Caroline Meteore

[PeteeBee]

I just saw this pedal online for the first time yesterday. I went ahea and preordered it because I have been a bit unhappy with my reverb game lately and I'm a sucker for preorders. Seems like a mellower version of the rm1n? Anyone played one or seen one or have thoughts?

It seems simple, sounds great in clips I've heard (but real life is the only test for that), and can do basic or more wild reverbs. I'm stoked!

[UglyCasanova]

Seems like a mellower version of the rm1n?

I mean, it has some grit, but I don't think they sound alike. Sounds like someone put an RV-3 in front of an OCD. They're basically trying to sell a concept people have been doing here forever, to blues lawyers and "extreme" P&W players. At least, that how I feel about it. But I'm an asshole.

But it does sound interesting. Still waiting to hear some more demos. I love how they've made so many different finishes for it.

[Dungus]

I love the sound of it, think Caroline are great and was thinking of getting one until I read...

blues lawyers

[PeteeBee]

Ha yeah it seems to straddle a line between tgp and ILF if I'm going to be super judgy about huge groups of people and companies.

The more "ILF" pedals I've had I have a hard time using in an actual band. And by that I mean real glitchy or unpredictable or random noise generating. I'm hoping this is weird enough to be interesting but still usable outside of my bedroom.

[UglyCasanova]

For sure, I wasn't trying to rain on your parade. Just stating my opinion. Like I said, it is interesting (and I do think it sounds good). I'm all for getting more "traditional" musicians to play with different pedal chains, which is basically what this is to me (verb>distortion). I use 90% ILF pedals in all three of my band projects just fine. Most of them are tameable, but I see where you're coming from, and people play different music and have different preferences when it comes to just how much time and effort they want to put into tweaking pedals live, for example. As far as 'mainstream' boutique pedal makers out there, Caroline are among the coolest imo. I've been following this pedal since it saw the light of day, but I still want to hear someone with similar sonical preferences demo it before getting my wallet out.

[PeteeBee]

Haha yeah the demo action is what has me a little sketched. Like "where's the knobs demo???"

Also, my parade didn't feel rained on. Nice and dry, unlike my guitar signal.

[foomanfat]

I have one and it is great. Recorded a demo thing, but haven't put it together yet.
I would love to see Phillippe send one to Knobs, though.

Also, seeing the classifications of "blues lawyers and 'extreme' P&W" in regards a pedal that I like a lot is very frustrating.
Personally, I tend toward "is 'useable'/gets weird," rather than "is weird/can be tamed." Different strokes and all.

[askashrub]

I would love to see Phillippe send one to Knobs, though.

He already has

I won't be able to do the demo until early-December though

[PeteeBee]

Personally, I tend toward "is 'useable'/gets weird," rather than "is weird/can be tamed." Different strokes and all.

100%. Good to hear you dig it too. Can't wait to get mine! Stoked to hear your demo once it's ready.

[goroth]

I think Caroline is a great brand. I mean, their first pedal was an oscillating fuzz. And they have an oscillating delay. With dirt in it. And now a dirty verb.

Come on, that is awesome.

Great pcb design, soft touch switching, nice graphics.

Yes, their pedals won't do batshit stuff, and yes tgp also gasses for them, but they are legit as fuck.

[casecandy]

Thoughts on the whole P&W phenom, I wouldn't knock it, because they're a real lifeblood of the community at this point, the P&W players!
Plus a lot of really great companies are Christian owned and operated, like JHS, Hungry Robot, Matthews, etc.
But man, they really do like cloning pedals for the P&W market, don't they?
I mean, I'm not talking about the whole JHS/Hyperion scandal.
I mean how the Foxpedal Magnifica, the Midnight30 Serenity, and the Mercy Seat Consider The Raven are all literally the same CultureJam reverb circuit in different housings, messed around with a bit, with super swaggy graphics.

[Dungus]

Thoughts on the whole P&W phenom, I wouldn't knock it, because they're a real lifeblood of the community at this point, the P&W players!
Plus a lot of really great companies are Christian owned and operated, like JHS, Hungry Robot, Matthews, etc.
But man, they really do like cloning pedals for the P&W market, don't they?
I mean, I'm not talking about the whole JHS/Hyperion scandal.
I mean how the Foxpedal Magnifica, the Midnight30 Serenity, and the Mercy Seat Consider The Raven are all literally the same CultureJam reverb circuit in different housings, messed around with a bit, with super swaggy graphics.

There should be a thread covering a definitive list of christian pedal companies for me to avoid.

[goroth]

There is.

viewtopic.php?f=149&t=44445&hilit=avoid+christian

[frigid midget]

Ha yeah it seems to straddle a line between tgp and ILF if I'm going to be super judgy about huge groups of people and companies.

The more "ILF" pedals I've had I have a hard time using in an actual band. And by that I mean real glitchy or unpredictable or random noise generating. I'm hoping this is weird enough to be interesting but still usable outside of my bedroom.

This. I also try not to give a shit about what's "cool" in what crowd, or about what the target demographic of a certain brand is or whatever...

If anything, I agree that the majority of popoluar ILF glitch machines and other "out there" effects are a helluva lot of fun to mess with, but I personally don't know a single artist/band/musician who manages to effictively use any of thoys devices to make a tune I actually enjoy listening to, and other than making funny noises sitting on the floor in fron of my board, I sure as hell wouldn't won't know what to do with anything of that stuff myself

The meteore seems rad. There's no mension of it on the CG co. site though

[goroth]

Thoughts on the whole P&W phenom, I wouldn't knock it, because they're a real lifeblood of the community at this point, the P&W players!

They are not the lifeblood of the community. There is an enormous hype machine associated (rightly or wrongly) with that scene that helps (in part) to feed a hysterical obsession with a very narrow spectrum of sounds, that in turn spawns pedal after pedal after bullshit company after bullshit company, diluting the whole pedal thing.

Not that I lay the blame for that dilution solely at p&w's feet, but it is a part of it.

There are at least three dudes I know of here who play music in a religious context with fucking killer boards and note a klon or shimmer pedal in sight.
edit: this is to say that the p&w thing exists in its bubble and is not a necessary part of the notion of playing music with effects in a religious context.

</ relatively poorly reasoned rant>
: edited to be slightly less poorly reasoned.