Welcome to West L.A. Studios
ROCKIN’ SINCE 1988
Hi all, it’s your old pals, Alan Singer and Ricky Eckstein. A number of weeks back, due to the effects of Covid 19, we made the very difficult decision to temporarily close the doors at West L.A. Studios. This decision was not due to a mandated government directive, but rather, it was made solely by our concern for you, our beloved customers, and for the safety of our workers. Since then, it has become more and more apparent that there would be no way for us to safely reopen our doors in the near term. So, after a pretty good 32 year run, we have made the very difficult decision to cease operations at our current location. We very much look forward to the opportunity of reopening West L.A. Studios at a new, and even better location, when the time comes that there is an effective vaccine or a very good treatment for this very aggressive flu. We anticipate that this will be sometime in the first half of 2021, but we hope that it will be sooner. Please stay tuned, and feel free to email us at westlastudios@me.com or call us at the number you’ve reached us at since the day we opened our doors, back in 1988…………..(310) 478-7917.
It took us a few weeks to completely move out of the building, and besides it being physically draining, especially for a couple of old farts, it was even more of an emotional drain. A truly sad task to complete. However, on the last day, when I picked up the very last item to be removed from the building, I looked around, and it hit me that 2033 Pontius Ave was just another old beat up building. No more no less. There was nothing magical about that old building and certainly nothing magical about that old beat up parking lot. There was no magic in searching for street parking or getting a parking ticket once you found a space. Rather, the magic was the music that you all played, that rang throughout the halls, the musicians who collaborated to create such amazing grooves and melodies, the close friendships which were born there, the laughs that were shared there, and most of all, the amazing love that was dispersed freely and generously every day since the day we opened our doors. BUT WAIT!!! I forgot to mention the pretzels! How about those pretzels? 😥❤️♥️💕💔
It is and has always been our goal to provide a creative, friendly & quality environment for the many musicians who are working hard to perfect their craft. Whether you’re working on your live show, or perhaps just writing new material, preparing for an upcoming recording session, or just simply trying to have some fun making music, West L.A. Studios is the place where you can do it all. Our #1 priority is to provide you with friendly customer service and to insure that your experience here is a great one. We always give you an extra 15 minutes to get settled in prior to the start of your rehearsal and then 15 minutes, when you’re done to gather your things, in an un-rushed manner.
What about our equipment? Here at West L.A. Studios, we are ultra passionate about providing our customers with pro gear that is kept in great shape. Our drum sets sound and look great, and we are nuts about keeping them that way! Drum heads are changed on a regular basis and pro level cymbals are included, at no extra charge. For you guitarists, we recently cemented a relationship with Supro, who are making amazing reissues of their tube combos, from the 50's and the 60's. These are sweet sounding amps, and we are proud to be able to offer great choices from our fleet of 7 of these beautiful beasts. We also have a great selection of other quality tube guitar amplifiers, ranging from a fleet of Fender combos, to Mesa Boogie, Peavey, hughes & kettner and more. For those of you who prefer the grunge of a solid state amp, we have a few of those too. Our selection of bass amplifiers is quite varied too. Eden, GK, Tech 21, SWR, Ampeg, Hartke just to name a few. All of our 4×10 cabinets are maintained on a regular basis, as is needed. In all of our rooms our P.A.’s now include the new Mackie DL series mixers. These mixers offer total flexibility and have some of the best sounding mic pre's in the business. Because of that, our P.A's sound really great and are really simple to use. Our P.A. speakers and amps are also very high end, enabling all of our P.A's to achieve excellent volume with an ultra clean sound...... (You can turn them up to 11). As a little bonus, at no extra cost to you, we have installed a stereo room mic that is connected to a cd recorder, in all 7 of our rooms, so you can record your rehearsal. Additionally effective sometime in September, 2015, we will begin offering, again for no extra charge, the ability to film your rehearsal, with built in video cameras and video monitors, in all of our rooms. Add to all of that, our staff’s smiling faces, free WiFi in every room, free pretzels and free coffee and tea, there is no better place to rehearse. It’s been a fun ride so far, and oh, if these walls could talk!!
Come on down, take a look around and find out why you may not want to rehearse anywhere else ever again.
Rick