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“Developed with Kirk Hammett’s guidance and built from specifications taken directly from the actual PAF humbuckers on that world-renowned guitar”: Gibson unveils the $449 Custom Shop humbucker set that will make your Les Paul sound like ‘Greeny’

Limited to 100 units worldwide, exclusive to Gibson, these are aged by the Murphy Lab to look just like the real thing

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10 Charities That Give a Fresh Start by Erasing Medical Debt

For millions of Americans, medical bills are the debt they never saw coming. Even insured families can face thousands in surprise charges from a single...

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New On Cloudmonster Hyper PAF trainers look like they’ve been sent from the future

On and South Korea’s POST ARCHIVE FACTION reimagine the Cloudmonster Hyper in three colourways

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“Warm, woody tones and a beautiful vintage character”: PRS celebrates the launch of the first humbuckers with the 40th Anniversary McCarty SC56 – a limited-run, traditionally-styled troublemaker with bags of charm

The latest addition to its 40th-anniversary releases, the time-machine axe tips its hat to luthiery innovations from the year Paul Reed Smith was born

Guitar World

Planes collide mid-air forcing pilots to eject in terrifying incident

Two jets burst into balls of flames after plummeting to the ground

Evening Standard

Safeguarding referrals of trafficked teenagers at border ‘worrying’ – inspector

An inspection of the UK’s five short-term holding facilities in France in November 2024 found there were ‘too many shortcomings’ in safeguarding.

Evening Standard

Paying for the climate crisis: how to stop debt following disasters in low-income countries

Pre-arranged financing helps nations to prepare and recover faster from hurricanes, heatwaves, cyclones and other catastrophic weather events – but more needs to be done to improve access and affordability

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“I wanted the PolyPafs to be true players’ pickups”: Bare Knuckle and Adam ‘Nolly’ Getgood look to give PAF-style pickups a modern twist with new signature set

The vintage-voiced humbuckers have been tweaked to work with low-tuned modern metal music, and promise a dynamic and versatile tonality

Guitar World

Armed French police to get new powers at Dover to enforce EU e-border scheme with Brits fingerprinted

They will be allowed to carry their weapons along a 1.5 mile-long stretch of the A20 to reach a new check zone in the western docks

Evening Standard

On x Post Archive Faction is a collaboration made to help you reach your flow state

Swiss sportswear brand On has united with cult Korean label Post Archive Faction on a collection inspired by the flow of Zurich’s River Limmat

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Seoul is Best City of 2024

Seoul’s unique mix of culture, art and style goes global, thanks to an unstoppable new wave of dynamic creatives. Discover the Wallpaper* Design Awards’ Best City

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Fishman Fluence Tim Henson Signature Series and Scott LePage Custom Series review: Innovative pickups that boast an awesome tonal range

The Polyphia guitarists' signature pickups take the Fishman Fluence multi-voice concept to a new level

Guitar World

Kirk Hammett: “Maybe the age of active pickups is over”

The Metallica guitarist says PAFs age better and he has been swayed away from active humbuckers for lead work – and James Hetfield agrees

Guitar World

Rival Sons’ Scott Holiday on his greatest gear hits and misses: “You can basically install a pair of EMG active pickups into a cardboard box and get the same sound”

Holiday is no fan of active pickups, and his life in gear involves a flaming Line 6 amp, a foolish trade that said goodbye to some PAFs, and the epiphany that TV Jones Filter'Trons are all you ever need

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A tiny error in your address could wreck your credit rating

If the details recorded by Royal Mail do not match other databases you could soon find yourself being treated like a serial debtor

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Port of Dover delays expected to last all weekend as busiest summer getaway in years plunged into chaos

‘Once you’ve lost control of the the queue, it’s hard to get it back’: Backlog set to run into early next week, officials say, as French and British authorities blame one another for travel chaos

Evening Standard

Queues in Dover as holidaymakers head to France

France has been accused by the Port of Dover of “woefully inadequate” border control staffing which is ruining the summer getaway for thousands of families.Holidaymakers booked on sailings from the Kent port reported being stuck in five-hour queues to complete border checks before they can check in for their ferry.The…

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