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Five new products to fuel your GAS this month…

ROMBO PICKS

1 Germany-based rombo has unveiled a new series of guitar plectrums, the E co-black range, made from 100% recycled waste. According to rombo, the material boasts “high mechanical strength, excellent impact resistance and superior aesthetic properties”. The E co-black range consists of four pick models: the origami (0.75 mm ), diamond (2.0 mm ), Waves (1.25 mm) and classic (0.45 mm ), all with an erg anomic micro nodule grip structure and polished tip. (£8.57 per pack off our, rombopicks.com)

TECH 21 SANSAMP PSA 2.0

2 A new portable pedal version of the company’ s classic rackmount unit. The psa 2.0 uses the same analogue circuitry as its predecessor, along with digital programming and memory sections, and you can run the pre amp into a power amp, or go direct to a pa system. Additionally, a Performance Mode option turns the psa 2.0 into a three-channel stompbox. Other features include 128 memory locations with easy storage and recall, a dual-band activeeq and midi capability. (£499,tech21nyc.com)

MOOER E7 SYNTH

3 Moo er has stepped away from multi-effects pedals to return to mini pedals with thee 7syn th. boa sting seven analog-style synth voices, thee 7 promises to span trumpet and organ-style sounds to ambient pads and 8-bit settings. Coolest of all is the arpeggiator function, activated by holding down the footswitch–something that sets thee 7 apart from its competitors. speed, attack, high-cut, low-cut and mix knobs are on board to adjust the signal, with seven slots into which you can save your sounds. (£99,mooeraudio.co.uk)

NEURAL DSP ARCHETYPE: ABASI

4 Tosinabas ihas collaborated with neural Dsp for his signature plugin, which boasts three onboard amp models–clean, Rhythm( offering a wide range of dynamic gain ), and lead (featuring a booster for super-high gain and harmonically-rich metal tones). Effects-wise, you get Abasi’s superlative pathos over drive and logos compressor, plus a nine-bandeq, post-amp digital delay andre verb effects, and over 70 impulse responses captured by adam get good. (€119,neuraldsp.com)

ELECTRO-HARMONIX TRIPLE FOOT CONTROLLER

5 Ehx’s latest handy accessory is designed to give users remote control over functions in other pedals controlled by an external foot jack. depending on which pedal it’s plugged into, the Triple Foot Controller can set tap tempo, toggle through programs, select modes and more. with the tfc, ehxis–by its own admission–taking direct aim at competitors like the Digitech Fs3x foot switch, strymon Multi switch and tc helicon Switch-3 foot pedal at a very attractive price point. (£40,ehx.com)