{"id":39,"date":"2012-01-25T22:15:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bunnyears.net\/guitar\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2012-02-28T08:17:55","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T08:17:55","slug":"2000-fernandes-nomad-deluxe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bunnyears.net\/guitar\/electric-guitars\/2000-fernandes-nomad-deluxe\/","title":{"rendered":"Fernandes Nomad Deluxe"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Year<\/strong>: 2000
\nFinish:<\/strong> Metallic Blue
\nOrigin:<\/strong> Japan
\nAcquired:<\/strong> 2002
\nMods:<\/strong> Schaller straplocks, relocated strap button
\nStill owned:<\/strong> No<\/p>\n

The Story: <\/strong>
\nAfter being unable to find the Um Jammer Lammy model of the Fernandes ZO-3<\/a>, I did some research and found they made a model with not only a built-in, battery-powered speaker, but digital effects as well. Better still, it was a Zoom 505, which was my main effects pedal thingie at the time. They made it in four colors, but I the only place I could find the metallic blue one was online, from a music store in Florida. It was their last blue one in stock, and the only blue one I\u2019ve seen in person. They no longer make them with Zoom innards, either.<\/p>\n

I played this as my main stage guitar in Fast Times for several months, because I wasn\u2019t playing much and the stage value of a bright blue kidney bean was hard to deny. I had a hardshell case for it…which melted when our rehearsal studio caught on fire. But the case did its job — it protected the guitar from obliteration! Greg at Orbiter Guitars<\/a> cleaned it up and gave it a complete overhaul and I held it for a few more years, but recently let it go in an effort to whittle down the collection.<\/p>\n