Selling my Spruce Top Guitar!

Tests and reviews

Selling my main spruce guitar! It’s been an important part of my life for the past 10 years – I played it in dozens of YouTube videos like my Capricho Arabe video you’re watching right now, played many concerts with it as well as used it in all of my three CD releases. It’s a … Read More

Schoeps CMC6 MK21 Unboxing – ep7

Tests and reviews

Today we’re looking at unboxing of the legendary Schoeps CMC6 microphones. I received this package from KMR Audio in London. It arrived promptly and was nicely protected. A few more words on these microphones: The box contains two of the bestselling ”Colette”-series microphones which consist of the CMC6 analog microphone amplifiers and a matched pair … Read More

Martin GPCPA5K acoustic guitar test

Tests and reviews

This is a short test of the Martin GPCPA5K acoustic guitar with audio recording to give you a feel for how it sounds acoustically and plugged into an acoustic amplifier such as my Schertler Unico. I’ve only had this guitar for two days and haven’t even been able to change the strings. Nevertheless, I feel … Read More

Classical guitar microphone shootout

Tests and reviews

A shootout between three pairs of affordable microphones: Oktava Mk-012 with standard cardioid capsules Oktava Mk-012 with MJE-K47H capsules Line Audio Design CM3 Remember to set the video quality at 720p or 1080p and listen through a pair of good headphones or studio monitors, also let me know what you think.

Classical guitar preamp shootout

Tests and reviews

A shootout between four preamps for recording classical guitar: Metric Halo ULN-2 Focusrite OctoPre MkII RME Babyface Zoom H5 Tascam DR-100 Remember to set the video quality at 720p or 1080p and listen through a pair of good headphones or studio monitors, also let me know what you think.