Best Short Scale Bass: Size isn’t everything
An electric bass guitar, for the most part, is an inherently big instrument. That’s due to the larger scale length (typically around 34″) that bass guitar designers have, over the years, determined to be the…
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Home Studio Acoustic Treatment (and why you need it)
Technology really has come a long way in recent times and being able to create high quality recordings in a home studio has become more and more prevalent. Recording in your home does present some…
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Roland Micro Cube GX mini guitar amp review
Mini guitar amps are modern marvels. Get over the fact that they’re not going to sound like a Mesa Boogie at full tilt and you’ll be able to truly appreciate just how awesome they are….
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Best Mini Guitar Amp: boys’ toys or serious bits of kit?
The whole driving force behind mini guitar amplifiers is to be able to plug and play. Essentially these are scaled down, small guitar amp versions of their full-sized counterparts that enable guitarists to simply play…
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Best Cheap Microphones: big performance for under $150
Modern manufacturing techniques coupled with economies of scale and intense market competition has been good news for us as consumers. It means that highly advanced products are now available to us at bargain basement prices….
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Rode NT1 vs AT2035: vocal microphone shootout
Before we dive into this head to head between the Rode NT1 and the Audio-Technica AT2035, rest assured that whatever microphone you choose here, you’ll be getting a high quality, large diaphragm condenser microphone that…
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In at the low end: the best acoustic bass revealed
So who would buy an acoustic bass guitar? After all, electric players could argue that an electric bass can be used in just about any situation from a full-blown stadium gig to the corner of…
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Guitar to computer interfaces explained
Not so long ago (well it is quite a while actually), the question of how to play a guitar through a computer and establishing a guitar to computer interface really wouldn’t have been valid. That’s…
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Pound the pads: Alesis Nitro Mesh Electronic Drum Kit Review
Alesis has been producing high quality, affordable products since its formation in 1980 – but it really hit the big time in 1986 with the release of its legendary Midiverb – the world’s first 16-bit…
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Quietly does it: the best budget electronic drum kit you can buy
Electronic drum sets are expensive. The top end kits can easily set you back a couple of grand and it’s important to remember this when we’re foraging around at the budget end of the spectrum….
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Home Studio Equipment: what you need to get started
Technology is a wonderful thing isn’t it? The industrial Revolution, advances in medical science, the combustion engine, electricity – they’ve all made massive impacts on our lives, but the rate of change over the past…
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Pearl Roadshow New Fusion drum set review: entry-level excellence
In drumming circles, Pearl’s appeal, at just about any price point, is that you get a great bang to buck ratio. Always have; always will. Its Export series, for example, is the stuff of legends….
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