The Studio
A Caribbean Treasure
A HI-FI-LO-FI GEM
San Juan Sound
MISSION CONTROLLERS
The studio will have a rotating cast of engineers and producers, each with the keys to the San Juan Sound.
ARMANDO
MATTEO
KIKO
JOHANNES SOLO
La Consola
Mission Control
San Juan Sound is the proud owner of a restored V Series Neve analog console with a stunning history still being written. The studio, months from opening, survived one of the strongest recorded hurricanes and a four months blackout. When power returned to the island, the center section and 24 channels were recapped by the SJS teching crew with legendary techs John Musgrave and Norman Druce at the helm. The desk is now a glorious ``V24`` with the left buckets modified to enable easy access to the Sony JH24 remote, a second monitor, and other convenient bells and whistles such as a phone line which only calls the local pizza parlor.
The Resurrection
THE TECHING CREW
One of the many San Juan Sound miracles involved four of the most renown Neve technicians in the world beginning with valuable phone support from Gregory Davis, and John Klett, the latter being the last ace to recap the console. Next up was a visit from power supply hero Norman Druce, founder of the revolutionary Atomic Insturment Co. whose power supplies and speakers are featured in some of the worlds finest studios such as Nashville's Easy Eye ad Detroit's Third Man Records. The final piece to our Neve puzzle was when Norman introduced studio owner Matteo Burr to John Musgrave who drank the SJS kool aid and flew to Puerto Rico in May to bring the board back from the dead! The full story will be coming soon via our SJS Tech Blog, including video from the Neveships crane voyage from a second floor home studio to our second floor command center!
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Above (L >R): Musgrace, Burr, Dave Adonias, Druce, Pedro Rivera Jr
The Gear
The most exotic collection
of gear on the island
GUITAR AMPS
68’ Fender Princeton Reverb Silver Face Tube Amp 12W 1×10 Combo w/ Celestion 15’ Vox AC30 – Handwired Head/Cab w/15w switch 64’ Silvertone 1482 All Tube Amp! 1×12 69’ Harmony H-515 Red Racing Stripe 18W 2×12 Jensen C12R 64’ Harmony 303A Tube Guitar Amp – 15w 70’s Fender Sidekick Reverb. Solidstate w/a TON of character. Music Fact: The Fogerty Bros used solid state amps while recording CCR. Yes, tube’s rule, but solid state can crush with the right players and mics.
BASS AMPS
65’ Ampeg B15 Head 17’ Ampeg PF-115HE Portaflex 1×15 Bass Speaker Cabinet
ELECTRIC GUITARS *
60’s Harmony ES335 60’s Silvertone ES335 63’ Danelectro Reissue
2015 Dangelico EXL-1 Semi-Hollow Body 2000 Epiphone Les Paul 2017 Epiphone TV ES-339 Pelham Blue
*please bring your own backup strings
ACOUSTIC GUITARS
Vintage Cuatros Epiphone PR-200 Epiphone Masterbilt
ELECTRIC BASS
77’ Fender Ripper 65’ Slingerland (flat wounds) 98’ Fender P-Bass
ACOUSTIC BASS
58’ Kay Maestro M1 3/4 Double Bass
AMPLIAS DE GUITARRA
68’ Fender Princeton Reverb Silver Face Tube Amp 12W 1×10 Combo w/ Celestion 15’ Vox AC30 – Handwired Head/Cab w/15w switch 64’ Silvertone 1482 All Tube Amp! 1×12 69’ Harmony H-515 Red Racing Stripe 18W 2×12 Jensen C12R 64’ Harmony 303A Tube Guitar Amp – 15w 70’s Fender Sidekick Reverb. Solidstate w/a TON of character. Music Fact: The Fogerty Bros used solid state amps while recording CCR. Yes, tube’s rule, but solid state can crush with the right players and mics.
AMPLIAS DE BASS
65’ Ampeg B15 Head 17’ Ampeg PF-115HE Portaflex 1×15 Bass Speaker Cabinet
GUITARRAS ELECTRICAS *
60’s Harmony ES335 60’s Silvertone ES335 63’ Danelectro Reissue
2015 Dangelico EXL-1 Semi-Hollow Body 2000 Epiphone Les Paul 2017 Epiphone TV ES-339 Pelham Blue
*please bring your own backup strings
GUITARRAS ACUSTICAS
Vintage Cuatros Epiphone PR-200 Epiphone Masterbilt
BASS ELECTRICAS
77’ Fender Ripper 65’ Slingerland (flat wounds) 98’ Fender P-Bass
BASS ACOUSTICAS
58’ Kay Maestro M1 3/4 Double Bass
PIANO
1980 Baldwin Console
ELECTRIC KEYBOARDS
60’s Farfisa Combo Compact 80’s Wurlitzer Orbit III Organ 70’s Honer D6 Clavinet 75’ Fender Rhodes (red) 80’s mini keyboards (casio, yamaha, realistic) 77’ Wurlitzer MLM-101 Music Learning Module Organ
60s Cordovox CL-20 Leslie Rotary Speaker Cabinet
EFFECTS / FUN TOYS
Roland SPD-SX Drum PadRoland Rhythm Arranger Drum Machine
80’s Peavey Dirty Dog Transtube 2 channel overdrive lead crunch guitar pedal
Boosta Grande
Ibanez Tube Cruncher
Fender Reverb
Two Timer
DRUMS
72’ “San Juan Slingerland”
14″x20″ Bass Drum 7″ x 13″ Chrome Timbale 7″ x 14″ Chrome Timbale 16″x16″ Floor Tom
17’ Ludwig Breakbeats By Questlove (Azure)
16”x14” Bass Drum 10”x7” Toms 13”x13” Floor Toms 14”x5” Snare
80’s Pearl (13/14/16/22) Not a dream, but not bad for living most of its life in an open aired garage in the mountains of Caguas, PR.
PERCUSSION
72’ Tito Peuntes Timbales Congas, Bongos, Djembe Güiros! Enough Cowbells For A Farm Box o’ Rad Percussion
80’s 14″X11″ Premiere Snare Chrome Over Wood – warmest and best snare on the island) 70’s 14”x9” Premiere “Heavy Rock Nine” 80’s 14”x7” Pearl – rusty crusty snare from the mountains of PR. Sleeper whipper snapper.
CYMBALS
Various assortment of kick ass Bosphorus and Crescent Pies.
