Quantum Audio Labs QM-12P  (1970’s Truly amazing tracking and mixing Monster) Mojo, Clarity and Punch for Days!!!

Quantum was a custom American made Console company in the 1970’s.  The design of the Preamp Modules are very similar to Quad Eight/Electrodyne Consoles of the same era.  The EQ’s are inductor and the transformers are Cinemag Greatness.

Modded With Modern Power Supply and High end Op Amps.  For Tracking or Mixing (Summing).  Awesome High End 70’s goodness.

(2) Martech MSS-10 (Freakin’ awesome)

(1) Neve 1272 From Vintage Console (early 70’s)

(2) Neve 1272 (Early Dan Alexander with orig Neve transformers and components)

(2) API 312 w/ original Melcore op amps From Vintage Console (early 70’s)

(1) API 312 w/ 2520 OpAMP and Reichenbach Input Tranny (From Demedio console @ Wally Heider Recording studio 4 in LA. Built in 1971)

(1) Chandler Germanium Preamp

(1) Mercury M76 Tube Preamp (contemporary Telefunken V76) (w/NOS Telefunken Tubes)

(1) Siemens V72 preamp (late 50’s original·awesome)

(1)Valley People Tranzamp preamp From Vintage Console (early 70’s)

(1) A-Designs MP-1 Tube Pre (w/NOS Amperex tubes)

(1) Universal Audio 610 tube Pre (w/NOS Amperex tubes)

(1) Bogen Presto RP 1 (1950 Tube preamp awesomeness)  Clean for fat old school Jazz…Pushed hard for Lightnin’ Hopkins Vocals!

(1) Akai 902 Tube Preamp with amazing Ward Kremer Mods. (From OP6 type fat to heavily Saturated Dirty Old Blues).

(1) AEA TRP Stereo Hi-gain Ribbon Pre-amp. (Super clean…Hi Gain.  Awesome on everything)

(2) Neve Portico 5033 Parametric 5 band EQ’s (Amazing)

(2) ADM 1541 EQ’s (Vintage console EQs with in/out transformers) (early 70’s)

(1) ADM 1530   Gyraf EQ   3 Band parametric……Really Vibey and colorful 70’s goodness

(1) Kush Clariphonic 2-ch Dual Band Eq  (About as magical as an eq can get)  Stereo!

(2) Shure SR 107 EQ’s  (secret weapon early 70’s Punch machines)

(1) Retro Instruments Sta-Level Compressor

(1) Neve 5043 Stereo compressor

(1) SSL Stereo Mix Bus Compressor (Authentic SSL from vintage “E” series console)

(2) Stereo 1176 (Custom top shelf stereo 1176 by Woodline Audio) Sowter Trannies – Wow! Yep….that’s 2 stereo boutique 1176’s.  These things are always plugged in for either tracking or mixing.  Crazy flexibility and sonics.

(1) 1940’s RCA Varimu Tube Comp

(1) Anthony Demaria ADL 1500 Stereo tube comp (w/NOS Amperex tubes)

(1) Universal Audio 1176 LN

(1) DBX 162 VU vintage Stereo compressor

(1) Urei LA-3A (with low noise mod)

(1) Urei LA-4 (with Eddie Ciletti mod, top shelf Caps, upgraded power supply….best LA4 I’ve ever heard)

Neumann U47 Tube (1956 model··.WOW!!!)

Neumann M49B (updated to C ,, Bill Bradley) (1957 model) 3-D image and unbelievable tone)

Neumann U67 (Early 70’s ·..from Record Plant LA Studio·..Fantastic!)

Neumann U87i (1974) Classic 87 sound Neumann

KM 84 x 3 (Easiest Acoustic Guitar mic ever! Practically mixes itself) Stereo Pair, and Single

Neumann KM 83 (great dedicated omni SDC. Super sweet sound an acoustics, and anything else)

Sony C37A Tube Mic (Total charmer on Vox, great snare tone, Room mic Guitar, etc)

Sony c-55P (SDC) (My Fav for clean guitar and re-amping keys)

Schoeps 221b “Stereo Pair” tube mics with 934C capsules and AC701 tubes (Amazing on any acoustic source & OH)

Royer Labs R-101  Ribbon Mic    (love this thing)

AKG TD-19-C “Beatles Mic” Awesome dynamic mic

AKG 451CB  x2  (matched stereo pair·..early model w/  ck2 capsules)

AKG 451 E  x1  (Vintage)  w/ CK5 Capsule

Royer R-101 Ribbon

Telefunken D77 Stereo Dynamic (1967) ambient drum mic used on Joan Osborn’s “Relish” Album

Beyer Dynamics MC 740 N

Beyer DynamicsM88

Shure SM57 (original Shure Unidyne vintage)

Shure SM58 (New)

Shure Beta 57

Shure 588 (predecessor to the SM58)

EV 635 “Hammer Mic”

EV PL 95 “Donkey Dick”

EV 623 x 2   Awesome Old school 50’s sound

EV 647    Another very cool old 50’s mic

Silver Bullet Harp Mic with authentic Astatic MC-151 Crystal Element.  SO much fun on Harp or over-driven blues/rock vox

Sennheiser MD 441 U3

Sennheiser MD 421 U5 (original vintage)

Sennheiser MD 409 (Rare Echolette Gold “fancy” version – originally owned and used by the Doobie Brothers)

Sennheiser 835E

Audio Technica ST 90 Limited Edition  (Hard to find……killer Elec Cab alternative)  Also great “crush mic on drums!

Shure 819 PZM (my new fav “Crush Mic”)

Audio Technica AT812

Audio Technica ATM41 HE x 2

Avedis M7 OH x2

Kush Electra 500 EQ Pair

Martech MS-s10

Chandler Germ Preamp

Woodline Stereo 1176 comp

Trident S 20 x2

Purple Biz

Trident 520 x 2

Trident 80B EQ

Standard Audio Level-or

DBX 560 comp

SHure 107 EQ’s x 2

1959 Gibson J-50 (one of the very best sounding J45/50’s you’ll ever play)

1970 Martin D18  ( The very Best 70’s D18 I’ve ever played.  Amazing set-up and intonation. )

1949 Gibson L-50 (so much fun)

Taylor Dan Crary Dreadnought Guitar (1990 model) (This Guitar is a Beast)

1966 Gibson B25 (cherry guitar!)

1978 Fender Telecaster  (Don’t care what they say about 70’s Teles’    This thing rules!!!

1960 Harmony Patrician Arch Top Jazz Guitar (w/Benedetto PU)

Jerry Jones Short horn Electric Guitar

90’s Gibson SG Standard

Fender American Stratocaster (Standard w/ Fralin PU’s)

Hi Strung Parlor style Acoustic Guitar (nice little bright twang)

Art & Lutherie Roadhouse Parlor  with Gretsch Deltoluxe Pickup  (Bring on the Lightnin’ Hopkins!!!)

1974 Fender P Bass  ( yep….there’s “that” sound)  So  wonderful!!!!

Custom built All Fender Top/Tier  Jazz Bass.  (NOS Aerodyne neck, American Vintage Body, Custom Shop PU’s, Boutique Harness)

Fender Mustang “P-Stang” Bass (60’s Mustang with Custom Shop P-Bass PUPs and elecs) My fav Bass ever!!!! Old school P sound with a short scale neck. sometime Jamerson Flats, some times Rotosound 66 Swing.    AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

Gamma – Alpha….Custom P Bass w/ Holy Grail 84″ Japan Squire neck  (Strung with light/med Flats.  Joy to play, and sounds fab).

Wurlitzer Upright (1971, mint condition, holds amazing tune) Super charming and delicious. Former owned by top Nashville session player Chris Tuttle. Chris had to make space for a remodel, or he wouldn’t have let this go.  You’ll fall in Love.

Wurlitzer 200A  (60’s/70’s Wurli Heaven) Great condition.  Soooo fun and Vibey!     

1962 Fender Pro Tube Guitar Amp (Godlike··.No Chime like this chime)

1960’s Gibson Skylark Tube Guitar Amp (Lenny Kravitz’s favorite studio amp. Really kicks butt)

1949  Valco Oahu Supro   Guitar Amp   (Just the coolest thing ever)

1967 Ampeg SB-12 Tube Bass/Guitar Amp – British Audio in Nashville helped me finally get this thing perfect.  Best SB-12 ever. Plus it has a Faital 12PR300 speaker in it. (Great character Bass amp as well as clean Guitar Amp). You will want to take this home!!!

1966 Fender Bassman Head (165 circuit) (This Bassman w/ my 2×12 combo is truly awesome)

Custom 2×12 cabinet with an Eminence Red Coat “Tonker” and Weber Alnico Blue

Fender Blues Jr (With upgraded Reverb Tank, 12″ Alnico Weber Sliver Bell Speaker and NOS Tubes)

TC Electronics Chorus/Flanger

Strymon El Capistan dTape Echo

Catalinbread Topanga Spring Reverb

UFO  Fuzz Octave Over Drive

EarthQuaker Devices Hizumitas Fuzz Pedal

Marshall Shred Master

Blues Driver Overdrive

Rocktron Austin Gold

Ratt Overdrive (old model with famed LM308 opamp).

Vamp Power – Custom Overdrive pedal….

Steve Crisp “Crispy Critter” Overdrive (Stevie Ray Vaughn’s Tech Built this and sold me his prototype).  It’s so good that a custom Pedal maker here in Nashville is making a variation). Organic & Bright

Boss Compressor

KMD Analog Delay (From Steve Crisp’s private collection) My Fav Pedal ever.

Guyatone SV-2 Slow Volume (Swell Pedal)

Custom configured  Studio Kit (80’s 20×16 Gretsch Kick, 59′ 16×16 Floor Tom, 59′ 12″ Ludwig Rack Tom)

60 Gretsch KIt with (20×14,16×16, 12×9)  Magical front room kit (big reverberant room)

Modern Ludwig “Epic” Kit 20, 12, 14 floor  (Gig Kit)

CYMBALS   !!!!!!!!

Paiste 1960’s  602 14″ Hats (700, 780 gram) Super light, rare.

Paiste  early 70’s  602  14″ HH top 745 Gram bottom 960g

Paiste Signature Dark Energy 15″ Hi Hats

Paiste 15″ 602 Medium Hats

Paiste 2002 19″ Thin Crash

Paiste  18″ Full Crash

Paiste 2002 18″ Med Crash

Paiste Giant Beat Multi 18″ Crash

Paiste 17″  Thin Crash

Paiste ME 602 22″ Ride  (OM freekin’ G)

Paiste 22″ 60’s 602 Ride Ride (My All time fav)

Paiste 22″ 2002 Ride

Istanbul Agop 30th Anniversary 14″ Hi Hats (OMG)

Istanbul Agop Signature 14″ Hi Hats

Istanbul Agop Signature 22″Ride Cymbal

Istanbul Agop Traditional 22″ Ride

Istanbul Agop Traditional 18″ Paper Thin Crash

Zildjian 60’s Avedis 14″ 745 gram Top (rare)

Zildjian 15″   60’s Avedis Hi Hats

Zildjian 16″   Avedis Re-issue Hi Hats

Zildjian 12″   60’s Avedis Hi Hats

Zildjian Trans Stamp (1940’s)  14″ Hi Hats  (paper thin)

Zildjian Cluster  18″ Crash

Zildjian  Constantinoble 16″ Crash

Zildjian 10″    K    Dark  Splash

Zildjian Paper thin 60’s Avedis Splash

Vintage Zildjian Trans Stamp (1940’s)  18″ crash,  20″ Ride,  14″ Hi Hat (paper thin).  These are exquisite!  You’ll never hear anything so lush.

Sabian Artisan 14″ Hi Hats

Sabian    70’s    B20 14″ Hi Hats (Hand made by Italian Company Tosco) Great!!

Joyful Noise 6.5×14 NOB Snare

Cravioto Beechwood 16×5 Snare

1930’s Leedy NOB 5×14″ Snare

1920’s 4×14 Solid Maple Snare

Ludwig 6.5×14 Black Beauty  (2016)

Early 60’s Ludwig Supraphonic Snare

Early 60’s Ludwig C.O.B   Supraphonic Snare

Early 60’s Ludwig Acrolite Snare

Rogers Late 50’s  14 x 5  Wood  Powertone Snare

Pearl “Omar Hakim” Snare  (Drummers love this thing)

DW  5.5 x 14  Maple Snare (currently with Calf Skin head) Very distinct.

Authentic West African Djembe

Authentic Australian Outback Didgeridoo

Cajon Hand drum

Assorted percussion instruments

CVRSE CuPlate-1 Stereo  Plate Reverb  (Yes…A real Plate Reverb……not a plug in)

(1) Acme Audio MoTown DI   ( Ya KNow if ya Know,,,,,,,Fabulous!!!)

(1) Summit Audio TD-100 Tube Direct Box (w/NOS Mullard Tube) Clean & Punchy!

(1) NEVE PORTICO 5042 Tape emulator (stereo) Always in Use!!!

(1) Lexicon LXP-1 Reverb (awesome Dark Hall, with great sounding Delay)

(1) Switchcraft SC 800  DI w/ Jensen Transformer

(1) Radial X-Amp Active Reamping device

(1) Radial SGI (Guitar Interface) Record from control Room with no loss of signal. Great!!

(1) Boss DI-1 Active DI

Symphony MK II 16×16  AD/DA Converter/ Interface

Forssell MADA -2A    2 channel AD converter  (Mixing and Mastering Nirvana….and tracking)

Apogee Rosetta 800 8 channel AD/DA converter  ( Which equals 24 channels of Apogee….Yup!)

Mac Studio

Protools 2024   Perpetual

All Mogami, Beldin and Vovox Wiring and cables

Furman IT 20 Balanced Power Conditioner

Pro Tools and too many Plugins to mention.  Over 20 years of collecting plugins, and upgrading to latest versions.

Universal Audio  Satellite …….loaded!

some examples include

Melodyne Studio  (and Plugin)

FabFilter Pro-C, Timeless and Volcano

FabFilter Pro-EQ 4

Sonnox – Inflator, Reverb and EQ

Sound Toys Native Bundle (Echo Boy, Decapitator, etc)

Waves RBass  and Bundle w/eq’s and dynamics

BF Fairchild 660 and 670, BF76, LA2A, LA3, LA4  )All with the UA satellite

Kerzog Green Monster (Michael Brauer Comp)

Massey Plugs L2007, CT-5 and Tapehead

AmpliTube ( And more with the UA)

VocAlign

Various assorted plug-ins and virtual instruments, etc, etc·.Lots)

ATC  SCM 20 ASL     ( Loooooove these____)

Focal CMS Subwoofer (OMG….So Helpful)

Yamaha PA 10 (Powered NS 10’s)

Avantone Powered Mixcube  (gotta get the mono car speaker results!)

Altec Lansing PC speakers

Central Station (Only for Straight Wire Monitoring) Conversion by Apogee

Beyer Dynamics DT 990 Pro (2 pr)

Beyer Dynamics DT 770 (2 pr)

Sony 7506 (4 pr)

Sony MDR-V700DJ Sennheiser EH 1430

Sennheiser closed ear head phones

OZ Audio Headphone Amp