If you weren’t aware, San Diego has its very own authentic vintage surf rock band playing all of the classic instrumental ’60s hits you know and love, and an excessive amount of the ones you’ve never even heard of. I have never met guys more authoritative on this subject than Dave, Tony, and Didier. We cut these tracks at Rarefied Recording for your listening pleasure. Presenting… Alvino & the Dwells.
They have been playing semi-regularly at Bar Pink in North Park for their Tiki Tuesday series, and we’re expecting to see them there again before too long. For those not in the know, Tuesdays are the best nights to go out in North Park in no small part because of the great live music.
Dave Fleminger – Lead Guitar (check out the multiple guitars and multiple reverb tanks)
Tony Suarez – (Baritone-ish) Guitar (even more reverb tanks)
Didier Suarez – Drums
Engineered by David Feldman, Roy Silverstein & Joel DeWitt at Rarefied Recording
Signal Flow
Kick -> Beyerdynamic m380 -> Chameleon Labs 7602+ Elysia Nvelope 500 + Neve 33609J/D + Overstayer Saturator NT-02A
Snare -> Josephson e22s -> API The Channel Strip (with compression) + Neve 33609J/D + Overstayer Saturator NT-02A
Rack Tom -> Beyerdynamic m160 -> Great River MP2-NV + Neve 33609J/D
Floor Tom -> Sennheiser MD421 -> Great River MP2-NV + Neve 33609J/D
Drum Overhead -> Beyerdynamic m160 -> Mercury m72s + Empirical Labs Distressor EL-8 + Neve 33609J/D
Lead Guitar -> RCA BK-5B -> Chandler TG-2 500 + Orban 424A
Lead Guitar -> Royer R-121 -> Shadow Hills Mono Gama + Orban 424A
Baritone Guitar -> AKG C 414 EB -> Helios Type 69 500 + AnaMod AM660
Baritone Guitar -> AKG D12E -> Helios Type 69 500 + AnaMod AM660
Room -> Altec Birdcage -> Chandler Germanium + Skibbe Electronics “Red Stripe” 5-9C
Vocal Announcements -> half broken Shure SM-57 -> John Hardy M-1
All tracks run through the Toft ATB32 mixing board.
2-Channel mix -> Burl B2 Bomber ADC -> Pro Tools
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