Great little studio for sale...

Bob Womack · #1 07-30-2018, 05:05 PM

I toured this complex while they were rebuilding the Neve VR console a couple of months before they opened. It's a very nice space properly designed by Walters-Storyk. There is a full-sized master studio suite on the first floor that would be perfect for your acoustic guitar. The second floor contains an overdub suite, a smaller ProTools room, three bedrooms, and a commercial kitchen/dining area. A funny story: When I got there the front panel of the console was as-received. The lettering on the front was worn off, the switch caps were yellowed and nicotine stained, the knobs were worn and some were missing. My friend, a Neve U.S. VP wh worked in Manhattan, took a look and said, "That console is in what we in the biz call 'New York Virgin' condition." I snorted about that for days.

Timbaland spent as much money reconditioning the console as he had buying the it. By the time they were finished, they'd re-screened all the graphics on the front plate. They recapped the entire console, replaced pots, replaced all yellowed switch caps, and done updates. It was functionally and cosmetically as good as new when they were done.

The real estate offering, including comprehensive photos, is HERE. Alas, the $695,000 real estate cost doesn't include the gear. For a total of $900,000 you walk away with a functioning studio and gear. They are taking a bath on the gear. At retail the gear was acquired for $900,000 by itself. I notice no listing of the mic closet in this offering. Beware.

It's an easy way to avoid all the construction needed to make a decent home studio...

Bob

muscmp · #2 07-30-2018, 05:10 PM

well, that is truly sad that they put so much into it and then have to give up.

play music!

Tahitijack · #3 07-30-2018, 05:20 PM

Sadly this is further evidence that home recording is advancing bringing change to the old concept of a recording studio, no matter how beautiful and we'll equipped. Anything involving real estate is being impacted.

DupleMeter · #4 07-30-2018, 06:51 PM

if it were in NYC you'd have to add another zero to the price...so, some might see that as a steal.

Unfortunately commercial studios are hard to make profitable. There just isn't the budget for that kind of space for most projects...even "big" projects are being done on smaller budgets. It's good for guys like me that have invested in a great setup at home...but it's been hard on the big studios.

Mbroady · #5 07-30-2018, 07:00 PM

I have a couple of gigs next week. Perhaps I will make enough to buy it

Howard Emerson · #6 07-31-2018, 05:36 AM

That much electronice gear, so close to the ocean on the east coast of the US??

I'd like to see the flood insurance policy.

Ugly on the outside, but beautifully done interior space.

HE

Johnny K · #7 07-31-2018, 06:31 AM

Nice beach house. And only a 3-4 hr drive from my place.

MikeBmusic · #8 07-31-2018, 07:29 AM

Some thought should have been put into location (location location location) when they built it - industrial area, next to what looks like a junk/recycling place, backing onto a river that could flood...

Bob Womack · #9 07-31-2018, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Howard Emerson

That much electronice gear, so close to the ocean on the east coast of the US??
I'd like to see the flood insurance policy.
Ugly on the outside, but beautifully done interior space.
HE

The place is probably twelve miles from the ocean front and in a reasonably low-risk flood area as well. The building exterior looked better before they turned it gray.

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Originally Posted by MikeBmusic

Some thought should have been put into location (location location location) when they built it - industrial area, next to what looks like a junk/recycling place, backing onto a river that could flood...

It's on a short commercial cul-de-sac holding about four businesses and otherwise surrounded by homes, restaurants, and a grocery store. Last I checked, the building to the right of this one is actually another recording studio built by a friend of mine and bought out by another Hollywood type to be his private room. Interestingly, Teddy Reilly also built a studio and recording truck in the area. It is gone now.

Bob

Johnny K · #10 07-31-2018, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeBmusic

Some thought should have been put into location (location location location) when they built it - industrial area, next to what looks like a junk/recycling place, backing onto a river that could flood...

You should see the PRS factory. You'd never know what it was unless someone told you.

MikeBmusic · #11 08-01-2018, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Johnny K

You should see the PRS factory. You'd never know what it was unless someone told you.

A factory is different than a studio where (presumably) they want people to come in and rent it for a few (or more) days and stay there (hence the bedrooms, etc).

Bob Womack · #12 08-01-2018, 08:13 AM

This little place is something between a hide-a-way (away from the press and public) and a destination studio. I knew another one like that, perched on top of a mountain in Georgia.

Bob

Johnny K · #13 08-01-2018, 10:41 AM

I recently watched the Sound City documentary. If that place is anything to go by, I doesn't matter where it's located. That place looks like a dump and they still managed to record some of the most iconic music there anyway.

Bob Womack · #14 03-21-2019, 12:39 PM

Sorry folks, it sold to a local.

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Bob

Brent Hahn · #15 03-21-2019, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob Womack

Sorry folks, it sold to a local.

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Bob

Look fast before they fix the new owner's name is the subhead.

And I always giggle a bit when they call a place a "destination" studio. As in, "Wherever you are, you're not here."