JHS Colourbox v.2 £310 Scotland

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Price includes uk shipping

 

Full spec here:

https://www.jhspedals.info/colour-box-v2

or here’s my take…

 

First the treble sounds class. 2kHz at its lowest and in about the 2-4kHz range adds nice top without clack for us bassists. It can add air as the freq goes up but honestly for the bass in about 0700-1000 is where it’s at for me. 

 

Lo/Hi gain.

The pedal can be clean or varying levels of low gain and break up right to the famed ‘Revolution’ guitar sound - that classic console type break up. If you have a lower output bass the hi switch can really add some oomph and width to the sound in conjunction with the Step control. I’ve a HB jazz with I think ‘original jazz’  Bart’s and this elevates that bass - it sounds great but the added sonic weight is undeniable! It competes with my Flea jazz and going back and forth I can simply flick the lo gain mode for the flea (it’s hotter output) and go high gain on the HB and it balances them nicely- all analogue and can be dialled in in seconds. 
 

Into the efx return/power amp.
I used this into the fx return on my Fender rumble and it slays. Into a cab ir to FOH and you have those transformers and a magical sounding eq to have a very over-achieving eq/di. I still bring it as a back up but my main pre/di has been bombproof hence the sale. 
 

The HPF

This starts at 160hz. Some initial thoughts and documentation said 60Hz but it’s 160. Don’t panic though as you can use the Pultec trick of engaging the Hpf at its lowest range (160hz) but boost the bass frequencies below or at 160hz and there’s no loss of low end. The mid control has a massive range too so you can still dial in addition mids freqs to suit your room/mix.
 

See below for the range on the eq’s frequencies: 

 

Frequencies controlled by EQ Shift Knobs:

 

Treble Shift - 2kHz to 30kHz –  CCW lowers the center Freq, CW raises the center Freq.

Middle Shift - 150Hz to 2.4kHz –  CCW lowers the center Freq, CW raises the center Freq.

Bass Shift - 20Hz to 440Hz –  CCW lowers the center Freq, CW raises the center Freq.

The Hi-Pass section is enabled by the toggle switch below the Hi-Pass knob. Just flip it up to engage the Hi-Pass knob. The HPF is a 2nd order 6dB per octave highpass filter. The -3dB cutoff freq (the frequency at which the filter starts to act) can be adjusted from 160Hz to 650Hz.

 

Priced to sell and if the item I’m after sell’s then this is staying in our band ‘gig box’ as a valuable Di/eq for whoever should need it. Ironically it’s the best sounding DI in the band after my main Tube pre/DI, the only reason for selling this!!