I Always Wanted This Sound: The JHS Crayon Preamp, Boost, Overdrive, Fuzz (Neve 1073 in a box!)

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I Always Wanted This Sound: The JHS Crayon Preamp, Boost, Overdrive, Fuzz (Neve 1073 in a box!)

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Жыл бұрын

Today in the basement, Josh is going to go over the JHS Crayon and it's multifaceted uses and abilities. The Crayon is essentially the "overdrive" part of the Colour Box, or the red section. Here's some copy from our website about the controls:
"The Crayon has controls for Master, Pre-Vol, Tilt, and a Hi-Pass toggle. The Master volume controls the overall volume of the unit, while the Pre-Vol acts as a gain control to go from a gritty preamp drive to over-the-top gated fuzz. These controls work together to create a ton of colorful tones that are extremely useful. The Tilt control is an active EQ where when set at 12 o’clock you have a flat EQ, while turning clockwise boosts highs and cuts bass, and turning counterclockwise boosts bass and cuts highs. This gives the Crayon the ability to be tailored to any rig for bass or guitar. The Hi-Pass toggle cuts your low end with a flick of the switch for the ability to cut through the mix or get lo-fi sounds. There is a dip switch on the right side of the pedal to choose either 200Hz or 750Hz cut for the Hi-Pass."
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@PoisonNoises Жыл бұрын

Can't wait till warm audio puts out "The Marker".

@daveclinton4945 Жыл бұрын

Too different. Maybe the Cran.

@jhspedals Жыл бұрын

Omg lol

@breadnaut3087 Жыл бұрын

My offer still stands. Ill pay double for a V5 with V4 lettering.

@PoisonNoises Жыл бұрын

@@breadnaut3087 Only if you can convince Josh that the old parameters were better.

@jordanfontaine8015 Жыл бұрын

I'd rather have the demon audio humongous knob version.

@brotherjohnhiggins8614 Жыл бұрын

That stop motion film deserves an award. It's beautiful.

@jwelliott74 Жыл бұрын

Nick is truly an artist. From one creative to another: Nick, you’re on another level, man. And Josh, that’s a crazy box of rock you’ve created. Totally unassuming, but seems to be a Swiss Army Drive.

@benspeeds Жыл бұрын

Really glad to see you Deep diving into YOUR own creations for a change! Would love to see you do a more in depth look at highlighting the versatility of the Color Box next.

@xb5883 Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure he has

@jhspedals Жыл бұрын

Here's a dive. Maybe not a deep dive, but maybe like a off shore snorkeling trip into the Colour Box v2.

@behavioralsink7747 Жыл бұрын

Where?

@silvamorphisphaeble7863 Жыл бұрын

@@jhspedalsNo link available….

@m.a.6478 Жыл бұрын

This stop motion movie is truly a masterpiece. I saw it years ago, and I'm glad I got it presented to re-watch. Thank you Nick!

@marcelrossouw7761 Жыл бұрын

Nels' solo on Hell is Chrome changed the way I understood a solo (or guitar parts in general) could work. Just blew me away. I had to listen to it on repeat for days. Genius. So soulful, and unconventional.

@jonasboone2679 Жыл бұрын

Unless youre referring to his work on the live album Kicking Television, I’m pretty sure Jeff Tweedy does all the guitar work on a ghost is born including hell is chrome since it was pre Nels and Post Jay Bennett! (Although I read that all Jeff’s lead stuff at the time was inspired by Nels and that was part of why he ended up in the band)

@NoBSMusicReviews Жыл бұрын

I am one of the many who never saw this brilliant movie before. Nick is a genius. Josh, as you know, you are also a genius, for realizing that people would want what the crayon provides.

@SebCB Жыл бұрын

Josh, I have always appreciated how you put your love of music first and foremost. It makes you such a joy to watch and listen too. Your enthusiasm is infectious. Please, please, please keep doing this as long as you can.

@vansongs 5 ай бұрын

Nick is obviously a big part of JHS. The creative talent in everything he does, the passion. Mostly the loyalty is astounding in my opinion. Josh you must truly be an amazing human to be able to have developed such a team. Kudos Nick and everyone at JHS. I started out with Donner but now JHS is dominating. Pulp and Peel , PG14 and Series 3 Harmonic Trem so far.

@ericcarpenter3263 Жыл бұрын

Josh, I love the deeper dives of your pedals. The Color Box should be next on the list, love you original V2 video showing it off. It’s so good that maybe you don’t need to dive it deeper but it’s a great pedal and a million uses.

@PMTluke Жыл бұрын

Yes please !!! Colour box V2 deeeeeeeeep diiiiiiiiiive 🙌👍👍🙏please

@jeffcole2860 Жыл бұрын

Nick's Video Teaser!!!! Go Nick! Nick you are a MONSTER creator!!!! always with the tasty drum stylings! Cheers! btw - I have had the Color Box (with the 3rd row SHIFT) for some years and LOVE IT!!! of course. Thanks Josh for everything you do. What a treasure you all are. Morning Glory FOREVER!

@posival23 8 ай бұрын

This is absolutely insane. He found a way to make a pedal that sounds exactly like Jack Whites guitar sound in The White Stripes. I own their Fuzz pedal but had I known this pedal existed, I would have bought this thing and thrown away every distortion pedal I currently own. Good god he’s a genius. I tried to get my friend to make a pedal for me like this once and he had no idea how to make it work. A dream come true.

@CatCanteri Жыл бұрын

Dude, I'm new here and I just gotta say I absolutely love the way you nerd out! It's passionate, articulate, engaging, witty and vulnerable. You get all the gold stars I had allocated for today, you're awesome.

@chrisradzion2148 Жыл бұрын

The Crayon adds something special to your tone. It really makes whatever you’re playing sound like the studio album record. I have it on my Pink Floyd/ David Gilmour inspired board. It’s great for everything, but where it really shines is for songs from “The Wall”, especially ones that employ the direct into the console technique, like “Another Brick in the Wall Part 2”. Master all the way up, Pre just before breakup, Tilt on the treble side, and the Hi Pass on at 200. Perfect for those funky, compressed, DI tones.

@PedalChainsAddiction Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tour of the Crayon! It really is a treat seeing you highlight your work. The enthusiasm you have for designing and building carries over to these illuminations. More spotlights and origin stories, please!

@adylp7818 Жыл бұрын

I saw Spoon a few weeks ago and their live guitar sounds were absolutely epic.

@danielcruz1263 Жыл бұрын

This was the first JHS pedal I heard of through “the new kid” in my math class.. fast forward 5 years later and he is now one of my best friends :) Thanks Josh

@joerobertson795 Жыл бұрын

Really impressed with Nick's Movie! ...and apparently I'm getting a new preamp pedal! You guys are all completely Amazing, thank you!

@nostro1001 Жыл бұрын

Hell is chrome... I've loved that guitar tone since it's release and always go back to it. 👍😎

@3doghowl Жыл бұрын

Loved the deep dive into this and it’s definitely a pedal to be proud of! Would love at some point maybe a deeper dive into the Twin Twelve which I know is discontinued but I definitely have gotten a lot of great use out of.

@samarzaga2984 Жыл бұрын

I have always thought that Nick was super creative! Love that guy, and he has no ego too. NICK!

@craigbrown9987 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant trail, must've taken forever. The Crayon is one of those pedals I will never let go of. Its mystique and depth of sound just keeps giving.

@jhspedals Жыл бұрын

it did take so long! lolol

@onecarnivore Жыл бұрын

Amazing stop action video. I also really enjoy the videos about JHS pedals. No one has better insight into them than you so it's interesting.

@300Foxes Жыл бұрын

The stop-motion animation is incredible! Good stuff all around. 👍

@Mardial Жыл бұрын

That awesome feeling when you watch a review video about a device you actually own

@gfmgma Жыл бұрын

I keep hearing this type of fuzzy gated tone for years, so glad you made this video. A few more examples: 1) Father John Misty - Strange Encounter 2) Michael Kiwanuka - Cold Little Heart 3) Clube da Esquina - Trem de Doido (this one always blows my mind)

@1redgate8 Жыл бұрын

Love how you always play to the pedals you are using, your playing style, use of percussiveness. Yet another terriffic demo! And loved the rest of the episode of course, nick is amazeballs!! Pixar, watch out.

@frankachille6076 Жыл бұрын

I dunno guys. Why it took this video to convince me that the Crayon should be my next pedal , but this did it. Killer!!

@DavidFell Жыл бұрын

Wow. Had to pause and rewatch Nick’s amazing stop motion work!!! George Pal and Will Vinton would be impressed!

@jhspedals Жыл бұрын

isn't it so good!

@BitcoinTakeover Жыл бұрын

That stop motion animation promo is incredible. Must have taken him a hundred hours or more to put that together! Mad respect for Nick.

@thejoshbtv Жыл бұрын

Dude. That video is legit awesome. I can't even imagine how long that must have taken.

@kimmykimkan Жыл бұрын

The crayon sounds amazing. My buddy has two v2 color boxes for drums. *mind blowing*. But. Not nearly as much as Nick's stop motion work. So good!

@kimmykimkan Жыл бұрын

Nick also nailed that Nels Cline wiggle. Just say'n

@CodenameCuervo Жыл бұрын

This pedal is now on my ultimate velcro fuzz want to buy list.

@CodenameCuervo Жыл бұрын

Btw a crayon with a kill switch combo would forever rock 🎸 🔥

@drscott47 Жыл бұрын

reelin in the years performed by Elliott Randall was actually a dimed ampeg SVT with a strat that he had a PAF installed in the neck mic'd with an AKG 414. it was probably blowing up the mic pre a little bit, but its fairly well documented that was the sound.

@bonnevillebagger9147 Жыл бұрын

Holy crap, that is a Rhoney!!! Very cool guitar. I loved his and Sully’s podcast. The luthierist podcast, for those curious.

@ZigbertD Жыл бұрын

Wilco are one of my favorite bands ever, and "A Ghost is Born" while not my very favorite album of theirs, is still very very good, and more than any other Wilco album, conjures very specific memories of a certain time in my life. I have such an indelible memory of listening to "Hell is Chrome" while lying on a bed in a dim candle lit room and the music just enveloping me with it's warm, right up close, impossibly languid dynamic, just so much space between the sounds, sparse yet so full of life.

@peterisdead666 Жыл бұрын

god, that Spoon song made me chase this tone ever since i heard it when i was 13 years old. Always thought it was an octave fuzz or something but i never knew, but i should have, it was a 1073 direct

@simonpark843 Жыл бұрын

This is a great video. I missed the 'Monday Monologues' videos but they seem to have been reborn as what I think of as the 'Josh Only' video format. I enjoy hearing Josh in his stream-of-consciousness mode, where he's just thinking aloud to a camera. I enjoy hearing what he says but I also feel like it's somehow doing him good. I enjoy all the JHS videos but particularly enjoy hearing Josh sort of let his mind wander, as he does in this one.

@BathedInMilk Жыл бұрын

I remember watching demos when this came out and absolutely no one got it. I think it just went over a lot of people's heads. Great pedal.

@davelinke Жыл бұрын

This is my only JHS, the only pedals I keep after buying a katana are the drive train, and yours is truly unique. I bought it to chase the tone of bodysnatchers. Wonderful work man!

@verigone2677 9 ай бұрын

So hard to believe its been 8 years since the Crayon. I still rock the original stickers on a bunch of stuff...you guys put like 5 of the old box stickers in my Andy Timmons Angry Charlie box back in I think 2018.

@petestewart2701 Жыл бұрын

Nick was dropped into creativity fluid as a baby. Awesome.

@TheCoryAyers 8 ай бұрын

The Mutemath lick was a nice touch. Also, thank you for sharing the pedal story. It's very helpful and makes me want it.

@mattstrings Жыл бұрын

Amazing episode! This was the first JHS pedal I owned (also the first pedal I bought from Reverb). I desperately wanted a Color Box but couldn't afford it so I was pumped for this. I generally use it as a Tom Petty-ish boost or as a way to run my guitar through an NES cartridge. Kudos to you guys for a super versatile pedal and for paring down so many useful features in a way that was still quality but more affordable

@spookydirt Жыл бұрын

that animation is awesome! I'm quite tempted by the pedal, too. I'm a huge fan of Spoon, and Gimme Fiction especially. So I might have to buy the pedal for those days when I want to pretend I'm in Spoon.

@spookydirt Жыл бұрын

oh, and Lanois uses 73s as his pre's a lot of the time (he has a bunch of them). another reason for me to buy this pedal.

@jeremeydonovan8286 Жыл бұрын

I love how excited you get when talking about the inspiration for this. You are the genuine article my friend! It’s all about the music with you and that is powerful stuff. I would love to buy direct so I know your getting every cent of the money I want you to have anything you need to keep making music better or easier to find the sound you want! Your the man!

@coreyradermusic Жыл бұрын

32 and just discovering spoon because of your recommendation. Thank you for being so informative and humble at the same time.

@dls3939 Жыл бұрын

Man Ive wanted a Colour Box for so long now, The Crayon s an awesome pedal

@tobymearing8407 Жыл бұрын

i love stop motion animation AND the direct-Into a neve sound - so this vid is pretty much heaven for me

@samborn7120 Жыл бұрын

The first thing I thought about at first hear was Wilco’s “Spiders”. Crazy that you have revealed the inspiration for this!

@keofir Жыл бұрын

Just for the stop motion ... fantastic

@rob9340 Жыл бұрын

Oh Yes! How did Spoon get erased from my memory? They were (are) so good. WIlco brilliant band, the guitar sounds are so epic. Jeff and Nels create such interesting guitar noises.

@mattkeating1396 Жыл бұрын

Great summary. I wish you’d have these for all your pedals. I bought the crayon in a whim and after an hour I was convinced it was not for me and was going to return. Decided to keep trying it out and now it’s my favorite distortion / fuzz pedal, glad I kept it, it definitely had to grow on me though.

@oliverbrzoska9055 Жыл бұрын

I bought this pedal immediately after watching this video. Love you, Josh, for your love of music and for pointing at the sounds that I love!

@fancykarlmarx 4 ай бұрын

Jim eno came to a show I played in Austin and hung out. He took us to his studio after. Very sweet guy.

@gratefulpipeandcigar3239 Жыл бұрын

Josh is living the dream. This Crayon pedal sounds rad, I’ve gotta try the Color Box!

@paulmatulevich3623 Жыл бұрын

Mad props to Nick for the stop motion, because completing the bit with the drawing seems like something from Hercules 12 labors (and I love the Crayon)

@bushipop9667 Жыл бұрын

Concept for a pedal: "The Gumby." In tribute to the King of stop-motion animation, Mr. Art Clokey. His films were surrealistic like Mr. Nick's teaser. Pedal should be Gumby Green in color and be able to mold the time-space continuum just like Gumby (and his side-kick Pokey) could be pushed into different shapes to give the illusion of motion in two dimensions. I have the Color Box V1, by the way, and I appreciate its contribution to those of us that don't have a Neve desk..

@treetopjones737 Жыл бұрын

The name is trade-marked.

@chrisbenson673 Жыл бұрын

My wife saw me watching this video and said she liked the look and color of this pedal. Further she asked if it was called the crayon because it added color to your tone.

@primus223 Жыл бұрын

You found yourself a keeper, the wife ain't half bad either

@christophersoulos6100 Жыл бұрын

A fella named Nason Naringella made a Neve and 1176 in a box. His hope, when I bought it, that I would think it sounded like a Neve and an 1176. I bought it and two months later released it back into the used market, professionally speaking. It was Niles away from my experience with those two units. Yours sounds like what a Neve does. This might be the third pedal I buy of JHS.

@gitpho Жыл бұрын

😂 if you know, you know

@buhlir Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love it!, the Colour box was the reason I discovered JHS! I was searching for that exact thing haha, and just wanted to find some affordable preamps. You should definitely keep these vids talking about your own pedals going! I love the stories and knowing that this is your favourite! its now my even more favourite! (see what I did there) ha

@JayKughan Жыл бұрын

Just so you know, I would watch any video on the crayon & colour box. Absolutely love both these creations. Josh, you're brilliant, and Nick, I want you to be my drummer cos you're totally brilliant! Bless you guys.. 🍻

@NoBSMusicReviews Жыл бұрын

I own a colourbox V2. It is a masterpiece of sonic sculpting madness. I play everything from avant garde free jazz to rock ‘n’ roll to experimental music. I put guitars, slide whistles, nose flutes, potlids, gongs, viola and my voice through my board. It makes EVERYTHING sound better. It is the only pedal on my embarrassingly ginormous pedalboard that is ALWAYS on.

@mykhedelic6471 Жыл бұрын

That Wilco solo was everything Ive ever wanted.

@jantaras7186 Жыл бұрын

Oh Josh, when I was a young boy, I lived in Czechoslovakia, bolscheviks rules our world and we try to bastle something like this, without a chance to get anything from "bad and dirty west". It sounded exactly like yours Crayon, and we thought - oh boy, its bad, no fine sound, so crapy... And today it´s a hit... Isn´t the live strange..? Good luck :)

@alexbreyer6921 Жыл бұрын

The animation movie is blowing my mind. The part where the crayon drew the pedal! Amazing. The music was on point too.

@jaysharpESQ Жыл бұрын

I love the stop motion! Man of many talents.

@williambock1821 Жыл бұрын

I noticed White Denim was big on the color box when I saw them live at Little Bro’s in Columbus. They sounded fantastic.

@ieblack37 Жыл бұрын

Love the Crayon! I was just playing around with one yesterday and had a blast with it.

@GIBKEL Жыл бұрын

It’s the most passionate I’ve seen you. without a hint of cynicism. Great story and what an honor. I’m inspired in that same exact way by those same records. There oh so good…..Loved the cray-mation! I would like to hear how you went about in design sometime.

@kevinguerrero4307 Жыл бұрын

The crayon is one of the drives in rotation on my board. I can switch it out between my blues driver and eq, depending on how I’m feeling that day

@matthewdancik5515 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this video, AND for this pedal! Love it... I just jammed with my best friend since the 1st grade, we're now 47/ 48 years old, on Thursday and I used this pedal. It's just so damn good!!!

@johnplunkett2004 Жыл бұрын

Josh sure does love Starcaster type guitars - the offset hollowbody and giant tomahawk headstocks suit him.

@joshuamorganmusic Жыл бұрын

The colour box v2 is my favorite thing on my pedal board. I run my live vox thru it and it’s freaking magic. Everything I record goes thru it and the squishy fuzz sound on bass is otherworldly! Also, sounds better than my actual 1073….recently sold the Neve cuz the CBv2 is more versatile

@KristianJacksonmusic Жыл бұрын

I absolutely adore my Crayon. The hardest part for me was learning that a little turn of a knob makes a massive difference. The question I'd love you to answer though is, where would YOU stick it in a pedal chain? Is it dependent on whether you're treating it as a preamp or fuzz (which would go first) or an OD which can go further down the line? A very subjective question but I'm curious as to your thoughts.

@Earthstein Жыл бұрын

Nick's promo was/is beautiful, fun, excellent. That was the best!

@jhspedals Жыл бұрын

🖤🖤🖤

@Belquer Жыл бұрын

This is awesome!!!! You should have one of these for every pedal that comes out!!!

@steverhinefrank5589 11 ай бұрын

i watched this while resoldering a favorite guitar(my work habits probably explain why i needed to redo it...). love it. may have get the pedal just for THE guitar i was working on... thanks kids ! steve

@dustymillermusic Жыл бұрын

Josh Im a big fan of the Hudson Electronics Broadcast. I'm predominantly a Strat/Tele player and I leave the broadcast on all the time. You're so right to say this pedal The Crayon is just overlooked and its on my purchase list. Great vid

@TheQShow 5 ай бұрын

One of my favorite pedals, ty for putting this into the world!

@samuelhatman8995 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed the aphasic speech to video. You are likely genius to have all the be on purpose. If not... I learned soooo much! No... I am not well heeled enough to buy all the pedals I could love. Here's music leads like you: America: Sandman: Final Guitar Solo. On Spotify w/ headphones. I was inspired. Awessome thanks for this episode.... Nick! You are genius! What a group you all are!!!

@robinstehwien6841 Жыл бұрын

Very cool video. Nick! You are a very talented individual!

@cjjax6110 Жыл бұрын

Nicks video was awesome... entire video was great.. great work all around!!

@ImNotOld_ImVintage Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I have know of the existence of this pedal and the color box, but didn't really understand what they were. This is a sound I have been looking for but didn't know the Crayon was where it came from. I just can't get the right spit and sustain from my other fuzz's.

@kwkoch1966 Жыл бұрын

Yes, more of this content on your own pedals. Love the origin stories.

@lashlarue7924 Жыл бұрын

16:20 Wow, I had no idea that Steely Dan's "Reelin' in the Years" was actually done by the Beatles on the White Album! 😯

@ps1hagrid689 3 ай бұрын

Had me wondering what he really played I’m assuming it was copyrighted

@scootb7400 Жыл бұрын

Always a pleasure to see a professional who’s done something 100 times panic “But can I do it in front of people?!?”

@ChelseaColeslaw Жыл бұрын

Joey Santiago's guitar parts were recorded direct-in for Pixies' Surfer Rosa. No idea what mixer Steve Albini used tho.

@mykhedelic6471 Жыл бұрын

This is what I needed after the week I've had. And that Wilco solo.

@Andrew-wq6ge Жыл бұрын

the way the arm keeps going limp on the helping hands makes me smile :)

@DDE_ADDICT Жыл бұрын

That trailer is awesome

@johngraves2185 Жыл бұрын

That promo vid is fucking awesome! Well done Nick! Nothing beats DI in with a classic 1073, love this pedal and tone! Thanks for sharing!

@SeniorFeliz Жыл бұрын

Way to go to Josh that's exactly how I write music with a Looper and on the Fly

@StudioofOneAccord Жыл бұрын

Y'all make it so hard not to buy all the pedals in the world...lol. I will get this pedal someday! Great video!

@DrJeebles Жыл бұрын

Idea: Make a rule where Joshua is only allowed to write with crayons at the office from now on. Nick Loux: The promo video is exceptional, especially the part where the solder-helper holder thing is drawing with the crayon. That is very impressive, and I imagine it took a long time. The music is great as well. Much love to Nick from the interweb.

@benjaminfargen Жыл бұрын

Yo! Really enjoying all your videos. You guys have taken JHS to the next level. Well done!🎸🔊

@giasnero666 6 ай бұрын

I love this channel! just recently started watching and it's great! please do more of these vids where you do some bass on JHS (et.al) pedals. thanks!

@JM-tv9og Жыл бұрын

Nick… I pour my love upon thee! … God bless you sir. Carry on.

@DonnieDistortion 11 ай бұрын

This is also how Krist Novoselic got that sick distorted bass tone on Breed. Butch Vig explained that he cranked the DI track on the console and split it with the bass amp track.

@jeffrose1854 Жыл бұрын

The "Hell Is Chrome" solo is a Crowther Audio Prunes & Custard. Super underrated pedal. I have one of the earliest models. Nothing else like it. Great on bass too!