The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Hey Everyone!

I've been getting a lot of questions about our equipment and philosophies - so we did a video tour of our facility with a pretty in-depth overview of the plating steps.

Check it out here: https://youtu.be/MMs-nxM0VXU

Thanks!

Chris Mara
www.welcometo1979industries.com

hey everyone- as you may or may not know, along with cutting i opened up an electroplating company early last year, utilizing all new equipment. one of the goals of opening this new business was to gain first hand knowledge of how cutting and plating interact. earlier this year my team and i did a l...

Hello all! Not sure if all of the Lathe Trolls are aware, but Welcome To 1979 opened a new, state-of-the-art plating facility in Nashville TN, USA in early 2016. Our plan was to only plate our in-house lacquers for the first year to perfect the craft of plating without the added variables of plating...

Hello Everyone- I'm finally taking the time to do a formal post about our electroplating facility in Nashville, TN, which is outfitted will all new, state of the art equipment. (see photo below) We're about to enter our second year of production and have been able to increase our capacity after hiri...

I've got a nice set of 1/2" MCI heads on factory "M" headblocks for a MCI Mastering deck.

$2,250, lapped with head report.

Preview head is original MCI, repro head is JRF Flux.

hey guys- i just HAD to pop in and fill you in on what went down at Welcome To 1979 Studio & Cutting Room last week. We've been doing a good bit of Direct To Disc releases, and Pete Townshend decided to record for a few days at the studio, and during his time we cut a song direct to disc! He's aucti...

wow- thanks for the kind words Mark! I think that Bobby Rush record is awesome.

hope to see you on May 2nd!

-Chris

It's our SITXTH Anniversary in May, and we're throwing a big party on May 2nd. We're kicking off the party by doing a never-been-done before recording event. we're recording 5 bands direct to our VMS 70 --- all in a row, all without stopping. We'd love to have you attend in person, but if you can't ...

Only TEN spots left for our Recording Summit Nov 8-10! Legendary producer/engineer Ken Scott will be on a panel, our Friday night party is going to be a 'direct to disk' live recording (right up your guys' alley!!) and our lathe room will be open for demonstrations all weekend. The Friday night part...

We're waist deep in planning our 5th Annual Recording Summit- and a lot of people have already signed up! The Summit has a cool direction this year and several panelists/events already nailed down. Click the links below for details: http://welcometo1979.com/Summit.html http://us4.campaign-archive1.c...

Hey Kids! It's that time of year again- we've just opened up registration for our 5th Annual Producer/Engineer Summit at Welcome To 1979 Studios in Nashville, TN. The first 25 people who sign up get a free 25' mic cable from Redco Audio. (only 15 left!) This year we're doing a bunch of really cool t...

agreed!

so you're saying it'd take an act of god to get you to TN? lol

glad you're safe!

-chris

Position Filled.

Thanks!

Chris Mara

Hey Deep Grooves, sorry you thought my intention was to be sneaky. As I explained in my initial email to you, the tour was part of our Chicago Tape Camp where we bring 6 or so local recording engineers to tour a unique facility. http://www.welcometo1979.com/Tape_Camps.html The goal is to heighten aw...

nope!

it's a Neumann VMS70 with SX74 cutterhead
and SAL74 amp/electronics rack (with Acceleration Limiter BSB74)

-chris

Not sure where to post this, so if needs to be moved please let me know: I own an all analog recording studio in Nashville, TN aptly named "Welcome To 1979". We're adding a lacquer cutting room in the coming months and are looking for an experienced cutter to head up the lacquer cutting duties. I ha...