Big Mazel is a full service studio offering recording, production, and mixing services. It features a 20’x20’ main room as well as an isolation booth, perfectly suited for live band recording or solo sessions. The studio is operated by D.A. Stern in the heart of Echo Park—steps from Sunset and Dodger Stadium.
Below you can browse photos as well as a gear list.
Contact: info@dasternmusic.com
Microphones
AEA N22
AEA R88
AKG C414 B-ULS (2)
AKG C1000 (2 Modded)
Apex 460B (C12 Mod)
Audio-Technica 4050ST
Audix i5
Beyerdynamic M 88 TG
Coles 4038 (2)
Neumann TLM 102
Peluso R 14
Sanken CU-41 (2)
Shure Beta 52A
Shure SM57 (3)
Shure SM7B
Shure SM81 (2)
Yamaha NS10 Sub Mic
Recording
API 512C (10)
API 550A EQ (2)
API 560 EQ (2)
BAE G10 EQ (2)
DBX 160x (2)
Empirical Labs Distressor (2)
Great River Harrison 32 EQ (4)
JHS Colour Box V2 (2)
Moog Ladder Filter (2)
Overstayer M-A-S
Roland 501 Chorus Echo
Stam 1073 Channel Strip (2)
Symetrix 501 (2)
Tons of plugins: UAD, Waves, Soundtoys, etc.
Pro Tools 12
UAD Apollo Interface
Tascam Porta 02 MKII Cassette Recorder
Adam A7X Monitors
Hear Back Headphone Mixer
Instruments
Fender Rhodes MK I 73
Wurlitzer 200A
Clavinet D6
Hammond B200 (w Leslie speaker)
Mellotron M4000D (w Optigan expansion)
Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 6
Teenage Engineering OP-1
Yamaha PS-55
Roland Drumatix 606 Drum Machine
Musser Vibraphone
Bontempi Chord Organ
Novation UltraNova (y’know, if ya need to vocode)
Nord Electro 6D
Yamaha Disklavier Piano (Takes MIDI!)
Suzuki QChord
Various guitars: Fender, Rickenbacker, Gretsch, 12 strings, baritones, minis, classical, etc.
Ludwig 60s Blue Sparkle Kit (20” & 22” Kicks, 13”, 14”, 16” toms)
Various snares: Ludwig, DW, Tama, Porke Pie
Lots of cymbals
Various percussion
Amps: Fender Deluxe Reverb, Roland JC55, ZT Lunchbox (the old one), Bogner Alchemist w cab
Lots and lots of pedals and other toys
Photos by Graham Ohmer