The Photon's HI control is cut only. Even turned all the way up, it still cuts a little treble off. If you don't want that, then try removing the HI pot or C18. I don't see anything else in the audio path that cuts treble. C5, C18 & C12 cut off at 34KHz, you're not gonna hear that.
Got a schematic of your UniVibe clone?
R28 and R30 raise the gain by almost 20dB, then the LEVEL control knocks it down again. I don't want my Vibe to add gain, so I set the gain of the last stage to 0dB and deleted the LEVEL control.
C1 & R4 will cut off the bass below 1.5KHz if LOW is turned down. So you could say it's kinda like a treble boost.
I ditched the LEVEL, LOW & HI controls because it didn't want or need their function.