Condenser Microphone: Buyer’s Guide & Top Picks
A condenser microphone is a precision instrument that will faithfully record everything you did not...
Musical Instruments
Student Flute: Buyer’s Guide & Top Picks
The single most consequential decision on a student flute is closed hole versus open hole,...
Trumpet For Beginners: Buyer’s Guide & Top Picks
Trumpet is unusual among beginner instruments because the hardest part is not the instrument at...
Practice Drum Pad: Kits, Pads & Sticks Compared
A practice pad is a rebound simulator, and how much rebound it gives you changes...
Alto Saxophone: Buyer’s Guide & Top Picks
Saxophone is one of the few instruments where the cheapest options are actively counterproductive. A...
Drum Throne: Kits, Pads & Sticks Compared
Drummers argue about cymbals and ignore the one piece of equipment they are in contact...
Beginner Clarinet: Buyer’s Guide & Top Picks
Clarinet has a specific early hurdle that no other woodwind shares: the break. Crossing from...
Ukulele Strings: Buyer’s Guide & Top Picks
Restringing is the cheapest way to fix a disappointing ukulele, and it works far more...
Electronic Drum Set: Kits, Pads & Sticks Compared
The reason most people buy an electronic kit is not tone. It is that they...
Tenor Ukulele: Buyer’s Guide & Top Picks
Tenor is where the ukulele stops being a novelty and starts being a solo instrument....