THE RITE

Designed by Ed Sanner in the mid-60s, the FUZZRite was one of the most popular first generation fuzz pedals. The first 200 or so made had germanium transistors and go for suitably crazy sums nowadays; these were temperature-sensitive so you couldn't be quite sure how it was going to sound on a given day. A quick redesign produced the common silicon variant which went on to sell in very large numbers from the late 60s onwards. A good original example will set you back around £200 on a good day. Notable players: Stephen Stills in Buffalo Springfield (esp. "Bluebird"), The Ventures, Davie Allan and The Arrows (check out "Blue's Theme" - best. fuzz. ever.), although the jury's out on weither they had the germanium or later silicon version.