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5.0 out of 5 stars
More practical than using real crickets!, February 14, 2012
This review is from: Latin Percussion LP634 Cricket (Electronics)
True, crickets may be fairly easy to corral, and come relatively cheap at some pet stores (sold as reptile food, although China's last emperor kept one as a pet). There's only one problem: crickets simply refuse to chirp on cue! Sure, they can all stay together when doing it *a cappella*, but ask them to follow a click track (with OR without the lights on) and you're headed for a world of disappointment. Maybe they have no ear for music, but more likely they just don't give a roach's rectum about your unique artistic vision. (Plus, they smell bad!)
That's why the folks at LP deserve big kudos for creating the next best thing - the LP634 Cricket. It's fun to play and sounds close enough to a real flock of crickets. Now that I've bought the LP634 Cricket, I can finally add some ambiance to my Dixieland version of Ravel's "Gaspard de la nuit". And unlike the alternative, no one will get angry if this gets loose in a kindergarten classroom (I learned that the hard way!).
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Well built and good looking instrument!, February 6, 2009
This review is from: Latin Percussion LP634 Cricket (Electronics)
They take more finesse to play than I expected, but once you master the wrist movement, you can make a pretty nice sounding cricket sound.
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