The short story in the video description really adds perspective to the video and makes it all so much better knowing the situation not just seeing a moment and not understanding the context. Love ya guts guys keep inspiring us all
Tom, thanks for taking the time to fill the description with such great detail! Super cool that you documented this rare moment! The variance from pedal to pedal is really eye opening.
the fact that "dear Tom" adds pretty much every time "dear" and "sweet" to the names of his fellow musicians , friends ans so on , indicates the goodness of his soul ! bless you Tom , for that !
My main stratocaster has the initials of my 10-12 favorite guitarists/guitar heroes carved into the body with a soldering iron.😅 These two are both on it. Two of the greatest on the same session 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Load bloooown! KWS is a total badass, Slow Ride was such a killer song of his with the vibe! Uncle Larry this channel is pure fuckin' gold. The oldest one has a "chewier" vibe. So killer!
Saw KWS post the pic of the 3 vibes on Instagram and thought, “ I bet those sound cool. Wish I could hear them.” So I switch over to RU-vid and this is the first video to pop up on my feed. Man, sometimes the planets just align. Thanks for the bts look at the crazy world of guitar nerdery.
KWS knows his Uni-Vibes! I got mine for $150 in 1987 when no one cared about old pedals. Kenny is right...they are huge signal suckers. Mine doesn’t go anywhere near as fast as that one on the left, but I never use the fastest setting.
How are your thumbs Tom. All that description typing had to be murder on your thumbs bro. Thanks Kenny Wayne for being a special guest on vintage gear day in class. And the fact that Uncle Larry has a uni-vibe is not lost on me 😎
Man what a cool video and a great way to wake up and have your morning coffee to on a day off. KWS, Uncle Larry, 3 original Univibes in one room. How cool is that? Can't wait to hear that track.
Great opportunity to A/B/C a few great vibes. Uncle Larry here has been through more gear than anyone any of us knows. And many of us in town, myself included, now own fantastic pieces of gear that he decided to move. My main Les Paul is still a sweet old no-volute 69 Custom I got from Uncle Larry with the original rectangle case.
Mark Risch says "I worked for Robin as his tech in 2000 and 2001. He was a gentlemen and a phenomenal guitarist. Really cared about his tone. Bought him a '71 JMP 100 that ripped. 119 shows 10 feet away from him and i still couldn't figure out what he was doing..."
I thought that was Kenny! It's funny, the second he plugged in the oldest one, I thought - Yep that sounds WAY better... Then I thought - Do you just think that because they said it was old??? Then Kenny kept swapping around and it was a no-doubter... Luck of the draw I guess. Thanks again for sharing the nerdery that goes on behind the scenes.
bro!!!!!!! the search for the perfect univibe never ends. once you hear and feel that throbiness there aint no coming back. I've gone through some bad bad vintage ones (you know vintage doesn't always mean good). Sweets, Sabbadius, Kings, Sir Henry, etc.........finally found mine. For me it's the God Vibe
The God Vibe is absolutely incredible. I agree with you on that one. It’s probably the best vibe I’ve ever heard besides the originals. The originals seem to have this thing going on when you speed them up. I would hear Hendrix do it all the time. Step on that Uni-Vibe pedal and it would sound like going through a time warp.
KWS was a key influence that got me hooked on guitar... many, many moons ago. Now you are showing me a new level musicianship that I didn’t think was possible on guitar. So cool to see you two in the same room. Thanks for sharing🙏
So cool. Looking forward to hearing these tracks. She picked a Bad ass song! Cant wait to see what you guys did with it. Def right up KWS alley. (Not that anything isnt haha) I await its release, until then I sigh.
Cool! I'm totally immersed in Uni-Vibe lately. Trying out all different pedals. Nice to hear different originals and getting the backstory, as well. Nice work Uncle Larry
@@mattjoe1982 I love Josh Scott's vids and have a couple of cool pedals of his including Black Box. I am not always pro tap tempo. Things can be confusing when introducing it. I like tap tempo on my DD-8 but like to limit it to that
In terms of a career that requires a lot of crawling around on the floor, musicians probably rank second only to carpet installers. But this is way cooler than a retro rug.
Big difference in sound and wonderfulness. Man, all the gear I have parted with over the decades. I still have a couple of Dallas and Maestro Fuzztones. I have a rack mount Deja Vibe from the 90s serial number 0002, Michael Landau has serial number 0001
So, the obvious good one is pretty beat. The other 2 look clean. Odds are pretty high it's been the good one from the day it left the bench, and has been used as a result. On the other hand, electronics age differently with use. Maybe they all sounded great initially, and the passage of time in a closet has negatively affected the lesser 2... $10k of Univibe,, KWS, Little Tommy, Ann Wilson and a Bridge of some sort... that should sound amazing.
I dig vintage gear.... I'm not sure why my ear never took to the univibe ....trower and ya ..even jimi and jimmy I love those guys obviously but .. now if it was Dallas arbiter treble boosters ...I'd be drooling......so I'll just let yall enjoy your moment...cheers man
Tom, in the manual for my Captain Coconut 2 (which has the best sounding Univibe clone I’ve personally heard), it says: CENTER - Controls the center of the sweep. You can dial in the exact amount of "off-center" wobble, which is something that makes this effect unique. On the original Uni-Vibe this parameter was available only as a trim pot located on the circuit board. This means that whatever setting it was left on would determine how the vibe sounded. Of course, this setting varied from unit to unit. One might sound bright, one might sound dark, and it was all due to that darned internal adjustment. Maybe your Univibe can be adjusted via the internal trimmer?
I got one of those from the 60’s. Seriously amazing pedal. I treat it like a valuable fragile antique. Got it from a guy who has a studio in his backyard. Would sell but only local - it’s too sweet to destroy by courier, lol.
First gen Univibe is the one! Almost sounds like my DOD Envelope Filter 440. Those first gen pedals had to be tried because each one had a different sound, the components varied so much from unit to unit. I remember spending hours trying a whole batch of DOD and MXR pedals for the one with the perfect sound.
Thanks Kenny, Zack and Tom - All sound different. Even thru the phone tho that old one has a "thwwwap" sound when crossing over. So Cool - Thanks - I gotta tweek my Mobius digital representative of this sound - it doesn't even come close ha!
