The Caline Pure Sky is built well on the outside but sounds compressed, harsh and the eq controls boost oddly (ie: bass also boosts/cuts volume)

With the gain turned down and the volume up you get a very nice clean boost

With the gain all the way down, and volume all the way up, I can use this pedal as a clean volume boost

The Caline Pure Sky is built well on the outside but sounds compressed, harsh and the eq controls boost oddly (ie: bass also boosts/cuts volume)

With the gain down, and the volume at unity, I can use this as a basic EQ pedal by changing the bass and treble knobs

Or you can use it as a better Tube Screamer, one without a bass cut and mid boost that can't be avoided

The Caline Pure Sky is built well on the outside but sounds compressed, harsh and the eq controls boost oddly (ie: bass also boosts/cuts volume)

The only real difference is in the tone section; on the BB, the bass and treble knobs are powered so you can boost or cut by up to

The Caline Pure Sky is built well on the outside but sounds compressed, harsh and the eq controls boost oddly (ie: bass also boosts/cuts volume)

But you can then cut or boost Bass and Treble a fair amount.

Beautifully transparent as a clean boost.. or dial in some gain to push whatever follows it in your chain… sounds fantastic in front of an amp or in front of another dirt box

It's a very good, quiet, transparent OD that has tons of clean boost and sounds good by itself or before / after other distortion boxes

and it can be a clean boost or pretty spot on tube overdrive

With the gain turned down and the volume up you get a very nice clean boost

Beautifully transparent as a clean boost.. or dial in some gain to push whatever follows it in your chain… sounds fantastic in front of an amp or in front of another dirt box

You could say this is "good for the price" but I also bought an Andoer Trouble TC-16 on Amazon at the same time, for less money than the Pure Sky, and it blew the Pure Sky out of the water

The Pure Sky has a little more gain and more transparent than the Sweet Baby.

10 o'clock-ish on the CTO-1.None of this is to say that the Sky sounds bad at all

But to me the Pure Sky seems to be very much like the Xotic AC Boost

But to me the Pure Sky seems to be very much like the Xotic AC Boost

I REALLY like getting sleeper deals, and I stand by my statement that this is a good "gateway pedal" to the Timmy thing

as the pedal is left on over the course of minutes, the gain SLOWLY begins to grow in the direction of increasingly distorted, ill-defined, buzzy fuzzmush without increasing in volume... almost like I'm dealing with a dying battery, except I'm powering this thing off of a standard-issue Dunlop 9v wall wart

all the timeLEDs are super handyHigh current and 18v are awesomeit's a crazy good deal,connector chord is not the best as it is short so you will need an extension chord to plug into itOther than that is is perfectrunning a bunch of stuff of it including some fuzzes and it sounds clean and nice all the timeI will buy more of these, maybe add em to my bigger board

I like the fact that there is a usable E Q to level out your tone

all the timeLEDs are super handyHigh current and 18v are awesomeit's a crazy good deal,connector chord is not the best as it is short so you will need an extension chord to plug into itOther than that is is perfectrunning a bunch of stuff of it including some fuzzes and it sounds clean and nice all the timeI will buy more of these, maybe add em to my bigger board

Gain and volume at 1 o'clock and bass and treble at ten o'clock will get your amp's medium-gain drive tone to Van Halenesque brown sound

Clone has a bit more drive available, but a very small bit.

In the mix and match category - I'd say that this one pairs well with the Pure Sky-- similar control set but with harder drive available

Using for a stage 1 or 2 distortion or a transparent drive like sound.

I mainly use light gain, transparent drives on my board and have gone through many pedals both expensive and affordable.

well made and versatile signal boost with useful overdrive and tone shaping parameters from barely noticeable to a sweet violent roar

Combined with a dirty amp or another overdrive, you easily achieve screaming shred gain

But I could see adding this pedal even in front of a multi effect to get boost, tone control, and smooth overdrive

I like the fact that there is a usable E Q to level out your tone

I like the fact that there is a usable E Q to level out your tone

But where it shines is as a clean boost - gain at zero, treble and bass at max, adjust volume as needed

On it’s own the Pure Sky is a fantastic low/mid-gain Boost pedal

If you want to experiment with the sound of a transparent low-gain boost pedal without spending hundreds of dollars on "Boutique” I recommend this

I have paid $150 for pedals that I never really could dial in...for $30 you can get transparant boost or a fantastic mid/low gain OD (to my ear)

Combined with a dirty amp or another overdrive, you easily achieve screaming shred gain

Like the BB Preamp the Orange Burst is a great sounding pedal

If you're looking for more of a modern rock heavy overdriven sound, this pedal isn't really for that

Regardless, I do like the sound of this pedal, and the knobs that I do understand does offer decent control

On single-coil through P90 bridge pickup, it's great for slamming 3-6 note chords for a grainier "just breaking up" sound....not as good at single notes

At full gain, it gives you a very crunchy, fuzzy overdriven tube sound

As you add gain, the tone gets very dirty, very quickly

Gain and volume at 1 o'clock and bass and treble at ten o'clock will get your amp's medium-gain drive tone to Van Halenesque brown sound

It's really mostly good for clean tone use and ambient long trailing

Sadly, this is going back to Amazon because it colors the tone too much and not versatile enough for me.

Transparent overdrive" is one of those musical "terms of art", but it basically means that the pedal is some combination of volume, gain, and dynamic expression while also retaining the essential elements of your clean tone.

I think this pedal sounds pretty decent with amps that have a warmer distortion, like Fenders

So that said, I was so worried this was a gimmick & just a clone of a metal zone (worst distortion ever, tied with HM-3) put in an enclosure to look like the “wampler triple wreck”.ITS NOT

Very good as a boost, overdrive or even stand alone distortion

How to describe its tonal qualities for those curious? - well, lets talk grainy distortion to ultra-smooth overdrive and everything in-between, to give you an idea of the tone:1

Very good as a boost, overdrive or even stand alone distortion

With the gain dimed on the pedal, and on my solid state practice amp, I can get some extra compression/sustain that sounds good to me

zoom,digitech etc.).In fact, it sounds more like a good amp sim than a pedal

As a boost to an already breaking up tube amp, both are good choices.

As for sound, I find this pedal works best (for me) when trying to add a little bit of punch and snarl to a clean amp

Combined with a dirty amp or another overdrive, you easily achieve screaming shred gain

This thing looks tacky

I've heard very good things about Caline but this is my first purchase from their line; I'm very impressed!

Ultra thick saturated tones, definitely not a clone (I thought it would be) and that’s a good thing!I’d like to preface this by saying I am a guitarist, pedal aficionado and an audio recording/mastering engineer

I’ve only heard good things about the reliability of Caline pedals maybe I just got a bad one

A bedroom volumes this is an okay dirt pedal, at full band volumes, this thing is incredible!