Japam Recording and Rehearsal Studio

Japam Recording and Rehearsal Studio Japam was started in 2009 by Peter Wadsworth and Sam Wadsworth as an affordable place for musicians

Gear List:

Console:
Soundcraft Ghost 32 channel

Microphones/DIs:
Mojave Audio MA200
Mojave Audio MA100 (2x)
Rode NTK
Rode NT5 (2x)
Advanced Audio CM414
Advanced Audio CM54
Sterling Audio ST31 (2x)
Audio Technica Boundary Condenser (6x)
Karma Bullet (5x)
Electrovoice RE20
Electrovoice RE15
Audio Technica atm25
Audio Technica atm21
Sennheiser 421-u
Sennheiser 421-II (2x)
Shure SM7b (2x)
Shure SM57

(6x)
Shure SM58 (2x)
Various miscellaneous dynamics
ShinyBox ML (Lundahl transformer) (2x)
Beyerdynamic M500
Electro Harmonix EH-R1
Aguilar Tonehammer Bass DI/preamp
LR Baggs paracoustic DI
Radial stereo passive DI
Radial PRORMP passive reamp
Radial Xamp active reamp

Outboard:
Classic API VP25 (2x)
Classic API VP26 (2x)
Classic API VP28 (2x)
ART MPA stereo tube preamp
FMR audio RNP stereo preamp
API 2500 stereo buss compressor
Hairball Audio 1176 rev. A (blue stripe) compressor/limiter
FMR audio RNC stereo compressor (2x)
UREI 7110 compressor/limiter (2x)
Symetrix 501 compressor/limiter (2x)
ART VLA stereo tube compressor
Alesis 3630 compressor/limiter/gate
Presonus ACP88 8-channel compressor/limiter
Aphex 104 Aural Exciter
Aphex 109 Parametric EQ
Fostex 3180 stereo spring reverb

Converters:
Metric Halo ULN-8
Mytek 8x192 ADDA
Metric Halo ULN-2
Presonus Digimax FS

Monitoring:
Dynaudio Bm6a mkII
Mackie HR824
Avantone Mixcube

Software:
Logic 9
Pro Tools 9

Drums:
Pearl Masters Maple kit (20”, 16”, 14”, 12”)
Tama Granstar Birch kit (22”, 14”, 13”, 12”)
Ludwig Supraphonic (14x5.5)
Pearl Masters Maple snare (14x5)
Ddrum Maple snare (14x5)
Tama Rockstar snare (14x5)
Miscellaneous toms

Amplifiers:
Matamp GT40
Matamp Green GT120
Matamp Minimat
Fender Silverface Bassman 50
Fender Silverface Champ
Soldano Atomic 16
Sunn Stinger 60
Hovercraft Dwarvenaut 20 (3x)
Sovtek Mig 100h
Andry Amp custom 50 watt (Soldano-like preamp, Hiwatt-like power amp)
Andry Amp custom 30 watt (Soldano-like preamp, AC30-like power amp)
Vox AC30cc2
Matamp NEC (Hiwatt-esque 100 watt tube bass head)
Ampeg SVT-III
Ampeg V6-b
Peavey Centurion
Peavey Standard (2x)

Speaker Cabinets:
Mesa Recto Traditional 4x12 (Vintage 30)
Fender Tonemaster 4x12 (Vintage 30)
Fender Tonemaster 2x12 (Vintage 30)
Marshall JCM800 2x12 (GH12)
Peavey Custom 4x12 (Celestion 100)
Custom 1x12 (Celestion Hot 100)
Bell and Howell 1x12

Ampeg SVT 8x10
Amped SVT 4x10hlf
Peavey 2x15
Peavey 1x15


Pedals:
Keeley modded Rat
Xotic AC booster
Fulltone OCD
Fulltone Fulldrive 2
Akai Shredomatic
Hao Rust Booster
Keeley Katana Boost
Arion Bass Distortion
Zvex Box Of Metal
Zvex Super Hard On Clone
Zvex Super Duper 2-in-1 Clone
Interfax Harmonic Percolator Clone
Tychobrahe Octavia Clone
Klon Centaur Clone

Line 6 Verbzilla
Electro Harmonix Holier Grail

Strymon Timeline (2x)
Akai Headrush E2
Line 6 DL4
Boss RV3 (2x)
Boss PS3
Ibanez DE7 (2x)
Boss RPS10
TC Electronic Ditto x2
Digitech Jamman

Line 6 MM4
Boss OC3 octave
Boss PH2 phaser
Boss PH3 phaser
Dunlop Crybaby wah
Digitech Whammy IV

Sam also builds custom pedals, so there's always a few interesting oddities around. Instruments:
Fender American Standard Telecaster
Fender Lead II
Ibanez Musician (2x)
Ibanez Artist (2x)
Vista Telecaster
Vista Stratocaster
Xaviere Jazzmaster
Reverend Rocco
Reverend Jetstream HB
Epiphone Joe Pass Semi-hollow

Fender Blacktop Baritone Telecaster
Reverend Descent Baritone

Takamine EG523sc jumbo acoustic guitar
Alvarez Dreadnought (vintage)

Fender American Standard Jazz Bass
Fender Japan Jazz bass
Fender Mexican Standard P bass
Ibanez Roadstar (P bass style)

Fender Rhodes 73 Mark I
Hohner Pianet
Emerson Upright Piano

Photo by Aaron Kreiswirth
11/08/2016

Photo by Aaron Kreiswirth

Can't believe I forgot to post this till now! I'm so happy to have engineered the bass guitar tracks on two of the tunes...
09/22/2016

Can't believe I forgot to post this till now! I'm so happy to have engineered the bass guitar tracks on two of the tunes from this Red Hare EP. Unbelievably honored to have Japam in the liner notes of a Dischord Records release.

3 track album

True friend of the studio - Harlan doing some much needed repair work on our Rhodes. Fully tined, tuned, and tweaked! So...
07/04/2016

True friend of the studio - Harlan doing some much needed repair work on our Rhodes. Fully tined, tuned, and tweaked! Sounds better than ever!

Check out this tune from Second Letter. We had the pleasure of recording Jim Kimball playing bass on this one! More to c...
04/17/2016

Check out this tune from Second Letter. We had the pleasure of recording Jim Kimball playing bass on this one! More to come!

Lowatt is an independent record label based in Portland, Oregon with strong ties to El Paso, Texas. It is the imprint of choice for Art of Ballistics, Midway In Wake, Belknap, Behold The Profit, Rats On Radar, and more!

03/03/2016

Oh man! Throwback to when Katie Mullins recorded and mixed a full length here! Some fun shots of our space in a previous iteration. Even a couple frames of Sam's back in the control room! All set to the lovely song Boats and Bouys. Thanks for making music here, Katie!

Haven't posted in a while, but we're still here making noise. Some great projects have come through in 2015, and there a...
12/18/2015

Haven't posted in a while, but we're still here making noise. Some great projects have come through in 2015, and there are some more coming before the year is out! Will post some more pics, audio clips, and info as I find the time.

-Sam

Some of you might know that we also provide PA's and live sound for large and small events. Here's Nathan Xander (far le...
07/08/2015

Some of you might know that we also provide PA's and live sound for large and small events. Here's Nathan Xander (far left) ready to perform at Industry City Distillery's fourth 4th of July celebration.

A nice shot of the rest of the room while tracking keys last week. Photo by Mia Min Yen.
06/28/2015

A nice shot of the rest of the room while tracking keys last week. Photo by Mia Min Yen.

Believe it or not, this amp setup was not for a doom metal session. Keys and bass tracking for the new Rachel Brotman re...
06/27/2015

Believe it or not, this amp setup was not for a doom metal session. Keys and bass tracking for the new Rachel Brotman record!

Just finished up drum tracking for the new Rachel Brotman LP! Looking forward to absurd amounts of keys in the coming we...
06/22/2015

Just finished up drum tracking for the new Rachel Brotman LP! Looking forward to absurd amounts of keys in the coming week.

06/05/2015

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This Saturday, during Bushwick Open Studios, we are doing a show on the rooftop of the studio. It's going to be awesome. A lot of great friends are playing and putting this on, so come on out!

05/27/2015

A rare look at Sam in his native habitat! Tracking demos for his band Geometers.

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225 Starr St
Brooklyn, NY
11237

Telephone

(772) 696-5024

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