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Caroline Guitar Company

February 22, 2023

We are very excited to welcome Caroline Guitar Company back to the shop! We have been eager to bring them back for quite some time. CGC was part of some of our very first brands at launch. Turns out, TSP's love for Phillippe's full line up will stand the test of time! If you are not aware of the brilliance of CGC, consider this your guide book. we'll keep it simple and include brief descriptions of each pedal as well as links to each. We hope you enjoy their pedals as much as we do!

ARIGATO | PHASER VIBRATO

Caroline Guitar Company | Arigato

A phaser even for people who don't normally like phasers, Arigato™ delivers incredible modulation, range, and warmth.

While capable of the airy psychedelia of classic units, this one is meant to rumble, wobble, shake, rattle, and roar. It is also capable of going fully wet for interesting vibrato sounds, max feedback for auto-wah sweeps, and a wide range of responsive shades throughout each control as they interact with the others.

CROM | THE RIDDLE OF STEEL

Caroline Guitar Company | CROM

What is more powerful: the pedal, or the mighty foot of the player who steps upon it?

CROM is a BC184 Supa Tone Bender style fuzzstortion like our original Olympia™, but with a classic tweed amp style tone control (MOUNTAIN) that interacts with the SWORD (gain) control. It is a LOT less lossy and less scooped than the classic M*ff style tone control in these circuits, giving the pedal an immediate and punchy response. A TURBO button on the side gives it extra power and gain.

SOMERSAULT | LO-FI MODULATOR

Caroline Guitar Company | SOMERSAULT
This one sparks joy! Our SOMERSAULT™ is the chorus-y/vibrato-y/faux-rotary device our customers have asked us to make for years. So now it’s time.
From seasick wobbles to glitchy bleep-bloops and “I think I can” huffs and puffs, the crazy sounding stuff was actually the easy part for us. So once you’re done maxing out different settings to hear what kinds of bizarre wowie-zowie sounds you can make with this thing, we encourage you to explore the subtleties...

HAWAIIAN PIZZA | SWEET AND SAVORY

Caroline Guitar Company HAWAIIAN PIZZA
Your quest for toanz have brought you to our HAWAIIAN PIZZA™: a bespoke artisanal blockchain of handcrafted tone, the sonic equivalent of a forbidden delicacy, all from just three knobs and the truth. Delicious FUZZ enclosed!

PARABOLA | SOLID STATE TREMOLO

Caroline Guitar Company PARABOLA

PARABOLA™ is the sonic equivalent of riding your space mammoth through giant puddles in the astral plane while feeding it caffeinated energy drinks.

Think of this as your rig’s new “tremolo channel”. We’ve adapted the deliciously sloshy, transistor-based LFO and distinctive waveform from our favorite “West German” device, modified its speed and depth to match and go beyond those from your favorite classic amps, and then added pre and post effect gain stages for both overdrive and volume boost.

SHIGEHARU | IC FUZZ + OCTAVE

Caroline Guitar Company SHIGEHARU

Tired of your fuzz getting lost in the mix? Wish you could just pour molten sonic gravy from your speakers? Imagine classic Muff-style fuzziness with the punch of a classic overdrive, and you have Shigeharu™.

WAVE CANNON | MKII SUPERDISTORTER

Caroline Guitar Company WAVE CANNON mkii

This thing is an unrepentant, unapologetic distortion pedal that is totally nasty and fun. This Cannon comes pre-loaded with balls (pun alert!) and is capable of going from cranked, lightly dirty amp tones to the sound of a furry Godzilla devouring a junkyard full of broken a/c window units.

ICARUS | SONIC AWESOMENESS

Caroline Guitar Company ICARUS v2

Buffer, booster, and rich overdrive all in one, with a mix of Russian germanium sweetness.
It’s 1972. A Soviet surveillance microphone preamp has made its way west thanks to a courageous defector. The nascent, nefarious, and invisible Caroline Corporation obtains it and converts it into devices for military psychoacoustic special operations, then covertly delivers them to legendary users with fame and influence for evaluation.

KILOBYTE | LO-FI DELAY

Caroline Guitar Company KILOBYTE
If you’re reading this, you must be getting ready to party like it’s 1983.
We’ve kept your original, dry signal path analog and pure, then given you a +21db boost/overdrive preamp to smash a low fidelity digital delay chip designed for karaoke machines and kids’ toys into smeared, repeated glory. Yeah, we’re going back in time – back to when they measured data in KILOBYTES!

MEGABYTE | LO-FI DELAY COMPUTER

Caroline Guitar Company MEGABYTE lo-fi delay computerAre your cyborg bodies ready? You’ve asked us for this for a while – so we’re giving you what you want! MEGABYTE™ builds on our acclaimed KILOBYTE™ legacy with two old school lo-fi digital chips for more delay time, tap tempo, trails or true bypass, and a nastier, dirtier runaway havoc. All with a straightforward (at least for us) and intuitive, immediately rewarding control setup.

METEORE | LO-FI REVERB

Caroline Guitar Company METEORE lo-fi reverb

Imagine taking the ice bucket challenge, but you’re dunking yourself in dreams!
Inspired by the ultra-modern line 14 of the Paris Métro and its sleek platforms of glass, steel and tile that add all kinds of cool sonic artifacts to the space, the MÉTÉORE™ (pronounced may-tay-or) is our take on reverb.
We’ve kept your original signal path analog and pure, while giving you overdrive and regeneration controls to take you from spring reverb sounds to something much bigger. The controls are very interactive with each other, and as per Caroline tradition, this pedal can get VERY loud. You know, something something power, responsibility, blah blah blah…

 

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