I have today taken delivery of the JHS Colour Box 2 and just had under an hour putting it through it's paces by playing some Shadows favourites and being blown away by what it brings to the table.
Firstly, all those times I thought I almost nailed a sound on the records but not quite - that's now in the past. The EQ on this unit is based on the Abbey Road Neve Mixing Console and it took seconds to hear what I was looking for just by using the High Pass Filter in the correct range, I did it by sweeping it as I played. There's much more than that, but this is where I got it to do what the Gemini III does and deliver that early tone that we all love. I then pushed it a little into 'distress' and immediately recognised the 'Flingle Bunt' sound when I set the tone controls as a Vox AC30 TB, it was that easy.
I'm going to try and get my J200 to record and hopefully deliver something close to the sound that Bruce achieved on Apache, although the guitar delivers it never records that way.
What I am saying here is that Roger Bayliss has uncovered a gem for me here, something that I wouldn't have considered because of it's hefty pice tag, but I can tell you that it works, provided you know what you are doing and you will be very happy with your sound. Thanks Roger for being so inquisitive and unearthing this little gem.