JHS Pedals Crayon - Preamp / Distortion / Fuzz

In 1968 a piercing guitar tone came through the speakers on the Beatles “Revolution 1”. This is one of the most famous uses of plugging a guitar straight into a mixing console and creating the now referred to as “Direct-In Distortion". That tone is one of the most recognizable and unique guitar tones of the last 60 years and was one of the inspirations for the JHS Colour Box that we released in May of 2014. Many players over the last few years have expressed their interest in a unit that is like the Colour Box but more streamlined for the one basic application of a dirt box. No XLR function, no 3 band EQ… Just the dirt in an easy to use format for guitarists… So JHS decided to pull the Crayon out of the Colour Box.

• fuzz effects pedal
• delivers the legendary direct-in fuzz sounds
• distortion section of the JHS Colour Box
• true bypass
• controls for Master, Pre and Tilt
• toggle switch for activating the Hi Pass filter
• bypass footswitch
• status LED
• metal housing
• 6.3 mm mono IN/OUT jacks
• power supply via optional 9V DC adapter 2.1 mm x 5.5 mm barrel plug, polarity (-) center
• battery operation not supported
• current draw less than 100 mA
• dimensions (L x W x H) 130 x 70 x 60 mm / 5.11" x 2.75" x 2.36"
• weight 260 g / 0.57 lbs
• made in USA