Uni-Vibe Vs Harmonic Tremolo [Plus Fuzz & OD Order]- That Pedal Show

Do you prefer Vibe or Harmonic Trem? And what’s the difference anyway? Let’s find out…
Life too short for long KZbin videos? Please see the ‘Interesting bits and go-to sections’ information below.
Please note: ‘Uni-Vibe’ is a registered trademark of Dunlop Manufacturing Inc.
Welcome to the show! Today we’re comparing two effects that can easily be confused for one another: vibe and harmonic tremolo.
Vibe is derived from the ‘Uni-Vibe’ of 1968, and it’s the classic churning, pulsing, four-stage phaser created using a bulb and light dependent resistors. Robin Trower, Jimi Hendrix, Trey Anastasio, Gilmour… you know it when you hear it!
Harmonic tremolo came about almost a decade earlier in a handful of Fender guitar amplifiers.You take two tremolo circuits, make one deal with higher frequencies, one deal with lower frequencies and put them out of phase. There’s no pitch shifting going on (as there is in the Magnatone vibrato for example). It’s a mesmeric sound that doesn’t have the gut-wrenching churn of vibe.
We are using two of our favourite modern recreations of each effect for today’s examples. Clearly there are many, many others to choose from and no doubt you all have your favourites: these are ours.
After explaining and comparing the effects themselves we move on to discussing some related tone questions, chiefly the order in which you might want to use overdrive and fuzz, which is always the subject of much debate.
Enjoy the show!
Gear in this episode…
• TheGigRig Three 2 One
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• TC Electronic PolyTune Mini Noir
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• Dunlop JHF1 Jimi Hendrix Fuzz Face Distortion
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• Cornerstone Gladio Double Preamp
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• JAM Pedals Retrovibe MkII
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• Pedal Pawn Gypsy Vibe
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• JAM Pedals Harmonious Monk
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• Supro Tremolo
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• Source Audio Collider Delay & Reverb
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• TheGigRig G3
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Amps
• Marshall 1987x with 1960AX cab / Celestion G12M Greenback speakers
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• Matchless HC-30 with ESD 212 cab / Celestion G12M Greenback and G12H Anniversary speakers
Guitars
• 2012 Fender American Vintage ’59 Stratocaster (Custom Shop Fat ’60s pickups)
• 2001 Fender Custom Shop 1963 Telecaster - Dan’s video - • That Pedal Show - Our ...
• 2016 Epiphone Casino (Lollar P90 pickups) - Mick’s video - • Epiphone Casino Pickup...
• 1965 Fender Telecaster
Interesting bits and go-to sections
- Intro playing: 00:00
- What are we doing today? : 03:38
- Explanations of both effects: 04:45
- GypsyVibe & Supro Trem comparison: 07:20
- Pedal Pawn, and today’s pedals: 09:45
- Retrovibe & Harmonious Monk comparison: 11:47
- Phase and audibility discussion: 13:05
- Mickin Trowlerdrix: 14:00
- …dialling back the depth in the HM: 15:08
- Vibe before or after fuzz?: 19:15
- Hendrix and Trower and pedal order: 22:35
- Adding overdrive after fuzz and vibe: 24:10
- …before and after sound comparisons: 24:45
- Retrovibe before and after overdrive: 26:40
- Supro Trem & Harmonious Monk: 29:10
- Overdrive before and after harm trem: 32:58
- Fuzz before and after harmonic trem: 34:25
- …and the giant buffer discovery: 34:50
- What about some clean tones?: 39:05
- All the mod pedals on?: 41:00
- Closing thoughts: 43:18
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[@davidpepper442]

I will never get tired of watching Dan's "guitar face" expressions while listening to Mick playing. Dan's a fantastic player, but he's also the greatest listener anyone could ever hope for.

[@zacherycampbell7296]

Very underrated comment!! We all need a Dan as a hype man!

[@self4autism333]

Great point, that's why the pros turn to him first for pedal boards.

[@VodkaSelekta]

If Steve Vai suddenly starts using a Uni-Vibe his signature pedal should be called the Uni-Vaib

[@ThatPedalShow]

You win Internetz today! Bravo!

[@jimivibes609]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@PedalPawn]

Chris here 🤗 Life made!! Can’t thank you enough 🎛🟥⬜️🎸 Incredible playing as always & just two all round cracking blokes 💥

[@ThatPedalShow]

Ah man. You’ve done an amazing job mate. Bravo! :0) x

[@paulg33]

@@ThatPedalShow Great review guys, catching up on work as i 'may' have watched the episode a few too many times - Rock on baby! The before/after vibe placement info was super helpful, thanks. Love my Monk btw and cannot wait for the Gypsy Vibe ;)

[@loupeelou902]

Your shows make me happy, I just love how you chat and all the detail you go in to. Thank you!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Thank you Lou!

[@bluesholyman6187]

Micks playing at the beginning was just awesome - the playing fit the effects so well!!!

[@blues61]

One thing I've found with my univibe (Fulltone DejaVibe MKII) is that less can be more. I dial back the speed to super slow and the vibe simply colors the sound in a syrupy way. Couple that with a compressor up front and you get in a Lowell George space for slide. Great episode guys. Good stuff!

[@amaury1828]

Love the quick explanations to present each effects, so smooth and understandable !

[@ThatPedalShow]

Cheers Amos. We want to do more of that stuff. Try and leave the waffle for unintelligible and unrelated tangents. Hahahaah

[@spacegoat77]

Great vid again! Perfectly timed! I’m literally playing around with fuzz, Univibe and trem and the order of it all. Learn a ton again. Thanks again guys!

[@benjammin3707]

What a glorious thing to watch two mates BACK IN THE ROOM!!! To drop in and receive such knowledge bombs and sermons of truth is such a treat to behold. I love you two and have the slightest aversion because your love of tone has lengthened the quest for "MY" sound. Only joking of course. Seriously, THANK YOU DAN and MICK, I can feel the love emanating from the cabs behind you to the joy from within. YOU LEGENDS!!!

[@ColinDymond]

I love the VT explanation idea. Lots of information clearly and concisely explained. Thanks.

[@vintagecharlie5969]

The vibe background is far more fascinating than a Leslie and has some cold war context. Not to get too nerdy, but the Univibe inventor Fumio Mieda, says himself in an interview on an Deeper's view episode (Japanese guitar gear channel) available on youtube, he did NOT intend to imitate the Leslie effect, but tried to capture the effect he heard on powerful Radio Moscow propaganda broadcasts jamming japanese middle wave transmisions and hitting the ionosphere. He described it as a phasing effect that was produced by the ionosphere changing height during night. Basically a natural phenomenon made audible by radio waves. Truly inspiring and fascinating stuff.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Woah! Thanks Charlie. That’s fascinating!

[@bluesoverlord]

They go into that a little bit on The Pedal Movie. The boys here are mentioned too!

[@vintagecharlie5969]

@@bluesoverlord That movie is Nr. 1 on my non-work-related to do list.

[@brianrollins7275]

Also wanted to thank both of you for sharing the video of you guy’s jamming with AT. Excellent show and I loved it. Thank you.

[@jonathananderson3897]

I'm supposed to be working guys, don't post during the day 😂

[@ThatPedalShow]

Hahaha! GET BACK TO WORK AND STOP WATCHING THE INTERNETZ! X

[@stevenblakeakahashburns]

I am working but for the first time in months I decided to actually take my break rather than working through I think I’ll take my break entitlement more often 😊

[@jonathananderson3897]

OK, so I ended up working again until now 😭 but I just ordered a Monk and a fuzz Face 😊

[@jonathananderson3897]

@kimbiwa pinky promise?

[@douglasbroberg6456]

That opening playing may be one of Micks finest moments. Very well played sir! You sound amazing into the Marshall!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Thanks Douglas. It’s both amps always on a wooooooop!

[@jimivibes609]

Indeed amazing playing!!! Loved it a lot sounded dark

[@YanYeiDei]

Anyone else try to mimic some of the guys playing? This opening bit i’m going to try and mimic. Love that groove.

[@chrishumphries3389]

We need some short tutorial vids as ‘add ons’ for each episode 😁 Some of those riffs just make me smile.

[@nedim_guitar]

@@YanYeiDei Yes! I've done two or three licks they've played. I can't really nail them exactly like that played (I just recently started doing that, and I haven't practiced much), but I can't even have to copy their playing, I can play the same thing my own way. The most important thing is that these licks and riffs aren't what I usually play, and I'm actually expanding my vocabulary by playing different things, getting out of my comfort zone and challenging myself. Having breakdowns of some of the riffs and licks would make it a bit easier, but there's nothing wrong in working harder. 😁

[@evanmiller2579]

You could really sense the volume on this episode. Great job on the audio editing so that it always remains pleasant but clearly the tones you were getting....you could really tell some air was moving. Nicely done!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Thanks Evan. Yeah I was a bit worried that we might have pushed the room and preamps a bit too far. But no! Shout out to our new Austrian Audio OC18 mics. Really liking these!

[@waylander2649]

Hi guys, long time listener, first time caller. You guys were on fire this evening. The sounds were truly inspirational.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Thank you!

[@bigbillex]

Dude the intro and outro jam was killer!!! And Mik when you turned the tremolo to amplitude with the vibe and gladio engaged, you instantly made my wallet thinner but thanks haha great show guys!!!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Oooops! Sorry about all of the above Alenandre! Happy tones man! :0)

[@eaglerayrob]

Thanks! Great playing by both of you. I saw 104 a couple of times on the DB meter and a very brief 106. It translated and sounded great in my headphones. Tremolo and Overdrive pedal order position will be my homework from this episode. Very enlightening. Glad to hear you've both received your 1st jab. Cheers! P.S. A stereo HM would be a dream come true for me.

[@davehead34]

Excellent video! I’ve loved my Vibe-Bro for years and always wondered how it (vibes) stacked up against other solid harmonic trems that I haven’t had the chance to demo. Also-glad Trey got a shoutout! He’s easily the most inspirational guitarist of my time for me.

[@mtitus27]

It always makes me happy to see the Hendrix Fuzz Face, what a great pedal that sits right alongside the boutique offerings.

[@laurensbronsveld]

One minute in, it sounds great already. This is gonna be a good one💪

[@nickm.9474]

Very interesting with vibe in the middle. Thats pretty awesome sounding. Never would have thought of doing that. Thanks guys.

[@aaronmhanson]

This is the first episode that may have made me think I don't need a pedal. I've been pondering a RetroVibe but just love how the Monk sounds, and I'm lucky enough to have one already. Thanks so much for the comparison, very insightful.

[@dpmills]

Oh, man - the GypsyVibe before the Fuzz Face was insanely good! Best combo of the two sounds I've heard...don't know if I'm just crazy or my ears are shot - but that's how I'd do it for sure!

[@greysun5160]

Simply great. Beautiful sounds and beautiful knowledge imparted.

[@elliotthall5543]

That's my favorite opening of all the years of shows, of which I have watched at least 85 more than once.

[@jep3305]

Great comparison, Gents. Here's my 2 Cents: To save both money and pedal board real estate, I combine my Supro Tremolo with a Mooer Orange 90 Phaser. That's obviously not a Univibe, but it works for me and by switching between Amplitude and Harmonic Tremolo on the Supro, different vibes (no pun intended) can be achieved - plus, by experimenting with the Speed dial on both pedals, different degrees of "swirlyness" can be obtained… Please keep these vids coming!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Nice!

[@joepeezy4sheezy]

I’ve been watching since the beginning and thanks to Mick’s demo, I have a Mesa TA15 which is a sweet amp! Please don’t let the haters get to you. I’m not sure where the hate is coming from since the vast majority of people here are such supportive people. You guys are successful here because of the hard work and JOY you show in your work and deserve the rewards you get. That’s why we all show up here every week (and are blue when you don’t). Cheers guys, with love from a stranger in CA.

[@ThatPedalShow]

No strangers here Joe - we are family like you say. Took us a while to understand that haters gonna hate. Our enduring hope is that one day we’ll welcome them in and they’ll feel like family too. Cheers man! X

[@Matt-1d]

Dan and Mick-your playing was on fire in this episode. And I love my Harmonious Monk. Running it wet-dry and its fabulous.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Thanks Matt! And thank you for buying a Monk!

[@johnnylockwood]

Holy moly! That intro was probably your best ever

[@joetoe9207]

So good. Your show is network quality. Seriously. So useful, yes, but a truly entertaining show.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Thank you!

[@matthewbookatz5049]

Great episode guys. It all sounds good to me.

[@Apitome1]

Thank you guys for mentioning Trower. He really is a deserving guitar player. I don't hear his name mentioned enough. Hopefully I'll hear one of the pioneers of that post Hendrix sounds Frank Marino of Mahogany Rush on here someday soon. Love the work guys. Always waiting to see where you go next.

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

I just discovered Frank Marino about a year ago. He’s an incredible guitar player.

[@michael_caz_nyc]

@@MrSpeed-lt8gr Listen to: The Answer & Dragonfly ( live ) = absolute killer performance's. I'm also a fan.

[@mazen2928]

I covered Trower, what an artist👍🏻

[@scotthowe1972]

Had to pause the video to go listen to some Frank Marino after hearing the vibe, FM & Mahogany Rush live is one of the greatest guitar album's of all time. Glad other's mentioned Frank. Cheers from across the pond.

[@brianrollins7275]

Another great episode, thanks. I will be getting the Harmonious Monk pedal very soon. It sounds fantastic in your videos and I also checked out Rabea’s demo and that was great too. Cannot wait to get this pedal, very exciting about it. Take care

[@DRChevalier]

That Pedal Show is the one thing in all media that I really look forward to each week. Thank you so much. This week I learned the practical differences between vibe, trem and harmonic trem. For myself I still prefer the sound of a Leslie done well but that does not invalidate the learning about the others. Love my Gladio, still not feeling fuzz. Makes my teeth hurt. However I’m in the minority. Be well!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Thanks Ross! Ah man, Leslie is just the best isn’t it!? Be well sir!

[@morrisonmcqueen1364]

I’m with you on the fuzz issue. I try every so often, but I just can’t...! Love all things ‘Leslie’ though

[@RambleTone]

Old school TPS is back! Great show guys👍🎸

[@marcospereira6752]

I’ve waited years for a Trey Anastasio name drop

[@87715529]

same

[@davehead34]

Absolutely

[@GigsandGuitars]

Dan/Mick great show as always. Loved the tones again and the conversation about signal chains of fuzz/vibe. Phaser kept on popping up, which is great and I’ve been having a great time lately with Muff>Phase90 Script for top end frequency action with my Firebird......loving it. Regards Kev 👍😊

[@simononeill941]

It's the vibe! Dennis Denuto. All time classic Aussie film.

[@chapmanwiki]

IT'S MABO!

[@Bealzeebozzo]

No. It's just the vibe.

[@everettjames7900]

Literally just days ago I was googling “what’s the different between harmonic tremolo and univibe”! Excited to give this a watch!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Hoooway!

[@Digosaurus]

Great episode! Great tones! Great people! Great work 🙂☮️✌️🧡

[@howardbwade]

Hey guys. Great show as usual. I have a vibe and harmonic tremolo on my board as my only wobble pedals. TPS is where I first learned about both types and I love ‘em so thanks. In my case it’s a Fulltone DejaVibe and a Walrus Monument. The vibe goes before the drive section, the tremolo after delay before reverb. I’ve discovered that a vibe sounds killer into a Prince of Tone on “OD” with the drive at about noon or a little better. The POT’s slight mid lift and bass rolloff help it cut. Thanks for all you do.

[@scottw9732]

Vibe or harmonic trim? Yes please. Great show and awesome playing, gents. Mick's opening bit just about made me drool, too. Great stuff.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Thank you Scott. :9)

[@wajco007]

I finally got my own gentleman seal today. I´m pretty sure my wife was jealous a bit when she saw my face opening the box. This show truly made me get back to playing. I left electric guitar on the bench for a couple of years, until you inspired (forced) me to try wet-dry, helped me to understand and love pedals. I hope the whole brexit thing doesn´t affect you the slightest bit. Thank you TPS

[@ThatPedalShow]

Ah man, thank you! The Brexit has affected us a bit. Cost us some money, made things harder than they needed to be. We didn’t want it, but it happened and that’s okay. New day, get on with it. It all just is. So we do. Cheers!

[@crazyenright]

Mick, that intro was incredible! Great playing!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Thank you kindly James!

[@dhod900]

Yep, holy shit... its 10:49pm otherwise I’d have to stop, grab a guitar and make some loud noises. Inspiring stuff.

[@stratcatfenderbender]

@@ThatPedalShow Nice touch with Mickin Trowlerdrix 👌🏼

[@AndyDemos]

Yeah, glad you mentioned the vibe/fuzz order. Trower (Bridge of Sighs era) and Hendrix both played with overdrive after vibe, the overdrive being the Marshall! Every pedal here sounds so delicious, btw!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Andy! X

[@MurrayWilliams]

I believe the term for that high fizz sound is “Sizzlefizz”. I just came up with that and it’s the perfect name ... Sizzlefizz.

[@ThatPedalShow]

We like it Murray. Perfect.

[@ewetoo]

Signed

[@coliosucc7468]

@@ewetoo lol

[@Daniel-rg9sl]

Consider this a preorder for your new “Sizzlefizz” pedal.

[@zeroamplification]

Tell him he's dreamin. Harmonious Monk - ahhh that's goin' straight to the pool room

[@ThatPedalShow]

Ha!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Hahahaha!!!!

[@clivegregory4126]

@@ThatPedalShow You know what that means don't you? That Pedal Show has been compulsorily purchased

[@Stuie_02]

That Pedal Show - Next dual pedal you design/collab on, can you name it 'Coco' or 'Son of Coco'?

[@christopheradcock2980]

Dan (Dale) dug a hole. Tell ‘em Dan… The Serenity

[@Mr_Bollie]

This ginormous, beautiful, red lightbulb throbbing in such a casual, almost insinuating way on that Gypsy Vibe is so pleasing to watch, it's almost a sin!

[@LeonTodd]

Never thought I'd see The Castle get quoted in one of these videos. Glorious.

[@manit3307]

This is exactly what the doctor prescribed for a long WE! Trem into drive was a big aha moment: I swapped the order of my board and I love it! (Sunface => SickAs => Cali78 => HarmoniousMonk => SLdrive) But why, why, why, in the name of all the Beauty in this world, why is this vid only 48 minutes long? We need 3 hours of this !

[@ThatPedalShow]

Hahahah! Sweeeeeet!

[@whatwouldhousedo5136]

Nice Trey Anastasio shoutout- great to hear him mentioned on a British channel!! He has my favourite guitar tone(s). MONSTER player.

[@phillipbland2861]

Great video. Some truly epic sounds.

[@tuckermb6288]

Very interesting to hear some of the Vibe or Trem effects that I just don't care for in isolation (i.e. just a strummed chord or note with the effect), but which really add value in a more musical context. Great video.

[@Adventuresingearland]

Majestic seems a slipshod, out of hand, cast-off description of those monolithically awesome tones; truly wondrous. Top work team. Intruiging to see the evolution of video production make another step change as well - nice one Simon. All those brownie points are voided however, on account of the fact we STILL haven't see your pedal board as promised in the video editing masterclass about 13 years ago.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Hahahha! Thanks Larry!

[@rogerwilliams2629]

You guys sounded friggin awesome this morning!! Painting soundscapes. I am a Trower fanatic, but I love the Harmonius Monk. I don't have either a Vibe or trem. Soon, I will soon!! LOL Damn!! Enjoyed yalls playing, I've got to go listen again. Oss! Good morning from Cut and Shoot, Texas!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Trower fanatic with no vibe!?!? Please correct this immediately! Ha! Much love to you Roger!

[@karllongbottomguitars9192]

Michael that intro was epic. I have only ever bought 2 pedals straight after see them on KZbin (TPS on both occasions) the Thorpy Gunshot and the Supro tremolo, I still have both of them.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Ha! Thanks Karl!

[@charliemcgonigle96]

oh my lord. Loving the sounds of the uni-vibe 1st in the chain. Holy moly!

[@tomcaley8799]

Dear Mick, I’ve been playing guitar for around 30 years and would consider myself “no slouch” but when I hear you on a strat, tuned to e flat, through your fuzz, doing your “post-Jimi” thing, I get shivers, every damn time. And then I hear you saying things like you’re doing “average Hendrix impressions” or that you’re an “enthusiastic amateur” (paraphrasing you from way back) and I just think “wow - what does that make MY playing?!”. In short, I find your playing totally inspiring, both in tone and in content. Stop selling yourself short! Thank you for listening to my TED Talk...

[@musicmnw1982]

The drooling is how you know you're really on it. All of Jimi's guitars are probably filled with his DNA. Fantastic playing!

[@astrologyambience240]

Mick, that opening - no words, cheers

[@rasmusolesen5307]

I love that uni-vibe pedals have a master volume and I wish that more modulation pedals did. The ability to underdrive a dirty amp while adding a cool effect is just brilliant.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Ooh that’s cool. Never even thought of that. Niiiiice!

[@Onetinsoldier]

Thanks for that idea! My tremolo has a volume knob!

[@rasmusolesen5307]

@@ThatPedalShow I actually thought about this exact "trick" when Dan complained about all the important frequencies dissapering when turning on his Uni-vibe. Running it into a dirty amp also helps prevent this :)

[@rasmusolesen5307]

@@Onetinsoldier Best "clean" tone i have ever had :) and it works just as great with compressors.

[@self4autism333]

Yeah, i do that with one od ds pedal, set the drive to zero, the vol to 9.00 am. The colour to ds which scoops the tone. This is now the inverse of tube screamer.

[@nickharrington12]

Great video! I have to start by saying I'm not a fan of tremolo. Not because it doesn't sound cool, but because it physically messes with my head at volume. Listening to the harmonic trem however, doesn't seem to have the same affect on me and I really enjoy it. Mick, your playing in this video is top notch. No disrespect to Dan whatsoever, but you can tell you really vibe (pun intended)with those sounds. Also, that Casino sounds so good. Such an amazing change after the pickup upgrade. This was another great example of how big a deal pedal order is on the sounds you are trying to achieve! Cheers guys.

[@AlOKaneMusic]

Great show guys. I love my Monk. I've been through a shed load of vibes, finally ended up with a Monk and he's come out on top...

[@ThatPedalShow]

Yay! Thanks for buying one!

[@AlOKaneMusic]

@@ThatPedalShow no worries. It's awesome! Btw, Looks like you've got the standard TPS two amp set up - Can I ask if you were going wet/dry in this video? If so, were the vibes and trems in both amps or? Cheers.

[@konnektlive]

Great B Phrygian Dominant stuff with sus/7 chords/arpeggios at the end Dan! I love it that you do play out of the box! Cheerio

[@ThatPedalShow]

Mick has left the chat. Hahahahahha

[@konnektlive]

@@ThatPedalShow Haha! no worries man; it's all useless jargons but sometimes they are useful when transferring ideas musically. I think that's their onl real purpose! So yeah you are not missing anything if you are not a session player, or someone who needs to communicate and transfer musical ideas to others constantly. Cheerio as always!

[@marlin25r]

gotta save this for later. thanks guys!

[@johnb4024]

You had that light bulb moment at 34:54 when you realized rolling back the guitar volume made the fuzz clean and sparkly. I was so hoping you would reach for the Strat again and plug back fuzz>vibe and roll back the volume. Pretty sure that's how Jimi got all those beautiful sounds from his vibe.

[@jakesdaddy08]

For years Harmonic Trem was my secret weapon and how people scoffed!!! Now everyone loves it because of TPS, you guys ruined my secret!!! It sounds bloody superb here though guys, keep on spreading the good word!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Hahahaha!!!!

[@eanroad]

Love all your vids but I'm happy that y'all are touching back up on the OG format of displaying the sounds of different pedals. Cheers!

[@johnny8dljuneau]

Massive fan of the Supro! Got the deja vibe too - a superb sounding pedal but seems to not like anything but it’s own Fulltone power supply. So for simplicity I tend to gravitate towards just throwing my Supro on the board (not that I’m directly comparing them!). Very intrigued by the Monk, this has been a great exploration of it and to compare it to similar style pedals has been extremely useful. So thank you as always chaps for top quality content!

[@iancpowell]

So that explains why the Jet Phase has its mojo (with the FX order), this whole episode was joyous information and fabulous possibilities to get lost in. thank you for the inspiration and information

[@ThatPedalShow]

Thanks so much Ian, very kind!

[@jonathandidley5262]

I love tremolo and because of you guys I got a really cool trem pedal. Not you guys’ pedal, but cool none the less so thanks. It’s the one with 6 options including another great trem, the square wave trem. Keep making these great vids.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Cheers Jo 🤓👍

[@jonathandidley5262]

@@ThatPedalShow sorry, forgot to mention that it was specifically the Harmonic tremolo, which for my money is a better alternative to a phase effect. It just holds up better and doesn’t sound thin. Thanks!!!

[@jwmcmillenii]

In my mind and feelings, vibe creates a few extraordinarily great moments when your playing luckily happens across its sweet spot. Harmonic Trem feels like that sweet spot happens more often and more predictably, though considerably less dramatic.

[@ThatPedalShow]

That’s an insightful take on it. Thank you!

[@pauljirak2373]

Love the Supro Trem, not only because of the terrific harmonic trem, but also for the dirty Supro sound when the Trem is off and Gain dimed.

[@midnite_in_november]

The gypsy vibe and the rest of pedal pawns line up is so amazing would like to see u guys do their fuzz and Texas twang pedals in some sort of video

[@commentingpausedtoprotectus]

As soon as I saw univibe I knew this would be a good video 😀 2:08 Maaaaaaan that sounds so good and dirty, love it!

[@themog4911]

I didn't know I needed a Harmonic Tremolo pedal until now :)

[@jospoortman9915]

Mick, that intro was phenomenal.

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

Fascinating video! I preferred the sound of the vibe/trem before the fuzz the whole video up until you demonstrated how it drastically altered the volume response. I was just thinking about trying to put my supro harmonic trem first in chain but after seeing this it's staying after the fuzz :)

[@ledhendrix5054]

For me Mick & Dan its Univibe all the way , love it , Hendrix , Trower , Stevie Ray , as soon as I heard you in the intro it makes me want to grab my guitar and play , it sounds even better with a Wah kicked in to.

[@gayvalds]

I'm just glad I'm not the only one who drools/dribbles on their guitar Also 38:16 - the tssssss tsssss tssssss - a true wordsmith

[@michael_caz_nyc]

I like Tremolo. (I own a Diamond = phenomenal unit) - but there's Nothing like that: hypnotic, liquid, throb you-get from a Uni-Vibe. I get lost in that sound for hours. God Bless Robin Trower.

[@therewasascene]

Omg dude when you turned up at the beginning I FELT it. Perfect example of the fuzz face’s oft discussed ability to clean up and/or completely rip with the volume knob as well. (I guess you only played 2 clean notes with it engaged but they were in fact clean :P)

[@ThatPedalShow]

Many more videos where there’s lots of clean. Cheers!

[@therewasascene]

Haha thanks for the reply - I didn’t mean to sound like I was crying about lack of clean tone samples, just correcting myself bc it came off like I thought the FF was on for the entirety of his intro playing. I don’t know why I was trying to avoid being flamed in comments like anyone cares what I think 😂 Really enjoyed this and the older dives into Vibes. Had to listen to Heard it Through the Grapevine this morning because of this video :)

[@ewetoo]

So nice to see some truly funky effects get some coverage, they sound so great. Keeps me interested in guitar tbh.

[@Bealzeebozzo]

Omg! Lovely intro playing Mick.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Thank you!

[@BobEllis79]

I love this topic! The three modulations on my board are phaser, vibe, and harmonic trem. Phaser is mostly swoosh with some pulse, harmonic trem is mostly pulse with some swoosh, vibe is in the middle of the two.

[@ROAMZ101]

Thank you for a brilliant description, what vibe would you choose on the market today?

[@BobEllis79]

@@ROAMZ101 If money were no object it woule be the Drybell Vibe Machine but Iuse the Earthquaker Devices The Depths because I got it for cheap used and it is highly tweakable, if not exaclty a genuine UniVibe sound.

[@ROAMZ101]

@@BobEllis79 the eqd depths is certainly catching my interest. Thanks for getting back to me.

[@maniacalion6170]

Dan, your mention of the loss in the mix is interesting. I found I really prefer the RotoVibe(Dunlop in the wah case), I really find the always on buffer does a thing for it. It doesn’t play as well with others, but it cuts!!

[@user-zv7lm8uk7h]

Wicked. This channel show has the best audio quality also.

[@MaxPower-js1sk]

Superb tones guys. I can’t wait to tell my wife that Mick and Dan said that I need the Harmonious Monk. Thanks guys. 👍😁👍

[@TheStrataminor]

Oh yes, tell us how that one goes....

[@MaxPower-js1sk]

@@TheStrataminor I haven't tried it yet, but if you live in Australia, you'll see the news: “Woman beats husband to death. TPS’ Dan and Mick implicated.”

[@brianrollins7275]

You’re hilarious. 🤭 I’ve mentioned it to my wife and her reply was “Maybe for Christmas, you’re not buying it right now”. So hopefully I’ll only have to wait a few more months. Fingers crossed that it’s under the tree 🌲. I hope you were able to pick one up. Take care

[@MaxPower-js1sk]

@@TheStrataminor It went fine. 😁👍

[@MaxPower-js1sk]

@@brianrollins7275 Oh dear. I weep for your pedal freedom. Let Brian live, play and buy pedals. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you. Cheers, Max Power 😁👍

[@miguelteixeira1979]

Can confirm the phaser problem in a live mix: you step on it and you are just gone away from the mix, the sound was probably headed towards the lighthouse that Mick mentioned ... Love playing phasers at home, but I've shifted towards other types of modulation to avoid exactly that. Congrats on the show! That SA Collider sounded great!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Thanks Miguel! We really love the Collider. So simple, sounds fab!

[@genesisfalling]

You guys should get hold of an Earthquaker Devices The Depths. A proper lightbulb Uni Vibe in a normal size pedal, but its far more flexible than a normal Uni Vibe and has loads of very cool sounds including a great Leslie style effect. Plus it was built on a shipwreck. It's amazing. Great show as always

[@ThatPedalShow]

Nice!

[@PendelSteven]

38:28 I totally agree, in authenthic use put the Harmonic Tremelo after the Foundation Overdrive. This means for some cases it should go into the effect loop. If you don't care how it was originally use, feel free to use it wherever you like, of course.

[@JH-kd6hs]

Gives me great joy to hear that Dan loves The Castle. I'll admit that I actually shed a tear at the end of that movie, laughed my arse off through most of it. "It's the vibe of it your honour" - Dennis Denuto, what a legend. Good times

[@ThatPedalShow]

Smell that? … two stroke!

[@JH-kd6hs]

​@@ThatPedalShow Thing I like most with a two-stroke is how it compliments the serenity! Haha - genius movie. Could do this all day 🙂

[@rubeno1941]

Dude your playing is AMAZING 💪💪💪🔥

[@AlecBourneMidiMadScientist]

Alright, this was truly brilliant, that final sequence around 39:00 onwards, mind blowingly cool 😎 sounds. Made my Friday that.

[@LawHunterSound]

Wonderful job. Really fascinating as usual. Only one point: i think that the Gladio OD had slightly too much gain in order to reproduce a plexi in overdrive. That can have slightly altered the result of the experiments. In this direction i hope to see another episode about the Fuzz Face - Wah dilemma and a more going in depth in the Vibrato-Chorus-Pitch land. Keep On Rockin' Guys we love you.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Yep, all a question of degree, but hopefully you can join the dots! Would be cool to actually do it with a cranked Plexi tho. Mick here. I’m in. HEAVEN!

[@TraneFrancks]

I've watched this several times now and I can honestly say that both vibe and harmonic tremolo (big shout out to the Thelonious reference in the pedal's naming, by the way) are some of my favourite sounds. I'd really like a brown panel amp alongside my Marshall for that harmonic goodness.

[@TraneFrancks]

Yet another watch of this and it strikes me just how phenomenal Transit Van sounds. What a glorious Strat sound.

[@blueshoddan]

You have to cover the fact that its awesome using 2 tremolos. I use a vibe first then I have a flint in the wet chain and then a supro amp and the 2 trem together opens up a whole new world!

[@fossilmatic]

Yes, I do the harmonic term of the Flint before my Supro Trem-Verb and it is cool. But then, that amp is rather fine.

[@JeffStarr]

I was watching this video again and the section discussing fuzz/overdrive before or after the vibe. I recently did a test and placed the univibe in the effects loop of my Dr. Z Amp and I found this sounded really good. So, that's another option worth trying if your amp has an effects loop.

[@mattsaysvideo]

That rig sounds great! I need to find the episode that you talked about that strat so I can brush up on what you were playing.