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Cali76 only smaller?
- Thread starter smo
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Price and size has been keeping me from moving from the MXR M87 but now... Just a matter of starting to put some money asside... Damn you Origin...
It's interesting that there's a gang of M87 users getting excited about the possibility of flipping for an smaller foot print Cali76.
It is strange, but the Cali seems to be the hottest thing in compressors right now. I could go Diamond or Empress, but it seems to me, features-wise, that the Cali is a nice marriage of the best features of both of those. I want more of a flavorful compressor at this point, not such a transparent one.
I'm with you on the flavor thing... also, for me the size of the box matters. I limit my pedal board size to a PT2, so I try to use MXR sized boxes when ever possible.
Over 400, which seems nuts IMO. I'd love to try one, but I can't do that on a compressor unfortunately.
Sigh. lol
Same deal, smaller boxes = better to fit the PT2
>$400 is a whole lot, but maybe street price will be less. Then again, it does look mighty high quality. And they'll come up cheaper used.
If it is remotely close to the Cali76tx in sound, 400 is not ridiculous. I have a 6176 (with 1176) and I can tell you that the Cali76tx gets extremely close to it, but in pedal form.
The British Pound does inflate the price a bit, but, still, you get what you pay for.
The British Pound does inflate the price a bit, but, still, you get what you pay for.
Prices have been posted on the "blue f" social network
Cali76 Compact: £199 inc VAT // $279 outside EU
Cali76 Compact Deluxe: £279 inc VAT // $379 outside EU
Cali76 Compact Bass: £279 inc VAT // $379 outside EU
SlideRIG Compact: £219 inc VAT // $299 outside EU
SlideRIG Compact Deluxe: £279 inc VAT // $379 outside EU
It is pricey but so were the larger ones people kept raving about. BTW they confirmed they've shrunk the same circuit.
I'll be getting a "bass" model. If I can get something as outstanding as an FEA or Diamond in a tiny package with top jacks it's worth it to me.
Cali76 Compact: £199 inc VAT // $279 outside EU
Cali76 Compact Deluxe: £279 inc VAT // $379 outside EU
Cali76 Compact Bass: £279 inc VAT // $379 outside EU
SlideRIG Compact: £219 inc VAT // $299 outside EU
SlideRIG Compact Deluxe: £279 inc VAT // $379 outside EU
It is pricey but so were the larger ones people kept raving about. BTW they confirmed they've shrunk the same circuit.
I'll be getting a "bass" model. If I can get something as outstanding as an FEA or Diamond in a tiny package with top jacks it's worth it to me.
Not sure if I'd go with the Deluxe or the Bass version. I like the simplified attack/release on the bass but and the HPF is interesting. The only compressor I ever had that would overly squish the lows was the Markbass Compressore. If I adjusted that compressor to just barely catch the peaks on the mids and highs it squashed low notes and got blurry down low.
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