Dunlop Uni-Vibe

Pretty easy to get sounds with...I mainly use it at the same intensity and adjust the speed (slow for hendrix fast for a trem/chorus sound).

Using it with an Elmwood Modena90 amp. The sound quality is good - it gets me close to SRV, Hendrix etc.

Its a little noisey but barable. For the price it should be true bypass...its a simple unit and dunlop dont even spend any money on the box.

A lot of people have talked about problems with this pedal however mine is still working fine after a year...I dont take it to gigs though because its not a big part of my sound...I generally use it at home. Knowing other people's experience does make me wary of using this pedal live though. Im using a dunlop power brick for current.

Never dealt with them.

I play a range of styles and this pedal generally encourages you to play Hendrixy/SRV blues...It also sounds good with distortion ala Joe Satriani (think Chickenfoot).

I dont really love or hate this pedal...its something I bought to have the univibe sound and this does it well. I dont know how it compares to the original uni-vibe's of the late 60'd/70's but it sounds fairly decent. I guess the best thing is its very expressive. Almost every time I use it I go into 'machine gun' by default!

When it's working, it's fairly easy to use. I haven't bothered with the pedal for it because it started malfunctioning after a couple months of live use. To use, it's fairly 'straight up', nothing tricky if you've ever used floor units before. Getting the 'wet' volume to match up with the 'dry' volume is about the biggest issue and just requires some live play with the rest of the band to see how bad it's gonna 'cut' when you hit it.

When it's working, it's pretty close to the original and the rotating speaker effect is phenominal...when its WARM (get to this in a second). Ive heard alot of reviews that said the bottom drops out, when engaged but I think it's how you run your tone to begin with. No problem in THAT department!

Now we've come to THIS part! As you may have noticed, there's a common thread to my opinions, 'when it works'! The reason for that is the reliability factor for this piece of junk is downright awful! No, I'm not gear stupid but is there actually, a little rotating speaker in this little box (I know better!), that refuses to move or slows down or take the sweep away when it's cold? This testy little cuss wants to forecast the weather outside for me and I dont want it! If your playing a gig where your gear has been in a car or truck and plug this sucker in and expect it to directly work, forget it! I'm deciding on a backup as we speak because I count on that tone for any Trower, Hendrix or Bad Company and it's decided last minute if any of their music will be included in the set, by if this damned thing works! I dont wanna take a chance on a backup because this one was brand new and it was garbage (it was obviously bought in the summertime, WHEN IT WORKED!). No thanks!

Haven't dealt with them yet and cosidering my warrenty (if I sent it in?) is still valid. That's why I was reading the other reviews on here and they dont look to favorable for 'customer support'. Might just chalk it up as a loss and dont get fooled again!

Most of the Jim Dunlop 're-issue' stuff is 'iffy' at best. It was bought for me as a 'much appreciated' gift, so I dont stew about it much, but it sure would be nice to rely on it, when needed. I wouldn't put it on a fixed pedal board, because you might discover that you and your fixed pedal board have a new, really close relationship that you didn't need. The Wah-Wah reissues get about the same reviews from me. Just something else to tear your hair out over and not worth the hassle!

use a stereo cable to the exp control

the controls are touchy and it goes from too little too much in less then a 1/16th of a turn.

once it's too much it is muddy and destroys the attack ...esspecially on strats and teles.....if you play with a lp you won't notice as much.

muddy...squishy.....darks the tone of a strat unless you keep it VERY light intensity.


its just a chorus pedal to me.....

i think i need to hunt down a real univibe and go into hock to buy one.

On the surface...its a stomp box...HOW could you fail to understand:
in here.....out there....step on it....LOok SoUnD comes out...Weeee

but there is Lots of room for error
....requires fine touch to find JUST the right speed and Intensity.

And you'll need to know how to effect loop it in to avoid the tone sap that some of our better hearing people have mentioned before.

.....it can be a pain to keep fussing with loops inside loops inside your loop....yes, I have 5 A/B's figure THAT out.

Dear Dunlop:
How many A/B boxes are too many? I mean REALLY.

If you buy any Dunlop Pedal Product
...then Buy two A/B boxes at the same time
....one in front and one behind it in A&B mode....yuk!

Knobs are too small to grab with toes....(ewwww TOE CHEESE!!!)
....Electro Harmonix has everyone WHIPPED on that one feature.

sorry...the Pulsar can't do Leslie Sim.

Waiting for that day when ElecroHarmonix launches their Leslie Sim...

IF you use the Bridge Position Pickup in your PRS,
or LP CUSTOMS CRANKED thorugh RAT'S or MUFFs
and THEN run them into the DISTORTION channel
on your MAZE-A-BOOGIE cranked to Spinal Tap's 11
PLEASE....please, just stop reading hear...it's a waste of your time.

On the other hand, if you are like me...and HAVE 60's strats,
a couple of Good LP's and USA Gretches, a few Fender Relics
and some old hand wound Tele pickups in a 52' blonde
....and you run them through Pre-CBS Blackfaces,
Bassmans, and vibrochamps and Vibroluxs
If you Ever saw Les Paul Play live and was SHOCKED how he got his Solid Body to sound SO SO close to your L7's acoustic tone....
Well then....you will be more likely to agree with me.



The UniVibe is Muddy...even when in standby
......MORE so if you click "vintage" which essentially
IS a Low Pass Filter...only god knows why.

the effect is obscured sounding....I don't know how else to say it.

It isn't Pronounced clearly
...is doesn't sound the way a Leslie sounds.
LARGELY because the Leslie ACTALLY reverberates off a different wall every few seconds...and your ears pick up on that FAR more then the dopler effect at the point of origin.....if your on stage all that is gone...but LESLIE'S were INTENDED for the INSIDE OF CHURCHES...not outdoor festival stages.

...it sounds somewhat like the BAD recordings of Jimi Hendrix Live

as though recorded through crappy mics in a single position
run to a substandard portable tape machine of the 1960's hazy
and a little fuzzy with the tape rot.

To Sum up:
maybe I'm just too much of a nit pick.....if you spend more then 10 minutes picking out a MIC to record on....spend another 300-500 and BUY THE LESLIE. if you are on stage....the UniVibe will do.

Don't know yet....Just got this one used....I'll tell you in a couple of years.

They answer my questions....but their answers are always the same..."well, yes, that IS the way it is.....no we don't intend to do anything about it. Thanks for giving us your money"

Dunlop makes their bucks on pics and straps....and name endorsements for MXR's which really are their better line.

They have yet to impress me.....but then again I'm impossible to impress...I'm completely full of myself.

Welll....This is WAY better then that hissy box of line noise they
call the "RotoVibe"


BUT!

When I plug in the expression pedal (to the UniVibe)
it intentionally disables the bypass!

so WHY ...please tell me WHY
THE BYPASS IS THE #1 MOST VALUABLE PART of ANY pedal
its what separates the overpriced middle range stomp
from the Pro-Utilitarian equipment staples

....the Bypass! ...it just SEEMS SO OBVIOUS TO ME!

Sometimes ALL a pedal has to do right is the ByPass and everything else is often forgivable....

Is the disabling a throwback to emulate the original design?

EVEN IF the original worked that way too,
Why not FIX that mistake in the more recent incarnation?

If you put an ON/OFF for the "vintage"
tone...Effectively FIXING the darker Tone effect of
the original.....well....HOW is this any different? except that
the Bypass is essentially more useful....then a button that makes my strat sound like a LP jr.

"I'm jus' sayin'..."

This ia a new Dunlop UV-1 Uni-Vibe, and it is a snap to use. Speed, Volume and Intensity knobs, a footswitch that engages the effect, a footswitch that toggles between Chorus and Vibrato, and an in/out button that turns the Vintage mode on or off. There is also an input for the optional foot controller (which I don't use or own).

I think this unit sounds great. I also have a Fulltone Deja-Vibe, and the Uni-vibe outshines the Deja Vibe imho. The UV has a more lush, more alive and complex sound than the Deja, which has a weaker and dryer overall sound. The UV-1 doesn't drop your volume like the Deja does, even with the volume dimed. I use my Uni-Vibe in the non-vintage mode, mostly in the Chorus mode. My chain is Bud Wah, Keeley Comp, Uni-Vibe, LovePedal Eternity, Dano PB&J, Zvex Super Duper. I use a Fender Strat into a Fender Concert II amp. The order in which you place the Uni-Vibe greatly affects the sound, and this setup works best for me.
I also can get a fairly convincing and useable sound in the Vibrato mode with some careful tweaking, but too much on the Intensity knob will quickly land you in seasick territory. In Vibrato mode, a little goes a long way.

It looks sturdy as a tank, but only time will tell. I will say that I own a Dunlop-made MXR EVH Phaser, and the AC jack on that pedal crapped out after a few weeks.

This thing fits my rig to a T. I find no signal loss, no hum, just a beautiful, lush, dimensional swirl that instantly evokes the classic Vibe sounds of Hendrix and Trower (I know everybody says that, but it's true!) It's earned a permanaent slot on my board.

Easy enough to use. In & out , two footswitches and a few knobs. No problem getting a Uni-vibe effect .........

I have tried several of these units to make sure that I did't have a defective one. I also tried different amps and different guitars. Bottom line is this - it is not only a tone-sucker in bypass mode, but also in effect mode. Also in bypass mode, switching the Vibrato switch on and off changes the guitars tone - while the effect is in bypass ! Compared to what Roger Mayer and Fulltone offers, the Dunlop Uni-Vibe sounds like crap. Not sure why everybody seems to like this unit.

Really nice stainless steel enclosure. I would not depend on this unit because the in and out jacks, the switches and potentiometers are all circuit board mounted, which has proven to be a major no-no for stomp boxes. The other major no-no of course is the internal pin connectors on the circuit board. In all fairness, this unit could probably take a lot of abuse, but I would never put faith into something constructed like this. The stainless steel enclosure is realy nice though.

I have only dealt with people from the sales department, fast email responses, but the communications had nothing to do with this effect box.

The stainless steel enclosure is really nice. The insides are put together exactly the way an effect box SHOULD NOT be constructed. Other than the stainless steel box, I should mention that it is kind of cool that Dunlop has the right to use the "Uni-Vibe" name.

This effect is all hype and marketing. If you don't notice the tone sucking problem in bypass mode, then I am sure you will love this effect just because of the name. Dunlop may have bought up all of the good names over the years ( Fuzz-Face, Uni-Vibe, MXR ) to sell their units, but that can not make up for inferior products.

Easy to use. How hard is it to figure out three knobs and two buttons? There was a third button added once when I sent the pedal in to be fixed. I think it is a vintage switch.

I have used this through a Peavey Classic 50 and a Fender Hot Rod DeVille and has sounded fine with both setups. It can get a bit noisy when used with alot of gain. Anyone looking for that Robin Trower sound, this might just be the thing for ya!

Had trouble with one of the switches and the power supply went bad once, but it's still cool.

These people were great with both issues I had with the Uni-Vibe. They even did the upgraded vintage switch once when the unit was in for repair at no extra cost, although I can't really tell much difference between the vintage and normal setting.

I've been playing blues, rock and everything in between for about 30 years.

In the past I've used this effect with the Ibanez TS-9 and Dunlop Cry Baby which seem to work well together.

I bought this pedal to get a rotating speaker effect. It comes very close. To me it is a very cool chorus and at times I have been able to get a organ effect when playing with bands that had no keys. I have found it to useful when playing rythym and back ground guitars as well as the lead work of Robin Trower and switched to the flanger side, Pat Travers, etc.

The Uni-Vibe may not be the most cost effective, but I still think it's Phat!!! If ya know what I mean!

It's pretty simple, once you figure out what color led is chorus ad which color is vibrato. Took a sec to dial in the right tone with the knobs. Very easy to use.

It sounds great. I gives just the hendrix-y sound that i bought it for, plus it sounds killer with a ds-1 in front of it. I use a jeff beck sig strat into a ds-1 into a Wylde Wah into it into my fender showman. It responds really well to the front(neck) pickup and i love the way that it sounds with the wah.

When i first got it, the previous owner had TRASHED the power supply, so the actual chorus didn't quite work right. Fortunatley, when i turned it on, it only fattened my tone.
But, since the power supply was trashed enough for the effect not to work, i am forced to wonder how reliable it will be.

GREAT service. I ordered a new power supply for it, and it came to my doorstep about 10 days later. I was very pleased with it and i am glad that i have several dunlop effects because i feel that i can rely upon their cutomer support.

I play blues, funk, rock, metal, jazz and everything in between.
I've been playing for a few years and i own a '91 Jeff Beck Strat, a Boss DS-1, a Boss graphic EQ, a Boss tuner, a dunlop Wylde Wah, of course the Uni-Vibe, a dunlop arbiter fuzz face reissue, and a '64 fender blackface showman head.
I would most definatley replace it if it were stolen. I might even buck-up for a new one as opposed to the used on that i bought.
I want to get the expression pedal for it, just so that it would be easier to control.
I highly recommend this pedal to those in persuit of killer tone.

Only 3 knobs to worry about - volume, speed and intensity - plus the chorus/vibrato switch and the on off switch. I am not interested in the vibrato. I bought it for the "chorus" which is actually a phaser, of sorts. I bought it for the usual Hendrix, Gilmour, Trower thing which. It took me about 30 minutes to appreciate the versatility of this pedal - it's not just a case of wacking the intensity up to max. Playing with position in signal chain and intensity / speed in combo with diferrent distortion device settings nails some great and some pants sounds. There are a couple of subjective sweet spots though.

I have a USA series strat, Ibanez JS100, Orange AD15 class A valve combo, Boss equaliser, V-Wah, chorus, digital delay, super overdrive, noise gate, tuner, digital reverb, Ibanez tube screamer, Pete Cornish ss2/P2 duplex (giggle!!) and everything is mains powered always by one mains point to bring mains hum under control.

I shouldnt need to describe the sound.. it's a great sound which makes me giggle its that evocative.

There are some nice sounds with the intensity backed off. Wack it to 10 with aclean sound set up and you can get Gilmour's intro chords to Breathe very, very easily. Much better than any phaser I've tried, probably cos the Univibe has a unique asymetrical and very interesting sweep. The sweep is part of the deal. The Boss V-Wah "Univ" setting is pants compared with the real thing. The sweep is completey different. The Univibe seems less repetititive and a little unpredictable. Complex is perhaps the best word.

Yeah it sucks some tone... but I can live with that and the GE7 helps me tweak.

And if you want cod Hendrix or Trower it's there but because the tone with my set up can get so close to Jimi's it makes my Hendrix imitations actually sound worse! Exposing every flaw. Like buying a stradivarius wont make you sound like stefan grapelli or buying a Fireblade wont make you Barry Sheene or whoever. It aint gonna happen. But it will give you an edge over someone with a ?5 pawn shop violin and a moped. And you can dream.

Only had it 2 days.... nice Ebay purchase. Some great pedals on there! Bidded for 3 Dejavibes and lost out each time so I settled for the Dunlop Univibe.

No idea

A great addition to my peddleboard. Only need a compresor and a decent flanger and I've got every base covered. There is something special about this pedal - look at the heritage. I am approaching 50 years of age and I've heard the analogue v digital, tube v transitor, tube v digital modelling debates since they started. I like to blend old and new - but valves in the amp DO sound best, Strat at the other end and a mix of old and new effects in between. This with my playing style gives me "my" unique sound. Maybe I am a boring old fart but some of the old pedals have a special charm, probably because they have become iconic. The Univibe is one such pedal. Highly recommended blast from the past.

Volume, Intensity, and Speed. It was very easy for me to get all the calssic tones you would expect from a Uni-Vibe. The Vintage/Modern switch on the back is a nice touch and does cahnge the sound some. I like both settings equally but find myself using the Modern more. the Vintage setting is a little grittier(which sounds great)and has a touch less low end to my ears.

I like it better than my buddy's Deja-Vibe. True Bypass would be nice but it doesn't seem to color the sound when bypassed very much at all. I think this pedal sounds more like the vintage Uni-Vibes and sounds on those old Trower and Hendrix recordings than any other vibe clones I've heard. It's nice and deep and swooshy, but not muddy like the Deja's can get. It's also somewhat better than the Micro Vibe I used before getting the Uni-Vibe. Best value if you want the "real" sound.

I've heard bad things about some of the early ones, but no one I know has had any problems with their Uni-Vibes. Mine has been used a bit before I got it and you can tell. It's case is bent up a little and there are some scratches etc. Still works fine though. I expect it will work fine for years like the ones my friends own.

I've emailed asking question about several Dunlop products. Rotovibe, Wahs etc. I have always received a reasonably fsat response from them.

I love this Uni-Vibe. I woud be very sad and angry if it were ever lost or stolen. I would have to break down and buy another Dunlop Uni-Vibe. Bottom line is that the boutique vibe-clones are not worth the extra cash when this delivers the goods and looks really cool as well. True Bypass is also nice on some pedals, but doesn't matter as much as it's made out to. I use this in front of all True Bypass oedals and it's buffered output helps drive the signal through all those switches on the TB pedals I use. If youve a lot of pedals, true bypass ones will work better if you have a good quality buffered pedal in front of the chain anyway. That's been my personal experience anyway.