JHS Colourbox V2 // I want to use this with every instrument I own

[@emilyharpist]

It’s jorbin time

[@JorbLovesGear]

@@emilyharpist when he said that? That was my favorite part

[@tristangieler]

Stand back, I am beginning to jorb

[@jhspedals]

thanks so much, jorb!!!

[@JorbLovesGear]

@@jhspedals happy to do it, whoever is posting for jhs 🫡🫡

[@Spaceyblak]

Really like the Jhs Colourbox v2 but would love it if it was a stereo!

[@MakeSomething]

Love the clamp stand!

[@StephenMcLeod]

Glad to see you got a hold of one of these! They are awesome.

[@LAZ-org]

Just an aside... I love/use those 'oui' yogurt containers all the time for water and mixing pots for painting! They're just a perfect shape!

[@JorbLovesGear]

@@LAZ-org ha! Each one of these is a set of screws and washers from a different half+fixed piece of gear

[@ronaldbaglien3457]

Actually, clean up the oui jars and they make a pretty decent whisky glass!

[@pbrninja19]

0:03 Always happy to see the giganto-hand holding up a pedal the size of a VCR illusion

[@InnerVisions68]

Lmao. Those freeze frames during the use case summary at the beginning. Jorb ✊🏼😂

[@hushyholland8823]

🔥 I came here looking for a Jorb review on it 2 days ago before I purchased it and I’m glad I ended up picking it up. The reviews on this with synths are few and far between from what I could find on yt. Great video as usual 👍

[@jeejeeBlaps]

It's great as an end of chain master bus effect as well. Love it on top of a mix.

[@krispykrunkdonut]

putting it in a C clamp to use on the desk is pure genius!!!!

[@WilliamA1]

And the ubiquitous microfiber cloth 😂

[@norithmusic]

Where did you buy the vise? Awesome! Thank you for posting

[@ibelieveinsound]

@@norithmusicany decent hardware store

[@jeffreywilliams6873]

That's an F-clamp. C-clamps are for jazz.

[@zankfrappa93]

it also helps to compress the sound a bit. its such a versatile pedal

[@madsenamplification]

Great video! The Colorbox is such a versatile box!

[@jboulderct]

I've always thought the Colourbox would be such a useful "studio" tool for a dawless jammer. Looks like you prove me right! lol

[@JorbLovesGear]

its a great thing to have around, its so flexible

[@evanward4303]

I bring it to rehearsal just to get a better vocal sound.

[@Spaceyblak]

Great review Jorb! Sounding goood!

[@paxson2000]

Brother the freezeframes while you’re demoing sounds is abso lutely giving 1970’s cable access vibings thank you sir jorbo

[@sons7429]

Dude, I went to college in 2000 . You are not old 😂

[@AndrewWalkingshaw]

Youngster!

[@juanvaldez5422]

I did to .. actually in 98

[@STMRecords1]

Great demo, love this format of you showing how you would dial it in on certain sounds

[@Ubi_Qui]

Nice demo. Appreciate the g-clamp usage.

[@GiovahPerez]

v1 the best!

[@miahorg]

I appreciate that you to put tape over the EYE OF SAURON like indicator LED on this pedal

[@lugentaubner6853]

God, I love this channel!

[@KosmoDeuz]

The reason I have 10 small mixers 😂

[@arofhoof]

Interesting pedal stand technology, I take note.

[@longlostrobots8146]

Nice my friend love the look and sound of your videos.

[@orryfishburne5326]

Ur convincing me to buy as second one for stereo use. 😁 I really love the new colorway. I wish it wasnt a limited edition. The standard white still looks great though

[@jimlampshady]

Nice 1 fella. I wanna try one on my Mk.1 Rhodes. BTW, low and high shelf, mid would probably be called "notch".

[@jhasheville]

Matriarch still there! Love that thing.

[@tj10777]

Nice, I've always wondered how this pedal would sound with a synth

[@natura808]

I need two!

[@AdamsOlympia]

I kinda wish I could afford the 500 series JHS Colourbox.. The high gain distortion and all the extra features on those is drool-worthy, . Still plenty powerful in pedal form though.

[@bennethos]

Mono only ? I got the wa-273eq which is just fabulous & gorgeous. Almost like listening to synth leads from the Late 70's, early 80's, rich, fat and what I come to feel as real analog, punchy and alive

[@xart_vandelayx]

14:13 a wild phone appears

[@sinsin5906]

the right language you have

[@iancain6647]

Jorb! Broski!

[@sleonse]

Im sorry you’re telling me I could use the Color Box as a preamp for an outboard 1176 while recording?

[@tuc5987]

Here's your coffee ... ☕, thought I'd bring you one, now, I'm all ears.

[@CartoonCityKid]

8:10 dungeon synth 🐉⚔️🛡

[@MotokoKusanagi]

Excellente!

[@ezekielchentnik]

I'm thinking about getting one for my 808 drum machine

[@tomoaries]

Jorb my GOAT!!!

[@blakebellis]

Jorb is GOAT

[@coldsludge]

Great video as always! Hey Jorb, what tuning do you use with your lap steel? I've got mine in C6 tuning, and im not sure if i just havent spent enough time with the tuning system yet to fully open it up, but everything I play just sounds so Hawaiian, for lack of a better term. Thank you for making these!

[@nrivers214]

Thanks for the this!! I’ve been curious to get one and use on a direct to FOH pedal board at the end of the chain as a DI/preamp/tone shaper after my UA Dream 65 but wasn’t sure if it was gonna be worth it for that. You’re the only video I can find that has used it that way and it sounds great. Do you have any other final thoughts or advice for running it in this way?? Thanks again, great video!

[@CatFish107]

With a big pile of gain options, like that, could you use that as a pre-amp for a cheapo stage microphone? Bit of vocal fx?

[@CatFish107]

Ok, you mentioned vocals right after I commented. Extra engagemometrics boost: GOOOOOOO!

[@JorbLovesGear]

@@CatFish107 go-go gadget engament boost

[@CatFish107]

​@@JorbLovesGear Hey I heard yah mention previously that you're a keyboard gun 4 hire. How much to have you bring that Wurlitzer up to Canada, and just play light chill jams in the background?

[@CatFish107]

​@@JorbLovesGear That sounds real nice, and could work pleasantly as background ambient tunes for general day to day.

[@WilliamA1]

Purpose for the oscillator screen besides sound visualization? I love it

[@revelation12ministries51]

JHS - Please add an FX loop to the Colourbox for a true channel strip!!!

[@zankfrappa93]

you have my vote. im eyeing up the Endgame at the moment just for the fx loop but its almost as expensive as the damn colourbox

[@kliffklass]

you've still got the matriarch...

[@JoshRichmanDesign]

How is the oscilloscope setup to read all your output? Thanks really cool!

[@sohlaroids]

Bumping this post. I’m also curious what type of oscilloscope this is

[@ttrak2149]

me too!

[@BearbearbearbearbearbearRarrrr]

Solid gold.

[@EvilDragon666]

Lump, haha! The actual term is bell or peak filter/EQ. :)

[@Cloud_Brn]

The lil mirror at the end reflecting the oscilloscope, 🤌🏼

[@nathandavidhall]

Would like to hear how this compares to Sansamp Paradriver on synth, sounds pretty similar to me

[@lahloonatic]

What cables are you using to connect to the oscilloscope? I would like to know where to buy them.

[@pablowentscobar]

JHS really does make great stuff, and Josh seems like such a good guy. I use to watch all his videos. He's super endearing and personable.

[@MicrophonesInTheTrees]

Apart from his anti-gay christian beliefs and straight stealing circuits, you mean?

[@WRONGUNZBASS]

Hey Jorb! Please could you let us know where did you buy that awesome version from?! I recently grabbed myself a Colour box V2 last month and have been looking for these exact knobs to customise it

[@JorbLovesGear]

@@WRONGUNZBASS came out today!

[@WRONGUNZBASS]

@@JorbLovesGear I hope they still have some for sale when I get paid lol

[@JorbLovesGear]

i believe these are limited time, but not limited quantity. you'll be able to get one for sure

[@WRONGUNZBASS]

@@JorbLovesGear Ah cool! By the way, I just wanted to take the chance to say how much I appreciate all the videos you have made dude. I've actually bought a lot of my gear directly due to your videos and value your input and advice tremendously. Thankyou so very, very much for all your hard work and excellent content! I look forward to your in depth videos all the time

[@jhspedals]

@@WRONGUNZBASS hi! yes, they will be on sale from now until Dec. 31!

[@bentropy]

Thanks Jorb, but question: is the xlr input low impedence, expecting a mic, and the 1/4" high impedence, expecting an instrument? I was surprised you were going into the pedal from your ARP through the XLR (without a direct box) because of impedence matching issues.

[@BradCox-d3w]

Hey Jorb! Appreciate the video! Do you have any insight on how this compares to the Chase Bliss Automatone for synths / drum machines? Most of the Automatone videos I’ve seen are tailored for guitar (understandably), so just curious if you’ve been able to use that on electronic gear. Thanks again!

[@JorbLovesGear]

@@BradCox-d3w I haven't tried it, but speaking generally, the colourbox is pretty specific / pretty idiosyncratic as a drive pedal. Automatone is pretty flexible, closer to something like brothers or analog heat

[@_rkrd]

haha I see that I'm not the only one sticking duck tape on top of that sun-level-brightness-LED

[@leroytakahashi]

it sounded quite noisy at high gain?

[@adammcgill9844]

Most keyboards have a slight electronic hum/hiss that they emit. When you gain the signal up it also gains up that electrical hiss. Nothing some light gating can’t overcome.

[@sesa2984]

Trapped in place without Wurlitzer…please send.

[@Station2Station-du2gh]

Pretty cool demo, but it's a color box, not an overdrive - and I see everyone on KZbin driving this box hard. There are plenty of harmonics below the breakup threshold.

[@curtisaloia]

Rad pedal, but the rest of my board is stereo 😞

[@stoatystoat174]

Very nice but I have already spent too much 😥😂 (i blame the love in your voice for the Empress Reverb, i regret nothing) Recomend Hot Chip tiny desk concert thing, Flat steal remided me because they had it out of its usual context

[@brooklynboy1000]

theyre billing it as a NEVE but its nowhere near an actual one - similar perhaps but a basic NEVE preamp is $1700 - this thing is $450 - sorry not the same parts or quality

[@JorbLovesGear]

@@brooklynboy1000 real lundahl transformers, at least.

[@brooklynboy1000]

@ yes but that’s just one component. I’m. It putting it down but don’t expect miracles On guitars which are pretty lofi I guess it could work. I don’t see a person in a band needing this really though. Warm Audio pre or Great River. Save up!

[@bunjumun]

if you're going for a neve microphone pre sound, golden age does better for the same price or cheaper, but on my pedal board the colour box makes a lot more sense.

[@mikepecchio-gk1bc]

Neve did not use Lundahl transformers in any of their products. Not the 1073, not anything else. The sound of the classic modules is mostly due to the special gapped output transformer with dc current flowing in the primary, which this pedal also does not have. Not to mention the inductor based EQ…Cool pedal, but it is a huge stretch to say this is anything like a 1073 (I worked for AMS Neve 25 years ago)

[@eltripps9684]

Is there any pedal like this that has stereo ins and outs?

[@JorbLovesGear]

@@eltripps9684 not exactly oto boum could come close for some usecases

[@eltripps9684]

@JorbLovesGear I run a lot of my gear I use to make samples through a way too clean mixer and then it passes through a uad max compressor, chroma console, meraki delay and oceans 12 reverb, but thought something like this could add a little extra dirt.

[@JorbLovesGear]

@eltripps9684 max preamp is just the one knob, but would do a lot of work

[@greybearsound]

Analog Heat is a different. Full Stereo. Has great filters and basic eq. 8 Analog gain type options. Presets, LFO and FULL midi. I have both. Different but great in each way~

[@eltripps9684]

@@greybearsound I have one that I use on my master bus and love it. I've actually considered getting the one with fx to solve this GAS issue of mine.

[@omelashomelas]

Mono?...

[@bry2k]

You kept cutting mids with it. Bro...wurli and guitar are all about the mids. TURN 'EM UP.

[@digitaldiezel5870]

Hmmm, mono.

[@JorbLovesGear]

@@digitaldiezel5870 buy two

[@middaymeds]

I would've thought you'd think twice before accepting a JHS sponsor. Not getting into the controversy here, I'm sure you're familiar. Just disappointed.

[@sashajedinac9391]

Loos like a neat pedal. I just can’t condone JHS’s politics. His involvement with IHOPKC and then passing off Devi Ever circuits as his own completely sour me on him.