Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe

It only has two knobs, Itensity and Speed, so even a chimp could operate this pedal. However,if you are feeling adventurous there is a trim pot on the underside of the PC board. To access it just unscrew and take off all the knobs and carefully remove the PC board from the chassis. Turn the trim knob with a small phillips head screwdriver clockwise for more effect, and counter clockwise for less.

Okay I'm going to save you a lot of headaches, because below are countless complaints about losing high end, too much high end, too subtle and so forth. Here's a question for you, who the best U'Vibe tones? Trower, Hendrix, and Gilmour. And also Nazereth on "Love Hurts." These guys did NOT run a cheezy distortion or overdrive pedal into Line 6 or Crate amp. They used cranked Marshalls and ran the U-vibe between the guitar and the amp, not through an FX Loop or after the pre amp. Run correctly this pedal does a decent job. Yes it does suck a little highs when using it on a clean channel so it gets a 9. Sounds very Trowerish with crunch, gain, or whatever you wanna call it.

4 years old and still running strong.

There are probably better pedals out there, but if you cab pick up one of these for under a C note, then it's good buy!

Two knobs, speed and intensity, very easy to use, but can be pretty versatile

I'm playing a John Mayer sig strat into a DRRI, also pairing the Micro Vibe up with a Sparkle Drive and a Maxon OD-9.

The pedal sounds great! You definitely have the ability to get some awesome Hendrix/SRV sounds, but not limiting it to that.

I like the intensity all the way up and the speed either at 11 o'clock or 2 o'clock. At 11, you can get a warmer phaser type tone, and at 2 you can really let it rip. Even with the speed all the way up, you can get a very similar vibrato sound to Frusciante and some of the RHCP stuff.

The reason I gave it a rating of 8 is because, first I rarely give out 10s on Sound Quality, and in my opinion it sucks your tone a tiny tiny bit. Not a lot, it's subtle, but if there were a volume knob, it would make the pedal near perfect!

I bought mine used, not sure if it's a result of bad treatment from the previous owner, but it seems like people have expressed similar concerns. The first time I turned the pedal on, it didn't work, and only output a small fuzzy static (I was using a 9v power supply, no battery). I had to turn the pedal off and on a few times to get it working.

Then a couple days later, I turned on my amp with the Micro Vibe OFF and there was no bypass signal. I checked all my connections, and then I turned the pedal on and off, and the signal returned to normal.

There seems to be some internal connection issue, not sure exactly what it is. But I sent it in for RMA, see below.

Voodoo support is amazingly friendly. I emailed their support email address and got a response in a couple days. They were very helpful and said they would take a look at the pedal and fix anything that was needed free of charge (even though I wasn't the original purchaser). The only situation where I would need pay is if the pedal was altered or modified, and they needed to fix it.

Easy to use. Two big knobs; speed, intensity. LED light, 3pdt type toggle switch. Came with one-sheet manual for suggestions. Probably the big challeng in use is to experiment to find the sweet spots for the different sounds you need.

My setup in order. Fender Am. Dlx. Strat or Gibson LP Classic Antique, modded crybaby, keeley comp, EB Volume Jr, BossTU-2, JekyllHyde, Keeley Katana boost, loopmaster 4 switcher (1.Keeley Baked Mod Ibanez TS9; 2.DIY Ross Clone comp; 3. Ibanez Stereo Chorus CS9; 4. TC Electronics Chorus/Flanger), Micro Vibe, Line6 DL4, Holy Grail, Sonic Stomp, 30watt class A tube amp.

Okay, placement is definitely everything. I put mine after the OD/Dist to forgo the darker (weaker) swish in front of the OD. It does what it says and you can get really crazy effects when maxing the intensity. Ultimately, it just didn't hold its charm for me. Looking for that leslie sound was alright, but solos seemed to be "thinned" and trebly while this effect was engaged. It worked better for the cleaner, less overdriven tone, but when I wanted to go all out on the slow speed, light intensity, it just didn't seem to inspire me for lead (similar to Mike McReady, that hint of slow vibe). Good for rhythm playing like "tightrope" and it's a decent pedal to keep in the arsenal. This actually makes me want to give the roto-vibe another shot (even thought it's a tone sucking machine)

Very reliable. No problems. Seems to be built very well. Bottom plate secured by 4 screws which were NOT tightened when I bought it brand new from Guitar Center. Took off the rubber panel at the bottom to put on velcro. Curiously, the rubber panel came off easy and the adhesive is still very usable. Seems to be built to last a long while.

Never dealt with Voodoo Lab (Digital Music Corp). Don't know.

Like to play soulful jazz when no one is listening, but (sigh) get paid to play all different kinds of cover stuff spanning from 60's to current (country, jazz, blues, disco, rock, metal). Been playing for about 30 years and gig out at least 3x's a week. I compared to the old vibe pedals I used to own. Definitely true to that type of design. Just don't know if I would buy it again if lost. I think for those with a budget, it's adequate. Those looking to expand their sound with vibe,leslie sounds definitely try out other units before making this their go-to one(two,three...)-trick pony pedal.

Two knobs, speed and intensity, how hard is that?

Sounds great, because it's actually analog, and not some emulation of a univibe, and it's true bypass so your signal won't be wobbling all the time, unless you forget to turn it off.

Metal case feels solid, but considering there's an actual lightbulb inside I'm not going to throw it against the wall.

Strangely mine wouldn't work right when I first got it, until I took out the battery (which involves removing the entire bottom plate) and plugged it into my power chain... it's not like I was going to keep the battery in it, but it would have nice just to test the thing out.

Only contacted them with a question about another pedal, and got a snooty answer (that pedal was "positive grounded" and "only OUR pedal power brick will work with it." THEIR power brick was $200! My power chain was under $50. No thank you.)

This is a fun thing to play with when you've got it chained next to another modulation unit, I have a phase shifter after it, adding the wobble really adds to the extraterrestrial sounds you can get out of a phase shifter.

The one issue I have is this thing ain't so "Micro" anymore, considering the size of some other "hand built in the USA" pedals these days (Catalinbread's "Bantam Boxes" come to mind.)

Well now, as my [I]Patri-Grampe[/I] Leonid Lutz would say, "what does the bench bring us today?"

We don't know what to make of this pedal! It is a two-knob concern with an internal trim pot that you are not supposed to touch...ours is used, so we do not know if the secret sacred pot has been touch, touched by whom, or how touched.

Speed is rate, intensity is depth. It is very easy to use, needless to say. Ease is not the issue here. In fact, we are not sure there IS an issue here, but it is certainly not ease of use in any case.

We are deploying the Micro Vibe in a pedalboard chain of ever increasing complexity. It has taken on a head of its own. Brushed metal boxes appear. We just added our first dual fx-loop/bypass pedal for the noble purpose of "quarantining" some inadvertently cool and oddball effects that we do not necessarily want in-line all the time, either because they are notorious tone suckers, or because, in the case of our Dave Smith Evolver, the "effect" introduces unbypass-able A/D D/A conversions whether it is engaged in our service or not, and our signal chain is otherwise a robust all-analog, all true-bypass affair. We tell you this not out of desultory chattiness but because it leads us to the central debate regarding this pedal. You see, we like to place our Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive BEFORE the new fx-loop pedal, and thus before everything else, because the Evolver likes a slightly hottenated incoming signal, but we need the Sparkle Drive on the de-volver loop as well. So, to address the debate:

Position in the chain is EVERYTHING with this pedal. Our problem, however, is that we don't know which position we prefer!

This is simply two different pedals: one before our Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive, and one after.

Before the Sparkle Drive: darker, swooshier, noticeable bass frequency excitation. This is the LUSH position to be sure; our only problem here is that the up swing, the crest, the Zenith of the Micro Vibe's modulating wave does not seem to go QUITE high enough..it does not seem to fully bloom, to fully open. A luscious ordeal it is, indubitably, but also a bit inescapably dark...when placed before our boost/OD pedal.

After the pedal, the Micro Vibe brightens right up--a whole different sound altogether. Both Speed and Intensity seem to have less effect overall. It becomes a very subtle swoosh. This is where we are using it now, though we remember the dark hearkening allure of the first position.

Seems solid.

No experience with.

It is still early, and we don't remember much. This is a nice pedal, for real. Good, robust, liquid sound. Isn't it a shame that you can't touch certain pedals without evoking instant associations...Hendrix, Trower, Gilmour. Sound should be less...referential than that. Or so say we.

The pedal is very simple to operate with only controls for Intensity and Speed. However, be prepared for hours of fun! Minor adjustments of each can generate a very wide range of sounds. In a matter of minutes you will be able to dial in sounds from long lost songs that you have not listened to in decades. Within minutes I was easily able to dial in Hendrix, Trower, Gilmour, Rundgren and yes, even Three Dog Night.

First I must say, modulation effects are my favorite. Then I must say WOW! This pedal delivers all I hoped for and then some. The pedal is very quiet while operating and I did not find that it colored the tone. That said, which frequencies are emphasized or cut will vary with the Intensity and Speed just as they are with any phase shifter.

I find it impossible to generate a bad sound with this pedal. It is warm and fat. A few favorite settings are Intensity at 11 o???clock and Speed full for a bright and subtle Leslie type sound. Intensity at 4 o???clock and Speed at 1 o???clock for a good Univibe tone. Intensity at 3 o???clock and speed at full for a deeper Leslie tone reminiscent of older Three Dog Night. And why not, Intensity and Speed both at full just for fun! You can make this as ???in your face??? or subtle as you wish.

Placing before or after overdrive/distortion will be a matter of taste. I prefer mine after the overdrive pedals and also prefer to use it with only ???light??? overdrive or clean. I find lighter overdrive delivers a tone that reminds me more of a Leslie. I do not care for heavy overdrive of distortion with this or any modulation effect. However, you may like it.

I use a Deluxe Reverb RI and for overdrive with this pedal I prefer the Boss BD-2 (Monte Alllums H20 mod) or Ibanez TS-9 Tubescreamer (Monte Allums Tube Screamer mod). However, playing clean with the MXR M-169 Carbon Copy analog delay is my absolute favorite. I love the sound with my Les Paul or Tele, any pickup position, but have a slight preference for the bridge pickup position of each.

There is much discussion about the trim pot. Mine sounds so good I have no desire to touch the trim pot. To me, it is perfect as is.

I rate the sound as a 9 instead of 10 because the pedal is somewhat sensitive to placement in your chain and sounds good with some overdrive and distortion pedals and not so good with others. To be fair, I find this to be true of almost any modulation effect. As much as we all like overdrive and distortion, I can not emphasize enough how absolutely beautiful this pedal sounds clean or with only the slightest hint of overdrive, followed by some analog delay and especially with a Les Paul. Do yourself a favor, turn off your overdrive and hear what your are missing.

I did try the mini Deja Vibe and found I prefer the sound of the Micro Vibe as the Micro Vibe seems to have a stronger low-end ???throb??? and thicker sound, which is what I personally like. Even though they both emulate the Univibe, and are both outstanding products, I found them to be quite different sounding.

I have only had it for a couple of days so too soon to tell. It seem very well built. Nice paint job!

Outstanding! I have many questions which were promptly answered by e-mail. They even created a sound clip for me and sent a photo with the settings. How many companies would do that? Very cool in my book! Thanks you Voodoo Lab!

I primarily play in the Praise Band at my church, and on occasion with a classic rock cover band. This will be a welcome addition to my packed pedal board. If it was lost or stolen I would immediately replace.

If I was going to add anything to this pedal I would love have the ability to select between a fast and slow speed setting via footswitch.

MINE IS THE OLDER MODEL WITHOUT LED (1996 is printed on the circuit board).

Although it has only two knobs, it's not that easy to get a good sound out of it, because (according to the manual - and my

ears) the more you increase the speed, you have to decrease the intensity (I mean, the interaction between the knobs). That

should not happen, in my opinion.

THE INTERNAL TRIMPOT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH EQ (for those who can't realise it)!
AND, as you turn it to the left or turn it to the right, IT DOES NOT GET "MORE CHORUSY" (or "phasey") or "MORE VIBRATO" like

some people said here (maybe some of them were into a cloud of LSD while trying to tweak the pedal).

TO ME, it seems to increase/decrease the intensity of the effect, as I turned it to the left and there was NO EFFECT. I

agree with a review from Kerry Ayres when he said "speed is not fast enough". That seems to happen with the Voodoo Lab

Analog Chorus, too. The manual is poor, but who needs it?

Setup: 1999 Fender American Standard Stratocaster > Real McCoy RMC3 Wah-Wah > Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe > Analog Man Beano Boost > Barber Direct Drive "version 5" > Fulltone OCD "version 4" > Fulltone Octafuzz > Fulltone '69 > Fulltone '70 > Zoom PD-01 Power Drive > Voodoo Lab Analog Chorus > Ibanez SC10 Super Stereo Chorus > MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay > Voodoo Lab Pedal Power > (1970) Marshall Super Bass (head, 100 Watts) > Behringer 4X12 (with 2 Celestions Vintage 30).

First of all, THIS EFFECT IS GREAT (not subtle like the Fulltone), but there is one thing that annoys me a lot: the more you

increase the intensity, it seems to sound more "squared" wave, I mean, the transition seems to be too much abrupt. According

to Mr. Josh Lippmann (nice gentleman from Voodoo Lab technical support), "The Microvibe uses a true sine wave oscillator the

same as an original Univibe. Turning up in the internal trimpot will make it more abrupt and "wumpy". Correctly adjusting

the trimpot will give it a much smoother sound", so I will give it a second try.

I would give a 10 to the Sweet Sound Mojo Vibe, but it goes for US$500 on eBay... I paid US$78 for the Micro Vibe, one of

the cheapest pedals I ever bought. So, if the Mojo Vibe is a 10 and the Micro Vibe is an 8, that is a pretty good rating,

don't you think?

It must be placed BEFORE boost / overdrive / distortion / fuzz. It's not noisy at all.

Never had a problem.

They always answer my mails.

Some people say "no treble", some say "way too trebly", some say "it boosts volume", some say "it decreases the volume"... there is a lot of contradiction in those reviews. It's probably the gear of each one. TO ME, it decreases the volume, but just a little bit. but it does not bother me. What bothers me a lot is the "squared wave" when I increase the intensity.
Damn! I WISH I COULD TURN UP THE INTENSITY TO FULL CLOCKWISE POSITION... If it weren't for this, I would give it a 9.

It reacts well BEFORE my Fulltone OCD and Octafuzz IN FUZZ MODE (without the octave up on), but it doesn't react well with the Fulltone '69 and the Fulltone '70, UNLESS you put a buffered pedal between them, BUT THAT WOULD KILL THE FUZZ (and that is another LONG LONG LONG story...).

Overall, this is a great effect, especially when compared to its rivals that costs 3 or 4 times more. It has a BEAUTIFUL VOICE that seems to "envelope" my guitar tone, in a very good way, of course.

AT LAST, some people say "it doesn't sound like a Leslie", but IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO DO IT! Some chorus pedals are way better to do the "Leslie thing" (Analog Man's web site explains the differences between vibes and choruses pedals).

My main influences are Jimi Hendrix, Clapton/Beck/Page and Keith Richards. I've been playing for 17 years. Yes, I would buy it again if needed. The other Uni-Vibe clones I played are: Sweet Sound Mojo Vibe (the best in the world...), Dunlop (both Stereo and mono versions), etc.

FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AT abnerfm@ig.com.br anytime you want.

Extremly easy to use, but try to find your sweet spots

Strats, Ibanez, Music Man etc. Mesa RoadKing II/mesa 2x12 with G25 speakers. Wah->Micro Vibe-> Bad Monkey od->Amp->
Boss Digtal Dimension chorus(loop1)->Boss DD20(loop2)

Sounds fantastic. Just like i want it to. Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJg8laPTbGA

I have not tested every unit out there, so it gets a 9. It still the best so far.

Tested it trough Mesa Road King and Stiletto, Peavey JSX, Classic 50/4x10 and 6505/5150, Marshall JVM and JCM 800, Vox AC30, Crate VTS200S, Line6 amps. Works with every amp.

Had it for 4 years. Not a single problem. Stomp it'n play

Played for 20 years. I would buy it again with no hesitation..

This pedal is incredibly simple to use with two knobs for "Intensity" and "Speed", a foot switch, and an LED to indicate on/off.

Then of course, you have an input & output, as well as plug-in connection.

One thing to be aware of is where you place the pedal in the signal chain! I'd say place it after distortion pedals or else the sound will be a lot subtler. Make sure to experiment and see what sounds best to you.

For classic "Vibe" tones, try a high intensity plus about half speed.

For "Leslie" tones, go with full intensity and 3/4 speed.

For something like a phaser, go with half speed and half intensity.

The sound of this pedal is that classic Uni-Vibe sound, and set differently, it can do a good "Leslie/rotating cabinet" sound and even a warm, more organic "phaser" sound.

I really do love this pedal for its tone and versatility, and almost instantly it became my favorite effect.

I was reading a Guitar Player review of this pedal, in an article from the mid 90s comparing "Uni-Vibe"-style pedals. It ranked the Fulltone 'Vibe as having the best sound, and said that while the Micro Vibe offered the best bang for the buck, it didn't "envelop" your guitar sound quite like the Fulltone 'Vibe did...

I'd have to agree with that, at least sometimes. While I really like this pedal, I was playing with it with a Strat and a Fender amp and wasn't quite getting the sound of the Vibe to quite "take over" my tone as much as I would have liked.

Still, this is an EXCELLENT sounding pedal and I do not regret purchasing it at all. It can do a lot more than get Jimi's vibe tone. The phaser-style and leslie-style tones definitely make this a worthwhile pedal for me to have.

Well, it looks tough enough to me.

I really dig this 'Vibe, not only for the Jimi tones, but for the warm, organic leslie tones and phaser tones. Not a one-trick pony pedal at all. Absolutely worth it, but I did save a fair chunk of change by picking this up used. If I were to pay full price, I'd check out the other 'Vibe pedals out there as well. Having said that, I still might stick with the Micro Vibe over other brands.

Two knobs for Intensity and Speed plus and On/Off toggle. Can't get much easier than this. That said, while it's easy to use, you do have to take some time on placing it correctly in your signal chain: Before or after my OD pedals. I finally decided on placing it after my OD pedals. While not quite as intense in this position, I found that it worked a lot better vib'ing a distorted signal than distorting a vibe signal.

Subtle chorus to thick, syrupy vibe. It's truly beautiful. Others have mentioned that it sounds better with a Strat. I disagree. I use it with an ES-333 a Korina Explorer and a Strat, and it sounds awesome with all those guitars.

Another mentioned that it sucked tone. I haven't found that to be the case at all. It certainly alters your sound, which it's supposed to, but tonally, it's clean. I dig this pedal! That said, it does seem as if your EQ does get a bit scooped, but it's not severe, and by no means did I feel that my tone got sucked in any way.

In any case, this is a gorgeous sounding pedal.

I haven't had it for long, but it's very solidly built, so I'm expecting it to be very reliable.

I called tech support to ask them a few questions about rig placement and power requirements, and the person I spoke with was both knowledgeable and friendly. A good combination.

I write and cover music that crosses a wide variety of genres, though as of late I've been leaning towards the blues and classic 70's rock tone. The Micro Vibe gives me the tone that I want from psychedelic to leslie. It has a permanent spot on my board.

I chose the Micro Vibe over the Fulltone Mini Deja Vibe after A/B'ing both for over an hour, and I chose it for a couple of reasons. First, price. You just can't go wrong when you get true bypass switching and great tone through a wide range of settings for almost half the price of the Deja Vibe.

Secondly, even though it doesn't have a vibrato switch like the Deja, in "vibe" mode, I just preferred the sound it produced. It has a tad darker color than the Deja. Not that the Deja's tone is bad. It's not, but I simply preferred the darker coloring of the Micro Vibe. The Deja Vibe's "pulse" is also much more subtle. I really wanted a more "in your face" pulse.

Being an analog pedal, you really do have to take the time to find the sweet spots for different songs, and take a bit of time finding the right position in your signal chain, but believe me, it's totally worth it, and you won't be disappointed.