Musical Instruments

Four Studio Monitor Checks Before the CartRECORDING ACCESSORIES A Practice Drum Pad Bought for Feel Alone Cheats Your HandsPERCUSSION For a First Guitar Lesson, Six Real Listings ComparedGUITARS A Sustain Pedal Lives or Dies by Its Feel and ContactKEYBOARDS Five Shoulder Rest Checks Before the CartINSTRUMENT UPKEEP A Small Guitar That Still Plays Like a Full Size OneGUITARS The Pop Filter Mistake That Leaves Plosives on Every TakeRECORDING ACCESSORIES Hand Percussion Sets for Apartment Practice and First GigsPERCUSSION Audio Interface for Solo Recording and PodcastingRECORDING ACCESSORIES A Home Stand Folds Small, a Gig Stand Holds FirmINSTRUMENT UPKEEP Practice Amps for Apartment Playing and Quiet ImprovementGUITARS Does a Microphone Isolation Shield Fix Echo in a Bedroom?RECORDING ACCESSORIES For Apartment Drummers Who Need Quiet and Real FeelPERCUSSION A Practice Room Adapter Fails the Stage, a Pro Unit Wastes the BedroomKEYBOARDS Instrument Cleaning Kits for Players Who Hate Sticky ValvesINSTRUMENT UPKEEP Hard Shell or Soft Carry: Protection Versus Stage WeightGUITARS Reach Against Stability in a Microphone Boom ArmRECORDING ACCESSORIES Which Cajon Drum Fits Your Playing Style and Space?PERCUSSION Is a Throne or a Round Seat Better for Drumming?PERCUSSION Midi Keyboards for Small Bedrooms and First Home StudiosKEYBOARDS A Case for a School Locker Is Not the One for a FlightINSTRUMENT UPKEEP Electric Guitar Kits for Apartment BeginnersGUITARS Beginner Keyboards for Learning With Lighted KeysKEYBOARDS A Good Condenser Microphone Separates From a Bad One in Four DetailsRECORDING ACCESSORIES Drum Stick Bags That Last and the Ones That Split at the SeamsPERCUSSION A Bedroom Keyboard Stand Fails the Gig, a Stage Stand Wastes the BedroomKEYBOARDS Buying a Tuner by Clip On Looks Alone Ends in a Silent GigINSTRUMENT UPKEEP Six Guitar Capos for Fast Key Changes and Gentle ClampingINSTRUMENT UPKEEP Five Checks for a Beginner Acoustic GuitarGUITARS What Separates an Audio Interface That Lasts From One That HumsRECORDING ACCESSORIES The Snare Wire Detail Decides Your Cajon's SoundPERCUSSION Seven Beginner Keyboard Checks Before the CartKEYBOARDS Five Acoustic Guitar Pickups for Clear Amplified ToneGUITARS The Tension Check That Decides Which Guitar Capo You KeepINSTRUMENT UPKEEP Three Details Separate a Good Acoustic Pickup From a Thin OneGUITARS