Musical Instruments

Best Buy is making musical dreams come true in many ways.  First with their huge selection of instruments available anywhere in Canada online and in store.  Then there are the 6 Best Buy stores that offer guitar, piano and drum lessons. And finally they arranged a surprise for one of their drum students recently: the band “Theory of a Deadman” dropped in on his lesson at the Barrie Best Buy store. They offered a few tips and tricks and a whole lot of inspiration!

The gift of music keeps on giving. This Holiday Season, consider offering a memorable present such as a piano or guitar.

The GD11MCE-NS is a preamp loaded dreadnought acoustic guitar by Takamine that will interest a wide variety of players.

Shure is a foundation brand in the microphone and pro-audio realm. Their foray into USB and now iOS compatible microphones was inevitable and they’ve come up with a new line that sets a very high standard. I’m going to be sad to see this microphone go back once this post is published. It’s a small little device, but surprises you with its features, capabilities and above all, sound quality.

The Audio-Technica ATR 2100x and ATR 2500x microphones offer a host of great features for podcasting and other recording applications. Here's my full review.

Learn about the DJ gear you need to build your own DJ home studio and create captivating DJ mixes and performances.

The ONE Light is a digital piano that promises to have even the most beginner of students playing their first song in minutes. Through your iPad, iPhone or Android device you can access many interactive lessons and have hours of fun too. I'll take a closer look at what The ONE has to offer.

I received a few different Yamaha guitars from Best Buy including the FG800 and FG820. Read all about the FG820 in this article, and watch my video to see hear how it sounds.

January is a big month for new product announcements. In early January there was CES – the largest trade show for consumer electronics. Many companies keep their new products a secret so they can excite and surprise consumers with their announcements during the conference.  Late January has the NAMM show – the largest trade show in the world for musical instruments. Just like at CES, attendees at NAMM often keep the products they will present under wraps, until the show. What will be the biggest news in musical instruments for 2014. Best Buy will be at the conference to find out for you.

Gibson showed us some truly beautiful guitars in the Melody Maker and SG lines. They are celebrating their 120th anniversary this year and have added some really tasteful extras to their lines to celebrate.   What I really found exciting was the Min-ETune feature hardware that Gibson demonstrated to us. Will this be the end of manual tuning?