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Post by Charente on Oct 18, 2020 14:17:54 GMT -5
Who'da thunk it?
The Univibe was an attempt by a Japanese electronics whizz to recreate the distorted signal he picked up on the radio from Radio Moscow!
PS - Highly recommend Friday Fretworks!
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Post by mikedetorrice on Oct 21, 2020 16:21:02 GMT -5
Very interesting and informative overview !
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Post by DrKev on Oct 22, 2020 4:30:43 GMT -5
Damn you! I had forgotten I wanted a uni-vibe until this!
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Post by twangmeister on Oct 22, 2020 15:50:02 GMT -5
I convinced our guitarist to buy one in the early '70s. He briefly lent it to me after he started using a big stage Leslie instead.
It developed a problem in the cable between the control box and the pedal and ultimately got tossed in the trash.
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Post by DrKev on Oct 22, 2020 16:12:35 GMT -5
Damn you! I had forgotten I wanted a uni-vibe until this! I just bought this mini blue job. Thanks! |
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Post by chimpo on Oct 31, 2020 21:41:12 GMT -5
It's a spin-out! So where does the popular belief that the Univibe was designed to replicate a rotating speaker come from?
I'd love to see and/or read articles directly from the designer that it was originally designed to replicate radio Moscow. The OP video is hearsay IMO with no direct evidence to back it up (or am I missing something?)
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Post by DrKev on Nov 1, 2020 8:45:58 GMT -5
It seems to me, the early Honey/Shin-Ei Uni-Vibes were marketed as replicating the rotating speaker sound (which is where the assumption that it was designed to do so comes from) but the radio interference story is new to me. I have never heard that story until this year. However, I remember that sound so well, it is a very believable story. And Josh Scott is a believable source in my books...
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Post by pcalu on Nov 1, 2020 12:28:45 GMT -5
Damn you! I had forgotten I wanted a uni-vibe until this! I second that! Damit! ... now I got to make room on my board |
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