JHS Colour Box

JHS Colour Box

JHS Colour Box

The JHS Pedals Colour Box is our attempt to give you the unmistakable sound of plugging your guitar, bass, piano, microphone, or anything else, directly into a vintage Neve preamp. One of the first places this sound was made famous was on the Beatles Revolution with the spiky lead guitar lines throughout the song. Since then, countless artists have used this same technique in the studio to get guitar tones that have a compressed and punchy quality thats hard to find anywhere else. The Colour Box has become a JHS Pedals classic in a matter of just a few years by giving players a sound that before was only available in the studio. With studio grade circuitry and a Lundahl transformer, the Colour Box is a preamp, EQ, overdrive, distortion, and fuzz that will transform any signal you put through it.

So lets open the Colour Box and see how we can color outside the lines. The Colour Box control set features three sections: the gain section, EQ section, and the hi-pass filter section. Within the gain section, we have Master, Pre-Vol, and Step controls. The Master is your overall master volume for the unit, while the Pre-Vol controls the amount of gain hitting the front end of the Colour Box.

This acts as a drive control, giving you everything from slight grit and warmth to heavy overdrive/distortion and even gated fuzz. The Step control is a five-position switch that raises the gain of the Colour Boxs two preamp stages simultaneously up to 39dB. This gives you the ability to control the headroom of the unit so you can have cleaner tones or over-the-top distortion and fuzz. The EQ section is a powerful Baxandall-style EQ circuit so you can boost or cut Bass, Mids, and Treble to your needs.

The center of each EQ control has a detent so you can set them flat or boost/cut each frequency range for powerful results to tailor your tone for any instrument or microphone. The Hi-Pass filter is engaged by flipping the toggle into the up position.

When engaged, the Hi-Pass knob sweeps from 60Hz to 800Hz. The Colour Box features a selectable XLR or 1/4 input as well as separate XLR and 1/4 outputs.

This allows you to connect any instrument or microphone into the Colour Box, while also giving you the ability to simultaneously run your output to an amplifier via 1/4 output and to a mixer board via XLR output. On the right side of the pedal, you have a switch to choose either line or microphone input, as well as a switch for a -20dB pad. The Colour Box runs on 18V DC negative center power, though it can run off of 9V DC negative center power as well, and consumes 31mA.

Direct-in studio preamp tones in a pedal. Tons of gain for a wide array of preamp, overdrive, and fuzz tones. Powerful EQ section to perfectly tailor your signal. Hi-Pass for cutting out muddy low end or lo-fi garage tones.

1/4 and XLR in and out for use with any instrument or microphone. Quality Lundahl transformer that adds weight and dimension to your signal.

If your instruments have been dull and lifeless, its time you gave yourself a new palette of color with the Colour Box! Some Noteworthy "Direct In" Guitar Tones to Check Out: "Revolution" the Beatles "Black Dog" Led Zeppelin "The Beast And Dragon, Adored" Spoon "Cinnamon Girl" Neil Young "Highway 61" Bob Dylan "Reelin in the Years" Steely Dan "Strange Brew" Cream "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2" Pink Floyd "Bodysnatchers" Radiohead "Engines of Creation" Joe Satriani "LA Woman" the Doors "Territorial Pissings" Nirvana Sgt. Peppers" the Beatles "Get Lucky" Daft Punk "Im Coming Out Diana Ross. Step control increases the gain by the following: 1 is X 18 dB 2 is X 23 dB 3 is X 28 dB 4 is X 33 dB 5 is X 39 dB. Never before has a guitar pedal crossed into this territory to bring the tones of pro audio to your pedal board. The JHS Colour Box pedal is in no way affiliated with AMS Neve ltd. The item "JHS Colour Box" is in sale since Friday, August 23, 2019. This item is in the category "Musical Instruments & Gear\Pro Audio Equipment\Preamps & Channel Strips".

The seller is "oxbowaudio" and is located in Komoka. This item can be shipped worldwide.


JHS Colour Box