old school noise

eBay item 2537570281 (Ends Jun-19-03 08:55:01 PDT ) – Pignose Amplifier Brand new In box

I’m listening to The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars on my iPod and digging the simple and raw sound on this 30+ year old gem. It may be apocryphal, but I had heard that Mick Ronson played all his stuff through a PigNose, the 9 volt powered 8th Wonder of the World, complete with pig snout-shaped on/off/volume knob.

Ebay’s got ’em, of course, but do I need one?