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Guitar World
Guitar World
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Matt Owen

“It's not a replica or a clone. It’s the actual thing”: JHS Pedals revives influential gear brand Ross Electronics – and recruits John Mayer, Brian Wampler and Robert Keeley for new documentary

Ross Electronics has been brought back to life by JHS Pedals, which has relaunched the late Charles “Bud” Ross’s cult classic effects pedal brand with five stompboxes.

Launched by Ross in the ‘70s – arriving not long after the inventor and engineer had established the hugely successful Kustom guitar amps in 1964 – the eponymous pedals (and, indeed, the amps that came before them) are some of music history’s most influential pieces of gear.

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