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JHS Pedals Little Black Amp Box
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Taming a screaming-loud tube amp doesn't always require bulky and expensive load boxes and attenuators. If your amp has a series effects loop, the JHS Pedals Little Black Amp Box takes care of the job while being able to fit into the palm of your hand. Simply run it through your amp's effects loop and control the amount of signal you send to your amplifiers power section. You'll love the way the Little Black Amp Box lets you really push the front end of your amp for the natural feel and tone that you can't get any other way. And your bandmates, sound engineer, parents, neighbors, significant other, and pets will love the way it can keep your volume down to bedroom levels.
Cranked amp tone at whisper volume
If your amp has a series effects loop, you should stop reading this and go buy a JHS Pedals Little Black Amp Box. All the roaring amp tones you need come with none of the ear-bleeding levels.**
Convenient low-profile design
A device such as the Little Black Amp Box is content to be a workhorse piece of gear that quietly does its job in the background. That's why this little guy was designed to be compact, sturdy, and simple to integrate into your rig.
Features:
• Run it in your effects loop to turn down a turned-up amp
• Retain the response and tone of your amp's sweet spot at lower levels
• High-grade components keep your tone clear and pure
• Passive design doesnt require any power
• Small size is ideal for saving pedalboard space or even setting on top of your amp
• Can easily be mounted underneath your board
• Built rugged
• Black powder coating keeps the buffer hidden in the background
**WARNINGS**
Attempting to place the Little Black Amp Box between the power section of your amplifier and your speakers will result in damage to your gear. Place it in a series effects loop only.
Additionally, from JHS Pedals: "We do not suggest running other pedals in the effects loop with the Little Black Amp Box as it will affect the way your other pedals sound. Still, feel free to experiment with it as it will not damage your other pedals."
This pedal does not require power and it measures 3.6"x1.5"x1"
Cranked amp tone at whisper volume
If your amp has a series effects loop, you should stop reading this and go buy a JHS Pedals Little Black Amp Box. All the roaring amp tones you need come with none of the ear-bleeding levels.**
Convenient low-profile design
A device such as the Little Black Amp Box is content to be a workhorse piece of gear that quietly does its job in the background. That's why this little guy was designed to be compact, sturdy, and simple to integrate into your rig.
Features:
• Run it in your effects loop to turn down a turned-up amp
• Retain the response and tone of your amp's sweet spot at lower levels
• High-grade components keep your tone clear and pure
• Passive design doesnt require any power
• Small size is ideal for saving pedalboard space or even setting on top of your amp
• Can easily be mounted underneath your board
• Built rugged
• Black powder coating keeps the buffer hidden in the background
**WARNINGS**
Attempting to place the Little Black Amp Box between the power section of your amplifier and your speakers will result in damage to your gear. Place it in a series effects loop only.
Additionally, from JHS Pedals: "We do not suggest running other pedals in the effects loop with the Little Black Amp Box as it will affect the way your other pedals sound. Still, feel free to experiment with it as it will not damage your other pedals."
This pedal does not require power and it measures 3.6"x1.5"x1"
Q & A
Question: It states, "We do not suggest running other pedals in the effects loop with the Little Black Amp Box as it will affect the way your other pedals sound. Still, feel free to experiment with it as it will not damage your other pedals." What about a noise gate with it to keep amp noise down at high gain and volume?
- asked on Oct 29, 2024
- asked on Oct 29, 2024
Answer: Noise gates normally work better between the guitar and the amp as most noise is generated by the pick ups. If your gain stage is very noisy, it might work in the loop? Try it before the black box.
- answered by Ron Elliott, Moncton, New Brunswick
- answered by Ron Elliott, Moncton, New Brunswick
Question: Is this powering down different stages of the power tubes, or is it limiting the signal from the pre-amp to the power amp tubes?
- asked on Nov 12, 2024
- asked on Nov 12, 2024
Answer: It is just turning the signal down between your preamp and power amp.
- answered by Ron Elliott, Moncton, New Brunswick
- answered by Ron Elliott, Moncton, New Brunswick
Reviews
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Tame a Traynor non-master volume amp 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Winnipeg (Pembina), Manitoba
This isn't a feature-rich product, but it does what it is intended to do perfectly.
This device allows me to play a 40-watt Traynor YCV40wr (non-master volume amp) at home and get a wonderful tone. Without the Little Black Amp Box in the FX loop, the amp is very loud with the volume as low as 2, and the tone isn't anything special. It's a huge improvement to have the amp volume around 6-7 and use the Little Black Amp Box to fine tune the master volume. The tone of the amp with my Eastman T64/v plugged straight in has become my "holy grail" guitar tone - no other pedals required.
I will add that I haven't had the opportunity to compare the tone I'm getting to the amp running into an attenuator (something like the Ox Box), but I would like to in the future just to satisfy my curiosity. With devices like the Ox Box and Two Notes Captor X there are always user complaints that - because the attenuation is stepped - it's either too loud or too quiet with no ability to fine tune the overall volume. Not so with the JHS Little Black Amp Box. With one knob it's incredibly easy to dial in the perfect volume for the situation.
Posted by Alex on Nov 15, 2023
Great for loud classic amps. 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Stratford, Ontario
Bought this when I bought my Marshall slp 100 reissue with fx loop. It really works and everything sounds good. A great alternative instead of spending big$ on a load box etc.
Posted by Corey on Nov 27, 2022
Just what I needed 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Halifax, Nova Scotia
Posted by Danny on Apr 3, 2022
I... HAVE... THE POWERRRRR!!! 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Winnipeg (Pembina), Manitoba
Ran through the Marshall Studio Vintage Head, I now get dimed Plexi tones in my apartment living room, that I can comfortably talk over. Best $60 I ever spent!
Posted by Chris on Jan 16, 2022
Crazy good ifyou have an effects loop in your amp 2 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Red Deer, Alberta
If you have an amp like mine with an effects loop, this solves all your tone at bedroom level problems - it lets you set the amp levels way past '2' to get good saturation, but keep things quiet. Perfect and well made.
Posted by Lantry on Mar 26, 2021
Transformed my Traynor 1 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Burlington, Ontario
This box allows me to fully utilize my modified Traynor ycv30. I had no idea how amazing my amp even was until I hooked this up and played with mid and gain. It might take up your effects loop and prevent you from adding digital modulation, but if you have a tube amp thats kind of the whole of tube amps anyway.
Posted by D on Dec 20, 2020
Essential Equipment for tube tone 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Winnipeg (Pembina), Manitoba
Have this in the effects loop of my Marshall VS65R. Allows me to push the clean channel all the way up to get that natural tube preamp drive and not have to blast my amp in an apartment. I can't imagine playing through an amp without this device now
Posted by Andy K on Nov 29, 2020
Amazing device 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Burlington, Ontario
Had my tube amp for almost 2 years and never been able to have it go past 2 on the volume level as i live in an apartment. This pedal allows me to actually get an amazing sound out of the tubes and not shake my walls. It has unlock tone out of my amp i never knew i could get
Posted by anonymous on Feb 29, 2020
Little Black Amp Box 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Winnipeg (Pembina), Manitoba
One of the best pieces of gear I've ever purchased!
If you have a tube amp that's too powerful and has an effects loop, then YOU NEED THIS LITTLE BOX! I could never turn my amp past 1 without killing everyone, but this allows me to experience the full power of my 50 watt tube amp like never before. It lets the tubes warm up and do their job but at a controllable volume level. Unbelievable value at only $57!!!
Just do it, you'll be amazed. Try one in the store, you'll understand.
Posted by Kevin Tillberg on Nov 22, 2019
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| Product | SKU | Qty |
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| Little Black Amp Box | 689806 |
