Situated on Lake Union with stunning views of the Seattle skyline, The Seattle Houseboat Studio (SHS) is a unique and inspiring place to record. SHS is owned and operated by Dennis Tevlin, a long-time Seattleite by way of NYC and a co-owner of Seattle's venerable Cafe Racer.
SHS is a Pro-Tools and UAD-based digital recording studio with vintage instruments and great mics. With its unique location and interior space, SHS provides artists a creative haven to record their best music.
Please contact us if you'd like to know more.
Gear List:
Studio and Recording:
- Apple iMac dual core
- Pro Tools v11 HD
- Focusrite Clarett 8 pro and Clarett OctoPre 8 Thunderbolt audio interfaces
- UAD-2 Satellite Thunderbolt DSP Accelerator
- Studio Logic SL73/Studio keyboard controller w/piano key action
- Roland System 1 MIDI controller
Sound and signal processing:
- SSL 4000 E channel strip
- Neve 1073 pre-amp and EQ
- Ampex ATR-102 Tape Recorder
- Teletronix LA 2A Compressor/Limiter
- Manley VOX BOX vocal compressor
- EMT 140 Plate and 250 Digital Reverbs
- Ocean Way Studio Room Remodeler
- Fairchild Tube Limiter
- Oxford Dynamic EQ
- Pultec-Pro legacy compressor
- UA 1176 limiter and 610-B Tube pre-amp
Instruments:
- Lester 1955 upright piano
- Ludwig 1960 marine pearl vintage "downbeat" drum set
- Epiphone 1964 Coronet
- Martin 1969 D28
- Fender 1975 Telecaster Deluxe
- Roland 1982 TR 707 Rhythm Composer drum machine
- Fender 1987 Stratocaster with seymour duncan single coil lace pickups
- Fender 1996 Precision Bass
- Gibson 1997 ES-175 arch top
- Roland 1998 Juno D synth
- Gibson 2001 Dove - Nashville factory showcase model
- Fender 2007 Telecaster (ash body)
- Taylor 2009 812 CE
- Godin 2012 Multiac Steel SA guitar with Roland GR55 guitar synth module
- Gibson 2013 Les Paul Special electric guitar
- Gold Tone 2014 Dobro
- Recording King 2015 lap steel
Guitar and Bass amps:
- Fender Super Champ 1982
- Fender Power Chorus 1983
- Fender Deluxe 1965 reissue
- Fender 1955 Tweed Deluxe amp plug-in
- Ampeg SVT-3 Pro bass amp plug-in
- Ampeg SCR bass DI
- Marshall Silver Jubilee amp plug-in
- Marshall JMP 2203 amp plug-in
- Line 6 POD HD300 guitar DI
Mics:
- Rode K2 large diaphragm tube mic
- Shure SM81 condenser mic (4)
- AKG C214 large diaphragm mic (2)
- Telefunken M81 dynamic cardioid mic
- Sennheiser e835 dynamic cardioid mic
- Shure Beta 58 dynamic cardioid mic
- Shure SM57 dynamic cardioid mic (4)
- Shure Beta 52a drum mic
- Shure 520 DX harmonica mic
- M Audio Solaris large capsule diaphragm mic
Other Services:
- Charting
- Arranging
- Harmony vocals
- Guitar, Bass, and Acoustic Drums
- Digital drum loops and hand percussion
- Pre-production song writing support
- Post-tracking song restructuring