THE COLORSOUND

Colorsound. Over the last 35 years that name has become iconic to all who have dabbled with the electric guitar. The original Tonebenders were supplied to Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, and Pete Townshend; all artists who redefined rock music in the 60s. In more recent years the expanded line of effects has been supplied to everyone from Oasis, to Primal Scream, to Edwyn Collins. It is plain to see then, that the folk at Colorsound have had no small effect on the course music has taken over the years. The recent resurgence in demand for 'Real' sounding effects arose as a backlash to the rash of 'Programmable' boxes that appeared in the 90s. That is not to say these units were a bad thing by any means; they brought a new level of quality within reach of the amateur musician. For some though, that was the inherent problem: everybody's sounds became convergent, and a few began the search for more individual sounding effects.