With the gain turned down and the volume up you get a very nice clean boost
and it can be a clean boost or pretty spot on tube overdrive
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
Fat clean boost when Volume is maxed
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
So if you already know that you want a relatively colorless, light drive, then this is a great deal on a clone of a classic
There was no manual included, but operation is pretty straightforward and self explanatory, so not a huge deal
I like the fact that there is a usable E Q to level out your tone
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
I like the fact that there is a usable E Q to level out your tone
but cheap, and is incredibly versatile as a booster, now as a distortion for solid state amps this thing is not recommended as it lacks a little bit of personality, what the pedal does is enhance the personality your tube amp already has and help bring the power tube overdrive we all crave, worth 4 times as much as the asking price if you ask me
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
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
If you are already a fan of the BB Preamp, or you want to experiment with the sound of a transparent mid-gain boost pedal I recommend it
On it’s own the Pure Sky is a fantastic low/mid-gain Boost pedal
A second "issue" that I have found is the pedal is a little noisy which is kind of to be expected as this is a high gain pedal and high gain amplifiers have some gain noise as well nothing surprising there
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)
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
With the gain dimed, I can clean up the sound completely just by turning down the volume on my guitar, and then switch to a lead tone by rolling it back up to full again
but it does darken the tone I found, especially if you are running any o.d. or distortion you will definitely notice it.
Sadly, this is going back to Amazon because it colors the tone too much and not versatile enough for me.
If I could only use one overdrive pedal and was on a budget this would probably be my first choice as you can easily attain a slightly dirty yet bright tone for Texas blues & the like all the way to a thicker crunchy overdrive for ACDC
This would be a good distortion pedal if not for one glaring flaw: it low-passes anything that goes through it!
-- a good distortion pedal with these settings would sound the almost the same as the clean signal
Very good as a boost, overdrive or even stand alone distortion
Very good as a boost, overdrive or even stand alone distortion
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
A bedroom volumes this is an okay dirt pedal, at full band volumes, this thing is incredible!
Aside from that this thing sounds much quieter so far than my 1spot adapter, and it doesnt have a daisychain of unused cables that short out against metal like the 1spot did.
I’ve only heard good things about the reliability of Caline pedals maybe I just got a bad one