Get the holiday gear fires burning with the second installment of Guitar World’s Holiday Ultimate Gear Guide

Looking for the best new gear to make sure this holiday season is the merriest yet? Look no further than Guitar World’s Holiday Ultimate Gear Guide.

In this second installment, Guitar World’s Paul Riario and Alan Chaput select six-string metal machines, eco-friendly power adapters and awesome new strings that are guaranteed to keep your music sizzling.

First up is ESP’s new SN-1 HT, a super-hot, metal-ready beast featuring a single Fishman Open Core Classic pickup with a push-pull control to activate multiple voicings, Hipshot hardtail bridge with string-thru-body, LTD locking tuners, reverse headstock and extra-jumbo stainless-steel frets scalloped from frets 17-22 for excellent expressive performance capabilities.

Tonewoods include a swamp ash body, roasted maple neck and Macassar ebony fingerboard, and the ESP Snapper body shape boasts a textured Black Blast sandblasted finish, with matching black hardware, components and black matte pickguard.

Killer tone and looks, with an Open Core Classic pickup for everything from high-gain humbucker heaven to ringing single-coil tones. On your marks, get set, shred!

If you like having fully-powered pedals (who doesn’t?) and also want to keep your setup eco-friendly, allow Paul and Alan to introduce you to the Power-All ECO-Dapter.

Godlyke has partnered with CarbonFund.org to create the new offering, which is touted as the world’s first carbon-free power supply for effect pedals.

The ECO-Dapter’s carbon footprint is neutralized through the purchase of carbon offsets via CarbonFund’s certified carbon reductions, and the pedal also meets Level VI energy efficiency standards set out by the U.S. Department of Energy.

In addition to its environmentally-friendly operation, the ECO-Dapter provides super-quiet, reliable, high-current power to your effects so they can operate at their peak performance levels.

Features include a 9 VDC, 2000 mA regulated power supply, an ultra-low noise floor for silent operation, a space-saving profile that takes up only one outlet space and a 10-foot, 24-gauge power cable that eliminates need for an extension cord.

Totally cool… and totally carbon-free.

Finally, Alan and Paul check out S.I.T.’s “CRT” Extended Life electric guitar strings, an expanded and improved  electric guitar version of their CRT (“Corrosion Resistant Technology”) guitar strings.

The strings’ CRT coating extends the life of the string while maintaining a balanced tone and the organic feel of an un-coated string. The result is “something in between" a coated string and uncoated string, delivering the best of both worlds

The strings are available in five standard gauge options, from.009-.042 to .011-.050, and manufactured in the US using the highest quality materials to deliver organic tone, great feel and tuning stability.

To find out more about S.I.T. “CRT” Extended Life electric guitar strings and all this amazing gear, check out the video above.