Monday, May 29, 2023

OVERDRIVE- CALINE- CP-25 Highway Man .... Xotic RC Booster clone

CALINE CP-25 HIGHWAY MAN 
OVERDRIVE
$30.00 USD
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Yes it is called an OD even though it is a Xotic RC Booster. If pushed it goes into a low gain OD but kept around 5 to 12 O'clock on the gain the RC is warm sounding very transparent booster. It does a great job of adding a fuller sound with more breadth to the sound and gives the pedal sparkling highs. The lows when lightly added fatten up the sound without any mud. It qualifies as one of the first of transparent OD's. It is a rarity amongst OD's. It does not kill the bell like chime of a Strat and make your low notes sound you are using cheap humbucker PU's. 
CONCLUSION
There is a bit of a catch. It has been in the Caline catalogue for 6 years but just weeks ago 
they discontinued it. Yes there are enough out there new and used but for new they won't 
last. I got turned onto the Xotic by a half minute demo by Jazz Rock guitarist Oz Noy. 
Xotic discontinued it but just brought it back as a limited run.
At $30.00 USD___It is worth putting on my short list.

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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 31, 2023 at 4:34 AM

    https://www.tdpri.com/threads/caline-highway-man-not-a-xotic-rc-clone-but-a-timmy-pure-sky-clone.847334/

    Highway Man = Timmy clone?

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  2. AnonymousMay 31, 2023 at 4:37 AM

    Dolamo overdrive is supposed to be a rebranded Caline Highway Man

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  3. AnonymousJune 2, 2023 at 12:38 PM

    The Highway Man is actually the exact same circuit and board as the Pure Sky except with linear and log tapered pots for bass and treble while the Pure Sky has C50ks. I wish it was an rc clone. I believe the little Flamma booster an clone though. https://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?p=287021&hilit=Caline+highway+man#p287021

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  4. AnonymousJune 3, 2023 at 2:28 AM

    The Flamma FC18 clean boost is a Xotic RC booster clone?

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  5. AnonymousJune 3, 2023 at 3:21 AM

    I haven’t taken it apart to confirm that but I’d be willing to bet it’s close if not identical. Active treble and bass controls plus with the gain maxed there’s very little gain. It can add that extra boost with the glassiness top end like the rc and bd-2 but much less gain than the bd2. They have the ocd clone, rat clone and whar appears to be the mooer elady clone as well. Mooer cloned all of those including the rc and ac booster. The bb, rc and ac are all extremely similar circuits. It’s a good pedal for the money.

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