The best drum kits 2020: top acoustic drum sets for beginners, intermediate and pro drummers
Explore the best drum sets for the bedroom, studio and stage
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The best drum kits 2020: top acoustic drum sets for beginners, intermediate and pro drummers
Explore the best drum sets for the bedroom, studio and stage
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The 12 best electronic drum sets 2020: top-rated electric drum kits for every budget
Electronic drum kit buying advice and top picks for all levels of drummer, including models from Roland, Yamaha, Alesis and more
Video lesson: learn the most overlooked speed picking secret
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Gretsch announces Brooklyn Standard Snare in collaboration with Mike Johnston
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Best headphones for music production 2020: wired and wireless headphones for music making
Our pick of the best headphones for all of your music production and home recording studio needs
The best audio interface 2020: our pick of the top audio interfaces for production and music-making
In our guide to the best audio interfaces, we explore top PC/Mac Thunderbolt and USB audio interfaces for music producers, guitarists, songwriters and more
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How to program Jeff Mills-style rolling TR-909 drums
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Easy guitar theory: diatonic chord progressions
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Elektron Model:Cycles review
- $299
The Digitone’s sound engine gets repurposed as an FM drum machine. Is this a case of upcycling or just repackaging an old idea?
Gallien-Krueger Legacy 800 review
- £850
- €999
- $899
Could this new Bob Gallien-designed head become a modern classic for the bass amp titans?
Squier Classic Vibe ’60s Jazz Bass review
With affordable low-end vintage tones, Squier's Classic Vibe Series is talking all that Jazz
Fender Mustang LT25 review
- £139
- €159.99
- $149.99
The Big F's simple, affordable entry-point into the world of modelling amplifiers
BluGuitar Amp1 Iridium Edition review
- £749
- €749
- $849
Four channels and 100-watts of mountain-levelling tone, all at your feet. Is the Iridium Edition the future of high-gain amps?
Cableguys ShaperBox 2 review
- €89
- $99
Cableguys' much loved LFO-orientated multi-effect hits version two, with updated processors, new shaping tools and much more
Waldorf STVC review
- £601
- €880
- $1200
Waldorf’s latest keyboard combines a digital string machine and synth with a vocoder, effects and keyboard with aftertouch.
Dreadbox NYX 2 review
- £469
- €539
- $599
It may look like other semi-modular desktop synths but Dreadbox's dual-filtered module is a unique and fascinating beast…