Start Me Up
Five awesome new products to get your gear engine revving this month…
Five new products for you to try
DUNLOP FLOW
1 These mighty picks promise to add thickness and volume to your notes and chords, while their bevelled edges ensure they don’ t get stuck between strings, making for swifter movement. powerful over tones, courtesy of theme at yul tex material, make these stand out from there st of the dun lop range, and a low-profile grip aims to prevent slippage onstage. Available in sizes ranging from 73 mm up to 3 mm, plus andy James and john pet ru cci versions .( from £6.49 for a pack of six,j imdunlop.com)
JOYO JP-05 POWER SUPP LY
2 Joy oh as got in on the rechargeable pedal board power supply act with one of the most affordable lithium-ion PSUS on the market. The jp-05 offer seight dc outputs and one 5 vu sb output, with one switch able output capable of handling 9V, 12V or 18 Vat 100 ma. four 9v outputs cover 100 ma a piece, while three offer 500 ma for power-hungry digital pedals. There’s no word on battery life, but we do know that the 7.4v/4,400mah battery takes around 2.5 hours to charge. (£89.95,joyoaudio.co.uk)
PORK KNUCKLE SLIDES
3 Designed by us accessories giant Clayton, the some what unfortunately named pork Knuckle ceramic slides promise to provide unmatched sustain and volume, with noun even surfaces to dam pen the tone. Inside the slides, you will find a unique inner ribbing (quiet at the back, please, no sniggering), which allows air to circulate around your sweaty digits, while ensuring a comfortable fit. The slides are available in small (ring size J), medium (V½) and large (Z½). (from£21.99,jhs.co.uk)
GATOR G-TOUR
4 Twonewtour-grade flightcases have just landed from ga tor, which look to be seriously resilient. The G-tour pedal board cases are builtfromheavy-dutywoodwith aluminium corner reinforcement, and come with3m hook and loop fasteners, plus a heavily-padded interior that ensures your pedals go nowhere while you’ re on the move. Best of all, it features two side handles, meaning you can just lift the ’board out of the case – and beneath it, there are storage compartments for cables and other accessories. (from£229,gatorcases.com)
BBE STOMP BOARD
5 B be has crammed eight pedal models into its Stomp board plugin, a self-contained guitar effects solution that comes with its own pre amp section. the pedals include the Free Fuzz, Green Screamer vintage overdrive, Mind Bender vibrato/chorus, Op to stomp optical compressor, Sonic stomp sonic maximizer, Soul Vibe rotary speaker, Tremor tremolo/auto-panandtwotimer Delay. plus four amp models, a tilt-style tone control, a gate and a spring reverb. It’s available for PCANDMACINVST/AU/AAX formats. ($129,plugivery.com)