about our equipment

Our equipment

Mapex Horizon HXB Drum Kits
We are sponsored by Sabian cymbals and have two Mapex kits fully loaded with Sabian cymbals. We also have a Traps E450 electronic practice kit (and headphones) in a studio upstairs so that our students can come and practice / play in complete privacy outside of their arranged lessons.
Line6 Spider Valve Line6 Guitar Amps
We use Line6 Guitar Amps for their great tone and versitility. Line6 Digitial Modelling Technology enables their amps to offer a whole range of different classic amp models and effects for the user to utilise. At the musical box we can therefore utilise this to teach students about tone but also with the ability to store user presets, we can keep the students sounds so that we always have the right tone at the touch of a button ready to learn or perform a song.

Along with practise amps, The Musical Box also have two performance ready amplifiers in the Spider Valve (pictured) and the Spider IV 75. These amps mean that for band days and performances the students can take their presets that they have developed and practised with straight to the stage and have the volume and projection on tap ready to rock with the band!!

Line6 LD300 Pro Line6 Bass Amps
As with our guitar amps, we have a number of practise amps for low volume bass playing when our students are getting a song together, however... once it's time to fine tune that tone and deliver some bass power on stage or in the live room alongside one of The Musical Box drummers then we've got the gear for you. The Line6 Lowdown amps, such as the LD300 Pro pictured, provide 4 classic amp models along with a Bass Synth to ensure that the students can learn about getting the right sound and that both they and the band can really feel the bass in a performance situation.
Other Equipment Electric, Bass and Acoustic Guitars
We have a range of full and half sized guitars and basses (electric and acoustic) – so there's no excuse not to start learning or improving!
testimonials
Guitar, bass and drum lessons are fun at The Musical Box – but don't take our word for it…

"After your lesson my sister Becky could not stop tapping on things. Soooooo annoying… thanks Tim"


"We love our music lessons here. Tim is a great teacher – always positive and enthusiastic. I feel exhilarated after my hour's lesson. At 42 I felt a bit of an idiot taking up the drums, with my 13 year old daughter – but it's been one of the best things I've ever done.
Mike is also really cool, with an infectious enthusiasm which keeps Lauren motivated. Thank you Musical Box.

Love the Rowleys x"

The Rowley Family


"Tim - you rock!!
The lessons are great fun. If you don't have lessons here you don't know what you're missing. Musical Box is awesome."

Your star student FU


"It's the only time I get to sit and chill out when Lulu and Will are having their lessons! Keep up the good work - Rock On!"
Cath


"This place is awesome.
Everytime just keeps getting better - don't stop. Mike and Tim are the coolest ever."

Symrun