Charles "Bud" Ross came to the Kansas City area on a Greyhound bus. Ross leaves a legacy that included inventing a world-famous guitar amplifier and handheld police radars, and being inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame.
Ross, who died Saturday, was self-taught in electronics. He also invented iconic guitar pedals and an affordable home satellite system.
Ross grew up poor in West Virginia. He was 12 years old when his mother moved the family to Kansas to take a job at a Bible school near…
Charles "Bud" Ross came to the Kansas City area on a Greyhound bus. Ross leaves a legacy that included inventing a world-famous guitar amplifier and handheld police radars, and being inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame.
Ross, who died Saturday, was self-taught in electronics. He also invented iconic guitar pedals and an affordable home satellite system.
Ross grew up poor in West Virginia. He was 12 years old when his mother moved the family to Kansas to take a job at a Bible school near…