vibrato is just a fast chorus. so I guess EHX just came out with a nano “vibrato” pedal, via the Neo Clone.

nope. vibrato can blend in dry signals too. flange is also in the same camp but it has a quicker delay time (generally around 14-20ms).

well, the chorus effect, takes pitch vibrato and blends it with your dry signal, so in turning up the speed on a chorus pedal will only make a fake, leslie sound, not true pitch vibrato, if u want a cheap pitch vibrato, check out the boss ce-3, if you set it to the stereo mode, pitch vibrato will come out of the A output. But an ehx vibrato pedal would be waaayyy cooler!

I’ve heard people say this before but I have no idea where this idea comes from.

I suppose, sometimes, a fast chorus can sound vibrato-like; particularly when the chorus is quite deep as your ear is drawn to the modulated signal… but it’s still not true vibrato.

[If fast chorus = vibrato, then why doesn’t a slow vibrato = chorus?]

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Many ‘stereo’ choruses (if they have wet and dry outputs) can be tricked into being a vibrato, just by putting a dummy jack in the direct output…

Lots of other chorus pedals have a mix control (Danelectro Cool Cat CC-1, Pearl CH-02, some DODs, some Guyatones etc) so you can set it 100% wet.

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With my old Small Clone, I modded it my adding a toggle switch to choose chorus or vibrato – all you have to do is break the connection on one resistor to get true, 100% vibrato.

It was for a Small Clone (not Nano clone), but all you have to do is take the 22k resistor (I think it’s R18) out of the circuit…
this removes the dry signal giving vibrato…

I put a mini toggle switch in series to disconnect the resistor whenever I wanted.

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So, you could probably do something similar with the Nano Clone, you’d just have to find the part of the circuit where the dry/wet signals are mixed.

+1 for true pitch shift vibrato!

That Malekko Omicron Vibrato sounds ridiculously glorious! Uses 9V but can take 12V for more head room.

I am certain EHX could take it head on!