JHS Pedals Colour Box V2

"Revolution" by the Beatles, Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog,” U2, Spoon, Pink Floyd, Motown, Quincy Jones, Nirvana, Steely Dan, Neil Young, Tears For Fears, and Tom Petty (the list is endless), all feature the unmistakable sound of plugging an electric guitar directly into a Neve* recording console. The Colour Box puts the tone of those legendary pieces of recording equipment into your guitar rig whether performing live or in the studio. By using 100% analog circuitry that is true to the design and schematic of vintage Neve* circuitry, JHS has reproduced everything that makes the Neve preamps magical. The Colour Box’s two gain stages are in series to produce beautiful clean tones and can also be pushed hard to destroy any signal into a beautiful fuzzy mess. With ¼” and XLR inputs and outputs, the Colour Box can also cover all the ground that you would expect a high-quality studio preamp to cover. Whether you’re plugging in your microphone, bass, keyboard, electric, or even your acoustic guitar, make sure you have a Colour Box close by.

Far from just another fuzz, the Colour Box is also making waves in studios around the world as a top-quality preamp. Plug your microphone, bass, keyboard, acoustic, or any other instrument into it. You’ll be greeted with a three-dimensional sound that adds clarity and warmth to your track.

Features

• For all instruments and microphones

• Sound and character of a Vintage Neve Studio console

• 2 Serial gain stages

• Suitable for electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, keyboard, vocals, as well as other instruments

• Advanced EQ section with +/- 17 dB cut/boost in each band

• Can transfer 48 V phantom power to condenser microphones

• True bypass

• Controls for: Master, Pre-Vol, Step, Hi Pass, Treble, Middle, Bass, Treble Shift, Mid Shift, Bass Shift

• Hi-pass toggle switch activates the high-pass section

• Hi/Lo toggle switch selects between Clean Mode (lower gain) or Distorted Mode (higher gain)

• INST/XLR switch selects the input source

• Pad switch (-20 dB) for the XLR input

• Bypass footswitch

• Status LED

• XLR/TRS (6.3 mm) Combo input

• XLR Output

• 6.3 mm Mono jack output

• Operates via 9V DC power supply with 2.1 x 5.5 mm coaxial power connector, negative polarity (-) inside (not included, must be ordered separately)

• Power consumption: 193 mA

• Metal housing

• Dimensions (L x W x H): 120 x 110 x 60 mm

• Weight: 480 g

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