Parasite Overdrive - DIRECT ORDER ONLY. 4 UNITS AVAILABLE
CURRENTLY ONLY 4 UNITS AVAILABLE AS DIRECT ORDER - PLEASE CONTACT VIA CONTACT MENU FORM
DESCRIPTION
Colortone Parasite is a versatile JFET based Overdrive guitar pedal with active tone controls.
At a mild drive setting the PARASITE can act as an ‘always on’ pre-amp style device adding a light organic textural sparkle to your clean sound.
With larger amounts of drive you’ll start feeling the creamy tubelike compression, tonal breakup and harmonic complexity of a driven tube amp.
At its most extreme the PARASITE holds no shame in getting dirty and noisy.
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- Brett Kingman Review -
The Parasite Overdrive by Sydney Australia's Colortone Pedals is a good looking and even better sounding JFET based Overdrive.
It has active bass and treble controls, a 'Bass' toggle that transforms bass response into something akin to a quad box; a 'Bright' control that engages a pre-drive treble boost and a Gain control that covers everything from minor grit through to full-blown tube-like sag.
This is a pedal for the ages. Comparisons have been made to classics but I feel the Parasite has its own thing happening.
..the beauty of its versatility is that it has you covered for so many different applications.
AD describes it as being closets to a JTM45 - while it has you easily covered for Blues Breaker, Dumble and OCD style tones in particular - and also does that really cool soft smooth voicing.
The broad potential of the EQ may make it sound that it can be tricky to dial in - but that couldn’t be further from the truth. It is really easy to dial in actually, and has really decent Guitar Volume cleanup and great playback dynamics - while the challenge - like tuning into a radio set - is how to decide where to stick the dials in terms of their final resting position!
My Parasite spent the most significant amount of time thus far in ’Dumble Mode’ - which involves both the switches in their Up / On position, while currently I have it set to super smooth - with Drive @ around 9 o’c, Bass and Bright Boost OFF, Level @ 4 o’c, Low @ 8 o’c, and High @ 9 o’c.
If you’re looking for a super-versatile everyday Overdrive - always-on or selective - then this is surely a prime candidate. Of course the dazzling geometric engraved and enamelled enclosure is a big draw too - but like a stick of Brighton Rock - you can see that the quality is carried right through every aspect of the pedal.
CURRENTLY ONLY 4 UNITS AVAILABLE AS DIRECT ORDER - PLEASE CONTACT VIA CONTACT MENU FORM
DESCRIPTION
Colortone Parasite is a versatile JFET based Overdrive guitar pedal with active tone controls.
At a mild drive setting the PARASITE can act as an ‘always on’ pre-amp style device adding a light organic textural sparkle to your clean sound.
With larger amounts of drive you’ll start feeling the creamy tubelike compression, tonal breakup and harmonic complexity of a driven tube amp.
At its most extreme the PARASITE holds no shame in getting dirty and noisy.
—————————-
- Brett Kingman Review -
The Parasite Overdrive by Sydney Australia's Colortone Pedals is a good looking and even better sounding JFET based Overdrive.
It has active bass and treble controls, a 'Bass' toggle that transforms bass response into something akin to a quad box; a 'Bright' control that engages a pre-drive treble boost and a Gain control that covers everything from minor grit through to full-blown tube-like sag.
This is a pedal for the ages. Comparisons have been made to classics but I feel the Parasite has its own thing happening.
..the beauty of its versatility is that it has you covered for so many different applications.
AD describes it as being closets to a JTM45 - while it has you easily covered for Blues Breaker, Dumble and OCD style tones in particular - and also does that really cool soft smooth voicing.
The broad potential of the EQ may make it sound that it can be tricky to dial in - but that couldn’t be further from the truth. It is really easy to dial in actually, and has really decent Guitar Volume cleanup and great playback dynamics - while the challenge - like tuning into a radio set - is how to decide where to stick the dials in terms of their final resting position!
My Parasite spent the most significant amount of time thus far in ’Dumble Mode’ - which involves both the switches in their Up / On position, while currently I have it set to super smooth - with Drive @ around 9 o’c, Bass and Bright Boost OFF, Level @ 4 o’c, Low @ 8 o’c, and High @ 9 o’c.
If you’re looking for a super-versatile everyday Overdrive - always-on or selective - then this is surely a prime candidate. Of course the dazzling geometric engraved and enamelled enclosure is a big draw too - but like a stick of Brighton Rock - you can see that the quality is carried right through every aspect of the pedal.
CURRENTLY ONLY 4 UNITS AVAILABLE AS DIRECT ORDER - PLEASE CONTACT VIA CONTACT MENU FORM
DESCRIPTION
Colortone Parasite is a versatile JFET based Overdrive guitar pedal with active tone controls.
At a mild drive setting the PARASITE can act as an ‘always on’ pre-amp style device adding a light organic textural sparkle to your clean sound.
With larger amounts of drive you’ll start feeling the creamy tubelike compression, tonal breakup and harmonic complexity of a driven tube amp.
At its most extreme the PARASITE holds no shame in getting dirty and noisy.
—————————-
- Brett Kingman Review -
The Parasite Overdrive by Sydney Australia's Colortone Pedals is a good looking and even better sounding JFET based Overdrive.
It has active bass and treble controls, a 'Bass' toggle that transforms bass response into something akin to a quad box; a 'Bright' control that engages a pre-drive treble boost and a Gain control that covers everything from minor grit through to full-blown tube-like sag.
This is a pedal for the ages. Comparisons have been made to classics but I feel the Parasite has its own thing happening.
..the beauty of its versatility is that it has you covered for so many different applications.
AD describes it as being closets to a JTM45 - while it has you easily covered for Blues Breaker, Dumble and OCD style tones in particular - and also does that really cool soft smooth voicing.
The broad potential of the EQ may make it sound that it can be tricky to dial in - but that couldn’t be further from the truth. It is really easy to dial in actually, and has really decent Guitar Volume cleanup and great playback dynamics - while the challenge - like tuning into a radio set - is how to decide where to stick the dials in terms of their final resting position!
My Parasite spent the most significant amount of time thus far in ’Dumble Mode’ - which involves both the switches in their Up / On position, while currently I have it set to super smooth - with Drive @ around 9 o’c, Bass and Bright Boost OFF, Level @ 4 o’c, Low @ 8 o’c, and High @ 9 o’c.
If you’re looking for a super-versatile everyday Overdrive - always-on or selective - then this is surely a prime candidate. Of course the dazzling geometric engraved and enamelled enclosure is a big draw too - but like a stick of Brighton Rock - you can see that the quality is carried right through every aspect of the pedal.
Additional Information
CONTROLS
DRIVE
Gain - Drive amount
LEVEL
Output Volume Level
BASS
Active Bass Tone Control (Post Gain)
TREBLE
Active Treble Tone Control (Post Gain)
HiGH
Treble Boost Switch to increase the treble response of the signal being fed into overdrive circuit to cut through the frey of a live gig. (most apparent when using milder drive settings)
LOW
Switch to increase the bass response of the signal being fed out of the overdrive circuit, emulating the tonal bass push characteristics of a 4x12 quad box cabinet.
BUILD
Hand Matched JFETs
Switchcraft 1/4” Jacks
Hand crafted Etched and Finished Aluminium faceplate
White or Black powdercoated aluminium enclosure avaliable
True Bypass FootSwitch with brushed aluminium nut
Red Indicator LED
TECHNICAL
Input Impedance : 420k
Current Draw: 30mA
9V DC (Centre Negative) Power (No Battery)
NOTE: External 9V DC power only (recommend use of an isolated Power Supply).
POWER SUPPLY NOT INCLUDED.
Brett Kingman Parasite Overdrive Review 2022
Demo Courtesy of Instagram Artist @_guitar_dad Nov 2022