My good friend Matt is the best around for all your guitar setup and luthier needs. Can’t wait to use this on some records this year! #Repost @zereyno ・・・ My pal @lewjohns bought this 1979 Peavey T-40 for a very good price a few months ago - it needed a bit of work; firstly a refret, then the fingerboard stained and refinished to match the colour of the existing finish - the old finish was extremely ‘chippy’ and couldn’t be saved, sadly. Then a good ol’ fashioned dollop of TLC. I’m pleased to get this back to him ready to start its new life making seductive bass tones on your (and the rock press’) favourite heavy records!
Nice to have old friends back in the studio today. @dan.northwelding and @sonewyetfading and myself have played in various bands together and recorded at @ranchproductions over the last 10 years or so. Today Dan wrote and recorded 3 drum tracks, and was done all by 3pm after not drumming for 2 years! All in a days work for this bloody machine!
Having a great time working with @damncargo and forgot how rad this Fender Bassman is 😍
Day 4 @renouncedhc 📷 @danielwaverleygray
First session of the new year and @renouncedhc are in recording LP3. Using my new @gretschdrums Bell Brass and there’s plenty of room so I squeezed a 57 and 414 in front of it. Sounds righteous (and very very loud!)
Hello friends! The studio is looking very very busy already for 2019 and I’m booking from around late March/April onwards for bigger sessions. I can however squeeze in some mixing or smaller production projects beforehand. For enquires email info@lewisjohns.co.uk 🤘🤘🤘 Selected photos by @craigtaylorbroad
Hope everyone had a great xmas. Here’s 3 excellent dog friends enjoying some time off 📷 @kbizzzles
Hello friends. I've had a bit of a reflective day today and thought, holy shieet I have worked with some bloody fantastic artists this year, so I decided to make a playlist with 10 of my favourite songs I got to work on that were released in 2018 (link in bio). Endless thank you's to everyone that has trusted me to record, mix or produce your records and heres to more creativity in 2019!
Love this little Frankenstein setup sometimes and this particular little number has made it onto a few records this year. Tightness from the @yamahadrumsofficial beech custom kick mixed with the BOOM from the @qdrumco copper toms 🔥
#Repost @craigtaylorbroad with @get_repost ・・・ Behind-the-scenes with @lewjohns at @ranchproductions for @wnltl album recording Www.craigtaylorbroad.com #wnltl #theranchproductionhouse #behindthescenes #documentaryphotography #documentary #recording #photography #musicphotography #like #likeme #follow #followme #blackandwhite #musicislife #canon
Taken just after one of my hilarious jokes no doubt. Having a great time with @tbtvband Only three days in and we’ve tracked drums for 10 songs, edited them and tracked bass 😱
New pre, new me? Taking these Neve 4081 pre-amps for a spin on @tbtvband drum tracks. Sounding very nice so far!
Spent some time working from home today. Love my little bedroom setup 😎
Congrats @employedtoserve for signing to Spinefarm 🙌 I was lucky enough to produce the new record and it’s absolutely fantastic #Repost @employedtoserve with @get_repost ・・・ It is with great excitement that we announce we have signed to Spinefarm Records/Universal Music Group. Thank you for everyone’s continued support, we can’t wait to show you what we’ve been working on. News on our forthcoming album will be released in the new year, watch this space. Photo by: @andyforduk
I recently mixed the debut album for my friends Chiefland that was expertly engineered by @klanggeiststudio in Germany. You can watch the video for their new single Northbound now 🤙 #Repost @wearechiefland with @get_repost ・・・ Our new single "Northbound" is out now 🖤 Watch the video and learn more about the #beachcleanup we did via the link in our bio. You can now stream the track everywhere! Recording & engineering: @klanggeiststudio Mixing & mastering: @lewjohns Artwork: @phillipbolduan #chiefland #band #wearechiefland #singlerelease #northbound #seashepherd #unclem #melodichardcore #emotionalhardcore #alternative #beachcleanup #bcu #fightplastic #morethanmusic
Olive is 4 today! Happy birthday to the best dog ever! 🎉 #birthdaydog #studiodog #suspiciouslookingdogbone
@coldbonesuk bass setup and we are running two different amps simultaneously; An Ampeg Portaflex through an 8x10 and Traynor TS50B through a guitar cab. The Ampeg is super clean and doing most of the bottom and twangy top end. The Traynor is being driven by a @jhspedals sweet tea and is doing all the grungy mid range distortion. Blended together sounds sick!
This month I’m working on a new record with the amazing @coldbonesuk and we’ve been using our lovely @qdrumco copper kit for all the drum tracking so far. If you’ve not heard these kits you need to check them out ASAP!