Sugar Ray's Vintage Recording Studio

[discreet]

[b]Sugar Ray's Vintage Recording Studio[/b]

We'll be recording here in the not-too-distant future. Really looking forward to it. My current project is a retro country band covering songs in various sub-genres from the 1920s onwards, so Sugar Ray's live recording method (in mono!) should be just the ticket for maximum authenticity... I will of course post the results in the fullness of time.

http://sugarraysvintagerecordings.co.uk/the-studio/

[paul h]

That looks awesome! I'd love to record somewhere like that...unfortunately I require way too much cut, copy, paste and quantise before I even sound half competent.

[ahpook]

Very cool.

Bet it smells fantastic

[discreet]

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1460369272' post='3024959']
Bet it smells fantastic
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I have it on the best authority it smells like a cross between the Bakelite factory and a used kayak. I can hardly wait!

[ahpook]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1460369367' post='3024960']
I have it on the best authority it smells like a cross between the Bakelite factory and a used kayak. I can hardly wait!
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Early plastic olfactory.

Awesome.

[keeponehandloose]

Pat Rayford is an excellent musician and has fronted some great bands. If he dont get you sounding good its time to give up!

[discreet]

[quote name='keeponehandloose' timestamp='1460380761' post='3025160']
Pat Rayford is an excellent musician and has fronted some great bands. If he dont get you sounding good its time to give up!
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We're hoping to sound reasonably good before we get there, but I'm quite sure he will improve matters. Thanks for the comment.

[lowdown]

I know this studio, it's not far from where I live.
There is an interesting set of YouTube Videos, if you want to get a feel for the place.
http://youtu.be/gQUa_w2Flc4

[discreet]

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1460392973' post='3025330']
There is an interesting set of YouTube Videos, if you want to get a feel for the place.
[/quote]

Thanks for that. There are also some vids of Sun Studio in Memphis... maybe it's just me but I can definitely see some similarities... I didn't know Mark Kermode played bass! Every day's a school day.

Edited April 11, 2016 by discreet

[spyder]

I'm so jealous.
Keep us posted on the results.

[Skol303]

Oh man that place looks amazing!! I'd be like a kid in a sweet shop. Or a grown man in a sweet shop (I still like sweets).

Just been browsing their website. Some fantastic old gear and the overall vibe seems great.

Let us know how it goes

[JapanAxe]

I bet when you've all gone home, he opens up one of those cupboards and pulls out a MacBook with Pro Tools.

[lurksalot]

that does look fantastic , I think just being the part must help to inspire, but I'm with Paul
[quote name='paul h' timestamp='1460369229' post='3024957']
That looks awesome! I'd love to record somewhere like that...unfortunately I require way too much cut, copy, paste and quantise before I even sound half competent.
[/quote]

Though being part of it would be superb

[Skol303]

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1460415216' post='3025615']
I bet when you've all gone home, he opens up one of those cupboards and pulls out a MacBook with Pro Tools.
[/quote]

brilliant. That genuinely made me LOL.

[discreet]

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1460456467' post='3025813']
brilliant. That genuinely made me LOL.
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Are you even [i]allowed [/i]to do Mono on Pro Tools..??

Edited April 12, 2016 by discreet

[Beer of the Bass]

I wonder if you'll get dirty looks for bringing one of those newfangled Fender basses, rather than a gut-strung double bass?

[discreet]

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1460459043' post='3025855']
I wonder if you'll get dirty looks for bringing one of those newfangled Fender basses, rather than a gut-strung double bass?
[/quote]

Well the P Bass was around in the 50s, so I hope not...

Edited April 12, 2016 by discreet

[Dad3353]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1460460091' post='3025871']
Well the P Bass was around in the 50s, so I hope not...
[/quote]

Around, yes, but frowned upon.

[discreet]

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1460465139' post='3025921']
Around, yes, but frowned upon.
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If I've learned one thing from this forum it's that bass players are conservative.

It's too bad anyway, I'm not learning the upright bass just for one recording session. Leo gifted us the P Bass specifically so we didn't have to put up with the many disadvantages of the DB and I thank him for it daily.

[Beer of the Bass]

The authentic 50s attitude would probably be to grumble about the Fender bass but end up using one anyway 'cos it's easier to gig with and you can actually hear it! 😉

[discreet]

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1460467371' post='3025939']
The authentic 50s attitude would probably be to grumble about the Fender bass but end up using one anyway 'cos it's easier to gig with and you can actually hear it!
[/quote]

Yes, or throw it across the floor like Bill Black because I found it difficult to make the transition...

[lowdown]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1460465436' post='3025929']
I'm not learning the upright bass just for one recording session. [/quote]

Judging by the Bassists in those YouTube videos, neither did they.
They are just twatting the thing.

[discreet]

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1460472686' post='3026005']
Judging by the Bassists in those YouTube videos, neither did they.
They are just twatting the thing.
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I couldn't possibly make any comments about that!!

[lowdown]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1460473823' post='3026021']
I couldn't possibly make any comments about that!!
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I didn't really mean to be offensive.
It's just I know a couple of Rockerbilly Bassists who mockingly refer to their Slap technique
as just "Twatting It", and they are excellent at that style.

Can you throw a rope ladder down this big hole, please?

Edited April 12, 2016 by lowdown

[discreet]

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1460474724' post='3026028']
I didn't really mean to be offensive.
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No offense taken, at least not by me. I'm just super-careful because I once made some pretty disparaging comments about someone's bass playing on YouTube and it turned out they were a member on here. Not good. So once bitten, and all that...

Edited April 12, 2016 by discreet