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the company remains committed to adding new tools to their line, including a
forthcoming EQ pedal that found Juhl considering, among other things, the impressive bandwidth of Shadows guitarist Hank
Marvin’s tape echoes.
But just as Juhl and Mad Professor look
for inspiration in odd places, they look to
make their products inspirational so that
players will unlock their imagination when
they plug in a Mad Professor box. And
Juhl hopes that commitment will help players push themselves instead of relying on
gear to solve problems. “Back in the ’70s,
stores had one fuzz pedal and they’d tell
you ‘Take this, son—this is just what you
need.’ Then you’d go home and read Tom
Wheeler’s book where he says there may
be a little more between you and Jimmy
Page than a fuzztone pedal.”
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Bjorn Juhl is an electronics autodidact and the principal designer behind Mad Professor’s pedal line.
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