JHS Colour Box V2 10-Year Anniversary Limited Edition Preamp Effect Pedal

Sometimes it’s the small ideas, sometimes it’s the big, though sometimes it's the huge ideas that stand the test of time – for example, the JHS Colour Box V2 10 Year Anniversary Edition.

As one of the biggest and most popular innovations in effect pedals in recent memory, JHS founder Josh Scott set out to bring sounds of legendary British recording consoles to a compact, pedalboard-friendly, and gig-ready form. This task was seen as insurmountable before the first Colour Box, introduced in 2014. With its original version and its V2 version coming a couple years later, JHS achieved their original goal with their Colour Box pedal – today one of the brand's most popular.

The JHS Colour Box V2 10 Year Anniversary Edition comes loaded with the same magic the Colour Box V2 carries. With the original vision of capturing distinct recording console genius like that exhibited by bands like the Beatles, Wilco, Steely Dan, among so many others, realized, this Colour Box version still does what it does best. There's more to the Colour Box V2 than just a stompbox, these days.

Today's Colour Box V2 10 Year Edition is equipped with separate gain and EQ sections to truly get into the nitty gritty with your sound. Deep and effective gain and frequency shaping comes through the Colour Box V2 with dedicated Master, Pre-Volume, and Step controls for adjusting the gain of the whole unit as well as getting particular with its internal gain staging and preamp. A Hi/Lo switch also appears on this version to add in extra headroom for high or low gain playing and recording situations – Hi for more headroom, Lo for less.

The EQ section of the Colour Box V2 allows for intense and accurate adjustment of both frequency level and presence, where there is virtually no stone that cannot be turned, making for an excellent addition to the boards and rigs of audiophiles and studio dwellers. Along with these deep EQ functions, the Colour Box V2 comes with built with a combination XLR and quarter-inch input jack that allows for connection to instruments or microphones. What's more, the V2 features an output transformer, 48V phantom power and silent switching for bringing the whole experience together.

JHS is understandably proud of the Colour Box to give it its flowers in an anniversary edition. For grab-and-go guitar players and studio tinkerers alike, it’s a total treasure to have around. Join in on the festivities with JHS and one of their flagship pedals. Here's to ten more?