Welcome to Episode 8 of The Truth About Recording and Mixing podcast. This week’s guest is Dan Alexander, who has a new book out chronicling his adventures in making records, building studios and making thousands of vintage gear deals throughout the last four decades. It’s call Dan Alexander Audio – A Vintage Odyssey (link).
0:00 Introduction
2:10 Send us questions about studio interconnects!
3:05 Listener question about 500 series rack gear
6:25 Listener question about analog tape hiss and noise reduction
10:10 Disclaimer: Zoom audio issues
11:30 Welcome to Dan Alexander
12:55 Dan’s history as a guitar dealer and his new pandemic hobby building acoustic guitars
19:20 Meeting Allen Sides and realizing vintage gear was better than current gear.
21:20 Tewksbury history
23:30 Demoes with Jonathan Richman & Earthquake
27:20 Founding Tewksbury and transitioning into buying and selling gear
32:20 The beginning of the vintage gear quest
41:15 Traveling to Europe and Asia to buy gear
47:45 Dan’s plug for the Fretboard Journal
50:00 Listener question about Rupert Neve and the importance of Neve consoles
1:05:00 Listener question about upgrading a home recording setup from basic collection of mics and an interface
1:15:00 More thoughts on the current vintage gear market and current gear makers
1:24:30 Buying guitars in pawn shops and the guitars that Dan’s building today
Our sponsor for this episode are Caddis Eye Appliances and iZotope.
Submit your questions for Johnny by sending us a voice memo or email to podcast@fretboardjournal.com.
