The Story Of ROSS Pedals (Full Documentary)

[@jhspedals]

ROSSelectronics.com

[@fadingdestination]

So Sick, Sir. I already want the fuzz and/or compressor.. but I’m really needing a chorus. Mister JHS, Jimmy at Guitar Center in North Alabama may be right about you. Lol Thank You! Next time I head back home to Colorado, I may risk Kansas City to visit!

[@Real_Epic]

Ross black distortion and black chorus into a Marshall been my sound for 30 years 🔥

[@choccymilk666]

You're making so much history 😭🫡

[@sub-jec-tiv]

Hitting differently today. I wish more musicians had the money to buy an excellent sturdy product made by people domestically who are paid properly and treated as human beings. Respect to JHS. 🙏💜

[@JaneKopp]

definitely, but... in reality the ross pedals that jhs re-released offer nothing but nostalgia, there are hundreds of "domestically" made pedals that can do the same and much more for the price. the ross phaser is pretty mucho a copy of MXR Phase 100 and cost less. i still thinking the ross looks cool tho.

[@julianmorrisco]

@@JaneKoppOne of the issues as I see it is live music has changed. When Ross was first around, pedals took their life into their hands and those recessed knobs and tank-like cases made a difference. You’d often even see Boss pedals, which are relatively tough, where the knob had been kicked off or stood on by a drunk singer. Things are generally more sedate these days and I also suspect the vast majority of pedals never see anything more damaging than a Roomba. Another factor that points to this is the loss of the battery. Sure, people would use adaptors sometimes but there’d always be a battery in the pedal for when they were kicked or maybe a power board would fail. It’s much more genteel these days.

[@xdoctorblindx]

I know we don't see Nick featured in this episode, but huge props to him for all the production work he does behind the scenes for something like this! Beautifully done!

[@dustingrant6388]

No, say it it ain't so. I love Nick

[@JoeBearDotCom]

@@ItsAllFake1username checks out

[@timcobb1752]

We see his hands placing the placards on the wall!

[@ChrisG4646]

@@ItsAllFake1 Belle said it was her or Nick. KDH video incoming.

[@ZachariahConnor]

@@ItsAllFake1 Addison left since he moved lol

[@CliffMiller-x7f]

Very much enjoyed the Documentary. In 1970 I worked in a music store here in NC, 19 years old and was the service manager. My boss sent me to Chanute to learn to service Kustom (and later Kasino) amps. I stayed with Bob Brinkman, Kustom Service Mgr, at his home for a week. This doc brought back many great memories. I’m still in the audio business where we celebrate 50 years in business August 25, 2023.

[@DatsunMan80]

Seeing old blokes getting sentimental gets me every time. Kudos JHS. It's more than just a pedal reboot; it's a legacy.

[@michaelpacinus242]

Snog me pebis, then OY

[@mercedesescobarmusic]

"If you start believing what people say about you, you become what you think they want you to be" - Bud Ross. Wow. That is a quote worth living by!

[@michaelpacinus242]

Such a sex icon of a man

[@chopperdeath]

Bud seemed like a very wise man. And is it just me or do pedal makers share something and are less competitive than people in other industries?

[@blondiejoe]

JHS is the hero/historian we never knew we needed. Good for you for sharing your passion with the world.

[@radroach3134]

Cam here for the story, stayed for the family smiles. That was epic. You can tell they care and it means so much to them.

[@michaelpacinus242]

Cam here for the story 😎 < that’s cam. He’s here for the story

[@AdventureVanMan]

Josh is over here making history by documenting history! 👏🏼

[@michaelpacinus242]

You really, really, REALLY, really, have to really appreciate it

[@mikem668]

What a classy group of people. Kind and grateful, willing to help each other and honor those who've gone before. Even on the periphery, as an older and barely intermediate bedroom guitar player, through their humanity I feel an emotional connection to a wonderful and positive world. Thanks, Josh.

[@1000mg.]

I, too, am a barely intermediate bedroom guitar player. I have a Kustom 5h Defender, which I'll keep until death.

[@nickdryad]

I don’t think I’ve ever got teary over a pedal show before, but here we are.

[@jakebrandt5882]

Im so glad this video exists, out there in the ether of 1's and 0's forever. History like this is so important to document as well as this. Im also super stoked that the Ross family is seeing their namesake restored to a place of pride. Josh, you're going to go down in history along side guys like Bud just for having your heart in the right place all the time and letting that be your guide.

[@kennylynch9317]

Josh is a folk hero at this point keep it up man

[@asims1066]

Sweet! Now I can get a Ross Chorus without having to win the vintage market lottery! Cool idea. Nice to see an old brand resurrected in the right way

[@conorkane4203]

Yeah man, it's better than the old dusty ones!....

[@marcdavison6937]

I'm just floored over the production of this in tandem with the sheer love and admiration you guys for what you do. As the founder and Chief Creative Officer of a brand agency, I am and have been a silent fan and admirer of how the JHS brand has represented itself. I also moonlight as a session player so I also deeply connect with your love of gear. This is my standing ovation for the documentary. Nick you did an amazing job.

[@dooleykeith]

I love my vintage Ross chorus, and I eventually found a Taiwan made Ross Distortion that sounds great too. Thanks for resurrecting this great brand, and much thanks to Josh for being the pedal historian he has become. It's so great you are preserving all of this information, the history, the mythos, ...the boxes...all of it. History will be (should be, anyway) very kind to Josh Scott. Great work JHS Pedals!

[@juggalo7718]

this move with ross has set jhs into the fold of iconic pedal companies..............legendary status .....jhs rocks!

[@chrisdrake447]

That truly was a fantastic film. Utmost respect to everyone involved, and to the Ross family for letting the story be told. Thank you.

[@frankiechan9651]

While watching this, some ninja came into my study and started chopping onions. What a well written and extremely respectful documentary. I honestly could not love this more.

[@MayorMcCheese2000]

I really appreciate what you guys are doing for the entire community, I mean I doubt you're going to lose money on this, but still, that doesn't make it any less awesome that you guys are preserving this piece of history for all of us to enjoy.... thank you!

[@tscardinal]

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[@bryanwolfbird]

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[@MayorMcCheese2000]

@@tscardinal everything I said still stands... they didn't lose money and they're awesome pedals...

[@floydburney6060]

....Josh, been following you & your KZbin for a few years now & I have to say you're becoming my favorite guy in this area of music gear (pedals). I'm in my 60s now & have been a semi-pro musician for the last 50 years or so & pedals were something I thought I'd never go back to until I discovered your pedals. I now have/use a few of your pedals (Goldenrod OD?, Angry Charlie, Andy Timmons) & I use them on a regular basis... All the gear you cover (or have covered) I've either actually owned or heard of or owned briefly until I moved on to better things. Your attention to detail (historical/otherwise) is impeccable. I love that about you. My memory of Ross pedals, be it earned or unearned, was one of a product that didn't have a solid reputation & quality was sporadic. So I never used them for long. Once I discovered 19" rack FX's in the 80s, that's what I used for a long time till I wanted to "lighten the load" as it were in the 90s (pedals were all digital by then) starting with Boss, MXR, Ibanez, Yamaha. From what I remember of the 70s, pedals were still a new thing & not everyone did it well (breakage, noise, etc). Word of mouth was the best endorsement (musician to musician). When I went on tour in the late 70s early 80-s, my main rigg was a Marshall 1/2 stack & Lab-5. FX's were minimal, a tape echo & chorus unit (a Yamaha analog box unit that had the same footprint as the Maestro)... & a Conn strobe tuner. It was about 1983 or so I started to see digital pedals start to show up on other guitarists' floorboards & "less is more" started to be a thing (we had road crews then, so I didn't make the shift till much later since I liked how durable/quiet/better sounding the 19" stuff was)... Fast forward, I hadn't bought a dist/OD pedal in decades till I saw one of Josh's pedals in the "new gear" section of VG... I was making a changeup in my sound & wanted to go the Tim Pearce way of "edge of breakup + OD pedal" & that's when I dropped the money for my 1st JHS. I got it right on the 1st try & was so impressed with JHS stuff I had to look at the rest of it. My rigg is still Marshall (a 40-C combo) tuner, chorus, echo & JHS OD. Sounds great. I bought a 5 band EQ & buffer, but I don't use those anymore (I keep them JIC). The best feature of the JHS is the foot pedal input jack that can go from blue to red LED (which is the only thing I have on the floor besides the Marshall Ch. switching button) I don't have a pedalboard on the floor with a bunch of things on it. From a distance, it looks like I go straight in (all pedals are on top of my amp) which is the way I like it & I still use a cable. After watching this episode here (on Bud Ross) I have to admit & had a tear in my eye with the way you ended it. Something dignified in these times in a graceless world. I thank you & I'll always be a fan & use your products, because, like you, they're the best.

[@thesquigglespin]

This is epic! In my late teens I came across a ROSS Chorus and a Distortion, black enclosure. A friend of mine was getting married and needed some money and I bought a bunch of equipment he had. A lot of it was old and some didn't really work, but he needed the cash and I wanted to help. Among the artifacts was a ROSS Distortion and a Chorus pedal. At the time I was really into this new company, well, new to me, called Zoom. So, I didn't really pay any attention to those older pedals. Regretfully I lost those, in one of my many moves. I'm glad to see the attention these iconic pedals are receiving, long overdue in my opinion. Congratulations on bringing back a piece of American history. ~ Cheers

[@neilmarsh7437]

This is a brilliant story and piece of film making - well done all

[@jerrysolonsmith8471]

Not kidding: this is touching. I freaking love this documentary and I freaking love JHS as a dude and as a company and I will definitely revisit these classic circuits due to watching this.

[@michaelpacinus242]

Not kidding: this is Kuching. Kuching is my pwnis’ name :)

[@reddsshaker3477]

The pedals are absolutely awesome, and that’s why we’re all here. But let’s not overlook the production quality of these videos. Just wow. 😲 Please keep them coming.

[@larrysmith3160]

Considering I still have and use my original Ross pedal board put together in the late 70's I'm finding this to be a pretty cool episode!

[@daccrowell4776]

Man... you're doing the Lord's Work on these, Josh! Back around the end of the 1970s was also the time I first set foot in a Nashville studio, while still in high school. So while these were in production, Nashville had its particular Ross faves. The compressor, interestingly, wasn't huge. MXR's Dynacomp ran the show for a lot of players, to the point that any compressor pedal was just referred to as a "red box". But the distortion, chorus, and stereo delay? That's different. When guitar players wanted some dirt, that was the role of the Ross distortion. Nashville players found it to be very controllable, especially when a lead needed just a touch of "hair". The chorus was always neck by neck with the MXR Stereo Chorus (the plug-in variety) and DOD stuff, but it had some serious advocates, especially when guitar pickers wanted "thicker" but NOT "effect-y". But the stereo delay...now, that's where things got interesting. Pickers didn't have these a lot of the time...but the STUDIOS did! So, right alongside some coveted gear, you'd see one of those Ross stereo delays on top of a rack or sitting on the console bridge, and they often saw action for getting slap effects that had the "grit" like you'd find with tape delay. Of the new ones, I want to check the fuzz pedal. Kustom amps were infamous for that fuzz circuit, and you can check CCR's stuff (my fave being "Cosmo's Factory") to hear why. So having THAT in a box...yeah, that's right up there with Ryan's astonishing reveal of the Cuvave Fuzz. And while the Cuvaves (yeah, I needed two of 'em) are incredible on mids and up, I need a peek at the new Ross one for lower tone-wrenching. And really, seriously consider the stereo delay for reissue next. There's something about it that sounds so dirty...it nails the old-skool slap from old Sun releases, for example. Very Americana-capable...not surprising at all that you'd find them on the other side of the glass!

[@gregrandallbtsr03]

That was amazing. Wow. Huge thanks to everyone who worked on this documentary and those who are brining back these wonderful pedals.

[@Nate_P]

Phenomenal story. Josh's genuine authenticity along with the Ross legacy are a perfect match. God Bless America!

[@CarolMatzPiano]

THIS is what makes JHS super special -- that love for the history of their business. I wish I could have done for my field what Josh has done for his.

[@ramiroezequielmoreno1774]

I shed a couple of tears. The stories behind these sounds are so moving.

[@ampersandmcvinegar5681]

Watching Bud's grandson blush at accepting Josh's help is humbling. ❤️ Josh is the man. (Also we can tell you had gotten teary-eyed there at the end.)

[@timlongworth5808]

Josh, this is awesome. What a journey. Must be such an emotional launch for you - not just resurrecting classics but telling the story too. Love it

[@patlong4210]

At now 60 years old i just learned that my roads 4x12 was only made one year and its high quality of construction is realized ! Bass player and i went in half each on a ross flanger and it was truly amazing !

[@fiddlix]

I’m an old fart._64 yrs. young. I remember Ross and Kustom amplifiers well. Never used them. Great video..!

[@ErbsSpices]

As a native Kansan who doesn't even play an instrument, it was so cool to see the history here. Family history and tradition is such an integral part of all our lives.

[@oscarpalaciosbustamante4029]

"Elvis's backing band" was the first great electric inspiration to a young Hendrix. Wonderful documentation and storytelling. Congratulations to all. 🎉

[@TribalGuitars]

Very cool that JHS is resurrecting Ross pedals. I still have my Ross distortion from the 80's and love it! One of these days I gotta buy another knob for it. 😆

[@mazsenior]

Glad I got to see this after knowing the back story. Josh, you gave it a great go to try to keep ROSS alive and we thank you for everything you did.

[@mackmtl]

I'm so grateful for your brand, your team, and work you do at JHS. We are lucky to have successful businesses like yourself, educate us on the history of some of these pedals, especially ones we never come across. I absolutely love gear, and although Ross sounded familiar to me, I could honestly say it was the first time I was seeing them. After watching this video, I can't wait to give them a try. Thank you for making sure these products keep seeing the light of day, so we can discover/re-discover them. Don't ever stop

[@zloboslav_]

This was so wholesome and left me with warm and fuzzy feelings inside. Thank you for making this documentary video, it was great!

[@Earthstein]

Thank you Josh. You are becoming a legend. Can't thank you enough for documenting guitar effect pedals the way you, and only you, do.

[@ShawnTubbs]

This is awesome! One of my first pedals back when I was just a crazy kid with a dream was a ROSS Phaser. Brings back so many memories!

[@bcook6960]

You’ve been busy! I’m starting to understand why there haven’t been as many JHS videos this year. Great looking pedals, and more great history!

[@ThunderFalcon333]

Josh is just unstoppable. Congratulations

[@edised71]

I used to own a ROSS mixer 8x2, I loved the sound of my guitar plugged straight into a channel with the gain pushed to the max, I wish they had made a pedal out of it :)

[@jamesmusicproducts]

...a very, very well done documentary - absolutely loved it. Thank you for bringing this history to light! 👏👍

[@jefflogan334]

This is the best communication JHS has ever done. Great doc and great background and respect to this iconic brand. I had the opportunity and fortune to play through a Kustom 200 tuck and roll stack as a backline and it was an absolute monster.

[@DRChevalier]

What a tremendous job on this documentary by the JHS team. Well written, well executed and a timeless package. ❤

[@ZonkerRoberts]

My first bass amp was a solid state Kustom (100 Watts, I think?) head. The padded "tuck and roll" exterior was a bit weird, but man, it really kicked! When I took it apart (don't worry, I'm a qualified tech!) I was really impressed. Kustom was using heavy duty epoxy glass circuit boards in an era when most others were using flimsy phenolic. The copper traces on the boards were *thick* (I know from cutting them to do modifications). They used way more filter capacitance in the power supply than was common for the time. All the coupling capacitors were Tantalum rather than electrolytic - built to last. Good stuff.

[@mrpbody44]

Engineer here and the build quality was top notch. I have had my Kustom 250 for 45 years and still going strong. I replaced the filter caps last year just to be safe.

[@UnwelcomeGuestVideos]

Can’t express how happy I am to hear this. There was a lot of drama surrounding a Ross pedal revival here in Chicago, and I’m glad to see them be revived.

[@mikewithers299]

Josh this is an awesome history lesson on a brand that almost faded away. Like you my first exposure to a Kustom was at college in '81. As a DJ for the campus station we set up this huge tucked head and a pair of tucked stacked speakers that was our PA system. Ive heard of them but never used one. Blew my mind! Fast forward 12 years, im hanging with a local band and my friend (guitarist & lead singer) hands me one of his old distortion pedals to keep. Never heard of Ross before then. It was an "era 2" as im now learning from you. Ive looked these up and see them every once in awhile. I still own that pedal, and now plan on getting the whole family of pedals thanks to you and the Ross family. Thank you for keeping the vintage gear alive. Rock steady my brother 🎸🎸

[@spidgeb3292]

Serial entrepreneurs and innovators like Bud Ross are a national treasure and helped build the country. The contributions of risk-takers have improved the lives of countless people. God bless Bud Ross, Josh Scott, and others with that unique spark and the fearlessness to pursue their ideas.

[@MyName-nx1jj]

I'm still rockin the Ross distortion I bought in '79, AND, my first amp was a Kustom tuck-n-roll head and cab!

[@jhspedals]

follow @ross_electronics everywhere!

[@bemonster991]

This is just great, congratulations Josh and everyone at JHS.

[@neilsmith5464]

The passion shines through this whole production, anyone aware of the JHS journey, know they love that they do and i'm gonna get me a Ross Compressor now :)

[@douglasmackay8389]

You can tell how emotionally invested Josh is at the end. This is an amazing mini-doc. Well done 👍🏻👍🏻

[@mcfontaine]

What a beautiful video Josh. Seeing how happy the family and friends were touched when seeing the new pedals was so good. Thank you guys.

[@Jaredt771]

I could watch documentaries like this all day. So cool. I love the care and respect that was put into all of this. Thanks Josh and team for all the hard work you guys put into this!

[@michaelpacinus242]

I could just slowly buffer and scrub the video all day until I get fired

[@shorerocks]

I love it when you do stuff like that. You know. The pedals, the history, the documentation. Cheers from Germany

[@milestogo4042]

I was at a guitarist friend's house about 1980-82. I heard a cool phase sound coming from the other room. Walked in there and it was an orange Ross phaser, the first time I ever heard a Ross pedal. Being quite impressed, I thought gee, I'll have to get me one of those one day. Cut to 2014 it popped back into my head. Got on eBay and bought a 1979 orange Ross phaser. Sure enough it had that thick yummy chewy sweep that I remember. My fav phaser for sure. I will be checking out demos on all the newly made Ross pedals. Must thank Josh for being the pedal nerd that he is. Hès got our back and won't bullshit us when it comes to gear. My favorite phaser is commin back- I'm picking up a spare!

[@joetamm]

When I was in junior high in the late 60s my mother would chaperone the high school dances at my older sisters school, she would take me along to watch the bands as I was just getting into music and guitars and guitar gear. Most of the bands had a Kustom PA and instrument amps, I was in awe watching those bands. I had also just discovered CCR and I became a huge fan. I started cutting school and hanging out at the Sam Ash store on Kings Highway in Brooklyn where they had walls of Kustoms. For a youngster just becoming aware of all the available gear at that time it was an awesome time. 🇺🇸🎸👮🏻‍♂️

[@soylentkris]

Josh, or Mr. Scott... this is really great and inspiring... I can really feel your true love for this industry, and they way you pay tribute is honest and, if I may so be so vulnerable, tearjerking.

[@jhspedals]

thank you! 🙏🏼

[@JamieStephens5309]

In 1979 I walked into my local music store and bought my very first pedal, The Ross D/P Combination. I still have that pedal, and it still kicks ass.

[@joet7672]

Expected to buy the Compressor. Didn't expect to get emotional while watching the doc... good work JHS!

[@incredifunk]

I personally researched this whole story years ago myself. But it's so cool that someone like Josh (who people actually want to hear/see content from) is putting it out there for Perpetuity! & one piece i missed in my research that I'm SO glad to have now discovered. (Thanx to Josh) Is The fact that Kustom was putting out all tube amplifiers as well as their solid state line. Which are the only ones I've been lucky enuff to have played through. . I really can't wait to see what Josh's relationship with Ross/Kustom may turn into or bring in the near future. As was said in the video, there was/is no better individual, no better company to represent Ross & carry on the name and ensure the quality as well.. It seems no one is as well positioned and or cares as much about the history Of music as a whole but more precisely of Pedal history & their place in music history as Josh/JHS... Great thinking. Great move. Proud of & happy for you!!!

[@ZachariahConnor]

Incredible production on this!! Great job JHS Show team. So glad Josh is preserving the Ross legacy. Next we need the Kustom amps brought back

[@incredifunk]

Only if they're revamped.. most of the originals were solid state & not that reliable if I've heard correctly. Seems that most of the issues came when the company first Put the amps out. And that came from the original owner and designer. People seemed to be very happy with them once they got the circuit figured out tho. & there are some all tube kustoms as well but they're far fewer and farther between

[@ZachariahConnor]

@@incredifunk it looks like there are some amps being made under the Kustom name, mostly solid state but that don’t look like the originals at all

[@incredifunk]

@ZachariahConnor Yeah that company is not affiliated with the original kustom. Or they Picked up the name down the road somewhere after the original kustom was defunct

[@ZachariahConnor]

@@incredifunk yes

[@homeworldmusic]

Somehow at 65 years I completely missed that a brand called Ross ever was out there in the pedal world. Good on you guys for doing what you do, even if it's a head-scratcher.

[@logrinn]

This brings back so many menories. ❤

[@tonyloxton1965]

Another amazing story and product brought to life by JHS. Thank you for all you do for the music community.

[@guygaron1162]

Bravo Josh for keeping the music alive!

[@JarickL]

Really cool history. My first band used a Kustom PA system and seeing those old amps brings back great memories!

[@PaulRoub]

Ross pedals were the ones on display in the music store where I took lessons as a kid. I remember drooling over them, getting a Distortion and later a Phaser. Wish I'd kept 'em (especially the phaser... was anything else that lush?) Guess my pedalboard is gonna grow a phaser :-)

[@hitsonacousticguitar]

What a great video. Love it. Production is perfect and the content heartwarming. My wife was a bit confused that I had almost tears in my eyes because of a story about guitar pedals.

[@uniqornzmusic1020]

Love this Doc! What a great story. Had a Kustom tuck and roll PA back in the day. Played electric guitar through it and it sounded really cool. Thanks for making the Doc and bringing back the Ross pedals. Cheers!

[@duranjerome]

This level of honor and integrity just makes you wanna buy one!

[@pmarona3667]

Love this, the first pedal I ever bought was a ROSS Phaser in 1980. I still have it.

[@jhspedals]

nice!

[@rkphilpot]

Really lovely what you're doing for pedal companies. Brings back faith in humanity

[@motelharper]

Nick deserves a raise for this project alone

[@skyviewdesign]

This is so beautiful! LOVE that ROSS is back and better than ever! Thank you, JHS!!!

[@davefromnh9204]

Thank you so much for these documentaries! I love the history of all my fav gear over the years

[@stauffrt2]

I hit “like” solely for the old black and white tv being turned on showing Ross logo. Above and beyond visuals - good work.

[@scottallen9556]

When you can tie emotions in to your products, you do something that’s beyond just profitable. JHS gets this and executes it regularly.

[@jnycards5478]

Thank you so much for caring about this amazing story. I loved it!

[@themagicofseth]

My ross style comp is the best compressor I've used. And I love my kustom amp, this video was great

[@seantracy5624]

JHS, you're keeping guitar fun for dorks and geeks. And we love it.

[@darrenlivy]

I had some Ross pedals in the past and had no idea about the story behind the company. Thanks for a great video, I really enjoyed watching it.

[@jorgetenamusic]

Josh, congrats this is awesome. I love how you guys managed to communicate that level of emotion, you sold them to me not for the incredible effects perse but for the emotion you transmitted. Loved it!

[@JasonCGuitarOfficial]

Josh, your personality so gets on my nerves all the time, but I have to say, this is beautiful. Seriously, grand slam home run. Nobody in the business is as passionate as you. Thank you for bringing this brand back to the world.

[@thehappysack2362]

I want sooo much more of this content. I will be watching this over and over. Thanks JHS

[@repomanband]

First portable PA I ever used was a Kustom one owned by my church.

[@slapitman]

Well done Sir, well done. Loved Ross and always like this aesthetic so glad its home.

[@yungjabels4182]

Thank you Josh and everyone at JHS

[@TheRealdg7007]

Great story! Once again, Josh and crew unearth and retell the history of pedal industry. And bonus -- Ross pedals are back!

[@jhspedals]

🖤

[@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer]

Wow, I've gotta say - this is really wonderful. Cameron Ross was right on when he said JHS was the clear and obvious choice to do this. To Josh Scott directly, I have to stop and with complete sincerity tell you that everything you're doing with your company and for the world of music gear is really, really, _really_ right on. You just _get_ it and it seems like the people you have working for you have fallen right in line behind that and get it as well. I can be a harsh critic but what you guys at JHS are doing here and the things you have been doing, you deserve *A LOT* of props for. I wish you all great and sustained success. You truly deserve it and the world of gear loving musicians are very lucky to have JHS.

[@BTandBR]

My respect for JHS has increased tenfold 👏

[@christianmcintire9864]

Finally got around to seeing this. Thank you, Josh, and everyone at Ross and JHS who made this possible.

[@jackgilchrist]

The Ross distortion was my first pedal. I grew up poor, and my first guitar was an SG based Sears special with mile high action. This was back in '80 when I was 13. My parents sacrificed a lot to get me that, but couldn't afford the amp. So my Dad took an amp from my old turntable, an old stereo speaker, built a cabinet and that was my first guitar amp. So I'm learning my power chords and everything, but not sounding anything like the bands I liked (Sabbath, Zeppelin, etc). My uncle told me I needed a "fuzz tone" (which is what he called all kinds of overdrive and distortion). Sometime in '81 or '82 I went to my music store and someone was trying out a Ratt, and boom! That was the sound I was sfter. But I couldn't afford it. I think it was about $60. But there was the Ross for around $30, which I could afford. Got it home, and I still sounded like crap, and the Ross barely produced any distortion, nothing like what I heard from the Ratt. So, not knowing shit about these things, I thought the Ross just pretty much sucked. It was better than nothing, though. It wasn't until much later I realized I had never truly heard the Ross, and it was likely my janky setup rather than the pedal that was the problem (a janky setup that I love and appreciate because of what my folks did for me and because that's how I initially learned guitar. I only wish I still had that old Sears guitar and the amp Dad made for me). So I'm glad Ross are back, because it's still a huge nostalgia thing for me, and maybe now I'll have a chance to hear what they really sound like. Though I'm still pretty poor and doubt they're still going for $30. Haha.

[@Iam_Dunn]

I’ve got a 25w Ross amp from ‘85 that is my super-secret go to for getting “my sound”. Has never let me down! :)