Ear Trumpet Labs

05/15/2026

Lovely shots of Lucius on tour with our Louise microphone! 📸 Pics by Paul Vnuk Jr.

Check out our full line of handbuilt mics for the dreamiest live harmonies.

05/15/2026

Incredible performance from Brittany Spencer at Red Ants Pants Music Festival. Myrtle microphone in full force!

Just around the corner from the Red Ants Pants Music Festival, we invite artists to share some of their favorite songs in the back pasture. From the heart of...

04/17/2026

One week until new album Lost Cause Lover Fool is out for our ears on Apr 24! We’re counting down the days! Get in your pre-orders and pre-saves and bask in the banjo/harmony bliss of Blue Water. These two are the once and future Princes of the Edwina and we WILL send them their crowns eventually.

04/02/2026

A mic shootout from our wonderful resellers Elderly Instruments! Headphones on for the subtle details of this shoot-out of Wanda, Edwina, Chantelle, Myrtle, and Delphina on acoustic guitar. What's your favorite?

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04/01/2026

Announcing our newest model! Pre-order now.
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Mic Demo by Sarah Fennell.
Guest Performance by Ordinary Elephant at Artichoke Music Company
Track: “Do Re Mi” by Front Country, from their ETL Workshop Session, recorded entirely with ETL mics.

03/26/2026

Seattle Soulgrass artist Paula Boggs Band drops a new album Sumatra tomorrow! Paula is a longtime Ear Trumpet Labs Chantelle and Josephine user, using Chantelle for close vocals in a live setting and Josephine for more gather-round full-band videos and performances. Some kind words from Paula: "Ear Trumpet Labs' passion for craftsmanship and real sound elevates the performance experience, whether on stage, in the studio, or in broadcast.” Don't miss her wonderful new album, out 3/27!

03/16/2026

Congratulations to last night's Best Actress Oscar winner Jessie Buckley! While there may not have been microphones in Shakespearean times (Hamnet, 2025), she sang through Edwina in her charming film Wild Rose in 2018.

02/25/2026

Delighted to debut a brand new Ear Trumpet Labs workshop session with Portland’s own . Rose’s heartfelt twang and timeless songwriting is at the helm of a ripping band that filled our workshop with some much needed Americana alt country grooves. Watch the full session on YouTube at the link in our bio, and enjoy our newest rockstar Wanda on Rose Gerber’s vocals (and other Wandas on the pedal steel and electric guitar amp…)

The other mics used: Delphina on drum kit, Louise on bass cabinet, Myrtle on harmonies, and Delphina as room mic. Capturing music like this is what we’re all about!

02/06/2026

Here's Darin & Brooke Aldridge on tour with their trusty Ear Trumpet Labs Chantelle microphones. Proud to amplify this duo, and to be the vocal mic of choice for the four-time winner of IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year!

Chantelle is a fantastic close vocal mic with the clarity, warmth, and character of a large diaphragm condenser paired with exceptional feedback rejection. One of the more visually understated mics in our line, with sound quality that's top shelf! Shop at eartrumpetlabs.com/chantelle

02/04/2026

Congratulations to our Ear Trumpet Labs artists who took home GRAMMY Awards on Sunday! Christian McBride Big Band won Best Jazz Large Ensemble Album (touring with our Nadine for Upright Bass mic) Zach Top, on tour with Myrtle, won Best Traditional Country Album. Billy Strings, Louise user, won Best Bluegrass Album. Shop all our handbuilt microphones at EarTrumpetLabs.com. It’s an honor to amplify this artistry!

01/30/2026

Catch Philip on the latest episode of Mandolins and Beer podcast chatting about the origins of Ear Trumpet Labs, the Portland sound engineers that helped him dial in his design for more feedback-resistant condensers, the earliest artists to take our mics out on the road (looking at you, Foghorn Stringband), his favorite Portland beer, and more! This was a fun conversation!

listen here: https://mandolinsandbeer.com/the-mandolins-and-beer-podcast-295-philip-graham-ear-trumpet-labs/

Photo by Sam Gehrke for Vortex Music Magazine