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Five awesome new products to get your gear engine revving this month…

HARLEY BENTON DNAFX GIT PRO

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Harley Benton are doubling down with their multieffects game here with 51 amp models ,31 cab sand 64 digital and analogue effects. Further potential as a streamlined solution is provided by an on board expression pedal and the ability to integrate switching for your guitar amp via its ampctrl output. an effects loop offers further connectivity, plus specific effects can be placed before or after the amp’s preamp circuit. £244 www.harleybenton.com

ELECTRO-HARMONIX Q-TRON NANO

2 Welovetheu-hxnano series; all the goodness in a compact chassis. and we all need an excuse for one more pedal on the ‘board, right? Here’ s your gateway to funky goodness with the envelope Controlled Filter with added depth from its three modes that control lo, band and high pass ranges. It’s great for guitar and bass, pairing with drive pedals well for wa h‑ esque lead tones. £92 www.ehx.com

MONTY’S INSTRUMENT FOOD

3 Theuk pickup and loom gurus also do a couple of superb maintenance products and the new year is a great excuse for some guitar TLC. This ‘nourishing’ wax conditions and feeds finger boards made from rosewood,p au ferro, ebony or any other open grain wood. It’s all-natural and doesn’t contain any solvents that could dry your ’board. the monty’ steam use it one very guitar they workon,so that’s good enough for us! £10 www.montysguitars.com

JAMES’ HOME OF TONE 4-WAY SOLDERLESS TELE KIT

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If you’re looking to do a little guitar modding for 2022 this solderless kit takes some of the fear out of things, and adds an extra option for running both your single-coil pickups in series. Something we’ve loved for the beefier tone it offers on some of the contemporary fenders we’ ve reviewed.uk-basedjames Gascoigne also offers pre-wired solder versions and left-handed options too in his range. £65.99 www.homeoftone.co.uk

SOFTUBE MARSHALL ‘MURDER ONE’ LEMMY SIGNATURE

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This plugin is modelled on le mmy’ s notorious Marshall super bass 100 W, known by the ominous moniker murder one. long-time Motör head producer cameron Webb also worked with the Swedish company to capture L em my’ sc us tom cabinet set up and even tested it with le mmy’ s Rick en back er. the amp icon features le mmy’ s favoured settings marked and it’s suitable for guitars, too. €99 www.softube.com