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“There’s something about handling a Martin that’s about to celebrate its 100th birthday that is absolutely terrifying”: Getting up close and personal with a 1928 Martin 00-42 – a pre-war, small-bodied vintage unicorn of an acoustic guitar

Martin has become synonymous with dreadnoughts and OM models, and there were rich pickings in the small-bodied pre-war era, too. We take a closer look – and get Chris Buck’s thoughts on it, too

Guitar World · Feb 27, 2025

“There was never any danger of going ‘full Kurt Russell’ with it, but accidents happen… especially around me!” When Chris Buck played a museum-grade Martin from 1928, a high-profile Hollywood guitar scandal played heavy on his mind

The blues rock ace demoed a five-figure Martin 0-42 in the new issue of Guitarist, and couldn't help but think of that infamous Hateful Eight guitar smash

Guitar World · Feb 5, 2025

“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 · Nov 4, 2024

“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 · Jul 30, 2024

“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

Guitar World · Jul 5, 2024

“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 · May 6, 2024

“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 · May 2, 2024

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 · Feb 26, 2024

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 · Nov 24, 2023

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 · Nov 22, 2023