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Humbuckers, single coils, offsets, a super-Strat, a baritone, a Bass VI and a vintage Martin. The EverTune Les Paul and Strat stay dead in tune across stacked rhythm layers, which is a very big deal for emo and pop punk.

• 1977Martin M-38 acousticThe dedicated acoustic: a mature vintage voice for singer-songwriter, folk-leaning and layered acoustic parts.
• 2023Gibson Les Paul TributeHoneyburst.EverTuneHumbuckers
• Fender American Performer Stratocaster HSSEverTuneHSS
• Fender American Performer JazzmasterOffset textures for indie, alt and shoegaze.Offset
• Jackson American Series VirtuosoPrecise modern rock and high-gain work.Super-Strat
• 1997Fender CycloneOffset, alternative-rock textures.Offset
• Squier Cabronita Baritone TelecasterLow tunings, ambient parts, post-punk.Baritone
• 2024Squier Bass VILives between guitar and bass. Shoegaze and post-punk’s secret weapon.Bass VI
• 2017Epiphone Lee Malia RDHumbuckers
• PRS CE24 Eriza VerdeHumbuckers
• Ibanez RG, signed by CHONSignedSuper-Strat
• 2008Fender Starcaster HSSHSS

Eight amps, picked for contrast rather than redundancy, and any of them can be paired with any cabinet.

• Orange AD30

  Thick British breakup, compression and harmonically rich rock tones.

• Sovtek / EHX MIG-50

  Big, raw, aggressive tube platform. Punk, grunge, heavy rock and pedal-driven sounds.

• Vox AC30CCH

  Chime and edge-of-breakup for indie, alternative and layered clean-to-crunch parts.

• Fender Hot Rod DeVille

  A large American-style clean platform that loves pedals.

• Roland JC-120

  1978 · Extremely clean solid-state and classic stereo chorus. Dream pop, shoegaze, post-punk heaven.

• Peavey 6505 2x12 USA

  Dedicated modern high gain for post-hardcore, metal and heavy alternative.

• Yamaha G100

  Another distinctive solid-state platform with its own voice.

• Vox Cambridge Reverb

  Vintage Thomas Organ V1032 1x10 · Small-speaker vintage character for garage, indie and lo-fi.

Overdrive, distortion, fuzz, compression, EQ, modulation, delay, reverb, looping, noise control and a few genuinely weird textures. The LEDs light up when the music’s on.

Traditional and modern bass options, so no single instrument has to cover every session.

• G&L Custom Shop ASAT BassThe main bass: powerful, flexible and way more tonal range than a traditional passive bass.Main
• 2021Fender Player Precision BassThat simple, familiar midrange that sits naturally in dense rock mixes.
• 2024Squier Bass VILow melodic lines, doubled bass parts, ambient textures and unusual arrangement layers.

Any amp into any cab. The speaker choice becomes part of the tone instead of every amp being one fixed sound.

• Marshall vertical 2x12Loaded with UK Celestion Creambacks.Creambacks
• EVH 5150III 2x12Modern
• Bogner 212CH HeliosModern
• Combo amp speakersThe built-in speakers of the combos, for when that’s the sound.

Record a real amp and a clean DI at the same time, then reamp later through another amp, cab, pedal chain, modeler or capture.

• Line 6 Helix StadiumA complete modern modeling environment, including captured/proxy versions of the studio’s own amps.
• Neural DSP Nano CortexAmp captures.
• Two Notes Torpedo Captor XLoad box: record tube amps at controlled volume, no mic required.
• Radial JDIThe clean DI on every take.DI
• Radial X-AmpSends the DI back out to amps and pedals.Reamp
• Radial Tonebone JX-2 Pro
• BBE 482i Sonic Maximizer

A proven cab-miking pair, a real condenser and dynamics for loud, aggressive vocals.

• Shure SM7BControlled dynamic vocals, great for rock, punk, alternative and screaming.
• Sony C-80 condenserVocals, acoustic guitar and detailed sources.
• Shure SM57Half of the classic guitar-cab pair.
• Sennheiser MD421The other half. Loud sources welcome.
• ×2Shure SM58Vocals, utility, scratch tracks and live-style sessions.

Physical monitors plus Slate VSX give you multiple ways to judge a mix, and three DAWs means we can work however you already work.

• Universal Audio Apollo Twin DuoInterface
• Avantone Gauss 7Studio monitors.
• Slate VSXHeadphone monitoring system.
• Mac mini M624 GB RAM.
• Pro ToolsDAW
• Logic ProDAW
• ReaperDAW