Apparently Messrs. Whiteside and Casher were unaware of this 1959 gem from Chet Atkins:
Though more subtle and primitive in execution - Chet's pedal most certainly employed a passive circuit - the premise is still the same, and precedes the commercial version by a good seven years...
The inventor's motto: if you can envision/build it, chances are that someone else has too...
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"Mistaking silence for weakness and contempt for fear is the final, fatal error of a fool"
- Sicilian proverb (paraphrased)
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