Re: JHS Colour Box
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 3:55 am
PetZounds wrote:Okay so after watching demos, this thing seems pretty neat.
But still, JHS.
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Re: JHS Colour Box
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 4:00 am
It'd be better if it had multiple channels methinks.
Sounds alright but I'd be pretty disappointed if i spent $400 on something only to end up using it as a 'thickener' or a faux fuzz pedal.
Also, JHS.
Sounds alright but I'd be pretty disappointed if i spent $400 on something only to end up using it as a 'thickener' or a faux fuzz pedal.
Also, JHS.
Re: JHS Colour Box
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 4:10 am
i know but them stooges tones. this plus a fuzzrite, alright dude, alright.univalve wrote:PetZounds wrote:Okay so after watching demos, this thing seems pretty neat.
But still, JHS.
Re: JHS Colour Box
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 4:57 am
I don't know, I think it sounds horrible in most video's I saw and just decent in the PGS video, more like a really shitty overdrive / fuzz than like a great Neve preamp.
Re: JHS Colour Box
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 8:58 am
Man, you need to recognize the Feature.Tristan wrote:I don't know, I think it sounds horrible in most video's I saw and just decent in the PGS video, more like a really shitty overdrive / fuzz than like a great Neve preamp.
Re: JHS Colour Box
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 9:42 am
Shadiness/controversy aside, It's a cool idea and there are numerous options for toneshaping.
It's actually the first JHS pedal whose layout/looks are a homerun.
If you're viewing this as $400 for an overdrive/eq then yeah, it's about $150-200 too much.
I like how it uses a Lundahl input transformer...they aint cheap...but this pedal is still about $100 overpriced.
For $470 you can get an Effectrode Blackbird which is one hellova preamp/DI...with the added benefit of rolling tubes to further shape its sonic character...
If you want a 1073 pre or anything close to it, you can get one for about $800, in rackmount or lunchbox format.
The Colourbox is not a Neve pre. It attempts to emulate a bit of the coloration from the Neve and REDD channel strips, clean or driven.
But *the real thing* is a whole other beast, entirely.
It's actually the first JHS pedal whose layout/looks are a homerun.
If you're viewing this as $400 for an overdrive/eq then yeah, it's about $150-200 too much.
I like how it uses a Lundahl input transformer...they aint cheap...but this pedal is still about $100 overpriced.
For $470 you can get an Effectrode Blackbird which is one hellova preamp/DI...with the added benefit of rolling tubes to further shape its sonic character...
If you want a 1073 pre or anything close to it, you can get one for about $800, in rackmount or lunchbox format.
The Colourbox is not a Neve pre. It attempts to emulate a bit of the coloration from the Neve and REDD channel strips, clean or driven.
But *the real thing* is a whole other beast, entirely.
Re: JHS Colour Box
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 10:02 am
I've wanted to post this a million times elsewhere, but never did. so, here.
I actually love the look and idea of this thing. Butt, as many have stated before:
butt.
guitar amps have a natural treble roll off around 6kHz. otherwise they'd sound like jabbing an ice pick in your ear drums. going guitar - preamp/board - recording medium sounds a LOT different than guitar - preamp - guitar amp. the 12" speakers just don't have the highs. I've tried. I had several mock ups and prototypes of neve-esque preamps with transformers and such in pedal form, which all sounded great as mic preamps but did not reproduce that Beatles Revolution tone through an amp, even with a ton of treble EQ and tweaking.
so hey, buyer beware, if you want 'straight to board' fuzz tones with a guitar amp, install tweeters in yo' amp or run to the PA.
I actually love the look and idea of this thing. Butt, as many have stated before:
that aside, here's the thing: you're never gonna get those 'straight to the board' guitar tones, through a guitar amp. not gonna happen. Is it a cool preamp, mic pre, tone shaper thingy? yeah def.PetZounds wrote:Okay so after watching demos, this thing seems pretty neat.
But still, JHS.
butt.
guitar amps have a natural treble roll off around 6kHz. otherwise they'd sound like jabbing an ice pick in your ear drums. going guitar - preamp/board - recording medium sounds a LOT different than guitar - preamp - guitar amp. the 12" speakers just don't have the highs. I've tried. I had several mock ups and prototypes of neve-esque preamps with transformers and such in pedal form, which all sounded great as mic preamps but did not reproduce that Beatles Revolution tone through an amp, even with a ton of treble EQ and tweaking.
so hey, buyer beware, if you want 'straight to board' fuzz tones with a guitar amp, install tweeters in yo' amp or run to the PA.
Re: JHS Colour Box
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 11:25 am
PetZounds wrote: JHS
TweedBassman wrote:butt.
I was mostly interested in this for vocal stuff, but also guitars and anything else I could cram through there. The demos sound really nice to merustywire wrote:whole
But not for that price.
I know their supposedly shady business practices and weird cult don't really affect me, but I would still feel dirty every time I looked at that pedal and knew I'd contributed to them.
Plus there's only one KVLT welcome around here.
Re: JHS Colour Box
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 12:09 pm
I'm going to contact them and see if they want Acid Splashed pedals. Fuck it. They're local, I'm local, go God. Yea. Let's make money.
Re: JHS Colour Box
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 12:16 pm
.... so, I'm sensing a Penny Pedals Install Tweeters In Yo' Amp pedal, right?TweedBassman wrote:
... so hey, buyer beware, if you want 'straight to board' fuzz tones with a guitar amp, install tweeters in yo' amp or run to the PA.
Re: JHS Colour Box
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 1:56 pm
The Feature, no comprende, whaddayamean?univalve wrote:Man, you need to recognize the Feature.Tristan wrote:I don't know, I think it sounds horrible in most video's I saw and just decent in the PGS video, more like a really shitty overdrive / fuzz than like a great Neve preamp.
Re: JHS Colour Box
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 4:45 pm
Religious cults get a bad name, but they really aren't that bad. I grew up in Jonestown and I turned out ok.
Re: JHS Colour Box
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 4:49 pm
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Re: JHS Colour Box
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 6:38 pm
Ugly Nora wrote:Religious cults get a bad name, but they really aren't that bad. I grew up in Jonestown and I turned out ok.
I shouldn't talk to much about (on the internet) this but I have a personal involvement in this one. I was there opening day for reasons I'd rather not say on the net. Needless to say I no longer go there.
I just watched the video from JHS. Dude seems nice enough, so I shouldn't talk shit on his stuff as I haven't tried it, but that "church", yea...it's not cool.
Re: JHS Colour Box
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 10:27 pm
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