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“A great-looking guitar that’s just a few minor tweaks away from being as good as its style suggests”: Gretsch Electromatic Pristine Ltd Jet Single-Cut with Bigsby review

Always the ‘Les Paul’ of the Gretsch line since it first appeared back in the 50s, the Jet gets a snazzy Electromatic makeover. Style over substance? Let’s plug in…

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“I had some friends make fun of me – they would call me the ‘Crazy Tube Guy,’ although in Greek”: Crazy Tube Circuits' Christos Ntaifotis on how his passion for collecting tube amps has inspired one of the most exciting stompbox brands in the world

One of the most creative yet reliably great-sounding effects makers out there, Crazy Tube Circuits is the brainchild of Christos Ntaifotis, an amp super-geek who is putting a modern twist on classic sounds

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“Some people think its gloss black top was a response to Gibson’s Les Paul Custom – but that didn’t launch officially until ’54”: The Duo Jet took Gretsch’s ’50s innovation to new heights – and was loved by George Harrison, Jeff Beck and Malcolm Young

As solid-bodied models began taking the guitar world by storm in the early ’50s, Gretsch joined the party with the revolutionary single-cut 6128 Duo Jet and its twangsome DeArmond ‘Dynasonic’ single coils

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I used the Japanese art of mottainai to organise my fridge and it saved me £30 in one week - it’s a must for cutting down on food waste

It’s all about making conscious changes

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Why is my fridge wet inside? 5 reasons why you have condensation in your fridge - and what you can do about it

Dry out your fridge in no time

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“By their very nature, electric 12-strings are quirky… But surely there’s no cooler instrument on which to progress your jangly journey”: Gibson Custom Shop 1965 Non-Reverse Firebird V 12-String Reissue review

If there’s a cooler high-end electric 12-string on the market today we haven't seen it...

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The Fridgescaping trend has TikTok putting photo frames in fridges - but there is a smarter (and safer) option

When it comes to food, can we afford to put style over substance?

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“The classic British sound of a Laney amp on your pedalboard”: Laney Black Country Customs Ironheart and Lionheart LoudPedals review

Laney presents the signature Tom Quayle and Martin Miller pedalboard versions of a pair of its finest amps, featuring 60 watts of real amp power, right at your feet

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“It’s built for powerchords that snarl and growl”: Epiphone Yungblud SG Junior review

This ‘anonymous’ signature model is a garage-rock workhorse – grab one while you can

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“A solid practice resource and a useful tool for creative composition”: DigiTech JamMan Solo HD review

DigiTech revamps its compact looper pedal with high-definition audio performance

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“Why are the single-pickup models of particular interest? Well, they really can sound better”: The Gibson ES-330T might have been the “runt of the litter”, but its unusually positioned P-90 pickup offers a unique experience among Gibson hollowbodies

This single-P-90 variant walked in the shadows of the humbucker-toting 335 and its late-’50s ES siblings, yet its straightforward charm continues to endure some 65 years on

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“You can dial in a potent boost, but also set the pedal to use purely for tonal tweaking”: Electro-Harmonix LPB-3 review

EHX serves up boost with an EQ section for powerful tonal shaping from a compact pedal

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“The POD Express has the added edge of being able to integrate into existing rigs… It’s an excellent all-rounder”: Line 6 POD Express review

Nostalgic digital modeling with hands-on control, the POD Express is big on sounds, small in footprint

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How to clean a mattress with baking soda – a step-by-step guide from cleaning experts

Is it just a waste of time?

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“The special sauce is the Enhance facility, which mimics the input stage of tube amps”: Blackstar Polar 2 review

Blackstar presents a USB audio interface that it proudly proclaims has been “designed by guitarists for guitarists”

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“Ian broke his wrist. We took him to the hospital and he got a cast put on. And we knew the session was coming up…” Up close with the 1974 Les Paul Custom that Ian Bairnson used to play the solo on Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights – with his arm in a cast

When he tracked Wuthering Heights, Bairnson had a broken wrist, his arm in plaster, but as Pilot bandmate David Paton says, that wouldn't stop a man like him

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“Robert Plant said, ‘We’re going to do Rock And Roll by Led Zeppelin.’ I said, ‘I’m not doing it – I don’t want to be in Jimmy Page’s graveyard!’” UK songwriting icon Richard Hawley talks big name jams, guitar shopping –and restoring Scott Walker's Tele

Hawley doesn't hide his influences but instead synthesizes them into a sound that is all his own. And on new album, In This City They Call You Love, he might just have ascended into the ranks of the legends

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“Any clean tone would benefit from some Airchild tonal enrichment”: J Rockett Airchild 660 review

J Rockett’s latest offering for your ’board takes its inspiration from a legendary compressor from the ’50s

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“Lots of thought has gone into this. There’s a learning curve involved, but getting through that and turning this up in a room is a rewarding experience”: Boss Katana Artist Gen 3 review

The flagship amp from Boss’s latest iteration of the Katana series boasts some impressive-sounding features, for use from sofa to stage

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“Both these guitars tick practically all the boxes for us. Craft is top of the line and they sound very good indeed”: Furch Vintage Pure & Violet Deluxe SM review

This pair of finely crafted acoustics from the lower end of the Czech Republic maker’s price band may look simple and stripped back, but they’re fully loaded with tone

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“An open-tuned five-string guitar is unique and will clearly have niche appeal… but you just can’t help bashing out those classic Keith Richards riffs”: Newman 5 String review

A story that starts on a Rolling Stones USA tour in the early ’70s, Ted Newman’s distinctly shaped design is now being made here in the UK. But the first model is missing a string!

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“If you want those vintage sounds but your amp doesn’t have onboard reverb and tremolo, this is the perfect remedy”: Crazy Tube Circuits White Whale V2 review

Want to Fender-ize your amp? Here’s a pedal that will add real spring reverb and all the flavors of vintage tremolo to your tone

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5 floral decoration ideas for summer garden parties

Style a summer party with beautiful flower arrangements to decorate your table, your garden – and youself

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“Can genuinely hold its own in any genre, with direct tones that stand up to market-leading amp modelers”: Mesa/Boogie Mark VII 1x12 Combo review

How can Mesa/Boogie possibly have improved on the Mark V so much that it skipped the Mark VI? Join us as we plug in and find out

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“I had no idea who Thin Lizzy was. I’d never seen a picture of these guys, never heard their music. But I was told they’d had a hit with Whiskey in the Jar…’” Scott Gorham on his Thin Lizzy audition – and the moment The Boys Are Back in Town “exploded”

Brian Robertson might have given Gorham the coldest of welcomes at his audition but the pair soon formed one of rock's most iconic guitar partnerships. Here, Gorham looks back on their chemistry and the Les Pauls behind his Lizzy sound

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