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Five new products to fuel your GAS this month…
ERNIE BALL PRIM O AND MEGA SLINKY STRINGS
1 Following the launch of the company’ s first new gauge strings in over a decade with its ultra and burly offerings, the guitar string giant has returned with two more sets, featuring half-gauge combinations. pri mo Slinkys sit between regular and Super slinky sets, offering 9.5,12, 16,24,34,44 gauges, while mega Slinkys promise a slightly thick er sound with a small difference in feel, thanks to 10.5,13.5,17.5,28, 38,48 gauges. both sets boa st nickel-plated steel wrap wire around-at-in-plated-hex-core. (£6.99 per set, ernieball.co.uk)
JOYO BAND CONTROLLER
2 The latest addition to its R-series of pedals, th er -12 Band controller is a graphic Eq. with 10 bands spanning 31. 25Hz to 16 hz, the band Controller aims to offer ton al control-over-six-and-seven-string guitars, as well as four-string and five-string bass es. there’ s also an independent volume slider, Led lights for all controls, plus Jo yo’ sn if ty ambience light, which can be set to be on at all times or sync with the pedal’ s on/off foot switch. (£74,joyoaudio.co.uk)
IK MULTIMEDIA DIMEBAG DARRELL CFH COLLECTION FOR IOS
3 Ik has brought its dime bag Cfh collection to amp li tube fo rio sand i phone. the Collection models the legendary metal guitarist’ s entire rig from iconic pant era album Cowboys From hell, featuring nine new models–two amps, two cabinets and five stomp boxes–and developed in collaboration with Dime’ s long time guitar te chg ra dy Champion. that means you get authentic models of dime’ s classic rig, including his randall head, signature wah and flanger effect. (€19.99,ikmultimedia.com)
SONGBIRD BIRDCORD
4 In an age of u sb power standardisation, pedals can see ma little out of touch, requiring a veritable smorgasbord of voltage sand connectors–that’s-where Austrian firms ongbird fxsw oops in with its handy bird cord u sb voltage converter cables. Available in four different formats, the bird cord converts 5 VU SB INTO 6 V ,9 V ,12 V OR 18 V DC voltage via a circuit hidden in the U sb plug. bird cord scan also be combined wi thu sb power banks, allowing musicians to break free from the tyranny of power-outlets. (€16.99,songbirdfx.com)
NEURAL DSP ARCHETYPE: PLINI
5 The australian guitar phenom has teamed up with audio b off in neural dsp for this plugin, which models three all-new amps. kicking things off, there’ s a classic over drive/ boost pedal in front of the virtual amps, as well as a solid state-inspired compressor. each of the trio of heads is followed by its own nine-band g rap hice q, while the cabinet captures, produced by ml Sound lab, feature six movable mi cs. there’ s also a tape delay algorithm model led using neural networks for vintage warmth, and a multi dimensional re verb. (€119 ,neuraldsp.com)