Pedals that stack with the JHS Colour Box
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All 6 ranked by how well they pair, from rig co-occurrence and tone-complementarity evidence
Airis Effects 51-Filthy
Airis Effects
20% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (saturated → tight)
Airis Effects 51-Filthy takes that saturated character and pushes it toward tight
Browne Amplification Carbon
Browne Amplification
19% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (saturated → clean boost)
Feed a saturated signal into Browne Amplification Carbon and it comes out closer to clean boost
Comes earlier in the signal chain
DryBell Unit67 Compressor
Drybell
15% matchshapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain.
DryBell Unit67 Compressor's own compressed character is the real reason this is worth trying
Comes earlier in the signal chain
MXR M83
MXR
10% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Keep MXR M83 after JHS Colour Box in the signal chain, clear of JHS Colour Box's own gain stage
Comes earlier in the signal chain
TC Electronic Triple Flashback Delay
TC Electronic
7% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
TC Electronic Triple Flashback Delay's tight voice goes after JHS Colour Box in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with JHS Colour Box's own saturated character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Comes later in the signal chain
Way Huge Electronics Aqua-Puss MkII Analog Delay
pedal
7% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Put Way Huge Electronics Aqua-Puss MkII Analog Delay after JHS Colour Box in the signal chain, clear of JHS Colour Box's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Comes later in the signal chain