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Five new products you need to check out Five awesome new products to get your gear engine revving this month…
THIRD MAN TRIPLE GRAPH DIGITAL OCTAVE
1 A collaboration between Copper sound pedal sand Jack White, this pedalmeets-telegraph machine is the stuff of retro dreams. The Triplegraph is loaded with a DSP Blackfin Processor and the left key trigger san oct ave down, the right key controls octave up with the middle key serving as an auxiliary loop or kill switch when the pedal is in Kill Mode. $399matteblack/$449 limited edition yellow with certificate signed by White, www.coppersoundpedals.com
HARLEY BENTON MIGHTY-15TH
2 Thom ann’ s brand rarely lets a week go by without unleashing a new product to tempt us, and the value on paper here is significant with a simple proposition; a single‑channel, 15-watt Class A head with three-bandeqand a pair of 12 ax7sint he preamp andel 84powertubes. it’s switchable downto 7-watts without puts for 8 and 16 ohm s peak ers.hb even offer a mighty 5 th (£115) if you want to keep things at purely home-friendly levels. £212,www.thomann.de
RED WITCH FUZZ GOD IV
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With a fourth iteration and a name like fuzzgod, expectations are high, and the level of editability here is a tweaker’ s dream ;264 different tone and gain combinations, according to red witch. An eight-way internal dip switch gives you the key to the fuzzy kingdom with the choice of six different tone settings and three types of gain. Three tiered foot switches engage the fuzz, Oct a via effect and wrath oscillation.
$239.99, www.redwitchpedals.com
TAYLOR GRAND THEATRE
4 What’ s this? a whole new scale of acoustic guitar? Trust Taylor! Imagine a guitar placed between the company’ s hugely po pu largs Mini travel acoustic and a full-size Grand Concert; a new mid-length scale of 24 1/8” that designer andy powers claims feels “just right”. We think he’s got a point, and the new c-class bracing and use of sustainable Urban ash for the back and sides with eucalyptus fingerboard make this a talking point. £1,619/Gte£1,835with ES2 electronics, www.taylorguitars.com
DUNLOP TBM95 TOM MORELLO SIGNATURE CRY BABY
5 Morel lois a loyal man when it comes to his gear. The Ra tm guitarist may not have a huge pedal board, but the unit she uses have been trusted for decades in his various projects. One is his early ’80s Gcb95cryba by that this signature is based on. The motivational quotes (chosen by Morello) and red finish are a bonus on awaht hat offers an “aggressive, modern sound” with a100k ohm hotpotz potentiometer. £171,www.jimdunlop.com