Cali76 only smaller?

[smeet]

Crap. I think I'm going to have to get the CB, even though it's kind of silly money.

I'd love to have it for a gig tomorrow night... Does anybody know if there is a store that has them in stock in LA? I called Vintage King, and they don't have it in right now.

 

[Pickebass]

God damn it Pickebass! I thought I had ruled the CB out as a contender, leaving the darkglass and smoothie. But your description of it with the stingray (I'm also looking at b7k) has put me back onto it

I have the symmetry as well... Totally different animal. When I got the B7k I didn't think it would become one of my favorite pedals. Great eq and it adds its own flavor. The CB for my ears really work well for active basses. .. Especially ones that have their own thing. It's worked well with my Sadowsky, Stingray and Roscoe. Wasn't great with a P bass. HOWEVER... The TX with a p bass is just about perfect.

Like I said earlier, don't get the compact bass thinking it will be the big one. It's a different animal and if you manage your expectations for what it is, it's a great pedal in its own right

 

[ilansgroove]

I don't have the CB (yet?), but in general I do octaver=>(other dirt)=>B7K=>modulation=>fdeck=>compressor.

I haven't tried every combo, but my idea was that this way the distortions/preamps can react to dynamic changes, and then the compressor will smooth it out.

Ohhhhhh , you're talkng about having the dirt before the comp...
I use the B7K as a clean preAmp .... The dirt comes from the B3K , and it does come before the comp

 

[blindrabbit]

I don't have the CB (yet?), but in general I do octaver=>(other dirt)=>B7K=>modulation=>fdeck=>compressor.

I haven't tried every combo, but my idea was that this way the distortions/preamps can react to dynamic changes, and then the compressor will smooth it out.

That's basically the same order I run things in, and IME it does work out that way. My dirt pedals are able to be "responsive", but the signal going to the amp is smoothed out.

 

[smeet]

Placed my order for a cali76 CB, from Rainbow Guitars.

 

[MoonQuake]

Anyone had the chance to compare the CB with the Cali76-STD ?

Are they the same or is the CB different ?

 

[monkeyfinger]

@bongomania discusses that in his review at ovnilab.com

 

[boomertech]

@bongomania discusses that in his review at ovnilab.com

Cyrus didn't specify in his review if the Cali76-TX he made a comparison to was in TX mode (18V) or standard mode (9V).

-Frank

 

[monkeyfinger]

Good point.

 

[Pickebass]

Anyone had the chance to compare the CB with the Cali76-STD ?

Are they the same or is the CB different ?

The STD Cali is really like the TX. I had a standard and it is a very good unit. The CB is a different animal. Not interchangeable. The std is still a good unit. Controls work the same

 

[bongomania]

I'll edit my review to make it clear--but pickebass is 100% correct. The difference between TX and standard is a subtlety of flavor, while the difference between those and the compacts is significant.

 

[boomertech]

I'll edit my review to make it clear--but pickebass is 100% correct. The difference between TX and standard is a subtlety of flavor, while the difference between those and the compacts is significant.

Since you state that the Cali76TX (the big one) has more tonal character than the neutral tone of the 1176LN that you compared it to, would you say that the Cali76 compacts are closer or further apart in tone to the original 1176LN?

-Frank

 

[MoonQuake]

I was asking cause I had a STD which I sold to get the Super Symmetry. Turns out, I didn't like the SS at all. I'll explain more further down this post.

With the STD, while I liked it's inherent character, I couldn't seem to tweak it effectively live. In the studio, no problem at all. Ratio around 7, input around 10 o'clock, wonderful. But live, couldn't raise the input more than 8 o'clock and ratio around 4 or it would kill the E string in a way and reducing gain all the way to -10 / -16 when I dug in. Even tried switching the jumper but found it raised the noise floor too much.

So, sold it to try the SS. But found it gave kind of a glassy, dull character to the tone. But worked really well in any other aspect. But I miss the character of the Cali. Just want to be able to make it work more effectively live.

 

[bongomania]

Since you state that the Cali76TX (the big one) has more tonal character than the neutral tone of the 1176LN that you compared it to, would you say that the Cali76 compacts are closer or further apart in tone to the original 1176LN?

-Frank

Further, except for the way the HPF of the CB gets a similar result in the low end to the 1176.

 

[boomertech]

Further, except for the way the HPF of the CB gets a similar result in the low end to the 1176.

Thanks!

-Frank

 

[JGR]

Placed my order for a cali76 CB, from Rainbow Guitars.

Rainbow is awesome - I went there all the time when I lived in Tucson. Great folks and great selection of gear!

 

[pacojas]

Placed my order for a cali76 CB, from Rainbow Guitars.

hi smeet,.. i ended up ordering a Smoothie, lol. congrats on the Cali!

 

[Igotsoul4u]

Man is the price rough. I would love to compare to the keeley pro comp. Any reason why the cali compact bass blows the keeley out of the water?

 

[bongomania]

The Keeley doesn't add anything to the tone IMO. That is either a pro or a con depending on your wants.

 

[smeet]

Man is the price rough. I would love to compare to the keeley pro comp. Any reason why the cali compact bass blows the keeley out of the water?

Don't know the Keely, but the CB is awesome. Just enough fattening, while allowing a nice aggressive popping attack, feels huge, and still sounds natural and hifi. Subtle but obvious too.

I haven't messed with parallel compression yet, but the side chain HPF is great.

The price is traumatic, but so far it seems worth it. I haven't tried anything else with this combination of features and sound. I can see holding on to this for the long term.