Caline CP-15 Tantrum Distortion

Good harsh distortion. Does affect other pedals in the chain though - my set up is not textbook with the tantrum at the start and an EHX big muff at the other end with the pedals between all influenced by the signal from the tantrum . For example, the muff likes the delay but the tantrum washes it out (a side effect of the cheaper pedals like the tantrum and some Donner products but nothing that cannot be overcome).

The tone on this pedal is just superb and especially given how much it costs! It's a high distortion pedal with a powerful EQ section. It fits in well next to my more boutique-style pedals.

Excellent distortion pedal for the price. I have a ton of pedals some bought and some built from kits and some from schematics. I was pricing parts for a build for a basic distortion with boost (coming in around £35 with kits in the region of £50-60). When I saw this for £25 seemed worth a punt. It suits my needs perfectly.Solid aluminium painted enclosure, decent sized knobs smooth pots and seems solidly built. The EQ section is possibly the best I have encountered on a pedal, very responsive giving a huge range of tones with only bass, mid and treble. There is an progressive sweep from minimum to maximum distortion not just in the last quarter of the control. The boost offers bit of edge to cut through the bass and drums when recording in a DAW( it only functions when distortion is on however). The overall tone is quite bright maybe even tinny or thin sounding but easily offset with the equalisation. I managed to dial in a convincing Muse Hysteria tone on my epiphone lp studio within about twenty minutes of tweaking. This puts to shame the last couple of kits I have bought from a major UK kit supplier and I have to say will probably be more useful and fun than my big muff delux which cost over six times the price - I know fuzz is diffrent from distortion but the sheer range of sonic possibilities offered makes it more versatile in my opinion. This is my second Caline pedal recently neither have dissapointed.

Great sounding pedal for me rock n roll

I’m so impressed with this pedal. Not only for the price but for it’s performance. This is a heavy pedal and the boost adds a great sharpness. Don’t let the price fool you. I’ve been playing it for a few months now and it’s fantastic.

Picked this up for £24 ( £14 with a gift card). I own a Katana mk1 and always had trouble getting a nice clear distorted sound ( if you know what I mean ). Plugged this into the Katana's clean channel and wow, just opened up a new range of sounds. My PRS Se sounds wonderful through it. Absolute bargain at this price.

My grandson is learning guitar and expressed a wish for a distortion pedal…..he absolutely loves this bit of kit!

The sound quality is awful even afer spebding a while trying to dial in useable tone, not sure if it was just this pedal or its all of them but when connected in a chain it caused unacceptable levels of hum