Joe Meek Products

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Is the new Joe Meek product line going to expand soon? You know, im a huge fan of Joe Meeks actual recordings. It kind of bothers me that they use his name to sell things that dont really sound like his recordings sound. I mean, they have all these cheapo condensers and stuff, but he had like reslo ribbon mics and stuff like that. Id be alot happier if the company put out like a green tinted reslo ribbon ripoff instead of a bunch of chinese mics that everyone makes. People also say that joe meek colors the sound, but i say it doesnt color it enough. Id also be happier if the new company would put out some really boingy tweakable green spring reverb tanks. Good ones. Who cares about making it cheap and throw away quality? Make it sound fantastic with some real tubes in it. No starved plate BS. To me Joe Meek the company has a chance to be truly original and different, quirky, but i guess those things dont make money in this guitar center tinted world of recordings. Dont get me wrong, i appreciate the optical element and i like it green and everything, but if it were me, and i was putting a mans name on my products who lived and died for a different sound, id strive for a different sound more often than an economically safe one.
 
Good point. I like Joe Meek products a lot, but I'd love to see something really creative and whacky like this.
 
Thank you for the comments and suggestions. Our original idea was to bring back an improved line of the older gear to get the company back in the spotlight again after being out of the market for over two years.

The last unit we intend to release from the old line will be coming in about 5 weeks or so is the new Mc2 stereo compressor, and from there we are expaning into new territory with very different products. I thought it best to start by updating the old line, even though it does not sound like what Joe Meek used on his projects, but times have changed.

We are very active in the Joe Meek community providing equipment for the play in London about Joe Meek(just ended its run). We participate in the Joe Meek Appreciation Society and promote Joe Meek where we can. We have a great relationship with Alan Wilson who has done major new tracks with all the old Joe Meek produced bands. So we are not just using his name, we are keeping and helping people to remember him and his contributions.

As for Joemeek the gear, new goods are coming. New mikes are coming. Yes, a Joemeek ribbon is in the works, but not sure it will be Green! Spring Reverbs, well not sure about that, but more is coming. We will not just stand still, but as we also own Toft Audio and Studio Projects, we have a lot of work and we need time to get all of these new products to market.

Anyway, thank you for your comments, and I hope that we will bring you more of the products you are looking for....
 
Hey Alan, I've been seeing threads with people whining about "using Joe Meek to sell a product, blah blah blah", have you considered putting out a product line called ez_willis ***, where the *** is some cool combination of numbers and letters?

I formally grant you permission to use my name and likeness for any of your products.

Although I have made no impact whatsoever on the audio community, and have no artist recognition or street credibility to call my own, wouldn't it be nice to not have to answer to all these kinds of questions?
 
ez_willis said:
Hey Alan, I've been seeing threads with people whining about "using Joe Meek to sell a product, blah blah blah"
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Why do you say 'whining'?
 
Kevin DeSchwazi said:
Why do you say 'whining'?
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It's how I perceive it. And I rarely put much thought into my posts. If you'd like I could edit the original and change it to something you'd prefer.
 
ez_willis said:
It's how I perceive it. And I rarely put much thought into my posts. If you'd like I could edit the original and change it to something you'd prefer.
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If you could that'd be great.

Nah just kidding, just wandered seeing as it's a pet peeve of mind.

I've commented on it a couple of times recently and didn't realise it sounded whingey.
 
Kevin DeSchwazi said:
If you could that'd be great.

Nah just kidding, just wandered seeing as it's a pet peeve of mind.

I've commented on it a couple of times recently and didn't realise it sounded whingey.
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Cool.

You guys don't sound that whiney, actually it's a valid point. I just wanted Alan to know that the knew ez_willis Mc2 will not be greeted with licensing issues. :D
 
alanhyatt said:
Thank you for the comments and suggestions. Our original idea was to bring back an improved line of the older gear to get the company back in the spotlight again after being out of the market for over two years.

The last unit we intend to release from the old line will be coming in about 5 weeks or so is the new Mc2 stereo compressor, and from there we are expaning into new territory with very different products. I thought it best to start by updating the old line, even though it does not sound like what Joe Meek used on his projects, but times have changed.

We are very active in the Joe Meek community providing equipment for the play in London about Joe Meek(just ended its run). We participate in the Joe Meek Appreciation Society and promote Joe Meek where we can. We have a great relationship with Alan Wilson who has done major new tracks with all the old Joe Meek produced bands. So we are not just using his name, we are keeping and helping people to remember him and his contributions.

As for Joemeek the gear, new goods are coming. New mikes are coming. Yes, a Joemeek ribbon is in the works, but not sure it will be Green! Spring Reverbs, well not sure about that, but more is coming. We will not just stand still, but as we also own Toft Audio and Studio Projects, we have a lot of work and we need time to get all of these new products to market.

Anyway, thank you for your comments, and I hope that we will bring you more of the products you are looking for....
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Any plans for a tube comp using full plate voltage with input/output transformers, and good quality caps? They make St. Ives trannies in China, so they're shouldn't be any problem accessing them. Making it in China should keep the price tag below, $500?

Regards.
 
ez_willis said:
I just wanted Alan to know that the knew ez_willis Mc2 will not be greeted with licensing issues. :D
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I'd buy it. :D
 
CCS said:
Any plans for a tube comp using full plate voltage with input/output transformers, and good quality caps? They make St. Ives trannies in China, so they're shouldn't be any problem accessing them. Making it in China should keep the price tag below, $500?

Regards.
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Absolutly...but probably not at $500.00... We actually have our own custom wound transformers made in a very good factory that turns out quality transformers for us. So your idea is not far off with things we want to do...
 
alanhyatt said:
Absolutly...but probably not at $500.00... We actually have our own custom wound transformers made in a very good factory that turns out quality transformers for us. So your idea is not far off with things we want to do...
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Sounds good.

Although I couldn't justify spending more than $500 for any box made in China, I wouldn't have a problem with an American built one, provided the build and quality was there.

Regards.
 
I am not complaining too much about joe meeks name and all that, i just think that the market for recording equipment and recording in general is ripe for change. Everyone whos over 25 realizes that in life and in culture/pop culture the things that are new are often what was up until that point shunned or looked down on. All it takes is someone to do it right once and for people to see. Your comment that times have changed hurts me a little. Because yes times have changed, but for the worse. Im only 25 by the way. If you listen to music with a creative mind and not a cultural one, and if you dissect music from a musicians point of view, music has been declining in quality since the 60s. I am a firm believer that if a band had a fantastic songwriter, a singer with a character voice who had the tunes written FOR his voice, who produced their own record at home on modest quirky noisy non state of the art equipment, and the songs were truly good, that it would fold the music industry back onto itself and you would see the decline of certain practices that are currently considered to be "modern" and "state of the art". It will only take one genius band to do it their way for everyone to see and want to copy it. I know there are alot of indie bands doing it their way right now but they arent any good at writing songs. Most indie bands and bands in general these days cannot write and they are pretty much just writing post modern garbage that only their own acolytes enjoy. Anyone who disagrees with this statement is not a songwriter and i can guarantee they have albums worth of their own shitty music written with no regard to how the human brain percieves the ratios inherent in the harmonic scale, and they even more likely contain absolutely no sequential devices in either melody or modulation. Sensationalism without substance is a cancer in the world of art. And it seems that everyone no matter how steeped in musical faith, experience, or fan base is guilty of it. But there is one benefit in all the modern garbage, and that is what it has always been which is opportunity for backlash and and cultural reform. I dont know about you, but i am sick of all this post 90s throw away me too shit that everyone seems sold on. I am also sick of all this sensationalism masquerading as retro revivalism. These bands on MTV that look like the long lost beatles or kinks but they dont even know how to write a bridge that feels like a bridge or how to establish tonality in a key are only impressing 10 year olds. The old days bands and writers knew how to do these things. And the old days producers also knew that character beats fidelity when creativity reigns. So i say lets get rid of all this fake tube garbage. Let get rid of all this super airy top end madness. And mic preamps that look like they are from mars. Give me a giant grey box with 3 knobs the size of tea cups.

You know whats hard to do for a real home recording musician? To find character pieces of equipment that arent broken or so badly aged that determining if it is working properly takes too much time and money for it to be worth it. So what am i left with? Buying a 10000 dollar replica from a boutique-style company? Sorry i cant. Do i go buy a 100 dollar "toob" preamp from guitar center that ruins the sound more than helps it? Im sorry but i cant let myself do that either. So i guess ill just have to go on buying broken lomo tube mics and broken altec compressors off ebay until a company realizes how ripe the market is for inexpensive working truely vintage styled equipment that actually makes you enjoy the sound of your production instead of wondering how much better it would be if you just spent the 10 grand. This will probably annoy most readers and i know everyone has their own opinions, but i think that what i have said has significant weight due to the fact that i have creativity in songwriting and production coming first in my beliefs.
 
Good Friend said:
I am not complaining too much about joe meeks name and all that, i just think that the market for recording equipment and recording in general is ripe for change.
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Which is why timing is everything with the new ez_willis Mc2!
 
ez_willis said:
Although I have made no impact whatsoever on the audio community, and have no artist recognition or street credibility to call my own, wouldn't it be nice to not have to answer to all these kinds of questions?
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Well...there is that thing in the Mighty Ducks soundtrack... :D
 
Alan -

Will you be showing any of your new goodies at NAMM next week?
 
kid klash said:
Alan -

Will you be showing any of your new goodies at NAMM next week?
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The new Mc2, some CS mikes and the Toft Audio Console....
 
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