Interview

Tom Peters

Trapdoor Studios

Tom Peters has moved in to his new recording studio up in Liverpool and we took a tour around and had a demonstration of Tom's guitar / pedal setup for recording.

In this video you get to see Trap Door Studios with a short tour before moving on to the guitar recording section showing the great selection of pedals with Tom plugging in and showing how each sounds!

The full, un-edited studio tour, with lot's of background about the reason the studio came in to being, is in the second section (about 10 mins in) - we know that some people want a brief studio tour but some want *all* of the information so please let us know what you think! A very big thanks to Russ Cottier for his tour - check out the link at the end of the video to his channel and thank you to Tom for giving up the time to show us around - a lovely studio and well worth dropping by to visit :-)

Tom's photo gallery is here

Tom's website link is: tompetersproduction.com

Previous video with Tom Peters is here

Studio Equipment

OUTBOARD/PRES

Universal Audio 4710d
Rupert Neve Designs 5024
Solid State Logic Alpha VHD-Pre
Focusrite Octopre Dynamic
Focusrite Platinum Voicemaster
6x Universal Audio Unison Pres

MICROPHONES

1x AEA R88 Stereo Ribbon
2x SE R1 Ribbon
1x SE RT1 Tube Ribbon
1x Oldbox M4 Ribbon
1x JZ V67 Large Diaphragm Condenser
1x SE Gemini III Multi-Pattern Tube Condenser
3x SE1a Pencil Condenser
2x CAD M179
1x Shure SM7b
1x Shure SM57
1x Shure SM58
1x Shure Beta58
1x AKG D12VR
1x Audix D6
1x Audix i5
1x Sennheiser e901
1x Sennhesier e904
1x Sennheiser e602
1x Sennheiser e604
2x T-Bone Pencil Condenser

MONITORING

Neumann KH310 3-way active monitors
Quested S6R active monitors 
AKG K702 Open Back Headphones

INTERFACE

Universal Audio Apollo Twin Quad
Universal Audio Apollo 8 Duo
Universal Audio Satellite Quad

COMPUTER

Apple iMac 3.3ghz Intel Core i7 with 16gb RAM 1TB hard drive

SOFTWARE

Pro Tools 2019 Native
DSP Quattro for DDP and CD Image creation
Selection of plugins from Fab Filter, Oeksound, Waves, Universal Audio and many others

Musical instruments

This list is subject to change on a fairly frequent basis!

Guitars

2004 USA Fender Telecaster Highway One in Daphne Blue
2015 Mex Fender Telecaster Classic Player Triple in Black
2005 (ish) Shed/Handmade ‘Brender’ Weirdo Guitar in Forest Green (p90 and coil tapped PAF)

Drums

Gretsch Catalina Club Mod drum kit in limited ‘Black Widow’ finish 10×8, 14×12, 20×20
Sonor vintage 12″ Rack Tom
Tama Steelworks 14×6.5 Steel Snare Drum
Various hardware and percussion

Cymbals

Istanbul 20″ Radiant Crash
Meinle 20″ Byzance Ride 
Zildjian 14″ K Custom Dark Hi-Hats
Sabian 16″ AAX Stage Crash
Sabian 17″ Signature Saturation Crash
Stagg 12″ China
Stagg 10″ Splash

AMPLIFIERS

Soldano Astroverb 2×12 20 watt combo
G Electronics/Tipton Electronics 50 watt head
Victory Sheriff 44 45 watt head

Cabs
Victory 2×12 Celestion V30 Loaded Cab
Blackstar 4×12 V30 Loaded Cab
Ashdown 6×10 Bass Cab

I often have many other amps to play with too!

PEDALS

Drive
Paul Cochrane Tim Transparent Overdrive
Hermida Audio Zendrive (original)
Amp Tweaker Tight Metal
Blackout Effectors Blunderbuss Fuzz
Gojitone Houstboost Treble Boost
Carl Martin Hot Drive N’ Boost

Octave
Digitech Whammy 5
Digitech Whammy 4
EHX Micro Pog
Boss OC2 Octaver

Delay/Reverb/Mod
Strymon Timeline Delay
Strymon Bluesky Reverb
Collision Devices Blackhole Symmetry
Boss DM2W Delay
Line 6 M5
Boss Chorus

Misc
Korg Pitchblack Tuner
Boss ES8 Effects Switcher
EHX Ring Thing Ring Modulator