Musical Instruments

I’m a gear geek. I’ll admit it.   When I was asked to cover NAMM for Best Buy Canada, I was on cloud nine. The show was busy and we had a lot of appointments with vendors with a focus to get a first look at the exciting gear that Best Buy will be offering you.   Along the way, I HAD to take a look at the gear that I’d love to take home to my studio. Here are some of the products I saw that had me checking my bank account.

Learn about guitar strings and how to tune an acoustic, electric, and bass guitar with or without a guitar tuner.

The Epiphone Les Paul Special II Plus Top is an elegant, affordable gateway into the beautiful world of the Les Paul.

Blue Microphones has released the new Yeti X USB microphone and is providing the opportunity to have professional level audio without professional level costs.

The Shure SRH840A and SRH440A are revisions of classic monitor headphones that will interest audio creators, musicians and podcasters.

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.

Home recording has never been as accessible as it is today. Use this guide to help you plan your very own studio.

Recording electric guitar is a lot of fun. Nowadays, there are many methods available to us, some of them not even requiring microphones!

From what I understand, Best Buy and ESP are negotiating an exclusive model of their guitars that you can only get through Best Buy. Unfortunately, I can’t share any details about that deal at this point in time.   However, I took a spin through the ESP booth today and was left speechless by what I saw. There are some beautifully crafted guitars hanging on the walls throughout the booth. The folks at ESP obviously like building guitars and are very creative …. to the extreme! To placate your interest, take a look at the photos of the models we found there…

With this year's holiday gifts you can help the intermediate-level pianist on your list to have the perfect setup for all their musical activities. I'll make some gift suggestions to help encourage the making of a star!