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“I said to him, ‘It needs to be valve. It needs to have that sag, that compression, that you can’t necessarily get from a solid-state design’”: Adrian Thorpe on how he made Chris Buck’s awesome, tube-equipped signature pedal, Electric Lightning

Adrian Thorpe of ThorpyFX remembers the flight path – and turbulence – behind Chris Buck’s Electric Lightning overdrive/boost, named after a fighter jet and packing a bona fide valve

Guitar World

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Including The Damn Truth, DeWolff, Cardinal Black and five other bringers of the rock'n'roll noise

Louder

“It was suggested we try making a Dumble-style clean. They’re so mystical – I’d never played one. You can look at the circuit and still be none the wiser”: The unstoppable rise of Victory Amps – and what comes next

Chief designer Martin Kidd tells how the UK amp firm went from boutique amp beginnings to an expanding portfolio of high-end amps for your backline and pedalboard, championed by the likes of Guthrie Govan, Mastodon, Ritchie Kotzen and Graham Coxon

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“It plays like something that’s well above some custom shop models”: The Yamaha Revstar is favored by everyone from Matteo Mancuso to Chris Buck – and the affordable Element RSE is a fired-up contender for the best budget guitar on the market

The racer-inspired Revstar has been thoughtfully reimagined as a quality affordable guitar that doesn’t cut corners

Guitar World

“I got a text off Bernie’s wife asking me if I’d like to play his ’59 Les Paul…” Chris Buck plays Bernie Marsden’s $1 million Beast Les Paul at all-star event in honor of the Whitesnake guitarist

The Cardinal Black ace was invited to play the legendary LP at a recent festival that paid tribute to Marsden's memory

Guitar World

“My band joke that my pedalboard should be called ‘50 Shades of Gain’!” Chris Buck on how a fetish for dirt led to his new signature pedal from ThorpyFX

The tube-driven Electric Lightning is a boost/drive twofer like no other, and it is the result of many nerdy discussions between the Cardinal Black guitarist and UK pedal guru Adrian Thorpe

Guitar World

“You may just want to leave it on all the time”: ThorpyFX Electric Lightning review

Thorpy creates a tube-powered drive and boost pedal for Welsh powerhouse Chris Buck

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“I've put it through every nightmare scenario it could have been exposed to, and it's been faultless”: ThorpyFX’s Electric Lightning is a tube-driven overdrive/boost pedal built in collaboration with Chris Buck

The Cardinal Black guitarist's signature dual pedal offers amp-like sweetness and “faultless” ruggedness

Guitar World

“It’s dynamic and it’s versatile, and thanks no doubt to its enclosed tube it is very ‘amp-y’”: ThorpyFX and Chris Buck apply real valve heat to overdrive and boost with signature Electric Lightning pedal

The Electric Lightning is a tube-driven overdrive/boost with an amp-like layout and sound, and it can be used as a boost, an overdrive or both, giving you a wide range of tones to play with

MusicRadar

The cheapest tone upgrade ever or a myth: should you be top-wrapping your guitar bridge like Jimmy Page, Billy Gibbons, Derek Trucks, Zakk Wylde and Joe Bonamassa?

Slinky sustain-enhancer or psychosomatic? Let's talk about top-wrapping

MusicRadar

New film 'Wish' premieres in Paris to celebrate 100 years of Disney

As the team behind the latest magical Disney adventure "Wish" present their film in Paris, we're talking about 100 years of the biggest media company on the planet. We learn about Walt's French ancestry and how the name Disney came from two French words – D apostrophe Isigny – which…

France 24

Inside Wish, Disney's legacy-built movie that celebrates 100 years of wish fulfillment

TechRadar sits down with Wish's creative team to find out how Disney's new animated movie celebrates the studio's landmark birthday.

TechRadar

Chris Pine and the Wish filmmakers talk that big Disney villain comeback

Exclusive: Chris Pine and the Wish team talk the Disney villain comeback with King Magnifico

Total Film

Does Wish set up a Disney multiverse? The filmmakers weigh in on those Easter eggs

Exclusive: The Wish team talk Disney Easter eggs and the multiverse

Total Film

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The Times of India

'Wish' producer Juan Pablo on casting Chris Pine as the villain: Magnifico needed to be charming enough to make you want to give him your wish

Producer Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster Jones is opening up the doors to the magical kingdom of Rosas and inviting all to come and make a 'Wish'. As audiences get ready to venture into enchanted worlds with Ariana DeBose's character, Asha as their guide, ETimes sat down for an exclusive chat…

Cinemablend

Wish Review: Disney Animation's Tribute Album Of A Movie Casts Charming, Nostalgic Sorcery

Wish is a cozy release that will have Disney fans reminiscing on their own childhood favorites while they watch, no matter what age they may be.

The Independent UK

Wish review: Disney celebrates itself in this sweet, minor animated musical

Chris Pine voices a vainglorious, singing sorcerer in this rote children’s film designed to celebrate Disney’s centenary

Cinemablend

Disney Is Reportedly Considering More 2D Animated Movies, And As a Fan, I'm Thrilled

3D animation has dominated Disney movies lately, but fans like myself are dying them to return to the 2D style.

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Evening Standard

Top-grossing films directed by women as Greta Gerwig breaks records with Barbie

Barbie’s early success has given Greta Gerwig the biggest first weekend return at the box office for a female director in film history.

MusicRadar

The mystery chord in Oasis classic Don't Look Back In Anger's bridge identified

Cover band guitarists can rest easy now

WhatToWatch

Disney's Wish: release date, trailer, cast and everything we know about the animated movie

Disney's Wish is the latest animated movie from the legendary studio. Here’s everything you need to know about the new movie.

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