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ORANGE AMPLIFICATION FS-1 FOOTSWITCH £24.99

Orange has unveiled the FS1 Mini, a new metal-cased single-button footswitch that stats at around 200g and 87x30x37mm and has a single orange LED indicator and quarter-inch jack to connect to your amplifier. The FS1 Mini can be used to switch channels on all Orange twin-channel valve amps including the Crush 20, Crush 20RT, Crush 35 and Crush Pro amps. It will engage/disengage the reverb on the Rockerverb and Crush Pro and the attenuator on the Rockerverb and Dual Dark series. The footswitch can be used as a master volume lift for the OR50 amp, an EQ lift with the Custom Shop 50 Plus Global and a gain boost on the OR100. Other uses include blend for the OB1 Series and compression on the 4 Stroke Series.

A sheet of icon stickers (Mute, Clean Channel, Dirty/Fat Channel, Reverb, EQ Lift, Attenuator, Depth, Speed, Volume, Compression, Blend, Gain) is also included. www.orangeamps.com

GRETSCH ELECTROMATIC G5655T CENTER BLOCK JR £809

Gretsch is offering its popular thinline Electromatic G5655T Centre Block Jr model with chrome hardware and three metallic finishes. While the existing goldhardware-appointed G5655TG model is available in Orange Stain, Azure Metallic and Cadillac Green finish options, you can pick from the Dark Cherry Metallic, Jade Grey Metallic and Casino Gold for the new model. Other specs include a semi-hollow centre-block-loaded body format, Black Top Broad’Tron humbuckers and a Licensed Bigsby B70 True Vibrato unit. www.gretschguitars.com