Fulltone Mini-Deja'Vibe mkII ...

3.990,-

Fulltone MDV mkII What is an “original Univibe?” It is a four-stage Phaser effect made between late-1968 and 1973 designed to replicate a Leslie rotating speaker by using a tiny incandescent light bulb shining on four photo-resistors housed under an aluminum shroud. This odd circuit offered a watery, thick, and unique blend of pitch-bend vibrato and chorus-like phase-shifting. Although it didn’t sound too much like a Leslie, its sound took on a life of its own, a sound heard on many recordings by Jimi Hendrix, Frank Marino, David Gilmour, and Robin Trower. Original Univibes were extremely large, heavy effects boxes mated to an external wah-type foot-pedal controlling the modulation speed via a 5 pin, quick-disconnect cable. Old ‘vibes were very inconsistent from one unit to the next and were prone to malfunctioning, with no one knowing how to fix them let alone how to make them sound good again....well, almost no one. Michael Fuller started out in the ‘80’s collecting, dealing, and repairing ’vibes, which lead him to the idea of re-designing and building a bullet-proof new ‘vibe clone in a smaller footprint. Enter the Fulltone Deja’Vibe in 1993 with the goal of making a True-Bypass ‘vibe that was more reliable and that was 1/4 the original Univibe’s astronomical used-market selling price! Fulltone have been making “the exact original Univibe clone” ever since, with Robin Trower and many others using them exclusively the entire time. Fulltone is the only ‘vibe using custom-made original-specification photocells, other companies buy incorrect ones from a DIY website because they didn’t spend thousands of dollars blueprinting every aspect of these original photocells like we did. They also devised a way to use our custom-made Optocoupler for controlling the speed of the oscillator and the external speed controller, providing much slower and faster available speeds than other ‘vibe clones. You don’t have to be a huge Trower or Hendrix fan to appreciate the mkII, you just have to appreciate that massive pulsating wall of sound it creates when you switch it on. Play on! Main Features: • Univibe effects pedal • Totally discrete design • Fulltone manufactured Optocouplers • Chorus/Vibrato Switch • Vintage Modern Switch • Uses glass covered/hermetically-sealed photocells and an incandescent bulb • 100% hand-built in the USA • Powered by 18 V DC PSU (centre -, 2.1 mm, 35 mA current draw)