Diamond Pedals revives VIB1 Vibrato with MN3007 chip in half-size enclosure

May 16, 2024 · 3 sources

Diamond brought back its VIB1 Analog Vibrato, the company's vibrato pedal, in a compact enclosure at half the size of the original, with all-analog bucket brigade circuitry and NOS Panasonic MN3007 BBD chips in the first 800 units¹. Guitar World reported the re-release on May 17, 2024, describing it as the Vibrato's return after nearly 20 years and noting that Diamond was saved by SolidGoldFX in late 2022². Preorders were open at the time of the reports².

The pedal carries controls for Level, Speed, Chorus, Depth and Jazz EQ, with the Jazz switch offering Subtle High-Trim, No-Trim or More Trim, and holding the footswitch engages Double Speed¹. The speed doubler can be set to momentary or latching operation by holding the footswitch on power-up³. The Chorus control blends dry and wet signals: fully counterclockwise it gives 100% wet vibrato, and fully clockwise a 50/50 blended chorus³. Speed range runs from 0.1 Hz to 20 Hz¹.

Diamond says the updated compandor design, borrowed from the Memory Lane Jr. delay, gives increased clarity, less distortion and a lower noise floor¹². The pedal runs on a negative-center 9-18 V DC supply with polarity and over-voltage protection, drawing about 45 mA, for more headroom at 18 V or added color and warble at 9 V¹. It has soft-touch relay-based true bypass switching and top-mounted jacks, and is hand-made in Montreal, Canada¹.

The US list price is $279¹². On the Jazz switch, Diamond's Greg said the two positions differ in intensity, and explained the absence of the original's High switch: