Caroline Guitar Company Arigato vs ZVEX Vibrophase
The Caroline Guitar Company Arigato and the ZVEX Vibrophase are both pedals sharing dynamic, modulated. The Caroline Guitar Company Arigato leans analog warmth. The ZVEX Vibrophase leans lush.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.47% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Experimental
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- dynamic
- modulated
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$219via Reverb
The Caroline Guitar Company ARIGATO is a 4-stage analog OTA-based phaser and vibrato pedal designed with intentionally off-balance LFO behavior for quirky, expressive modulation. Based on the Somersault platform but modified to deliver phaser and vibrato rather than chorus. The dual LFOs can be pushed into wild, unstable territory for pitch-bending vibrato effects, and with Feedback turned up produces pseudo auto-wah sounds. Running 100% wet enables pure pitch vibrato with no dry signal blend. Boutique US construction.
The ZVEX Vibrophase is a hand-built combination of tremolo, phaser, and vibrato that blends modulation effects into surreal, evolving textures. The Speed knob sets how fast the sine wave repeats, while a Vibrato-Phase control morphs the effect from traditional tremolo toward lopsided, warbling, phase-tinged movement, and a Feedback knob pushes the sound into another level of surrealism, separating it from typical tremolo-phaser pedals. The result ranges from smooth, classic modulation to wild, woozy, resonant textures. Each unit is hand-painted and hand-assembled in ZVEX tradition, so no two are alike. It suits experimental, psychedelic, and creative players wanting unusual, characterful modulation that blends tremolo, phasing, and vibrato into one expressive, surreal pedal for atmospheric and adventurous tones rather than conventional, single-effect modulation.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Indie
- Shoegaze
- analog warmth
- lush