Fulltone Custom Shop Mini-DejaVibe CS-MDV-1 Chorus/Vibrato Effects Pedal

Description

What was an “original Univibe?” It was an 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. Fulltone started out in the ‘80’s collecting, dealing, and repairing ’vibes, which lead them 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! I 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-maker using original-specification Glass sealed custom-made photocells, the only one using a custom-made dual Opto-Resistor for the external speed controller, and the only using original Panasonic/Masushita 2SC828 transistors.