TEXTURE // A little while back, with the help of @jimmydowb , I was able to snag a Rhodes Mk I // Rebuilt with solid oak and walnut, rewrapped in some swanky Tolex, and a completely refurbished/revoiced action and engine // Lots of hours in the basement with my new friend in a thousand pieces, VERY grateful to have it in the studio now // Listen closely, it’s on every song now. And every keys session and record I play on. And in all of my dreams.
BOTTOM // Today’s flavour: @fender P-Bass DI > @thisisapiaudio 312 > @uaudio 2A > Helios 69 // Strings so old they’re almost flat (this is on purpose)
PEDALS // Been using stompboxes about as much during mixing & composing as on guitars lately // Software FX are great too, but there’s a pile of these things lying around here // Powered by @radialeng , today’s recipe consists of @zvexeffects@ehx@officialibanezguitars@haydenamps and @rolandcanada
BUILD // This is a quadratic fractal acoustic diffuser (or, a bunch of wood squished together according to a wackload of math) // Diffusing this wall has been the plan all along, very excited about how it looks, and more importantly, how it makes things sound // Walnut, red oak, white oak, hard maple, black cherry, ash and aspen
TODAY’S MVPs // These @rupert_neve 511s are the first 500 series preamps that I ever purchased, and they’re as versatile as Miles Davis // This @akgaudio D12 E is one of my favourite kick drum microphones of all time, but today it’s in front of an amp. Mine is quirky; these microphones have maybe the most complicated dynamic mic design ever, and replacement parts are tough to come by, but at least it’s not a D112...
