gear list

Acoustic Guitars

Available Upon Request

Esteve 8 Classical Guitar

Grammer 12-String 

Guild Acoustic D55 Guitar

Ibanez Masa Commemorative Acoustic Guitar

1950 Martin Parlour

1968 Martin D-18

Martin D-48

Martin DM Acoustic Dreadnought

National Reso Rocket Acoustic Resonator

Sojing Nylon Guitar

Yamaha Acoustic Nashville

Yamaha Guitalele GL1

BAss

Brawley Electric Bass

Fender Precision Bass

Johnson Acoustic Bass

drums

Roland TD-30 Electronic V Drums

Slingerland Custom 1960s era kit w/ variety of cymbals

keyboards

Baldwin Spinet Piano

Hammond A100 with Leslie 145

Hammond B3 with Leslie 122

Hohner Clavinet E7

Mellotron

Rhodes MkII Stage Piano

Roland RD-700GX

Steinway Baby Grand Model M3 1936

Wurlitzer 200

Synthesizers

Behringer Model D

Dave Smith Instruments OB6

Dave Smith Instruments Prophet ’08

Elektron Digitakt

Korg MS-20

Moog DFAM

Moog One

Moog Voyager Rackmount

Roger Linn Design Linnstrument 128

mandolin

1905 “The Gibson” Mandolin

Eastman 804 Mandolin

banjo

Goldtone Banjitar

Goldtone BG-750-E

auxillary

GFI Expo II Pedal Steel Guitar

Kala Concert Ukulele KA-K8E-C

Oud

amplifiers

Ampersand 100 Watt Custom with 4×10 Custom Cabinet

Ampersand “Blues Junior” Clone

Brown Note Blue Monkey Amplifier Head (Dumble Clone)

Fairbanks MKII 1×12 Amplifier

Fender Bassman 50 Amp Head

1968 Fender Champ

Gallien Krueger 400 RB Bass Amp Head

Hartke 6×10 Bass Cabinet

Kemper Profiling Amp Large

Leslie 145 Modified with Bill Axman Guitar Preamp

Mesa Boogie Studio 22 1×12 Combo

Mootronics 1×15 Custom Bassman Combo Clone

guitar pedals

too many to list, please inquire via email!

console

SSL AWS 900+ Delta (24 Channel Analog Mixing Board with Digital Control)

monitors

Dynaudio BM6a,

Dynaudio BM9S Subwoofer,

Electro Voice ZLX-12P PA Speakers,

Focal Twin 6be, Y

Yamaha NS10/Bryston Amp

ad/da

Apogee Rosetta 800 (8 in),

Burl Mothership (8 in – 24 out)

soFtware

Logic Pro X Version 10.2.2,

Pro Tools HD Version 2018.3.0,

Waves Mercury Bundle Plugins,

Waves Tune Real-Time

micROphones

AKG C12 Vintage Condenser,

AKG 414 (Stereo Pair),

Manley Reference Cardioid Condenser,

Mojave MA-101 FET (Stereo Pair),

Royer R-121 (Stereo Pair),

Sennheiser MD-421 (x2),

Shure SM57 (x4),

Shure SM81 (Stereo Pair),

SuperLux CM-H8G

mic pres

API 512C (x2)

Chandler TG-2 

Helios Mic Pre/Eq Type 69 (x2)

Neve 33130 (x5)

SSL AWS 900+ Console Mic Pres (24)

Universal Audio 6176 Preamp/Compressor

dynamics eq

DBX 560A Compressor (x2)

EL-8 Distressor (x2)

Gates Level Devil Broadcast Compressor

Inward Connections “Brute” Limiter (x2)

Manley ELOP Leveling Amplifier

Manley VariMU Limiter/Comp

Millenia NSEQ-2 

signal processors

Bricasti M7 Stereo Reverb

Demeter Spring Reverb

Electrix Filter Factory 

Eventide Timefactor Stereo Delay

Yamaha SPX90

electric guitars

Available Upon Request

Eastman John Pisano Archtop

Fender ’63 Telecaster Reissue

Fender ’74 Stratocaster

1968 Gibson ES 175 Archtop

Gibson ES 335

1977 Gibson Les Paul “Artisan”

Gibson Les Paul Special

Girl Brand “HomeGirl” – Chris Larsen Custom Telecaster

1968 Gretsch Country Gentleman

Gretsch Electromatic Baritone Guitar

Ibanez S Iron Label Series SIX20DBG

PRS HB-II Electric Hollowbody

Rickenbacker 360/12 12 String Guitar

Ruokangas Mojo Grande

Ruokangas VSOP

Silvertone Guitar Bigsby 1429 “Chris Isaak Model”

Steinberger GM4T “Trans-Trem” Guitar

Takamine GX-200

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Chris Golden

Bass & Guitar Player

Chris Golden was raised in Eugene OR where he began playing bass at age 10. He later attended Berklee College of Music in Boston MA where he studied Jazz Composition and received a Bachelors Degree in Performance on electric and upright bass.

Chris now lives in the Los Angeles area where he has recorded and performed with many notable artists including Rod Stewart, Carly Simon, Mick Fleetwood, Black Eyed Peas, Xzibit, Kenny G, Dave Koz, Michael Lington, Miki Howard, Andrae Crouch, Art Garfunkel, Engelbert Humperdinck, Greg Manning, Tommy Coster and Brian Auger. Additionally, Chris continues to compose, produce, perform and record for many independent music and film projects as well as for T.V. and radio.  He currently leads his own acoustic and electric jazz quartets.

dave cowen

Drums, Percussion, Vocal Production

David Cowan a.k.a. “The Young Professor” is a Los Angeles-based musician who is available for recording sessions, and live performances.

He has performed with  great musicians and performers including Brian McKnight, Howard Hewitt, Clark Terry, The Boston Pops, Lalah Hathaway, Frank McComb, Shirley Caesar, Ali Woodson, Daryl Coley, Jennifer Holiday, Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr., The Fifth Dimension, Tom Coster, Abraham Laboriel Sr. Walter Beasley, Andre Ward, Errica Campbell (from gospel duo Mary Mary) and many more. Currently, David is promoting the latest release from his LA based Afro-Latin funk/Rock band One Tribe Nation!

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kevin globerman

Production, Drums, Mixing Engineer

Kevin Globerman is a Film Score Recordist/Editor and Music Producer born in Los Angeles, CA August 6th, 1970.  At a young age, Kevin developed a love for music and an interest in audio recording technology, often recording bands he’d played with throughout his teens.  After earning an Associative Of Arts degree from Cerritos College and a Bachelors Of Arts Degree at the prestigious Berklee College Of Music in Boston, Massachusetts he returned to Los Angeles where he began his career, working in the music industry.  Starting out as an intern at Hans Zimmer’s private studio in Santa Monica, CA Kevin quickly moved up the ranks to become staff engineer and Pro Tools operator.  In 2002 Kevin left Zimmer’s studio to begin working as a freelance Pro Tools operator, specializing in Flim Scoring work where he has amassed an impressive list of credits on some of the biggest blockbuster hits of the last two decades.  His musicality, attention to detail, strong work ethic, enthusiasm  and professionalism make him a valuable asset to any collaboration.

ryan johnson

Recording & Mixing Engineer, Synths, Producer

Ryan Johnson is the Principal Engineer at ARK Studio. While studying Media Composition at Cal State University Northridge, he had the unique opportunity to work for James Horner and the music department on the films “All the King’s Men” and “Avatar.” This experience led him to continue his work as a programmer/mixer/engineer for composer Steve Porcaro (Toto) on the television show, “Justified,” which was nominated for 8 Emmy Awards and won the Peabody Award in 2010.

During his time working there, he also toured with the Grammy winning band Toto internationally for three years as synth programmer/keyboard technician for David Paich and Steve Porcaro.