Everything You Need to Know About ROSS Pedals
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- Опубліковано 1 чер 2024
- The story of ROSS Pedals isn’t the story of a product, or even of a company. It’s the story of an entrepreneur on par with innovators like Leo Fender and Paul Bigsby. His birth name was Charles, but his friends- and he had plenty -called him Bud.
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0:00 Intro
0:04 Quick Pedal Demos
0:55 History of Bud Ross/ROSS
1:43 ROSS Distortion History
7:51 ROSS Distortion Jam
9:11 ROSS Phaser History
11:00 ROSS Phaser Jam
12:09 ROSS Compressor History
13:55 ROSS Compressor Jam
15:19 Josh Quizzes Nick on Sticker History
16:03 ROSS Fuzz History
17:35 ROSS Fuzz Jam
18:27 ROSS Chorus History (Josh's Fav)
18:61 Josh Has a Mini Meltdown
19:58 Ed Sheeran
20:11 ROSS Chorus Jam
21:17 Thanks for Watching!
22:34 What Happens When I Buy a ROSS Pedal???
22:58 Record Time
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I've been touring with John Fogerty for the past five years, I mix monitors for him. I'm sending this video over to our guitar tech. I'd be interested to get John's thoughts on the new fuzz.
We were carrying around his old Kustom Tuck and Roll on the road for a while, but these days he uses Cornford amp heads for his distorted/fuzz tone and Dr. Z for his crunch tone.
Cheers to you Josh for all the amazing work.
its so awesome that John is still out on the road, living legend. and I think we all did a fist-pump and a "f*** yeah" when he got his songs back recently! pass on our love - cheers man
@@coldacreYes we did fist pump! John is definitely a Living Legend. 🙏❤️
@@coldacre totally agree, was so happy for John. Truly a living legend.
Please tell John thank you so much for all the great music over the years, and follow up with his thoughts on the fuzz. What does his current pedal board look like? His tech should do a video.
I first thought Josh simply had a passion for pedals, it is clear it is a medical emergency and we all benefit from his suffering. This is amazing what you have done with Ross
Shoutout to Sweetwater’s UA-cam channel for leaking this info a day early.
I was watching that video early this morning (eastern time zone) and it vanished from UA-cam before it ended 😝
That's just top notch customer service.
They* have done it a few times, I'm convinced they do it to snatch up early preorders.
@@JorbLovesGearcompanies that leak should get ordering penalty caps - enforceable on their existing preorders
Sweetwater is shady
Mom bought me a Ross phaser for Christmas when I was 14. First pedal I owned. I’m 59 now.
Beautiful memories of that thing. Thank you for bringing these back.
same!
That's funny, I bought my vintage Ross phaser when I was 14! It's about 30 years older than me.
Do you still have it?
Demonstrating the pedals by plugging into a Kustom 100 amp is the chef's kiss to this video.
this is how you do a pedal reissue series, other brands should take note.
but sadly they wont take note
That’s awesome news! Long after that Ross Audibles demo we did, I always wondered why nothing came next. So glad Ross lives on 👊💥👊
No one better than JHS to relaunch ROSS! That new Fuzz sounds like Kustom FIRE! I love the bright switch on the comp and the Phaser & Chorus sound warm and delicious! End mounted jacks and soft touch switch! EXCELLENT!
I love top-mounted jacks... I bought the Compressor.
Josh, you are pedal history in the making. Bringing back this line is a contribution to the guitar community that shows what a class act you are as a pedal historian and businessman. I hope the line does well for you.
Josh, you're such a great ambassador to the pedal community and music. Love the stories and how you help other companies so much!
Hear, hear. Well said! 💯
Chanute, KS native here -- They recently painted a mural of Bud Ross on the side of a building in memory of him. I was best friends with Cameron in Kindergarten (until his parents moved to a different elementary school district in town) and have used a Kustom amp in my rig for forever to represent Chanute. It's awesome to see a revitalization of this brand. Chanute, KS has few claims to fame and Kustom is easily the best thing to have ever come out of Chanute. I C O N I C
woah! that's awesome!
My guitar teacher (Jay EuDaly) used to play guitar for Bud and Kustom at their NAMM booth back in the day. According to Jay, "Bud made a million dollars and lost it at least three times in his life." The rumor is that he lost Kustom in a card game (can you substantiate this rumor and if its true, I would love to hear the entire story of this game)?
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not enough credit is given to Josh for his guitar playing in these demo's. you really get to hear what the pedal is all about. all at JHS rock for doing what they do!
It's crazy how much Trey impacted the ross compressor. When he took it out of his rig in around 2002, a bunch of fans came together and scrapped together money to buy him a new one.
Fans literally don’t let him take it out Lol
OK. So. There is a distortion pedal that I never knew the universe needed until I saw this. The Creedence Dirt Box. This might become the new GREY BOX COMPRESSOR obsession for studio pros. So many are CCR fans/ambassadors. First song I could play all the way through was "Born on the Bayou" ... followed by Proud Mary. As a little kid, I played my dad's CCR records laying with my head against the speaker until he came home from work and turned it down. I had no idea that i was listening to a Kustom Dirty Circuit. I mean. This concept is dawning on me right now. All the pedals sound great, I love the chorus acting like a rotary. Amazing. But I think your CCR DIRT BOX is the headline here.
I saw John forgerty last week! He played the guitar he played at Woodstock. He said he didn't have it for like 40 years and his wife found it and got it for him. I still have my black kustom amp just like the one in the video 😊
Great idea to take the fuzz from the Kustom amps. A new but old product from the same family. Bravo!
I’ve been watching JHS for years and this is the first time I’ve heard him mention Trey! I get that’s not everyone’s type of music, but I’ve always been blown away by the sounds he gets out of his rig, especially 97-00. Would love Josh’s opinions on “the funk siren,” “whale calls,” “the hadron collider,” and the countless other ambient textures experimented with in that time. Think Big Cypress Sand or the Island Tour Roses are Free. Not to mention the cacophony at the start of the happy whip and dung song. Long live Ross!!
My first pedal was an era 2 distortion. Bought new in late 1979 and it's still on my board today!
I actually got stuck in Lodi, riding a motorcycle from OC to Redding and having to duck into some guy's carport to get out of an absolute deluge. Of course 'Lodi' became the theme song for the trip.
Ok but y’all gonna be Makin Kustom amps again!?!?!
I never heard of Ross. But the pedals look beautiful.
This is a huge thing on JHS’ quest to preserve pedal history - to actually revive a dead brand entirely.
My first "big" amp was a Kustom 100 with a matching 2x15"+15" metal horn cabinet. I played bass through it, and it was incredibly anemic, but it sure looked cool. I bought it used (and dirt cheap) in the late 90s from a guitar store in Wichita, KS and I'll never forget the smell. It was a mixture of decades old cigarettes and dive bar funk. It also lightly shocked me every time I touched the power switch.
I had a Ross flanger back in the day-it was a purple/maroonish color and had an AC cord. That thing was badass, and it had a manual feature where you could set the notch depth without any sweep, producing some very interesting sounds. Like a lot of gear over the decades, I wish I'd never sold it.
"I didn't learn it right but I had learnt it" 😂 totally relate. My family loves CCWR, cheers!
My first pedal was a Ross distortion in 1982. Cool man.
My friends had a band from 1971-1978 and they all used Kustom amps,and the pa system was Kustom too. The speakers are the same as the ones behind Josh in this video. They also had a Kustom organ,and everything was black tuck and roll. The drummer had Camco drums,which was a Kustom brand. They were great drums and still exist in a world class drum maker of another name.
I've lived in Lakewood for 15 years and had no idea Ross was ever based here. I had my car repaired right next door to their old location on Cedar. 😆
I think it is very cool that you've helped bring ROSS back, you're a good man. I had a ROSS distortion back in the day, i sometimes have dreams that i found the one I lost in some boxes in the basement. It was the best distortion I ever owned.
P.S.
Those were some great jams.
Bud Ross: What kind of enclosure should I use for my ROSS pedals, a BUD box?
MXR: Nope
Today has been a Ross Pedal blitz. No fewer than five guitar shops I follow on IG posted ads. Reverb and Sweetwater are pushing them. Every music-related website is covering the resurrection of Ross. JHS has put a lot of weight behind this campaign. Congrats.
I was going to hold out for the diamond vibrato rerelease but this Ross Chorus vibrato mode kinda stole my heart..
Thanks Josh. You’re realizing a dream that Keith Barr had of bringing more manufacturing of music gear to the US. I’m appreciative of your efforts to share the history.
Is there a Kustom/Ross Tremolo in the works?
Fogerty’s trem is spectacular!
I'm here for the jams and pedal talk. I love this stuff.
Wow! What a perfect company to pull this off. Congratulations JHS!!! And adding the booklet with every pedal...so cool!
the drummer is so good, you all can play but his feel to the music and simplicity is the type of drummer i dream about for my psych garage band. seriously the drummer is a gifted player
Josh, you and your team have outdone yourselves. Putting a bright mode on the compressor was a stroke of genius, and the fuzz pedal is SICK.
absolutetly fell in love with that fuzz.
This is so incredibly cool! Thanks for going to this effort to release such a great pedal line.
I played a Kustom amp back in 1970 in a band when in Junior High in Michigan. The local music store let us use all their gear, including Kustom amplifiers, when we played at a local mall celebrating the mall’s anniversary.
My dad owned the Cosmos' Factory LP which I have listened to since 1970 or 71. Looking Out My Back Door. I also had Chronicle on cassette from the Columbia Record Club. I was even lucky enough to play in my dad's bandfor a while. Creedence was in every set. Great documentary and demo vids. I am a keyboardist and love all your vids. You got me through the pandemic.
Usually it's not the central point of your videos, but your guitar skills are incredible. Love these jams
These are great!....Can't believe we're seeing Ross again...I still have my 79' Phase / Distortion pedal!
great show! I watched the documentary this morning..... also very great!!
Love your videos Josh. Your passion for this industry never disappoints! Cheers
I used to jam on an old tuck and roll refrigerator stack when i was a kid...blue sparkle i believe it was
this is really cool, bringing back part of forgotten musical history ... you did that with great honour ...awesome ....love ross pedals
When I think pedals, I think Josh Heath Scott. Legendary stuff man.
Just bought the compressor.
Great stuff! Congrats & all the best with the new business venture.
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I remember my older 15-year-old neighbor calling my house, all excited, telling me that he figured out the solo to John Fogerty's 'Proud Mary'. My 8-year-old self ran across the street to watch him play it on his Kimberly solidbody guitar (strung with flatwounds, with a white coily cord to boot), wherein he then proceeded to teach it to me. That very fond memory took place about 54 years ago.
Thanks for bringing these back, Josh! I’ll be buying the Fuzz. Also LOL at your “time to get a watch” tattoo.
Watched the documentary and then this and this really took me back to high school gigging and wishing I still had all my Ross pedals and Kustom amps and cabinets. I needed money to help my family and was going into the Army so like a fool I sold everything.
This was sooooo good to watch. Thanks Josh and everyone for keeping it REAL. OH... the Stereo Delay is why I had two Kustom amps... Please please consider redesigning and making that one again HaHa I'm sure there are plenty of guitarists that would love to have them ALL... AGAIN! 🎸💯❤️😎
I remember as a 14 year old kid working for my Dad Wes Dewey during the Chanute Ks. Era hand spraying and silkscreening the chassis for those pedals .....
Always wanted the Ross compressor… huge Phish phan. Anyway I picked it up. I’m excited. Thanks for making them!!
You guys are awesome. Great jamming ❤
When my band launched in 1970 my lead guitarist came home with a black tuck and roll Kustom with a 2x12 cabinet and horns (if I am remembering correctly). He had a Ross phase pedal but all I remember is that it was orange. I still have his Vox wah, but the Ross is long gone. Thanks Josh.
Thank you for bringing back the brand, Josh!
I managed to snap up a 1978 Ross Phaser at a pawn shop in Port Canaveral a few years ago (used to work for Disney Cruise Line back then) for 50 bucks!
They sold it to me for that price because they said it needed repair...which actually was just a matter of resoldering the 9V battery clip.
Came with its original box (he has the box!) complete with warranty sheet and Ross logo sticker...and what a fantastic score that was!
I started playing rock guitar in the 1980's and began collecting effects pedals. Then came the Digitech RP20 Valve board and I gave up individual effects pedals. Then I discovered the Line 6 PodXT Live and I've been there ever since. You have singularly reignited a desire in me to try effects pedals, and I think I'll start with these new Ross gems. Thank you, JHS, I am new recruit to the Tone Cult. LOL
Oh man, I've been waiting for many years for someone to make the Kustom fuzz into a pedal! If you could make the combined tremolo+vibrato too I'd be much obliged haha
Yes! I got my Ross Phaser in 1979 in Toledo, Ohio...still even have the box. Used it on several albums! Orange version with rate/intensity.
The talented Mr. JHS.
Love all your YT vids!
Blimey. The Ross Distortion was the first pedal I ever bought back in 1982 (?). Still got it somewhere!
So cool! Justin was my first 2x12 amp. Before that I only had the little 8” I learned on first. Loved that amp. Can’t wait to try these
I used to have a rack mount Ross digital delay and it was very useful for all kinds of things. I think it was at the beginning of the IMC era.
So great to hear Nick and Josh play pedals for us once again!! Welcome back, Nick. You’ve been missed. What an exciting project; can’t wait to get my hands on a phaser. Woohoo!
My first amp was a Ross, got it when I was 14 and still have it. I’m 46 now!
This is freaking cool. My old tan Ross Distortion is one of my favorite pedals!
Good luck hope you have success with this relaunch Josh! Guitar heritage rocks! Thanks for keeping this stuff present.
I absolutely love what you guys are doing!
That fuzz sounds like it’s up my alley! My favorite Compressor is a two-knob Keeley, which I understand is based on the Ross. It looks like the brand is in good hands.
When Josh busted out the bass I got excited, because I want to hear the Ross Fuzz on bass! I own a small Kustom practice amp and I've always loved the drive channel on it, especially how tight it is on bass. Thinking about ordering one soon 🤘🏻🍻
I just want to say I appreciate you and the fine folks at JHS!!!!
This and the documentary were very well done. I also am a Creedence fan. Lodi is the song that taught me how to solo in the major pentatonic scale.
Your Ross fuzz is one of the few pedals have wowed me. There is something magical about it. Cheers!
Nice touch with the Kustom amp. Seriously considering some of these for future purchase, largely thanks to your engaging content.
do it!!!
This is awesome! Glad to see Ross get relaunched! When I bought my 1st guitar in the late '80s the guy also sold me his Ross distortion and his Arion stereo chorus. Over 30 years later the guitar is gone but the pedals I still have and use.
Great video and awesome news! Much success to you and Cameron!
This is amazing! That new Fuzz sounds killer! I've always loved the look of these.
My first pedal was a tan ross distortion I bought at Parker music back in the late 70s wish I still had it Josh is turning these pedals into gold
Very cool to make these iconic historic circuits available & accessible again! Can’t wait to try them out.
Great pedals Josh, I had a Ross flanger that was milkshake thick! Nice record there at the end, salute!
Wow compressor distortion combo sounds awesome!
I have a Chanute era distortion pedal (but no box, lol)! I was born and raised in Kansas, even have family around Chanute, so that increases the cool factor for me. Pedal sounds great!
1st pedals I ever bought way back in 1979, an MXR Micro Amp and a Ross Distortion, used those two as my "drive" pedals for the next decade, no board, batteries in em and on the floor, never thought I needed anything else and during that time I ran them into Fenders, Peaveys and Roland amps. Such a cool story behind the Ross pedals, never knew about the Kustom amp connection to Ross.
Great drum sounds and mix!
That Fuzz 😭
I need it
I don’t know if I’m just psyching myself out but these pedals sound really really really fantastic in this demo.
My brother worked for Kustom in Chanute,Kansas and he was a good friend of Bud. He had moved to Kansas to work at Kustom with his friend Louie. Bud was a very cool guy who told my brother that his compressor pedal was a direct copy of the MXR compressor. He was an innovative man who had a great idea and was able to create and operate Kustom amplification for several years and then sold the Kustom name. Some of his employees were also creative and they moved to New York and they started their own amp company called Legend amps. They were all made with oak cabinets and cane grills,and they were hybrid tube preamp and solid state power section. Bud took Louie and my brother to Arrowhead stadium for the Raiders and Chiefs game . My brother and Louie were from Oakland and the Raiders won,so they were happy. Bud had a box at Arrowhead for his enjoyment.
I had a Ross 8 track player that was a great stereo. It had speakers that clipped together for transport. Several of my friends had Kustom amps,due to John Fogerty using them. They were good clean amps,not good for distortion but they were loud.
THANKS SO MICH FOR BRINGING THESE BACK!!!!!
That Lakewood, Colorado address is less than a mile from where I used to live from age 7 to age 11. It's weird how much that excited me. The only Ross gadget I ever had (and still have) is a Ross 4X4 recorder.
I'm like #403.
My pedalboard is pretty full, but these look sweet, and the story was a treat to watch and listen to (both videos). Thanks!
I have one of those "rare" Taiwan Phasers Josh mentions - I didn't even know it was rare. I think I got it way back in the day when I would do guitar repairs and pickup installs, but most guitarists didn't have cash, so they would trade me equipment. I used it a few times and it was awesome. I just dug it out and will need to test it again with a battery to see how it sounds. Crazy, it's in near perfect condition. Ah, sweet memories.
Wow, cool! Can you dig into and possibly develop a combo Trem/Vibrato (Ross) pedal that was also in some of the Kustom amps?
great idea. Born on the Bayou
Love the Line 6 Tonecore Pedal Prop that is used in the demos.
Youre vids are always interesting , one of my favorite you tube channels.
I found the black Noise Gate about 10 years ago at goodwill. (Always wondered what their history was, turns out I drive by the Lakewood shop constantly!) My first noise gate, works great!
Yep. This is definitely one of my very favorite channels. Yep.
This is amazing!! Thank you Josh and JHS!! You are absolute legends!! Not to look a gift horse in the mouth and I know this is going to get hate but I only with you had have just went full tribute and just simply named the fuzz pedal Kustom and left it at that lol, all love though and all sound amazing!!
Great playing today... and, of course, great sounds
This is so so amazing! Thank you! ✌️😎
I had a Ross distortion pedal in the mid ‘80s I had gotten from a buddy, it conked out, so I gave it to another buddy that said he could fix it-never saw it again so this is way cool!
I just pulled the "Era 2" Distortion pedal I bought used for probably about $20 when I was 14 out of storage. It has electrical tape in place of screws and I don't have a power adapter that fits it, but it works as good as the day it was made, which was a long time ago.