Artists:

Charlie Gillingham [Hammond Leslie repairs]
Craig Chaquico Guitar [Amp repair]
Counting Crows [Repairs]
Black Crows
Gov't Mule, Warren Haynes
Doobie Brothers [Repairs and equipment modifications]
Dynatones [Repairs]
D'cuckoo [Custom electronics, MIDI Marimba]
Joe Walsh of the Eagles [Custom Electronics, see story below]
Eddie Money [Repairs]
Elvin Bishop [Repairs]
Grateful Dead [Longterm association involving repairs, custom work, and more]
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Huey Lewis [Repairs]
Journey [Repairs]
Jerry Garcia Band
Kronos Quartet
Melvin Seals JGB
Merl Sanders [Hammond Leslie repairs]
Metallica [Repairs]
The Other Ones [same band as Grateful Dead]
Phish [Repairs]
RatDog
R.E.M. [Repairs]
Santana [Repairs]
Neal Schon [Repairs]
Smashing Pumpkins
System of A Down
Tom Coster [Repairs]
Tuck & Patti [Repairs, custom work, and more]
Train
Dark Star Orchestra
Neil Young

Studios:

Bedroom Recording [Repairs]
Club Front Studios [The Grateful Dead's private studio - repairs, custom work]
Gush Studios [Neal Schon's studio]
Marc Studios
Midnight Kitty [Bobby Weir's Studio, Grateful Dead]
Mother's Recording [Repairs]
OTR Studios [Repairs, equipment rentals]
Pro Piano [Repairs]
Secret Records [Repairs]
Secret Recording
SIR [Repairs]
Skywalker Ranch [Support for Grateful Dead location recording]
Snader & Associates
Sony Computer Entertainment America
Studio X [Grateful Dead member, Mickey Heart's Studio]
The Plant [Repairs]
Third Ear Sound [Repairs]
Talking House
Ultra-Sound Custom Electronics

  
     
  Over the years, CAE has had the opportunity to work with some of the biggest names in the music business. Here’s a partial list of the clients we’ve helped to get the most out of their equipment.      
   
         
           
  A Special Custom Project for Joe Walsh of the Eagles

Joe used the Leslie Sound Effect on his guitar in the opening of the hit song "Hotel California." To get the sound he wanted, he came to CAE for custom Leslie hardware modifications.

Influenced by the LA music scene, Joe wanted to have a Custom Leslie fitted with a JBL 2485 16 ohm HF Driver. In June, 1994, we built a Leslie Horn adaptor out of aluminum to connect the JBL Horn Driver with a 2 inch throat to the 3/4-inch diameter Leslie Treble Horn spindle. We consulted with the engineers at JBL and concluded that for the best transfer of power and lowest distortion we would have to make the throat as long as we could. It turned out to be about 13 inches long.

This was a huge mass to support inside the Leslie Speaker box. We fabricated special support brackets to secure the Driver during shipment from gig to gig. We delivered two Leslies in custom made road cases to the Shoreline Ampitheater.

The whole project was completed in one month.

  
           
 
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