Go West is a professional music recording facility located in Richmond, VA and owned and operated by audio engineer Mitch Clem. Founded on a DIY-style approach, the nearly 1000-sqft studio was built mostly by Mitch himself (and friends) in his backyard between 2021 and 2022 with the goal to provide a comfortable and premier creative space that prioritizes accessibility to musicians of all budgets. Go West features a spacious live room, control room, one dedicated isolation booth, and a lounge area (/reverb chamber) with excellent visibility between all rooms. There are 20 channels of audio I/O and an assortment of high quality recording instruments and equipment (listed below).
GEAR LIST
Control Room
Mac Mini (M2) with Logic Pro
Antelope Audio AD/DA conversion and preamps
Phoenix Audio Ascent Two preamp / DRS-1R pre
CAPI VP28 mic pre (x2)
Hairball Lola mic pre (x2)
Modded Shure M67 4-channel mic pre
FMR Audio RNC Compressor (x2)
Focal Shape 65 monitors + 10" subwoofer
Waves, Soundtoys, Klanghelm, Aberrant DSP, Valhalla plugins & more
Microphones
Advent MDC-1 (x2)
AKG D112
Audix i5
Beyerdynamic M201 / MC930 pair / TG D58
Cascade Fat Head
Electro-Voice RE20 / 635A
Lauten Audio FC-357
Miktek PM9 (x2)
MXL R40
Peavey PVM 520TN
Royer R-10 pair
sE Electronics 4400a pair / V7 / V Beat
Sennheiser e602 / e604 / e609 / e614 pair
Shure SM7B / SM57 / SM58 (x2) / WL93
Sony ECM-44b
DIY Telephone Mic
Drums & Percussion
Sonor Force 3003 kit (22", 16", 13", 12")
Vintage 26"x14" Pearl Kick Drum
Vintage Japanese 13" tom
Gretsch Hammered Steel 14"x6.5" snare
Tama Starclassic 14"x5.5" snare
Ludwig 14"x5" Acrolite snare
Vintage Slingerland 14"x6.5" chrome snare
Zildjian K Dark 17" crash
Zildjian K Medium 22" ride
Sabian AAX 14" hi hats
Istanbul Agop 21" Jazz ride
Meinl Byzance Brilliant Pure Metal 24" ride
Paiste 602 18" crash
Dream Dark Matter Energy 20" ride
Dream Bliss 14" hi hats
various percussion instruments
Guitars & Basses
Fender Telecaster
Fender Stratocaster
PRS Starla X
Schecter Solo Custom
1981 Washburn Raven
D'Angelico Premier DC
Epiphone Les Paul Jr
Larrivee L-02 acoustic
70's Ventura V7 OM acoustic
Taylor Baby acoustic
Franciscan 3/4 classical guitar
1979 Washburn Vulture bass
70's Toredo Les Paul style bass
90's Squier Pro Tone 5 String bass
70's Harmony mandolin
Amplifiers
Fender 65' Deluxe Reverb Reissue
Fender Twin Reverb Reissue
Fender Hot Rod Deville 2x12
1971 Univox U-1221
Phaez Asheville 36W (SLO inspired)
1985 Laney Pro Tube AOR 30
70's Yamaha TA-20
Peavey Bravo 1x12
Peavey TKO 80
Hiwatt Custom 20 solid state
Ampeg SVT-450
Ampeg Classic 4x10 cab / 90's V-4 4x12 cab
Custom Warren 2x12 cab / Oversized 2x12 cab
DIY Oversized 1x12 cab
Keys, Synths & Pedals
1983 Yamaha U1 upright piano
Korg Minilogue
Yamaha Reface CP
Casio MT-100
Barber Gain Changer / Small Fry
Line6 DL4 mkII
Lantern Manufacturing Sycamore
EHX Memory Boy / Pitch Fork / Ripped Speaker
EHX Big Muff Ram's Head / Magus Pro
Walrus SLO reverb
Red Panda Particle
Proco Rat2
Catalinbread SFT
ZVEX Mastotron fuzz
Boss MA-1
Ibanez TS7 / CF7
& many more!
