START ME UP!
Five awesome new products to get your gear engine revving this month…
ERNIE BALL LIMITEDEDITION SLASH SIGNATURE STRINGS
1 After decades as a loyal Ernie Ball user, this signature Slash set sees his favoured 11-48 gauge strings power slinky preference (Slash often tunes down a semi tone in guns) receiving some additional tweaks. the slash sets feature a paradigm core wire with plasma-enhanced nickel-plated steel wrap wire for strength. Additional tuning stability is provided by heavier brass wire reinforcement at each of the ball ends. £44.95 set of three in a collectable box, ernieball.com
JACKSON AUDIO FUZZ
2 The only fuzz pedal you’ll ever need? this modular fuzz with oct ave brings can deliver recreations of the most desirable fuzz units on the planet with Fuzz Classic/modern (blue Fuzz face ), fuzz page mark ii (Tone bendermkii) and goat Head( big mu ff) and modern fuzz Deluxe (adding additional clipping options). How is this voodoo achieved? swappable plug-in circuit boards. It comes loaded with jackson’ s modern fuzz circuit with a Classic/vintage Fuzz board in the box. £279/ additional boards £49 each, https://jackson.audio
FENDER JOE STRUMMER CAMPFIRE
3 Available in March, the new St rummer camp fire is inspired by the fondlyremembered communal campfires the late Clash icon held at Glastonbury Festival in the Strummerville area. This small-body electro-acoustic shares a est he ticdnawi th the California Series introduced in 2018 with the distinctive Strat headstock. It features laminated mahogany back and sides with a solid spruce back and sides. The matte black finish, nickel hardware and star inlays nod to st rummer’ st a st es. £499, fender.com
BOSS TU-02
4 How many clip-on tuners do you need? one for every guitar of course! Not to be confused with the company’ s industry standard tu -2 pedal tuner, the TU-02 joins Boss’s every expanding range of headstock tuners. And it’s towards the cheaper end of the scale while still delivering what you need; a bright colour display with chromatic, guitar, bass and ukulele options. It can also tune flat up to two semitones lower. £14,boss.info
BLACKFIRE PICKUPS IMMPORTAL AND PROTEUS
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Firewind firebrand Gus G now has his own company, making the Blackfire pick ups you can find on his Jackson signature models available to buy separately for your own guitars. There’s two high output hum buck er models available at launch; the Immortal passive with alnico 5 magnets and a “powerful mid range boost ”. and Proteus actives offering “well-balanced EQ and rich harmonics that respond perfectly to picking attack and dynamics.” €95,blackfirepickups.com