Friday, May 26, 2006

New! Lee Jackson M-1000 / Blues59 Amp Footswitch

M-1000 Foot switch by Lee Jackson


Here it is the original (Because we never made a Foot Switch for them in the 80's) Custom M-1000 Foot switch.
Made with the best components available, including :
Cool Metal Footswitches
Heavy duty Aluminum Box
20 ft industrial grade cord with Metal Color Coded ends.

Now be able to control all the power of the M-1000.
The Amp Foot Switch Pedal works with all Lee Jackson M-1000 and Blues59 Heads It can be used to Control: Master I, Clean and Stage II

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Lee Jackson Mastering Lab get first AWS900+ in America

La Compressor by Lee Jackson


FIRST SOLID STATE LOGIC AWS 900+ ANALOGUE WORKSTATION SYSTEM GOES TO MUSICIAN/COLLECTOR BOB JABOUR and LEE JACKSON
GC Pro’s Austin, TX Location Handles First AWS 900+ Sale

AUSTIN, TX—Musician Bob Jabour, owner of one of the country’s most extensive collections of vintage instruments, amplifiers and recording equipment, has taken delivery of the first Solid State Logic AWS 900+ Analogue Workstation System. The AWS 900+, featuring new control protocols for a wide range of digital audio workstations including Nuendo™, Sonar™, Digital Performer™ and Logic™, will serve Jabour’s combination recording studio/museum of vintage gear.

Lee Jackson, integrator for Jabour’s studio, reports that the AWS 900+ was put to work upon its arrival from Austin’s Guitar Center and its professional division, GC Pro. “We immediately set up the console and started cutting,” says Jackson, founder of the Metaltronix, Perfect Connection and Lee Jackson Amplification companies. “Mark Andes, the bass player from Heart and Spirit, came in to lay tracks on a project. We used the instrument input and it just sounded amazing.”

The AWS 900+ is housed at Lee Jackson Mastering Labs in Austin while Jabour finalizes plans for his studio/museum. “The AWS 900+ is absolutely transparent, it’s beautiful,” says Jackson. “Being able to touch back and forth between the DAW and analog is absolutely great. It’s the same to go from record to play back—just effortless. With many consoles there’s a lot of patching, whereas with the AWS 900+, all the patching is pretty much preset for you. Plus, you can set up all kinds of templates, which is really great.”

An analog console, says Jackson, is indispensable to DAW-based production, be it Pro Tools or Digital Performer, which he also uses. “We wanted to get away from just having a bigger controller and controlling more of the inside of the computer,” he explains. “Mixing internally, it’s cluttered and there’s no definition. We had already been tracking, so we could pull up large mixes on the AWS 900+ immediately, and everybody in the room said ‘Wow!’ We hadn’t even started mixing—everything was flat, just coming through the board—and it sounded much better. It’s definitely a wonderful unit.”

Jabour seconds that statement: “Lee is interested in the interface between analog and digital,” he explains. “He raved about SSL because of the success it has had in this area with the AWS 900. As a vintage and analog guy, being able to capture the warmth of analog and work in a digital medium is critical. That’s what led us to SSL. I really trust Lee’s judgment, and he put me right onto the best equipment.”

"I'm pleased that Bob Jabour is the first to purchase the newly released SSL AWS 900+ console,” adds Rick Plushner, director of sales, Guitar Center Professional Division. “All of us at GC Pro look forward to the opening of his new facility and listening to the music recorded and mixed on this amazing product."

The AWS 900+ is the only console that provides the dual benefits of a fully featured SuperAnalogue™ signal path coupled with a comprehensive DAW controller. Key features include SSL’s legendary SuperAnalogue™ mic pre’s and signal processing; full monitoring up to 5.1-channel surround sound; direct control of DAW recording, editing and mixing functions; and flexible signal routing.

Additional features include greater bandwidth than 192kHz recorders; twin curve SSL E and G Series 4-band parametric equalization; assignable SSL dynamics section with gate, expander and compressor/limiter; G Series Stereo main mix buss compressor; flexible processing order; balanced circuitry throughout; oxygen-free cable throughout; and metering on all channels and main outputs.

Monday, May 01, 2006

The DreamWeaver ANALITAL Delay Pedal is Ready!

KataDistortion by Lee Jackson

I have always wanted an Analog delay, I also wanted it to be quiet and not noisy like most of them are....so I built it. The Fat Sound of Analog, with the Clean Sound of Digital, The Best thing I say about it is it is fun to play, easy to set a Great Sound, plus with the mix control you can dial it the exact amount of delay effect. This DreamWeaver pedal combines old technology with new! The DreamWeaver Delay is wide ranging, getting everything from thick vintage Analog style sounds to very transparent Digital style sounds, without the sterility of the other Digital Delays. And there's tons of headroom so that their isn't any input overload distortion if you use heavy strings. And with the half time switch, you can go from a short to long delay time with a push of a switch. The Effect Bypass switch is "True Bypass" which allows the signal to pass through the pedal untouched when turned off.