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How to choose a guitar for a beginner or intermediate player
Buying your first guitar can be a little intimidating. Learn what to consider to help you select the guitar you need.
Casio CDP-S360 weighted digital keyboard review
Casio's CDP-S360 is a great starting point for beginners or for those that are looking to upgrade to a full-sized portable digital piano.
NAMM 2016: A new generation of Marshall amplifiers
The Marshall name is synonymous with tube amplification and loud gritty rock music. In 2010 Marshall took an exploratory foray into digital modelling with the JMD line but for the most part has remained on the outside of this hotly contested field. That is likely to change with the introduction of the CODE series at NAMM 2016.
Differences between digital pianos versus electric keyboards
Understanding the character variations of a digital piano vs an electric keyboard will help you decide between a digital piano and an electric keyboard.
Epiphone Hummingbird review
The Epiphone Hummingbird is an excellent affordable alternative to Gibson's legendary model.
The Beginners Guide to Buying Drums and Percussion
To all those aspiring Neil Peart's and Meg White's looking to make a name for themselves—Best Buy has your drums and percussion instrument needs covered.
The Soundboard: Picking Your Studio Monitors
The goal of a studio monitor is to represent audio in the most accurate, uncoloured form it can. That being said, all speakers colour sound to some degree. Monitor speakers are designed to be as flat as possible whereas it’s assumed that consumer or Hi-Fi speakers enhance aspects of the frequency spectrum. A pair of monitor speakers are going to be your best friend. Regardless of whether you record, edit, mix or master audio, your studio monitors will determine how well your work translates to … well, pretty well everything else out there: car audio systems, TV’s, headphones and earbuds.
NAMM 2014: Best Buy will share all the latest news on...
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.
Guitar multi effects pedals.
Arguably offering the most flexibility and ease of control, a Multi Effects unit is a guitarist’s compact answer to altering their guitar sound. In this blog I will discuss how they work, what they offer, and recap all of your options when it comes to your search for that elusive tone that will ultimately define your playing.
Introduction to recording electric guitar
Recording electric guitar is a lot of fun. Nowadays, there are many methods available to us, some of them not even requiring microphones!