Ep. 8: Dan Alexander, A Vintage Odyssey

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 Introduction2:10  Send us questions about studio interconnects!3:05  Listener question about 500 series rack gear6:25  Listener question about analog tape hiss and noise reduction10:10 Disclaimer: Zoom audio disclaimer11:30 Welcome to Dan Alexander12:55 Dan’s history as a guitar dealer and his new pandemic hobby building acoustic guitars19:20 Meeting Allen Sides and realizing vintage gear was better than current gear.21:20 Tewksbury history23:30 Demoes with Jonathan Richman & Earthquake27:20 Founding Tewksbury and transitioning into buying and selling gear32:20 The beginning of the vintage gear quest41:15 Traveling to Europe and Asia to buy gear47:45 Dan's plug for the Fretboard Journal50:00 Listener question about Rupert Neve and the importance of Neve consoles1:05:00 Listener question about upgrading a home recording setup from basic collection of mics and an interface1:15:00 More thoughts on the current vintage gear market and current gear makers1:24:30 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 [email protected]. The Truth About Recording & Mixing is a bi-weekly podcast produced by the Fretboard Journal magazine, loosely based on our Truth About Vintage Amps Q&A podcast. www.johnnysangster.com www.cracklepopstudio.com www.fretboardjournal.com Topics mentioned: Logic Pro, CAPI filtered XLR 500 series rack and units, API, Chander, Retro, Neve, Tree Audio, Hairball Audio Lola, Shadow Hills, Hairball Fet 500 compressor, Spectra1964, Spectra STX100, Spectra STX600, iZotope Software, Caddis Life readers, Sennheiser HD650 headphones, Genelec speakers, Soyez Microphones, Telefunken, Royer, STC 4038, People mentioned: Allen Sides, Rupert Neve, Peter Duncan, Don Larking, Malcolm Jackson, John Southard, Stax, Aretha Franklin, Al Jackson, Duck Dunn, Queen, John Cuniberti, Paul McCartney, Paul Scoles, Ironwood Studio, Conrad Uno, Egg Studio