Josh Scott
Technical Advisor and Contributing Writer
Joshua Scott is the creator and president of JHS Pedals, one of the leading guitar pedal companies in the world. His YouTube series, the JHS Show, has garnered literally millions of views from musicians and guitar fanatics. In addition, Josh is also a public speaker who teaches the history and stories surrounding guitar technology and works as a guitar rig consultant for studio sessions and live tours.
Born in 1982 just a few miles from the legendary Muscle Shoals area of Alabama, Josh grew up raising horses with his family. Although he briefly considered a career as a bull-rider, smoke-jumper, and NBA superstar, as Josh grew up his love for music took center stage.
After graduating high school, Josh completed a year of college before deciding to drop out of school to pursue a full-time career as a musician. Josh functioned as a singer/songwriter and guitarist in several bands. In the years that followed, he also worked as both a live and studio guitarist, songwriter, and studio engineer and producer. After accidentally fixing a broken guitar pedal, he dove deep into electrical engineering and circuit design, resulting in the creation of JHS Pedals.
Even with these accomplishments, Josh is most proud of his wife Alice and their three amazing children: Ethan, Eli, and Emma. He is also learning to love Hank, the family dog.
In his spare time, Josh competes in endurance cycling, reads, enjoys Seinfeld at an obsessive level, and watches (and re-watches) every Ken Burns documentary he can find. His love for history has prompted him to compile a comprehensive catalog of interviews and published works related to guitar effects history to date, and he hopes to use these resources to write books on the history of the guitar, the guitar pedal, and its influence on modern culture.
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