The tone of these drums are unsurpassed for recording purposes and have been heard on countless albums over the last 4 decades.  Around the world and throughout the industry  these drums are deservedly  known as “hit-makers.”

Complimenting this vintage Gretsch kit are a Ludwig Black Beauty snare and Zildjian A-Custom cymbals all around.

The 44 was RCA’s best microphone from the 1930s into the ’50s and is one of those rare mics that has remained relatively unchanged from its inception, and still sounds great some 75 years later. Wes Dooley, a specialist in ribbon mics of all kinds and founder of AEA, has now restored the 44 type microphone to its rightful position in the studio. After tracking down the engineers who designed and built the original RCA 44, AEA acquired ribbon material, made the tooling and custom machined all the parts necessary to build the original RCA 44 B/BX design to its original specifications, just as it was in the 1930s.

Each year, studio owner Pat Murphy has visited with Wes Dooley at the Winter NAMM show (the National Association of Music Merchants) and this year the R44 was finally purchased for clientele of  The Sound Palace.

Taylor made  her first public performance this Sunday (October 16th) at 2:30 pm on the main stage of the Thousand Oaks Street Fair.

DW Drum set used by John Spooner

Everyone loved the sound of the tracking room and will be returning to record trumpets and trombones over the next few days (using the ribbon microphones recently added to the microphone locker).

The project is being engineered by Jim Baldree  who is also a composer and the audio mixer for the television show “Burn Notice” which airs on the USA Network.