5/5 Neumann U67

Penglis: Will I ever own one of these? Maybe one day if fortunes rise to the high tide. What can you say? Every time I get to work elsewhere at a fancy studio it’s always a pleasure to set this up on anything (piano, drum OH, ANYTHING) and it’ll tend to sound perfect. I guess that’s why they cost around 10k these days.

Name: Neumann KM84 | Year Introduced: 1960 | Type: Condenser | Pattern: Multi-pattern

Owen Penglis is the frontman/mastermind of Sydney garage rock band Straight Arrows. He is also one of the most sought-after producers when it comes to garage, psych and rock acts in Sydney. Aside from recording, producing and mixing the majority of Straight Arrows’ discography he has worked with a number of prominent Australian acts such as The Grates, Royal Headache and Food Court.

He also co-produced the 40th anniversary compilation of the Australian Nuggets garage record, Nuggets: Antipodean Interpolations of the First Psychedelic Era, which features covers of the original track listing from prominent Australian psych bands such as POND, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and The Laurels. Penglis lives and works in Sydney and continues to play shows with Straight Arrows and produce records everyday. He’s probably working on something right now…