Beacon Street Studios in Venice, California recently acquired new Avid Pro Tools HD3 systems and Apple MacPro computers with the help of Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro).
The outside sales division of Guitar Center the studio find the right gear effectively and efficiently, allowing Beacon Street to keep the focus where it needs to be – on the music.
GC Pro Account Manager Rich Avrach recommended the two new Avid Pro Tools HD3 systems and new Apple MacPro computers that would join the four other Pro Tools systems that Beacon Street had already purchased through GC Pro.
Other gear of the shipping manifest included an Antelope Audio Isochrone OCX-V master clock, a Dangerous Music MONITOR ST-SR, an Avalon VT-747SP, a Grace Design m906 5.1 and ADAM A7 monitors, as well as several Waves Diamond TDM bundles and a number of Sennheiser and Neumann microphones.
This was just some of the gear that GC Pro recommended to enable Beacon Street to increase its productivity.
“The biggest advantage we get from GC Pro is time – time not spent looking through vast amounts of product information, researching prices and time spent holding on the phone,” says John Nau, Composer and Co-Owner of Beacon Street Studios. “Time is one thing we can’t make any more of, and with GC Pro we can use our time for our clients instead of chasing down information about products and technologies.”
Nau also likes the sense of trust that working with GC Pro has engendered: he knows he’ll always get the best prices, have access to full technical support, and be able to tap into a wide range of other services (such as systems and acoustic design) if necessary.
“If we need someone to walk us through some new things, Rich makes sure that we get that kind of support, and without it taking time away from serving our clients,” says Nau. “GC Pro always gets us what we need quickly and efficiently. In this business, it’s all about time, and GC Pro makes sure we can use our time well.”
