14-year-old Steve Ridinger designed his first pedal, the “Liverpool Fuzz-Tone,” without access to any pre-existing schematics. In doing so, he essentially created an original fuzz circuit, the likes of which had never been seen before. Due to his entrepreneurial spirit, Ridinger was able to sell thousands of these homespun pedals during high school with the help of a network of fuzzy flavors that range from hearty to heavy.
