful infact...but not a Vibe by any means.
Mode 2 : Reso Lo - a bit more like it. Like a Leslie cab without the top end swirl....reminded me of my old MXR phase 45 - a subtle phase, fat and juicy.
Mode 3: Reso Hi - WOW! A thick and creamy, throbbing, dripping, chewing, chomping, soggy, swirly Univibe!
Sounds amazing on clean sounds really lovely. Stick infront of a fuzz box and you have that Fillmore East/Woodstock Jimi/Robin Trower thing that makes you play E blues all night just marvelling in your own sonic brilliance.
Turning the Range knob past 12 oclock lets the opto control off the leash and the thing goes mental coming on like an old EH Badstone phaser - really wet, almost Auto Wah vocal sounds. You can get lost in this pedal, hours just disappear.

'it is made of the robust metal case and the reliable mechanical footswitch.....' bless em they do try.
Seems solid to me.

Dunno yet.

This year I've made it my mission to build my dream set up....the sort of set up I've always wanted but never got round to having.
I love Jimi Hendrix and Eric Johnson so my set up like my playing is a slavish emulation of the two masters haha
I play 3 Fender Strats - a light blue one with a floating vintage trem and rosewood fingerboard, a candy apple red hardtail with rosewood fingerboard and my new maple fingerboard tobacco sunburst EJ 1957 signature model that I built myself. My pedals are for clean sounds a Boss CE1 chorus ensemble and Danelectro Reel Echo, split with a AB box to my lead pedals the Resovibe, a Fuzz Face, a Fulltone Fulldrive FD2, A pink Crybaby wah and a Boss ME3 for reverb and digital delay. Orange amp for lead and a Sound City for clean - cost about #30 but its lethal.
I love my gear - the Resovibe is perfectly at home with the rest of my stuff and it completes my setup -for #41 from www.Axesrus.com its the best for the money I've ever bought. And as Jeremy Clarkson would no doubt say - thats not just me making thnigs up....THAT is SOLID FACT.