If You Opened a Studio; Modern or Vintage Amps?

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If I were looking for a studio, I’d want it to have all the experience and recording gear to record and mix. Any amps or pedals, etc, would be a bonus but not big on my list.
 
japetus said:
Do you love my million dollar studio?
-oh yes it's really nice, let's hear some material!
Oh, I don't have it quite dialed in yet, look at all my nice gear!
-cool lets cut a track!!
Ha, I'd have to uhh, get my engineer...

MANY SUCH CASES
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It's why I really love the guys who know their lane and hire an engineer for their million dollar studio, or rent out their gear to studios and people who need it, instead of trying to win the guinness world record for dust collecting

Those dudes are the mvps for having the self-reflection to be like "this stuff needs to be used, and I don't have the time to learn the skills"
 
DanTravis62 said:
It's why I really love the guys who know their lane and hire an engineer for their million dollar studio, or rent out their gear to studios and people who need it, instead of trying to win the guinness world record for dust collecting

Those dudes are the mvps for having the self-reflection to be like "this stuff needs to be used, and I don't have the time to learn the skills"
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If it's a business plan, I get it. But for every guy you describe who has the self awareness to do that, I have seen too many that won't. Then 10 years later their initial investment is a fraction of what it was and they don't realize they aren't at even "industry standard" anymore. I would also think that if I were lucky enough to own all of that stuff, I would at least be somewhat interested to know how the sausage was made.
 
japetus said:
If it's a business plan, I get it. But for every guy you describe who has the self awareness to do that, I have seen too many that won't. Then 10 years later their initial investment is a fraction of what it was and they don't realize they aren't at even "industry standard" anymore. I would also think that if I were lucky enough to own all of that stuff, I would at least be somewhat interested to know how the sausage was made.
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Way too true, unfortunately. What ends up happening is that they don't have the know-how to update and upgrade their shit because they never learned to use it in the first place.

It's really annoying though because there's always so much gear that goes completely unused.
 
I’d honestly probably just have a recto, 5150, modded Marshall, and uber ultra. Which feels crazy to say because of the amount of amps I have. But that’s typically what a customer would want IMO. It’s very rare now adays that someone goes for an off the wall unique tone.
 
Bram576 said:
I’d honestly probably just have a recto, 5150, modded Marshall, and uber ultra. Which feels crazy to say because of the amount of amps I have. But that’s typically what a customer would want IMO. It’s very rare now adays that someone goes for an off the wall unique tone.
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Damn it..i forgot a recto. That is huge
 
Old 60s Marshall
Fryette Deliverance or Soldano SLO
Mesa Boogie Tremoverb
Vox AC30

that would cover the amp bases
 
I’d just keep sn old 2203 fir all vintage tones . When clean tones with that low input . Chilli pepper cleans at times
 
The idea of starting a stupio these days seems absurd. But a Marshall, Fender and Vox should cover it.
 
I'd try to get a range of standards that run the gamut of however much gain a player might want. New as possible to avoid maintenance upkeep costs.

Roland JC-120
Twin or Super Reverb
AC30
Plexi
JCM 800
5150 III

If I was actually running a business in a perfect TheGreatGreen utopia where all the bands were awesome guitar-centric bands who liked some level of gain and paid on time, I'd load it up with all kinds of Bogners and Wizards too. Fuck it why not.
 
I started down this path buying analog recording gear and I don't even have big ticket items and the costs run up from preamp to compressors.. I had this crazy idea i will record bands on the side and mix music etc etc.. I can barely get all my connections sorted out and am still placing things in the sound "proofed" ( it isn't 100% sound proof) room I probably dropped 10k into. In the end I am a hobbyest. I am challenging myself to use my outboard with my small console because i bought it all, but yes it def. does feel like a lot of us are in fact "collectors". We like to find it, buy it, sit with it, tinker with it, and then just SEE it always there filling up the space.
 
@Ceramic Lion has a great list:

Plexi
Modded Marshall
Rectifier
Mark
5150
Twin


juliacartes said:
Haha, classic! Gotta love those bumpable night hours—some of the best (and most chaotic) sessions happen then. True studio hustle vibes! 🎛️😂 Check out audiomodify.com if you're ever back in the game!
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I'm not clicking on that link but I did check it out. Doesn't look safe to me :dunno:

Can you change my mind, because I'm not interested in using AI to recreate a famous singer's voice. We have enough of that B.S. as it is.

So why are you really here?
 
311boogieman said:
I'm not clicking on that link but I did check it out. Doesn't look safe to me :dunno:

Can you change my mind, because I'm not interested in using AI to recreate a famous singer's voice. We have enough of that B.S. as it is.

So why are you really here?
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Well, they deleted the post so I’m guessing, nothing good.
 
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