Thorpy FX launches ER-2 Univibe pedal

January 8, 2024 · 1 sources

Thorpy FX has introduced the ER-2 Univibe, a fully analog pedal the British company describes as its take on the Uni-Vibe circuit, Delicious Audio reported on January 8, 2024¹.

The ER-2 keeps what the report calls the original heart of the circuit, a lamp-powered LFO system, and adds an Offset knob that "subtly changes the way the lamp inside ramps up, delivering sharper or softer rise and fall of the LFO curve"¹. The other three knobs are Intensity, Speed and Volume; the report notes that Speed was adjustable only via an expression pedal on the original¹. Two footswitches handle on/off and VIB/CHO, the latter switching between the pedal's Vibe and Chorus voices, a feature the report says the vintage unit had via a manual switch¹.

The enclosure is laser cut anodized aluminum over a blue/black sparkle powder coat base, with recessed knobs, a sloped front and top mounted jacks¹. Thorpy FX gives the dimensions as 100mm wide, 125mm long and 53mm high, with 150mA current draw from a standard 9-volt DC input, center negative¹. The company says the pedal takes its name from NASA's high altitude earth observing plane, itself derived from the USAF U-2 reconnaissance aircraft¹.

Delicious Audio's report gives no price or ship date for the ER-2¹.