Caline CP-12 Pure Sky Overdrive Pedal

Sounds more than what you pay for.

Decidí adquirir este pedal por las buenas reseñas que he visto en internet. Si algún efecto me entusiasma este es el overdrive, tengo varios pedales de este tipo y quise conocer el sonido del famoso Timmy, aunque sea en calidad de clon. El sonido me gusta, me parece discreto pero con carácter. Es lo que han dado en calificar como "transparente". Esto último puede ser bueno, malo o regular, porque si el equipo es de gama media (como el mío) el Pure Sky simplemente amplifica y enriquece la señal que produce el ampli y la guitarra. En este sentido no hace milagros, no enmascara y simplemente potencia y enaltece lo que el guitarrista y su equipo son capaces de generar. En resumen, mientras mejor sea el equipo, mejor es el resultado. Dicho esto, para mi equipo de gama media y mis escasos recursos como guitarrista, este efecto ha resultado un gran aliado. He grabado algunas piezas y el pedal por sí solo le añade un carácter interesante al sonido de la guitarra. Si lo potencio con un compresor el sonido mejora notablemente. Por la relación de precio y calidad le doy un 10/10

Why is this pedal so good?! $40 is wild for such a great sounding and useful pedal. The bass and treble knobs give extra versatility tonally and I can't recommend it enough. I've had everything from this to custom made ODs and this holds its own no problem

Excelente copia del Timmy Overdrive. Precio ridículo que se puede obtener aún más bajo, aunque personalmente prefiero la garantía de devolución de Amazon en productos chinos. A diferencia del Timmy, que tiene tres modos de clipping (simético soft, asimétrico soft, asimétrico hard) este pedal tiene solo uno de los soft clipping. Pero el tono es excelente, perfecto para Blues y Rock. Los controles de level y gain son algo menos progresivos que el original, dan más salto, pero funcionan bien. Los controles de graves y agudos no parecen filtros, como los del original, pero funcionan muy bien (los filtros del Timmy resultan farragosos para mí, prefiero los controles convencionales). Los he manipulado bastante poco porque el tono que saco con los controles a las 12 es extraordinario. El pedal es completamente silencioso, parece un producto de un rango superior de precio. Es una compra excelente a este precio. La construcción es robusta, es true bypass y viene bien embalado en una buena caja.

Imbattibile per quel che riguarda il rapporto qualità prezzo, perfetto come clean boost (riesce a dare veramente parecchio guadagno), e se usato come overdrive tira fuori un suono veramente bello. In generale un pedale molto utile da avere in pedaliera. Vale molto più di quel che costa. In pedaliera ho molti pedali che sono ben più cari di questo, che però è uno di quelli che uso di più in assoluto. Tra l'altro si comporta anche molto bene lasciandolo sempre acceso per fare un suono di base cristallino per poi andare a dargli una forma con il pot del volume, veramente versatile e bello soprattutto se accoppiato con un distorsore (es. DS9)

I bought this pedal and use it in tandem with the Caline Orange Burst. In terms of a two stage, two pedal, overdrive setup coming it at around $60, I've been beyond thrilled with their performance. The Pure Sky itself is a magical little pedal. At first, I used this to add clean boost and a bit of tube-ish tone to my guitar which at the time, I was running straight into a keyboard amp because I play a variety of instruments in my band. Even alone it added a bit of spark to my amp. Eventually I added an amp-modeling pedal (at first the JOYO American Sound and now the HX Stomp) and the Pure Sky serves as my "always on" pedal that adds a bit of sparkle and analog to my base guitar tone. For the most part, I just leave this pedal on anytime I'm playing guitar and use the EQ and volume controls to adjust to each room I play in--the gain knob stays at 0 almost always . I've experimented with the gain, and the Pure Sky adds a nice bit of low gain overdrive up until about halfway, at which point it becomes a grittier overdrive that probably has some application, but sounds mostly a little hairy to my ears. That said, for 30 bucks, this pedal is a steal--and despite the fact that I completely intended to replace this pedal with a more expensive model down the line, it's been in the mix for over a year and I can't bring myself to stop using it. When used with the Orange Burst, the possibilities are seriously impressive. At this point, I exclusively run the Pure Sky into the Orange Burst, leaving the Pure Sky on always and adding the Orange Burst for an extra layer of OD/distortion for certain lead parts. These two pedals really sound great together. Earlier in my experimentation, I ran the Orange Burst into the Pure Sky just for fun and kept this order for a number of months (despite the fact that it goes against the typical OD stacking philosophy). This provided an entirely different sound that I still loved. Both pedals clean up well by lowering the volume knob. Overall, these Caline pedals are no brainers. I've only tried these two, and have doubts about their more complicated digital pedals, but as far as OD goes, these pedals are fantastic for the price.