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Five new products to fuel your GAS this month…
Marshall Beer
1 The amp manufacturer has managed to find yet another venture to which it can lend its storied branding. Yes, Marshall has partnered with William bro sb re wing co to produce three craft beers “designed specially to be enjoyed with music ”. the three brews are Amped up lag er (4.6%), full Stack IPA (6.8%) and Jim’s Treble (8.6% triple blonde), all of which boast Marshall’s “signature attitude”, with the latter packing “as much character and inspiration as the iconic Jim Marshall”. Blimey. (from£1.40, williamsbrosbrew.com)
IK Multim edia Am plit ube Slash update
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Ikmultimediahas announced a free update to the amp li tube slash suite of amp sand pre sets for pc and mac. Thirteennewslash-designed pre sets have been added to the plug into replica te his new album, Livingthedream. Twoamplitube Slashmodels–themarshalljcm Slash edition silver jubilee and Marshallafd100–havealsobeen fine-tunedusingik’slatestdsp. And it’ s free for existing Amp li tube slash users !(€119 for suite,ikmultimedia.com)
Martin Authentic strings
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With its Authentic line-up, Martin reckons it’s developed its best strings yet, touting a better look, feel and sound. three versions are available: SP features tin-plated high tensile-strength core wire. Marquis Silked boast a soft silk wrap on ball ends to prevent wear and tea rat the bridge and bridge plate. Lifespan 2.0 are Martin’s coated offering. All options are available in 80/20 Bronzeand92/8phosphor Bronze. (from£7.99perset, martinguitar.com)
Apogee Electronics Jam+
4 The jam+ promises to set anewstandardfor Apogee’s interface range, with an all-metal chassis and improved audio quality thanks to the inclusion of PUREDIGITAL circuitry. A headphone output has been added too. on the recording side, there’s a Drive Mode, designed to add a“rich, warm over drive” to your tone, as well as a blend button that enables zero-latency monitoring. Plus, the jam+ ships with a copy of Positive Grid’s BIAS FX Jam. (£159,apogeedigital.com)
Mesa/boogie Two Notes Impulse Response packs
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Sevenclassicmesa cabinets are included here: 1 x12t hi e le front ported Compact,1x12rec to closed Back,1x12l ones tar23,2x 12 Lone star,2x12rec to horizontal, 4 x12rec to traditional slant and 4 x12rectoos standard slant. The world tour edition pack features six dynamic, one ribbon and one condenser microphone options; the studio legend Edition offers four ribbon and four condenser microphones .( from €49,store.two-notes.com)