Himmelstrutz Fetto Nord 70 - Great Old Distortion + Boost

Fetto Nord 70—Great Old Distortion + Boost (replaced by...)

Stomp on Fetto/Fat-oh Nord 70 when you need something rough'n honky, the only needed party sounds to drown your audience and band who's constantly making boring jokes about you. Here we go!

Get excellent string separation all the way from smooth overdrive to heavy distortion. The character of your instrument and amplifier won't get lost. And it's designed to match the volume control on your guitar perfectly. Most pedals sounds just like a pedal. Not the case with Fetto Nord 70—that swivel-hipped loudmouth.

Fetto Nord 70 vs. Fetto Nord

Fetto Nord 70 has a more edgy and hotheaded distortion character—more focused/aggressive mid range which makes us think about the great Mick Ronson and the early Eddie Van Halen
The knobs on Fetto Nord 70 are ashtray grey
Identical Boost in both models—full range max +20 dB

Controls

'Drive'—Overdrive/Distortion control
'Tone'—Tone control (passive treble cut)
'More'—Boost level control
'Volume'—as loud as you'll ever need
Internal controls: Bass, & Gain trimmers
'GIMME'—Overdrive true bypass switching
'MORE'—Boost true bypass switching

Details

All original and handmade Himmelstrutz design. Further development of Fetto 9-11.1 (pre Fetto Standard) cross-fertilized with Under Over
Mechanical (true) bypass switching, ON's indicated with blue and orange LED's
External Controls: 'Drive', 'Tone', 'Volume' and 'Boost' (pre or post distortion independent boost)
Internal controls: 'Bass' & 'Gain' trimmer + maybe something more (depending on the serial)
Power Consumption: 9 V DC/3,5 mA (= rich battery life). Battery included.
AC Adapter (Optional): 5-18 V DC, center-pin negative (Straight plug, BOSS Standard connection, regulated power supply)
Dimensions (L/W/H): 111,6/61,6/50,0 mm (4,37/2,4/1,9 In)
Weight: 450 grams (0,99 lbs)
Name, colour, finish: May vary depending on season and reason:
December 2010-2012: 'Stockholm White' (RAL 9010)

Audiovisual

Gibson 335/Tweed Twin amp—Fetto Nord vs. Nord 70

Hamer Studio P90/Princeton Reverb amp—Fetto Nord 70, Fitzo, Fetto Custom (marathon)

Order

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The idea with Fetto Nord/Nord 70 was born when the artist and producer, Micke Nord Andersson (Nord, Roxette, Ulf Lundell, Björn Skifs and others) tested the Fetto Standard and the Under Over boost during a period of time.

Sound wise he really liked that combination, but as one of his pedal boards had to be small and still versatile, a stomp with all the Fetto Standard qualities, with a boost option ahead of the distortion was needed.

This new pedal was meant to work as a few pure sounding gain stages for his HIWATT amplifiers. If this was doable the sound possibilities would be similar with a 3-channel amp—small enough to be put in a pocket! A few months later Fetto Nord and Fetto Nord 70 were brought into the light.