The Caline CP-512 Old School Reverb is a compact reverb pedal built around three-way tone shaping controls. Pedal of the Day described it as a pedal that, "Paired with the three-way tone shaping controls this pedal delivers endless possibilities"1. It sits in Caline's wider line of reverb pedals, alongside models like the CP-44 Reflector Spring Reverb and the CP-26 Snake Bite Cavernous Reverb.
What it does
The CP-512 offers three reverb modes: Room, Hall and Church. Pedal of the Day described the pedal's sound as "Rich, warm and detailed sounding emulations of classic reverb effects," placing it firmly in the conventional reverb camp: the spaces you reach for to add depth behind lead lines or fill out clean rhythm playing, rather than the ambient and modulated territory of pedals like the Caline Mariana Modulated Reverb or the CP-508 Wonderland Ambient Reverb Machine1.
The three modes cover a practical spread of sizes, from the tighter Room setting for a natural sense of space, through the longer Hall, up to the Church mode for the biggest ambience the pedal produces1.
Controls
The pedal pairs its mode selector with what Pedal of the Day called "the three-way tone shaping controls," a set of three knobs that adjust the character of the reverb. The reviewer's verdict on the combination was that "Paired with the three-way tone shaping controls this pedal delivers endless possibilities"1.
Where it sits in Caline's range
Caline makes a broad run of reverb pedals, and the CP-512 is one entry in that range. Its three-way tone shaping controls are the feature the maker points to as what sets it apart, with the claim that they "deliver endless possibilities"1. Players comparing the CP-512 against others in the range can see the full spread on the Reverb Pedals type page.
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Sources (1)
- Caline CP-61 T-Drive Phase / CP-512 Old School Reverb, Pedal of the Day, 2023-07-20
