Why does your guitar sound that way? Is it your amp, your pickups, or your pedals? Jim Lill is trying to find out, one filmed A/B test at a time.
Instruments
Moog’s New Theramin Etherwave Still Makes Far-Out Sounds
This electromagnetic instrument is nearly a hundred years old but will still bring a smile to anyone’s face.
Roland Juno-X Review: A Nostalgic Workhorse
This do-anything reissue of a classic 1980s synthesizer is perfect for studio or stage.
Fender American Vintage II 1961 Stratocaster Review: Closet Classic
The brand’s new line of reissue guitars is just like the originals, right down to the hard case.
Tony Gilroy Breaks Down Andor Season 1
Spoiler warning: This article contains story details and plot points from the entirety of Andor Season 1. Andor isn’t like the Star Wars we’ve known. It announces this to us in its opening sequence, which finds Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor skulking forward in the rain, heading into a brothel, and minutes later, accidentally killing a local […]
Artiphon Orba 2 Review: A Fun, Touch-Sensitive Musical Instrument
This handheld digital instrument invites you to press its buttons, tilt its body, and whack its face to create sounds and build songs.
How Composer Nicholas Britell Created New Sounds for Andor
Andor is a decidedly new take on Star Wars, and the same can be said of its music. Nicholas Britell, an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning composer whose previous work includes the TV series Succession (2018-present), Moonlight (2016), and the The Big Short (2015), has created a score that’s less space-swashbuckling, more space-spy, for the story […]
Casio’s Flagship Keyboard Has a Voice of Its Own
This starter keyboard can sing your song lyrics back to you.
This Designer Guitar Is Made From a Bent Sheet of Steel
Meet the Cosmo, an all-metal electric ax with pickups that can be repositioned to create custom sounds.
“It’s Pure Magic”: Celebrating John Williams and His Music
Star Wars, and many of the movies we love, would not be the same without John Williams. With a body of work that includes the scores for the nine-film Star Wars saga, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Indiana Jones, and Jurassic Park, to name but a few, Williams’ compositions are embedded in our […]