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Our pick of the month’s most delectable and wallet-bothering new gear

DANELECTRO SPRING KING JUNIOR £199

Amid the mayhem of his European tour, Joe takes time out to give us a guided tour around his 2025 live gear, delivers the lowdown on some of his more storied guitars, and tells us why his mighty multi-amp rig has to run at breaking point in order to make the earth move and those riffs resonate…

SHAFTESBURY DUO FUZZ HERITAGE EDITION £349

Strymon’s standalone emulation of an Echoplex offers a host of adjustable parameters to tailor your sound

Vox aims to take us back to the sound of its illustrious golden-era with this re-engineered family of Hand-Wired amplifiers. We listen in for that elusive and very classic AC30 tone