Start me up
Five awesome new products to get your gear engine revving this month...
MONTY’S MONTY PRESSO GUITAR RELIC WAX
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Well this is something different! But not coffee... When applied to open grain woods – your guitar’s body, neck or fretboard – this darkens and gives the impression of ageing with a “smooth, gloriously, grubby finish.” Could be ideal for that p au ferro neck or make over project you’ ve mean meaning to start. Leaving the wax on for longer before buffing has different effects so we’d advise checking out the helpful videos on monty’ sins tag ram [£16 plus 20% off if bought beforetheendof2020, montysguitars.com]
DUNLOP GBJ95 CRY BABY JUNIOR
2 Amedium-sizedwahthat sits between the popular Cry baby mini and the Original, the 8” long Junior was designed with Pedaltrain to fit on its ‘boards. But with top-positioned input and output jacks, plus three selectable voices, the potential appeal is clearly wider. The H setting gives you the aggressive modern sound of the Original GCB95, M offers vintage midrange gr owl and L is darker and richer. [£154.99,jimdunlop.com]
ORIGIN EFFECTS MAGMA57 AMP VIBRATO & DRIVE
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Allthegoodnessof a landmark vintage amp inside a pedal; here the UK builder channels Magnatone’s 1957vibrato-equipped200 series amps. The theoretical combination being offered is compelling with “lush, shimmering vibrato” coupled with smooth and clear over drive tones. You can alter the speed, intensity and modulation and there’s a trip of presets tailored to running through different kinds of amps – Blackface, Plexi and flat-response.
[£385, origineffects.com]
EPIPHONE WILSHIRE
4 If 2020 has proved to be a vintage year for Epiphone, it’s not done yet, and keen to take the term seriously with the return of three cult favourites; the Wilshire, Crest wood and coronet. all three share the same 1958 body shape; the crest wood offers mini hum buck er sand vibrato tailpiece, the Wilshire hasapairofp-90sandthe Coronet offers a single P-90. [Co ron et£349,wil shire £399,Crestwood£489, epiphone.com]
KEELEY HYDRA STEREO REVERB & TREMOLO
5 The temptation of another reverb pedal is always around the corner, and Robert keeleynowh as a reputation for superb stagefriendly two-in-one stompboxes. With three type so fr ever band tremolo here, the hydra certainly delivers on versatility. Spring, plate and room re verb (with infinite hold too) with tap-tempo enabled harmonic, Vibrato, or Sine Wave Tremolo. Alt controls enable you to dial it all to your needs fast. [£249,robertkeeley.com]