Big Dan Studios UK

Big Dan Studios is based in Stoke on Trent in the UK

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Review of GR-55 from Roland Corp.

6th April 2011

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A review of the GR-55 Guitar Synth. Does this thing REALLY stack up where it matters - on the fretboard? or is it just another revamp of the GR-20? Check it out HERE its online right now.

Also the YJM100 new amp head from Marshall amps here in the UK... a no holds barred review from Tony Mckenzie. Input also by Santiago Alvarez from Marshall Amplification.

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Kemper Profiling Amp Review

1st January 2012
Updated 28th January 2012

I recently bought a Kemper Profiling Amplifier and have reviewed this unit inside and out on tonymckenzie.com - and right from the start this amp sounds good.

check out the review and do yourself a favour - the Kemper Profiling Amp really is something to behold and promises users a new era in guitar amps. But just how good is this amp? Find out on tonymckenzie.com right now.

Check out this review online now .. trust us to look at a revolutionary product in a way that others simply do not.

I updated the review at the end to show how I used the Kemper with an amp and 4 x 12 Marshall cab and include other new info on this great product.

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Divided by 13 FTR37

January 2nd 2012

demo I recently completed with Dan Kelly a review of the Divided by 13 FTR37 top end tube power amp and it's matched speaker cab. Check that review out Divided by 13.

Later we took the Divided by 13 amp and profiled it with a Kemper Profiling Amp - check the video out

I also reviewed recently some old favourite pickups and show a demo of David White pickups for the Stratocaster. David passed away some time ago but he left a fantastic legacy if you can find any... Click here for David White Pickups

Big Dan Recording Studios

Big Dan Studios in the UK

Big Dan Studios was developed in around 1997 because of a need to record music at a cost effective price with good results. The recording industry for bands was getting harder - mainly because the affordable studios stopped taking bands. Like everything else in life there is always an answer. The answer for Tony was to build a studio where technology played a big role without scary costs.

So Big Dan Studios was born. In those early years the studio used a Yamaha Analogue desk on to a Fostex hard Disk recorder. What might indeed sound not so good today as far as technology is concerned in those days that was the business. Later the Studio updated to a Mackie HD recorder and an o2R Digital desk which was really the highest level of equipment that could be bought from the funds available.

But like many things even that became outdated, so Tony once again did some updating to an O2R96 Digital desk, Eventide Outboard and a host of other outboard stuff. Visit Bigdan Records - Tony's Record Company from the link below.

Tony has actually been recording since the mid 70's and at that time he used reel to reel tape recorders and other stuff - how it's moved on. Today Big Dan Studios can record and produce at 96 KHz (better than you can hear!) and master a CD right there and then.
The studio has developed continuously and has recorded some great artists, some of which have recorded some awesome music. The artists have ranged from regular bands, solo male and female artists, jazz bands, choirs, and even a real bona fide opera singer who had travelled the world singing and was a real 'name' in his area of music.

The basic idea of the studio is to offer musicians recording time at a low cost without affecting the quality of the recording. That has been proved to be a success over time with different artists returning again and again. If you want to get some decent recording done at an almost 'at cost' basis then call Big Dan Studios.

The last album 'Berner Street' from Mckenzie - Bruce is an album where you could win $10,000 (or £5000.00) by solving the puzzle from the music. That album, and Tony McKenzie's previous work 'Eniac' were both recorded at Big Dan Studios so if it's up to Tony's standard the quality is likely to be up to yours... who knows... maybe you prefer a portastudio?

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