David Ross Musical Instruments: Building Pedals and launching a pedal company

David’s guitar journey began on a Behringer strat style guitar when he was 13, his foundation being metal and blues (an influence from his dad). The Behringer also became a sacrificial lamb when David decided to explore the guts of an electric guitar. 

From there, David started building his own guitars as a teenager furthering his home-grown knowledge, and setting the stage for becoming a professional luthier. 

Tinkering with pedals was a natural extension of the guitar repair business and that journey began in earnest in 2016. Overtime, David decided having his own product to offer was a welcomed challenge, plus he saw the need for a custom option to improve upon some of the pedals in his arsenal. 

So David introduced his first pedal a year ago, the Winter Storm, and now he’s onto his second build… the Spellbook. It’s a self-oscillating fuzz and distortion pedal, which can also be used as a stand alone synthesizer. 

To help fund the Spellbook, David has a Kickstarter campaign and will deliver pedals this summer, but there's still time to get the pre-production deal! 

Check out his YouTube channel to see David demo the Spellbook and describe the technical aspects. 

Thanks for being such a wonderful guest David! You are onto something big and I look forward to watching what you do next! 

Links: 

Kickstarter- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/davidrossmusicalinst/david-ross-musical-instruments-spellbook-guitar-pedal

Company page- https://davidrossmusicalinstruments.com

https://www.instagram.com/davidrossmusicalinstruments/

https://youtube.com/@davidrossmusicalinstruments

https://www.facebook.com/davidrossmusicalinstruments

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