This is the year ( 2006 ) for Becki Sue & Her BRD’s, They are up for many awards from the Washington Blues Society and at this time ( Jan to Sept. 2006 ) recording with us.

The foundation of these recording are in many ways is back to the basics of how great music is made. First we start with a very talented band, bass, drums & guitar in the live room, Sax / Harmonica in ISO booth one and Becki singing scratch vocals in the engineering room.

Drums: 8 mic setup, Sennheizers 421’s, Telefunken M16 Tube, Neumann U87 room and some others. Ran him through 4-Focusrite 428, 2- custom NEVE channel strips and a Manley SLAM.

Bass: Stand up five string, we set up two tracks, track one Cole ribbon ( 4038 ) mic at the base of the body and baffled the back of the mic to cut out room noise from the drums. track two was a direct signal from a sansamp bass DI running through a Avalon 737 sp.

Harp & Sax: To get that great blues old school sound simple Ribbon mic in the middle of the live room on the hard wood floors. Just maybe run him through the RCA BA-6A compressor.

Guitar: We used several amps & several mics, Amps used Victoria 2×10 - 1×15? Victoria 35115, modeled after the tweed Fender Pro - Vintage Epiphone. Mics- Vintage C12A, Cole Ribbon - Neumann M249 ( room mic ) running through Pultec EQ, RCA BA6A , NEVE channel strip and some other nice vintage toys to capture that live room sound.

Vocals: Another simple great sound RCA 77DX ribbon mics, BLUE Bottle with the B3 head and the large room. you can also catch a cool photo of us in action in the April edition of Wash. Blues Society “ Bluesletter ” Vol. 18, Number 4 ( front cover photo )

We’re excited to release this new portal into the place and the people of Fastback Studios in Seattle, WA. Now you can check in and see what’s happening in the studio as well as keep up-to-date on special deals and openings for future recordings.