I mostly work from my solar-powered studio at my home in the Klein Karoo town of Ladismith, South Africa (about 300km from Cape Town), which, to me, is the most beautiful place in the world and the perfect spot to make great music from.

A lot of care has gone into putting together a facility that sounds great and is outfitted with world-class high-end equipment.

I also have accommodation (with a swimming pool, garden and braai/BBQ area) available at the studio.

EQUIPMENT
CONSOLE
1970’s Yamaha PM1000 “JapaNeve”
(Discrete Class A, inductor-based EQ’s, lovingly restored and modified/upgraded with some modern features)

DAW
Custom-built Intel PC’s
Steinberg Cubase Pro 
Focusrite Converters
ECHO Converters
Massive collection of high-end plugins, virtual instruments and samples

MONITORING
Bowers & Wilkins 685
Rotel RA-820BX power amp
Samson Resolv 65A
Mission Pro passive monitors
Generic multimedia speakers (“real world check“)
Behringer headphone amps
Sennheiser headphones
Vic Firth headphones

MICROPHONES
1 AKG C12*
2 Neumann U87i*
2 Shure KSM32
1 Oktavamod MK319
2 SAHE Audio Little Blondie
2 Karma K10
1 T.bone RM700 (Fathead)
1 Heil PR30
1 Shure SM7
3 Shure SM57
2 Shure SM58
4 Telefunken M80
1 Custom Built Subkick
Many, many more “pawnshop” mics

OUTBOARD
2 Neve 1073 mic preamp/EQ’s*
2 FMR Audio RNP8380 stereo mic preamps
1 1176 Rev D compressor*
2 FMR Audio PBC-6A compressors
1 FMR Audio RNC1773 stereo compressor
1 TK Audio BC1mkII stereo compressor (SSL-style buss compressor with extra features)
Gemini turntable
The Incredible A.W.E.S.O.M.E-O 4000 😉

GUITARS/BASSES/STRINGED INSTRUMENTS
1970 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Goldtop
Custom Built Les Paul (Plain top)
Custom Built Les Paul (Flame top – “Amber”)
Custom Built Flying V
Fender 2003 American Series Stratocaster
Fender 50’s Roadworn Telecaster
Gordon-Smith Gypsy II SS
1965 Levin 335/M2 Archtop Hollowbody
Vintage National lap steel
Fender FR-55 metal-body resonator
Vintage Epiphone dreadnought
Eastman E6D-TC dreadnought 
Faith Mars FRMG slope-shoulder dreadnought
Restored 70’s Ibanez Concord 12-string dreadnought
1930’s Harmony Valencia Archtop
Custom Built Jazz-style bass
Heavily Modified/Upgraded SX Jazz-style (strung with flatwound strings)
Vintage Teisco Del Rey Vegas 40 thinline/archtop
Crafter mandolin
’70’s MIJ Aria Banjo

AMPS/CABS
Kemper Profiler
1971 Marshall JMP Super Bass head
Zinky Electronics Smokey Amp
2 Custom Built 2X12″ cabs loaded with various Celestions

EFFECTS
Monte Allums Sustainia Tri-Gain MT-2 Distortion
70’s EHX Big Muff Pi*
Boss BD-2 Blues Driver
Boss DS-1 Distortion
Boss CS-3 Compressor
Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
Boss CH-1 Stereo Super Chorus
Jim Dunlop Original Crybaby Wah
E-bow
Ross spring reverb
Korg Multi-FX processor

DRUMS
Ludwig Birch Kit:
22″ X 20″ Kick Drum
12″X11″ Tom
13″X12″ Tom
16″X16″ Floor Tom

Vintage 60’s Morris Mahogany kit:
22″X18″ Kick Drum
12″X9″ Tom
13″X10″ Tom
16″X16″ Floor Tom

6.5″X14″ Ludwig Birch Snare
4″X14″ Vintage Olympic Maple Piccolo Snare

INSTRUMENTS
LP Softshaker
LP Coarse Shaker
LP Tamborine
Toca Bongo Drums
2 Hand-built Djembes
Aluminium Doumbek
Wrench Bell Tree
Rain Stick
Triangle

KEYS
Technics 61-note MIDI-controller keyboard
Vintage Farfisa MOD 5020 organ with rotary speaker
Hohner Accordion

PLEASE NOTE: I have access to a Yamaha grand piano for a nominal fee, should your project require it. Let me know well in advance.

*(High-end hand-built boutique clones)