"... it's a germanium Fuzzrite! Either from late 1966 or early 1967. It shares the exact same guts as my longtime germanium Mosrite Fuzzrite from the same era, and pretty much the same tone. ...
cool little detail to mention about the Nomad Super Fuzz is that if it legitimately has a 1966/67 production date then it would predate the Univox Super Fuzz by at least a year, and was just a few months behind the Marshall Supa Fuzz. Which means that this is the very first pedal ever called "Super Fuzz", if we don't count the Marshall, that is."
GHOUL'S NIGHT OUT AT THE LEGENDARY GILMAN -- MOSRITE GUITAR IN HAND.
PIC INFO: Spotlight on Rochelle "Roach" Sparman, guitarist, backing vocals, & original member of American punk rock band GROOVIE GHOULIES, performing live at 924 Gilman St., Berkeley, CA, c. 1999. 📸: Jerry Guzman.
"Made in Bakersfield, California ca.1969-70, ...
Designed by Ed Sanner of Mosrite, who was previously responsible for the ornery yet iconic Fuzzrite. Mosrite went under around 1969 and Rosac emerged from the ashes. There was a Nu Wa and a Nu Fuzz as well. This model simply combined the two circuits. It has two batteries, as they simply transplanted two individually gooped 9v “modules”, one from the Nu Fuzz, one from the Nu Wa, into one housing. They are the pink rectangles in the photos. If something goes wrong, one is in trouble, but this example is still operational.
The silicon fuzz circuit apparently differs from the earlier Fuzzrite by having a tone control replacing the balance (fuzz) control. The tone control is very effective, seemingly padding out the low end on the bassier settings and getting more typical Fuzzrite treble unpleasantness when turned up. With the wah also boosting treble, there are lots of options - just don’t expect the wah to “quack” so much. The Wa circuit has no inductor, so is necessarily fairly low key. The company more or less admits this by pimping it as a treble booster in the instructions."
20 years without the legendary Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone. He sadly left us at the age of 55.
The main guitar of Johnny Ramone was gone up for auction a few years ago. His ‘Number One’ Mosrite was reportedly played at every Ramones gig between 1977 and 1996, for over 1,900 gigs.