Funky Vintage: Univox Hi-Flier Phase 3 Guitar and Bass 

As a Lefty like Cobain, I really love my white Phase 3 Hi-Flier cuz I can flip the guitar and the shape still looks good. I removed the Volume/Tone knobs and pickup switch so my arm doesn't rub. It's light and super comfortable and stock pickups sound fantastic!The neck is also very skinny and it's just really easy to play. The bridge saddles are bad though...it's easy for the string to slip out.I bought mine on Ebay a few years ago for $600. I had to have it, it has tons of nicks and chips but it's a keeper.

I don't like how guitarists on youtube often plays bass palm muted. Lets hear the real tone!

I thought that I heard somewhere that Kurt Cobain's was a phase 3. Not 100% sure though. Either way, still a killer guitar (and bass for that matter).

Great demo. & at 4:18, you play the Buzzcocks' "Why can't i touch it" I want this bass! (& this guitar!)

so many great vintage japanese Guitars were made on that glorious 70s and 80s era this one is one of the best Univox Guitars i have seen sounded specially beautiful with the reverb and the delay man

I had the Bradley Hi-Flyer (same factory). What it lacked was any natural sustain. It was easy to play and very light. For what everyone's "trying" to get for Univox, I'd go for an Eastwood, they are probably cheaper brand new.

By buddy Tim bought a Hi-Flier 6-string in '76 & never played it. I bought it from him in '78 for $100 when he needed rent money & I've had it ever since. I re-engineered the Trem so I can now do a deep dive or pull up a whole note, let go & it stays in tune. The moron at Mastery Bridge said it couldn't be done, and he had actually sawed one in half trying. I also swapped out the 3-on-a-plate tuners for 18:1 Grovers & junked the cheap, scratchy old pots in favor of Bourns "Blue" pots & Switchcraft switch & socket. The original Humbuckers stayed. I also have a Strat & a Les Paul. The Uni is my favorite solid body by far.

Danelectro manufactures a Mosrite-y guitar as well called the '66. Played one the other day & thought it was very nice. If you're interested in this kind of guitar I would recommend you check it out. I think they have a baritone version too!

I bought one in the 90's off the street for about 20 bucks. And it was fun and had a fun cheap character to the sound. Agree the action was nice and fast. Mine even still had the press paddle ( kind of cheap looking compared to the mosrite ) But the necks are bolted down kind of cheaply if I remember right and I could never get it seated right ( as if the string pressure would finally win after about 2 months at a time ) I finally ended up giving it away to a young girl whose eyes seemed to covet it and who aspired to learn how to play it. Dunno if that ever happened. But if so $20 bucks well spent. Can't imagine ever buying one without inspecting the neck unless I was just buying as much for the fun vintage hardware for another piece mod. When yer use to pulling a whammy bar u will eventually do the same to a push paddle. The spring just sat there unattached held by being wedged in place. So everytime I would pull without thinking... the spring would pop out and go bouncing around. Amazingly the spring was never lost.

Damn I'd love to play some bleach tunes floyd the barber big cheese and the hole record 😍

Kurt Cobain

The side jack univox highflyer phase 4 , sounds just the same brand new without chips , nicks or scratches. Its has the same built Quality as the original and plays and sounds even better .🎸 😎

Got a phase 1 off a guy for $150 a few years ago, kinda feel bad for him now, he had no idea what its worth

Why has no one made recreations of these pickups? Eastwood sold copies on their website several years back but you can't find them anymore

I bought the bass in 1976 new for about $129 for my garage band. I still prefer a short scale. It was stolen in 1980 and when I got back into playing I thought it would be fun to find another. $450!? WTF? You gotta be kidding me! I still want one but I'm not paying that for it!

Wow--you talked about the bass for like a minute and a half.

What strings are on that bass and what are you running it through. Sounds sick.

Now m love with this hi flier...

gorgeous guitar

whats the song called from 2:42?

Iron Butterfly

i love the basssssss

What song are you playing on the univox at the intro??

I've been looking for this 6 string

cheap as chips

Please help, I have one without a bridge, where could I buy one/What bridge should I put on it?

I got a 63 sunburst mosrite, not a ventures. I cant find much info on it...

sweet

Fucking rad

What's the scale length? Looks very short.

Kurt say hi

Hey! Wait! I need a white Phase 4!

A hip hop song with no guitar for an intro song? Hum?

wow those univox sound like crap... mosrite just blows 'em away. a good set of mosrite pickups are like gold.

Kurt would of smashed all these POS guitars!!!

tune your guitar, the guitar is great but you are not