The Sound and History of Vibrato (Univibe, BOSS VB-2, JHS Emperor, Chase Bliss Warped Vinyl)

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Published 2024-04-08

Vibrato is one of the earliest and oldest effects for electric guitar, but what exactly is it? In this episode of the JHS Show, Josh gives some helpful definitions and examples of what vibrato is and what it isn't, as well as a brief history of how the effect came to be. He'll also give some examples of where vibrato has been used and a list of his favorite vibrato pedals. We vibin'.

What you'll see in the episode:
Univibe
BOSS VB-2 Vibrato
JHS 3 Series Chorus
JHS Emperor
JHS Unicorn
JHS Artificial Blonde
Chase Bliss Warped Vinyl
Electro Harmonix Clone Theory
Flamma Mod FC05
DOD Vibro Thang
TC Electronic Viscous Vibe
TC Electronic TailSpin
TC Electronic Shaker

00:00 - Pitch Modulation
01:51 - History Of Vibrato
04:00 - Favorite Examples
05:30 - Favorite Vibrato Pedals

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All Comments (21)

@jhspedals 2 months ago

CORRECTION! We misspelled Fumio Mieda's name, which should be Mieda, not Mieta!
@NothinReitz 2 months ago

Love and miss these kinds of 'splainer episodes!
@juanjan__ 2 months ago

I really missed the more "old school" episodes so I'm super happy right now. Also, I'm a big Vibrato fan, so double good 🙂 Plus a couple of Record Time moments as bonus!
@stevewallek990 2 months ago

More of these type of episodes please.
@deptofcarstereorepair 2 months ago

ah, classic Vibrato, most formidable adversary of the X Men
@jochenschnelle1124 2 months ago

I really like these short and sweet pedal history lessons with a bit of tech talk sprinkled in.
@joybuzzer 2 months ago

I like this type of episode. It's classic JHS Show.
@bipbipletucha 2 months ago

Any video with Madison Cunningham in it is instantly a good video
@_AT41 2 months ago

Love the Boards of Canada shoutout. They’re the biggest reason for my interest in modulation and warbly tape sounds.
@leomilani_gtr 2 months ago

5:03 Primus also uses it a lot! Man, I love how Larry and Les use effects, you guys could make an episode on them!
@cmancrib 2 months ago

One of the best parts of the channel is when he talks positively about other pedals — and it just makes me want to buy JHS that much more
@treesurgeon2441 2 months ago

Always got to love a shout out to the vib on Boards of Canada. Campfire is definitely a best of all time album.
@stevemorris7607 2 months ago

Josh using a Silver Sky to talk Strat history: Top tier trolling by the king 👑
@wewewewa 2 months ago

Love the short format of deep diving into an effect category or brand!
@DirtyDead1313 2 months ago

Yes, bring back these types of episodes as well as the shoot out videos between original pedals and their clones. Thank you!!!
@Gio-ch1nl 2 months ago

Love these episodes Just wish there was at least some Bass talk, knowing that Chorus + Bass is such a tried and true combo
@adamsoyer 2 months ago

In this world, there was only one person who knew what the tremolo arm on a guitar was for and how to use it on a level inaccessible to others. And that will never change. The irreplaceable Jeff Beck.
@davideriksen9086 2 months ago

Can't get enough of that vibin' stuff! And more 'splainin' 'sodes, pliz? They're always fun, informative, and entertaining.
@jtcolecomedy 2 months ago

Graham Coxon from Josh's favorite band, Blur, is also a big VB-2 fan. Josh probably already knows this haha. Great episode.
@nickolasecker9596 21 days ago

I love when Josh breaks down an entire genre of pedals, points out underrated gear, really just the lot of him talking about pedals.