THE STUDIO/GEAR | My Site 16091

The studio was purpose-built in 1989, operating under the name 'Astra Audio' until 2002 in the picturesque village of Monks Horton, Kent. No detail was overlooked during the design stages, including the room ratios, floating floors, angled walls and ceilings, and strategically placed traps.

Anchor Baby Recording Company is set in it's own peaceful garden, overlooking the stunning scenery of the Kent countryside, and consists of a large live room, a large wood-panelled booth, huge control room, machine room, lobby, kitchen and bathroom with shower. All rooms in the studio have the option of being hooked up to the DDA analog console, giving clients a wide range of acoustic environments in which to record.

The studio boasts a huge selection of vintage and modern guitar amps including a super rare 1966 Gibson Titan, 1969 Laney Supergroup, original prototype Cornford RK100, Marshall 6100 30th Anniversary amp head, and pretty much everything in between.

See the extensive gear list below and let us know in advance of anything you may like to use so that we can make sure it's fully functional and not out on loan/awaiting repair.

CONSOLE:

1988 DDA DMR12. This is a large format 88 input vintage analogue console with upgraded op amps and fantastic sounding mic pre's.

DIGITAL CONVERSION:

MOTU HD192 AD/DA Converters x 3

COMPRESSORS, EQ and FX:

EVENTIDE OMNIPRESSOR / UREI 1176 / DBX 163x / SHURE M63 VINTAGE EQ / DRAWMER 1960 / IGS AUDIO LA2 CLONE / GAP 573 EQ / YAMAHA REV5 / YAMAHA SPX90 / PIONEER SR60 (modded).

MIC PRE's:

API 3124+

EISEN AUDIO API 312

WARM AUDIO 1073

GAP 1073 and 573 EQ

RIGG 001 custom made 2 channel Neve style mic pre with Lundahl transformers / AUDIENT ASP008 8 channel mic pre.

COMPUTER:

Custom designed PC running Cubase Pro 10.5, Pro TOOLS 12, with plugins from Waves, Slate Digital, Fabfilter, Soundtoys, Stillwell Audio, SSL, API, Abbey Road, Andrew Scheps and hundreds more.

DRUMS:

1970's Beverley with custom finish. African mahogany shells. Sizes are 22" kick, 13" rack, 16" floor.

TAMA Superstar. 5 piece kit. Sizes are 22" kick, 12" and 13" rack toms, 16" floor tom.

Various snares from Orange County Custom Drums, Pacific Custom Drums, Gretsch, Tama, Hollywood by Meazzi, Pearl Sensitone, Premier, Mapex Black Panther.

GUITAR/BASS AMPS:

Marshall JCM800 2205

Marshall JCM800 2203

Marshall JMP 2204

Marshall JCM900 Master Volume MKIII

Marshall JCM2000 DSL

Marshall 6100LM Anniversary

Marshall JVM205H

Marshall JCM2000 TSL

Gibson Titan

AIMS 100w valve head

Fender Bassman 135

ProAmplifiers MSQ75

Laney GH50L

Cornford RK100

Laney Supergroup

Laney Klipp

WEM Dominator III

Selmer SV Treble n' Bass 50

Fender Concert Rivera series

Fender Quad Reverb

Vox AC30

Selmer Futurama

2 x H/H IC100

Maine 100w transistor head

Cornford 4x12 speaker cab

Marshall JCM800 4x12 with Rola G12-80's

Orange 8x10 guitar cab

Hiwatt 4x12 cab with Fane speakers

Ampeg V4

Ampeg SVT200T

Peavey Century 200

Peavey MK III

Orange 4x10 and 1x15 bass speaker cabs

Leslie 825 rotating speaker cab

MONITORING:

EVENT ASP8 midfields

Yamaha NS10-M nearfields (mk1 1978) powered by a QUAD 303 amp.

MICROPHONES:

Condenser:

Neumann U87 (available on request)

AKG C414 B-ULS x 1

Aston Origin x 2

Octava MK012 x 2 matched pair

Octava MK419 x 1

SE Titan x 2

Rode NT5 x 4 (2 matched pairs)

MXL 990

Dynamic:

Shure SM7b x 2

Shure SM57 x 4

Shure Unidyne 545

Shure Beta57 x 1

Shure SM58 x 5

Shure Beta 52 x 1

Electrovoice ND/468 x 2

Sontronics Halo x 1

Sennheiser e602 x 1

Sennheiser e604 x 5

Sennheiser MD421 x 2

Sennheiser MD21 (1960's) x 1

Audix i5 x 1

Audix D6 x 1

Heil PR48 x 1

Other:

Coles 4038 x 2 (late 60's)

Beyerdynamic M160 ribbon mic

SE VR-1 ribbon mic x 2

SE R1 ribbon mic

3 x Reslo ribbon mics (60's)

Shure Beta91 boundary mic

3 x Pye Tulip 1950's mics

Plus various other miscellaneous mics from Sony, Telefunken and Sanyo.

GUITARS/BASSES:

Gibson Les Paul Standard (1997)

Gibson ES 335 fitted with Lollar DB bridge pickup

Fender Telecaster (Jap 1989) fitted with Seymour Duncan Little 59

Fender Telecaster '72 Custom w/Tonerider pickups (REISSUE)

Fender Telecaster '72 Custom (ORIGINAL)

Fender Telecaster '68 (ORIGINAL)

Fender Stratocaster '69 (ORIGINAL)

Fender Jaguar '65 (ORIGINAL)

Gibson ES330 '61 (ORIGINAL)

Fender Toronado (1998) - very rare

Silvertone Jupiter '62 (ORIGINAL)

Ibanez RG507 (MIJ 1995)

Ibanez RG270 (custom) fitted with EMG 81

Kay Effector (late 70's) - very rare, with fully overhauled FX section and upgraded Tonerider pickups

Teisco SSL 4-L 1960's guitar w/4 x Goldfoil pickups

Danelectro U2

Gibson Hummingbird acoutic

Fender Precision Bass with Seymour Duncan SPB3 pickup

Fender Jaguar Bass w/SPB3 and SJB3 pickups

Schecter 335 Bass w/Seymour Duncan pickups (one of a kind)

Ibanez acoustic bass

KEYS:

Diamond 600 vintage combo organ

MicroKorg

MicroKorg XL+

M-Audio CODE49 MIDI keyboard

Plus dozens of various rare/boutique stompboxes and percussive instruments