Mojovibe placed before or after OD

[Top Geezer]

I read some reviews on HC that recommended placing the Mojovibe BEFORE OD, (typically recommended to place uni-vibes after OD) just curious what recomendations other Mojovibe users have to offer in the way of placement of the Mojovibe.

Cheers - Damon

[nlopez]

MY 300th post!
I prefer the Mojo before the OD

[JiMB]

+1 before OD.

[StompBoxBlues]

I'm probably still going to start a new thread...because OD's are one thing, Fuzzes another.

But first, ME TOO...for years I've had vibe after OD (actually just before reverb or delay) and at low volumes at home been satisfied with it, but with the band...I find I didn't use it much.

Just the other day (I'm slow) I finally gave a try on OD AFTER vibe...MAN...sounded great at low or high volumes. I'm definitely going to try it for a while, and it is inconvenient in a way because I usually reserve the lowest row on my pedalboard for OD for ease of access...but I gotta try this.
So...vibe AFTER OD gets my vote now.

[Glass Onion]

At the moment it is Strat> Mojo > RC booster set at max gain> THD Uninvalve and I love it. When (soon please soon) my Lovepedal BB 07 gets here it may turn into another story but at the moment it is first in line.

[jgyn]

I like OD before vibe.

[Python]

Originally Posted by StompBoxBlues

Just the other day (I'm slow) I finally gave a try on OD AFTER vibe...MAN...sounded great at low or high volumes. I'm definitely going to try it for a while, and it is inconvenient in a way because I usually reserve the lowest row on my pedalboard for OD for ease of access...but I gotta try this.
So...vibe AFTER OD gets my vote now.

I ran into a similar situation but rather than put the vibe on the lower tier, keep the vibe where you want it on your board and just change your cabling so the vibe is electrically before your ODs but on the top tier of your pedalboard.

Jim

[HurricaneJesus]

So before OD but what about fuzz?

[GTRJohnny]

Definately before for me... after takes away the the howl..

[StompBoxBlues]

Originally Posted by HurricaneJesus

So before OD but what about fuzz?

That's the problem. Fuzz is dirt, and you just will have to try for yourself. I know that is a standard kind of answer, but with fuzzes it is WAY more true. OD's are all different too, but they still are more like each other in general I think than fuzzes. The same brand fuzz sounds different and ACTS differently,different brands even more so.

Some fuzzes can be used after wah, some seem to have to go before, some react okay with a vibe, some not, some work best before it some after. There is no help to get with that.

But the big thing, (and again YOU ought to try it and see if it is the same for you) with all OD's I have tried lately, the Mojo before OD sounds way better.

But you also can adjust the vibe...(the pot controlling the light) and if it offers it the vintage or modern setting can make a big difference. decide which sound best, then tweak a little to fine tune it.

[steveb]

Originally Posted by HurricaneJesus

So before OD but what about fuzz?

It depends what sound you are after. I like fuzz before the vibe when used in conjunction with an OD pedal after the vibe. Without the OD after the vibe, the fuzz>vibe sound may be thin with lots of high end unless you are going into an overdriven or distorted amp.

I'm using the Jimi/Woodstock & Jimi/Band Of Gypsys as reference. His amps were overdriven, but not really distorted, & that smoothed out the fuzz>vibe sound. I'm using an OD pedal to act like an overdriven amp.

But, I know of a few people who get great sounds with the vibe practically first in the signal chain. Try out each arrangement & see which appeals to you.

Steve

[StompBoxBlues]

Originally Posted by steveb

It depends what sound you are after. I like fuzz before the vibe when used in conjunction with an OD pedal after the vibe. Without the OD after the vibe, the fuzz>vibe sound may be thin with lots of high end unless you are going into an overdriven or distorted amp.

I'm using the Jimi/Woodstock & Jimi/Band Of Gypsys as reference. His amps were overdriven, but not really distorted, & that smoothed out the fuzz>vibe sound. I'm using an OD pedal to act like an overdriven amp.

But, I know of a few people who get great sounds with the vibe practically first in the signal chain. Try out each arrangement & see which appeals to you.

Steve

Good points. Another thing I noticed...because of recent threads I've been listening to Jimi at Woodstock in the car today. I don't listen as much to this because I think BOG at Fillmore was so much better...they seemed like they were rushing songs, and that poor "second guitarist"...HOW do you be a second guitar to Jimi?

Anyway, I was listening and noticing that his Octavia is either set so it is right on the edge of doing the doubling or else there is something else happening there because I can't hear what you would if he had just turned it on in the continous solo on one of the first songs.

What I mean is...it is "organic", not there so much, then he digs in and it is. I experimented a little and have seen him using wah as tone control...at a couple of settings when combined with a fuzz you get some octave stuff going as well...it might be this (and how many of us have tried this, forgot you had the wah on and wondered why the OD suddenly sounds so bassy ?)...

Anyway, I think Jimi had several ways of getting the same basic sounds...Vibe set slow can sound like wah, wah can be made to sound like vibe, both on...you don't know WHERE you are but you can pump a wah to be with the vibe...fuzz into wah set to honky bass can do amazing things, etc.

But that smooth fuzz melding into octave is pretty cool. As well as some songs where on chords you reall hear the vibe, but he plays fast and it sounds like it isn't there (and again...maybe on this it is the expression pedal, but I don't think he is turning it off and on)...

I think other than the obvious other things, yet another side of Hendrix that I never hear another guitarist do is that descent into controlled chaos...he was fearless in turning any sound that started coming out of his guitar into a part of the song or solo. Lightning quick. It was gutsy because some nights it was't generating as much useful stuff..but the chaos he could generate was amazing...