We use classic studio enquipment, that no dobt have been used in recording many of your favourite albums.

These will not only produce the best sound quality: they’ll influence how you perform, providing inspiration and new creative possibilities.

However room acoustics, dedication, creativity, understanding of the production process and establishing good working relations are indeed as important.

Rest assured that all the right elements are in place here. See full details below (all photos are of our actual equipment).

Microphones

VALVE:
– Wunder Audio CM7-GTS
– Telefunken AR51

LARGE DIAGPHRAM:
– Neumann U87
– AKG 414b xls (two)

SMALL DIAGPHRAM:
– Neumann KM184 (stereo pair)
– Shoeps cmc5 with MK4 capsule (stereo pair)
– Beyerdynamic M201

Clip MICROPHONES:
– DPA Dvote 4099

RIBBON MICROPHONES:
– Coles 4038
– Beyerdynamic M160
– Beyerdynamic M260

DYNAMIC MICROPHONES:
– Shure SM7b
– Sennheiser 421
– Sennheiser 441 (pair)
– Electrovoice RE20
– Shure SM57
– Shure SM58
– Beyerdynamic M201

Outboard

COMPRESSORS AND LIMITERS:
– API 2500 stereo bus compressor
– Neve 535 (two)
– SSL G 4000+ compressor clone
– Manley “Vari Mu” compressor
– Mohog Audio Mofet76 compressor
– Pendulum Audio ES8 tube limiter
– Pendulum Audio PL2 limiter
– BAC 500 compressor (two)
– Valley People Dyna-mite compressor
– Leviathan APA opto compressor (two)

SPECIAL PROCESSING:
– Portico 542 tape saturator (two)
– Little Labs VOG 500
– Zulu by Handsome Audio (passive tape simulator)
– Kush Audio “Fatso”
– Overstayer Saturator NT-02a

EQUALIZERS:
– Portico 5033 parametric EQ (two)
– Neve 551 (two)
– SSL 611 EQ
– Kush Audio Clariphonic (two)
– Kush Audio Electra (two)
– Chandler “Little Devil” EQs (two)
– A-Designs EM-PEQ2 stereo equalizers (two)
– API 550b (two)

MICROPHONE PREAMPLIFIERS:
– Neve 1073 DPA
– Universal Audio LA-610
– DAV Electronics BG2
– A-Designs Pacifica

DI BOXES AND REAMPING:
– A-Designs Reddi
– Little Labs – Redeye 3D
– Radial JDI stereo
– Radial J48
– Radial Reamp
– Radial JS3 mic splitter
– Warm Audio direct box
– Art Dual Direct (2)
– Art DTI
– Art Clean Box II

REVERB UNITS:
– Bricasti M7
– Klark Teknik DN50 (spring reverb)
– Demeter Real Reverb (spring reverb)

Guitars

ACOUSTIC:
– Martin D28
– Gibson Hummingbird
– Martin 00015m
– Martin 00018
– Gibson j45
– Taylor GS5
– Larrivee P03z
– Guild M20

NYLON STRINGS:
– Cordoba C10 Crossover
– Hanika 50c

[more details in the new acoustic guitars page]

ELECTRIC GUITARS and BASSES:
– Fender Stratocaster American Special (US)
– Fender Standard Stratocaster (US)
– American Standard Telecaster (US)
– Japanese Fender ’52 Telecaster reissue
– Gibson Les Paul Studio 2009 Limited Edition
– Gibson Les Paul Standard
– Epiphone Casino
– Guild Starfire I
– D’Angelico Excel Mini GC
– Fender Jaguar (Mexico)
– Fender American Standard Precision Bass (US)
– Fender Mustang Bass (US)

GUITAR and bass amps + attenuators

AMPLIFIERS
– Fender ’57 Tweed Twin (handwired, custom shop series)
– Fender ’57 Tweed Champ (handwired, custom shop series)
– Fender silferface Vibrochamp (vintage amp, 1978)
– Fender silferface Princeton (vintage amp, 1979)
– Fender ’64 Custom blackface Deluxe Reverb (handwired, custom shop series)
– Watkins Westminster (vintage amp, 1959)
– Vox AC15 H1TV (hand-wired series)
– Hiwatt Custom Little D
– Ceriatone JTM45 (handwired Marshall clone)
– Modulus Amplification JCM800 (handwired)
– Modulus Amplification Tweed Deluxe 5Y3 head (handwired)
– PRS HDRX50 (Marshall Plexi clone)
– PRS Mt-15
– Mesa Boogie Mini Rectifier
– Orange OR15H
– Orange Tiny Terror
– Mark Bass Mini CMD 121p

All amplifiers are fitted with the best quality, military grade vintage valves from 1950s, 60s and 70s, giving the amps a much better sound than modern production valves would.

ATTENUATORS and LOAD BOXES:
– Fryette Power Station PS2
– Boss TAE Waza
– Tone King Iron Man 2
– Two Notes Torpedo Reload
– Rivera Rockcrusher
– Fromel JohnH M2
– Fractal X-Load LB-2
– Driftwood Reactive Loadbox
– Red Seven Amp Central EVO

Guitar pedals and tape machines

BOOST
– William Ranger Tonemaster
– Catalinbread Naga Viper
– Catalinbread Epoch Boost
– Xotic AC Booster
– Xotic RC Booster
– Time Travel Audio Atomic Boost
– Empress Buffer Boost +
– Mesa Tone Burst

OVERDRIVE:
– Ibanez TS9 Tubescreamer (original version)
– Chandler Germanium Drive
– Boss Superoverdrive SD1 (1990s version)
– Wampler Pantheon
– Nobles ODR-1
– Timmy Overdrive
– Keeley Super Phat Mod
– Wampler Tumnus Deluxe
– Wampler Germanium Tumnus
– Bogner Ecstasy Red
– Pigtronix Gamma Drive
– Danelectro Wasabi Overdrive

DISTORTION:
– Boss DS1 Distortion (original “black label” version)
– The Rat (original version)
– Earth Quake Devices Acapulco
– Digitech Hardwire TL2
– Ibanez Smash Box
– MXR Super Bad Ass Distortion
– Revv G3
– Wampler Sovereign
– Keeley Filaments
– Dr. Scientist The elements
– Korg Harmonic Distortion

COMPRESSORS:
– Keeley Compressor Pro
– BBE Opto Stomp
– MXR Dyna Comp

DELAYS:
– Boss DM2 (original “black label” version)
– Vintage Electro Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man
– Boss DD-200
– DOD FX90
– J Rockett Clockwork
– Death By Audio Micro Dream Delay Pedal
– Mythos Oracle Delay

EQ:
– Boss GT7
– MXR 10 Band EQ

TREMOLOS:
– Diamond Tremolo
– White Whale Tremolo v2
– Roger Mayer Tremolo
– Walrus Audio Monument

PHASERS, VIBES and WAH:
– Roger Mayer Voodoo Vibe
– Vintage Electro Harmonix Small Stone
– Vintage MXR Phase 90
– Fulltone Deja Vibe
– Aria Stereo Phaser
– Boss Super Phaser PH2
– JHS Series 3 Phaser
– Vox Wah Wah

REVERBS:
– White Whale 2 Spring reverb
– Carl Martin Spring reverb
– Universal Audio Golden Reverberator
– Surfy Industries Surfy Bear
– Gamechanger Audio Light Reverb
– Anasound Spring Reverb

FUZZ:
– Electro Harmonix Big Muff (first Russian version)
– Electro Harmonix Big Muff (Version 4, “OP-AMP” version – 1978)
– Electro Harmonic Big Muff Mini Reissue – Ramhead
– Electro Harmonic Big Muff Mini Reissue – Green
– Electro Harmonic Big Muff Mini Reissue – Opamp
– Analogue Man Sun Face
– Fulltone ’69 MKII
– Williams Stone Bender MKIII
– Throbak Fuzz Haze
– Throbak Stone Bender
– Roger Mayer Axis Fuzz
– Dunlop Fuzz Face (Jimi Hendrix Special Edition)
– Wampler Leviathan Fuzz
– British Pedal Company Tone Bender MKI
– Zvex Fuzz Factory
– Catalinbread Fuzz Rite

CHORUS AND FLANGERS:
– MRX Analogue Chorus
– Ibanez FL9 (original 1980s version)
– Boss BF2 (green label)

TAPE MACHINES:
– Roland Space Echo
– Korg Stage Echo
– Watkins Copy Cat

PREAMPS
– Dod 250 Overdrive Preamp
– JHS Overdrive Preamp
– MXR Micro Amp
– JHS Clover
– DOD Bifet 410

Drums and keyboards

– Yamaha SY55 keyboard, 61 keys
– Studiologic SL990 PRO keyboard, 88 fully weighted keys
– Arturia Minilab 3
– Custom built hybrid drum kit [more details HERE]

converters, monitoring and software

CONVERTERS
– Mytek 8×192 ADDA
– Burl Audio Bomber ADC
– RME RayDat PCIe card
– RME ADI-2 DAC

MONITORING
– Monitors: PSI Audio A17-m, Kef LS50
– Headphones: Sennheiser HD650, 3 x Sennheiser HD280, Beyerdynamic DT770m

SOFTWARE and HARDWARE
Custom built PC with Intel i9 10900x ten cores processor (3.7 ghz), 64 gigabytes of RAM and solid state drives.

Pro Tools 11
Cubase Pro 14

Plugins by Universal Audio, Waves, Softube and much more