The Relic Room is a boutique audio production facility with a uniquely adaptive and artistic identity. Located on the border between Manhattan’s Flatiron District & Chelsea neighborhoods, The Relic Room features classic hardwood floors, high ceilings, open neutral space, and plenty of natural light. Our beautiful 1500 square foot studio harkens back to the kind of space once common in New York City, and now quite rare to find. As well as maintaining one of the largest live rooms in Manhattan, The Relic Room offers some of the best tools available for analog and digital audio production, along with a highly knowledgeable staff. We aim to provide a haven of creativity and casual comfort in the midst of Manhattan’s busiest and most commercially productive area.

 

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Gear List

Amplifiers/Cabinets:

  • 1964 Fender Bassman 2x12 cab

  • 1965 Fender Bassman 2x15 Cab

  • 1965 Fender Deluxe Reverb

  • 1978 Fender Vibrochamp

  • 1977 Musicman HD212

  • Vox AC15

  • Ampeg SVT Classic

  • Vintage Traynor All Tube Bass Head

  • 2 60's ACETONE 4x10 Cabs

  • Ampeg 4x12 bass Cab

  • Eden 8x10 bass Cab

  • Polytone megabrute

  • Roland KC-550

  • Leslie 770

Keyboard/piano:

  • 1940's chickoring baby grand 5.5'

  • Wurlitzer 200a

  • Rhodes mark II 73 Key

  • Clavinet D6

  • Acetone organ

  • Farfisa organ

  • Hammond M3 organ

  • Roland VK8

  • Nord C1 Combo organ

  • Korg SV-1

Guitars:

  • Gibson double Cutaway Les Paul Special Reissue

  • Gibson SG Standard Reissue

  • Gibson Flying V 1958 Korina reissue

  • Epiphone Riviera Reissue (upgraded with early 60's Gibson Pickups)

  • 1960's Hofner Clubdate Guitar

  • 1966 Silvertone 1446 Chris Isaak model

  • Fender American Strat

  • Ibanez Custom Shop 2670 double neck

  • 1970 Yamaha FG-140

  • 1950's Gretsch Burl Ives Jr. Mahogany Small Body Acoustic

  • Eastwood Airline Map Bass

Drums/Snares/Cymbals:

  • Early 60's Slingerland 13", 16"

  • 1960's Ludwig Blue Sparkle 13", 16", 20"x14"

  • Ludwig Legacy Classic 13", 16", 24"x14"

  • 1960's Ludwig Concert Bass Drum 28"x14"

  • DW All Maple Kit 10", 14", 18"x16"

  • 1980's Yamaha recording custom 22"x16"

  • Ludwig Legacy Classic Snare

  • Vintage Ludwig keystone badge Supraphonic snare

  • Vintage Ludwig Olive badge Acrolite snare

  • Slingerland Radio King Snare

  • Vintage Fibes Snare

  • Vintage Rogers Luxor Snare

  • 20" istanbul green label Agop Crash Ride

  • 22" Zildjian Constantinople Medium/thin Ride

  • 22" Zildjian K Dark Ride (Rivets)

  • Early 1960's Zildjian 20" Medium/thin Avedis Crash Ride

  • 18" Zildjian Medium Ride

  • 18" Zildjian Constantinople Crash

  • 18" Zildjian K Dark Crash

  • 18" Zildjian A Thin Crash

  • Early 1960's Zildjian 16" Crash

  • Early 1960's Zildjian 14" thin Avedis Hihats

  • 14" Dream Bliss Hihats

  • 14" Zildjian K Dark Hihats

Ribbon Microphones:

  • Royer R-121 (Stereo Pair)

  • Cascade Lundahl Fathead II (Stereo Pair)

  • AEA R84

  • Beyerdynamic M500 with Stephen Sank "M560" RCA mod

  • Oktava ML-51

Dynamic Microphones:

  • 6 Shure 57

  • 3 Shure 58

  • 4 EV RE16

  • 2 Sennheiser 421

  • Beyerdynamic M88

  • AKG D112

  • Audix D6

  • Heil PR48

  • Shure beta 52

  • Vintage AKG D30 (rare multi-pattern version of the D12)

Condenser/Tube Microphones:

  • Neumann U67 (1965)

  • Neumann Km184 Stereo Pair

  • Vintage AKG C451 EB Stereo Pair

  • Shure Sm81 Stereo pair

  • Shure KSM44A

  • Violet Garnet Multi Pattern Tube Mic

  • Mojave MA-200

  • 6 WA-87's (Accurate U87 clones)

  • WA-14 Stereo pair (Accurate clones of the classic brass capsule 414)

Compressors/Limiters/EQ/FX:

  • Manley Vari-Mu

  • Compex F-760X-RS

  • Retro Instruments Sta-Level

  • 2 WA-76

  • WA-2A

  • 2 DBX 160xt

  • DBX 166

  • UA 6176

  • 2 EQP-WA

  • Maestro Echoplex

  • Roland RE-301 Space Echo

  • Stereo Plate Reverb

Consoles/Preamps:

  • 1970s Yamaha PM2000 32 Channel Recording Console ( The PM2000 Console was designed to be very close to the legendary API Consoles of it's day. Fully restored, and with a few key modifications, our humble and well loved Yamaha easily stands up to some of the very best sounding recording consoles ever built. )

  • Universal Audio 2-610

  • UA 6176

  • 1950's Ampex 601 Microphone Preamp and Di

  • 1960's Ampex MX10 Four Channel Mic/Line Mixer

  • RetroSpec Juicebox Di

Tape Machines:

  • 1969 3M M56 2" 16 Track Recorder ( Owned and used by Wally Heider at his Recording studio throughout the 1970's. This Tape machine is responsible for recording some of the best rock and roll of the that era including CCR, Neil Young, CSNY, T-Rex, The Grateful Dead, Santana and many more! This Machine has a unique design and imparts a sound and vibe like no other. )

  • Otari MX-7800 1" 8 Track Recorder

  • MCI JH110 1/4" Tape 2 Track

Converters/Plugins:

  • 2 New Apollo 16 Thunderbolt 2 (32 I/0)

  • UAD Galaxy Tape Echo

  • UAD Oxide Tape

  • UAD AKG BX-20

  • UAD RAW

  • UAD Manley Variable-Mu

  • UAD Neve 1073

  • UAD UA 610 A

  • UAD Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection

  • UAD Pultec Passive EQ Collection

  • UAD Ocean Way Studios

  • UAD Teletronix LA 2A Collection

  • UAD UA 1176 Limiter Collection

  • UAD Precision Enhancer Hz

  • UAD Little Labs IBP

  • UAD Helios 69

  • UAD EMT 140

  • FabFilter collection

  • Sound Toys Bundle

  • Waves Bundle

Studio Monitors:

  • Yamaha NS-10

  • Neuman KH-310A