Trolley Valhalla Recording Studio
Trolley Valhalla is Jack’s recording studio in the heart of Jersey City Heights, NJ. The tiny, isolated, meticulously planned space is filled with an impressive collection of his vintage guitars, amps, repurposed broadcasting equipment from the 50s, 60s and 70s, microphones and more. Complete gear list below.
The studio is a multi-purpose space, also available for video and photo shoots, voice-overs and sound design.
A multi-instrumentalist, Jack frequently records session guitars, vocals, bass, drums, harmonica and keyboards for clients. INQUIRE here.
GEAR LIST
Microphones
Soundelux U95
Coles 4038
Neumann KMS105
Film Industries M8 Ribbon (60s)
Electro Voice RE38
Electro Voice 635a Hammer Mic (2)
Electro Voice RE10 (2)
Electro Voice RE11
Electro Voice RE320
Sennheiser MD421
Shure SM57
Shure Beta 58
Shure SM58
Grundig GDM-10 (1956)
Sony F-96
Preamps + EQ
BAE 1073
API 512C (2)
Ward Beck 470 (2)
Ward Beck 490 (4)
Gates M-5136 Biamote Tube Mixer
Stancil Hoffman (Western Electric) AM74 4-channel Mixer
Berlant Concertone Series 30 Tube Preamp (1950’s)
Tascam 112 MKII Cassette Recorder
Focusrite 18i20 (8 analog preamps)
Dynamics
Hairball 1176 Rev A Blue Stripe
DBX 165 (vintage)
Shure Level Loc (vintage)
Little Labs balanced attenuator 8-pack (w/ stereo linking)
Audio Processing and Conversion
Orion 32
Apogee Rosetta 800 (8-ch converter/clock)
Focusrite 18i20
Focusrite 2i2
Switchcraft StudioPatch 9625 TT Bay
Amplifiers + Outboard Effects
Orban Dual Reverberation 111b
Radial Re-amp Box
1959 Ampeg Mercury M-12
Aircraft Atomic20 (based on Watkins Dominator)
Fender Blues Deluxe Reissue
Tech 21 Trademark 60
Aguilar Tone Hammer Bass DI/Preamp
Fender Rumble 500 bass amp head
Hartke 250W bass cab
Behringer Ultrabass 90W combo amp
Pignose
Fishman Loudbox Mini
Software and Plug-ins
Pro Tools Studio
Final Cut Pro
Waves, SSL, Slate Digital, Izotope, Soundtoys, Valhalla plugins
Control Desk / Playback / Headphone Monitoring
Macbook Pro 16"
Mackie XR824s
AKG K240 headphones
Sennheiser 280 Pro headphones
Headamp 6 Pro
Mackie Big Knob Passive Monitor Controller
Mackie FR Series 808M live mixing console
Guitars, Basses, Keyboards
1976 Gibson Les Paul Custom 3 Pickup Black Beauty
1976 Fender Telecaster Custom
1960's Danelectro Convertible
Paul Reed Smith Starla X (P90 pickups)
Danelectro 12-string Electric Gutiar
Takamine EF341SC Acoustic Guitar
Guild True American Acoustic Guitar
Guild D25 Cherry Acoustic Guitar
Yamaha 12-string Acoustic Guitar
Journey Overhead Carbon Fiber Guitar
Harmony H22 Semi-Hollow Bass (1963)
Guild Starfire II Bass
Silvertone Bass (1961)
Squire VI Bass
Journey Overhead Carbon Fiber Bass
Roland D-20 MIDI keyboard
Roland Octopad Pad-8
Effects Pedals
BOSS: Blues Driver, Tremolo, Phase Shifter, Octave, Auto Wah, Chorus, Flanger, Turbo Distortion, Super Overdrive
Danelectro: Rocky Road Spinning Speaker, Distortion, Tuna Melt Tremolo
Earthquaker Devices Dunes, Earthquaker Devices Ghost Echo
EHX Little Big Muff, EHX Bass Big Muff, EHX Bass Balls, EHX Memory Man Deluxe, EHX Holy Grail Reverb, EHX Phase Shifter
Aguilar Bass Tone Hammer DI/Preamp, Guyatone Wah Rocker, Ibanez Tube Screamer, Punch Factory Optical Compressor/ DI, Rocktek Vibrator, TC Electronics Flashback Delay, Whirlwind compressor, Zoom Acoustic Multi-effects Pedal, Ebow, Dunlop Crybaby Wah
Drums and Percussion
Yamaha Maple Kick, 1970’s Pearl Snare, Pearl Export Series toms
Various tambourines, shakers and noisemakers
Zildjan, Sabian, Meidl cymbals
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