Tech Eye: Smokin' sounds

However, what few readers will be able to disagree with are the following facts: musicians are cool; musicians smoke cigarettes; playing guitar makes you look cool; and smoking cigarettes makes you look cool. So what better way to fuse the finer things in life than a guitar amplifier made from your favorite pack of smoky Joes? And that's what the fine people at Zinky Electronics will do. Simply send them one of your not-so-crumpled cigarette boxes and they will return the favor, if you bung them a little chunk of change, with a handcrafted truly smoking guitar amp. You can also buy one of their translucent plastic versions, pictured here. See www.smokeyamps.com for more details, and expect to part with around a measly zł.130. Rock and roll never smelled so, err, smoky. L.M.