Hendrix Honey Univibe build story

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Re: Hendrix Honey Univibe build story

Post by Xplorer » Fri Jul 15, 2016 12:10 pm

Foot controler arrived ! directly from shinei.

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Re: Hendrix Honey Univibe build story

Post by garbeaj » Mon Jul 18, 2016 12:54 pm

So are all these parts NOS?! I had no idea the Shin-Ei company still existed...much less that they would still be selling parts like the foot controller. How did you get all this stuff?! Are they new or NOS?!

With that Gilmour style strat I'd love to hear a clip of "Breathe"...that's one recording that we absolutely know Gilmour used the Uni-Vibe for!

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Re: Hendrix Honey Univibe build story

Post by Xplorer » Mon Jul 18, 2016 4:19 pm

Shinei was resurected only recently ... as well as Honey ( the former brand that produced the univibe, before shinei ) , and companion.

not all parts are nos, no ... the cells, the diodes, the caps, the bulb, the transformer etc ...
only my piher are nos ! lol

yes, with breathe, it works perfectly ! i'll have to setup my ribbon mikes someday to try to capture a part of what it does in reality. in reality it's amazing.... love it.

this gilmour strat that i made features this magic switch and it's very very cool, it should be on every strats. 69 slider's pickups work Wonder with this setup and tyhe west coast amp.

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Re: Hendrix Honey Univibe build story

Post by Roe » Tue Jul 19, 2016 12:26 pm

Care to elabrate on the magic switch?
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Re: Hendrix Honey Univibe build story

Post by Xplorer » Tue Jul 19, 2016 12:59 pm

sure, it allows more pickup combinations :
neck + bridge ( sounds really like a telecaster, love it ) , and all pickups.
just with one tiny magic switch , like a secret weapon ;)
that's how it was on David Gilmour's Black strat.

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Re: Hendrix Honey Univibe build story

Post by garbeaj » Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:02 am

Well, that's how it was at one of the later of many, many stages of Gilmour's black strat!

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Re: Hendrix Honey Univibe build story

Post by AJW » Sun Jul 24, 2016 1:23 am

That looks and sounds fantastic! Great job there.

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Re: Hendrix Honey Univibe build story

Post by Xplorer » Sun Jul 24, 2016 1:29 am

thank you ! honestly the clips really can't tell how heavenly it is in reality. i now have this perspective on the clones and i can't believe i saw the megavibe as a great vibe once ..
it's really different, the signal just flys .
a good capture of this pure univibe sound is berkeley's version of machine gun, the cool tricks jimi does in the beginning, the slow vibe ... well that's the same. impossible to get there with another clone, or i'd say : without the west coast amp.

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Re: Hendrix Honey Univibe build story

Post by CKR » Mon Jan 02, 2017 12:20 pm

I love the look of this, fantastic job! If you don't mind sparing me a few minutes of your time I have a few questions for you regarding this vibe, are you able to please send me a direct message or an email to me through: www.ChrisKingRobinson.com

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Re: Hendrix Honey Univibe build story

Post by Xplorer » Tue Jan 03, 2017 8:19 pm

sorry, i didn't check the forum since a while. but contact is made now ;)

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Re: Hendrix Honey Univibe build story

Post by daveweyer » Wed Jan 04, 2017 7:39 pm

Xplorer great job, and you were able to get the pics posted directly on the forum. That helps. Just look at all the response you got from this.
Easy to see a lot of folks interested in this. Cheers

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Re: Hendrix Honey Univibe build story

Post by Xplorer » Fri Jan 06, 2017 7:48 pm

daveweyer wrote:Xplorer great job, and you were able to get the pics posted directly on the forum. That helps. Just look at all the response you got from this.
Easy to see a lot of folks interested in this. Cheers
Thanks Dave, that's a cool vibe indeed ;) , i couldn't ask for more out of it.

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Re: Hendrix Honey Univibe build story

Post by Eb7+9 » Wed Jan 18, 2017 5:07 pm

now, THAT was worth the wait ...

seriously nailed // congrats Explorer !

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Re: Hendrix Honey Univibe build story

Post by Xplorer » Wed Jan 18, 2017 5:15 pm

Eb7+9 wrote:now, THAT was worth the wait ...

seriously nailed // congrats Explorer !

8) 8) 8)
Thanks very much JC !!!! :D Coming from you, it's perhaps the best compliment. you've been on board since already 7 years for this one ! lol . i couldn't have done it without you and all that you told me. thanks very much

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Re: Hendrix Honey Univibe build story

Post by Eb7+9 » Wed Jan 18, 2017 7:13 pm

thx for mentioning my work Adrien,

wondering if you'd be in the mood to post a list of ideas that seem to you as being crucially important in reaching your final build results ... what transistors you used, cells, bulb ...

glad it worked out so well !
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