Fulltone CS-MDV mkII Manual

Congratulations on your purchase of the
Model CS-MDV mkII
What is an "original Univibe?" It is a four-stage Phaser effect made between late-1968 and 1973 designed to
replicate a Leslie rotating speaker by using a tiny incandescent light bulb shining on four photo-resistors housed
under an aluminum shroud. This odd circuit offered a watery, thick, and unique blend of pitch-bend vibrato and
chorus-like phase-shifting. Although it didn't sound too much like a Leslie, its sound took on a life of its own, a
sound heard on many recordings by Jimi Hendrix, Frank Marino, David Gilmour, and Robin Trower.
Original Univibes were extremely large, heavy effects boxes mated to an external wah-type foot-pedal
controlling the modulation speed via a 5 pin, quick-disconnect cable. Old 'vibes were very inconsistent from one
unit to the next and were prone to malfunctioning, with no one knowing how to fix them let alone how to make
them sound good again....well, almost no one. I started out in the '80's collecting, dealing, and repairing 'vibes,
which lead me to the idea of re-designing and building a bullet-proof new 'vibe clone in a smaller footprint.
Enter the Fulltone Deja'Vibe in 1993 with the goal of making a True-Bypass 'vibe that was more reliable and that
was 1/4 the original Univibe's astronomical used-market selling price! I have been making "the exact original
Univibe clone" ever since, with Robin Trower and many others using them exclusively the entire time.
Fulltone is the only 'vibe using custom-made original-specification photocells, other companies buy incorrect
ones from a DIY website because they didn't spend thousands of dollars blueprinting every aspect of these
original photocells like we did. We also devised a way to use our custom-made Optocoupler for controlling the
speed of the oscillator and the external speed controller, providing much slower and faster available speeds than
other 'vibe clones. The CS-MDV mkII requires an 18-volt DC power supply with at least 50mA of current. We
recommend using the Fulltone IPS-18 (included) for use anywhere in the world! You don't have to be a huge
Trower or Hendrix fan to appreciate the mkII, you just have to appreciate that massive pulsating wall of sound it
creates when you switch it on.
Play on!
Michael Fuller
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