Vintage gearrepairs and modifications

About
Hey, my name is Carson!
I'm a tech based out of Vancouver, WA. For most of my life I have had an interest in old things. I learned to solder at a young age, and growing up, I was always taking things apart to figure out how they worked. As I got older, I became more and more into music as well. Naturally, these two interests collided.
I began finding and fixing (and sometimes modifying) old pieces of used gear to record the song ideas I was coming up with. A few years into doing this, I ended up building an analog recording studio out of all the vintage gear I had repaired. It didn't take long for people to take notice and start bringing me their own gear to work on. Through doing this, I have had the pleasure of repairing some very cool and very rare pieces of analog equipment. After getting several years of experience under my belt I decided to make things more official and start Tidland Audio.
I work with both local customers and those at a distance. Ship me your broken gear and I'll send it back fully serviced and working. I offer tech work for:
- Tape machines: reel to reels, portastudios, and tape echos
- Mixers: recaps and mods (direct outs, transformer balanced inputs, and more)
- Pedals
- Rack gear and more
Feel free to reach out with any questions you may have. I am happy to answer questions about specific pieces of gear or to chat about any of your repair or modification needs!
Work
Recent work
Here are a few examples of things I have worked on recently.

TASCAM Portastudio 464 
TEAC Model 5 
Fostex R8 
Yamaha MT120 
Yamaha EM-90 
Ensoniq ESQ-1 
Maestro EM-1 Echoplex 
TASCAM MSR-16
For sale
Check out my Reverb
I frequently come across cool pieces of vintage gear, and I can't hold on to all of it. On my Reverb, you'll find these things including gear I am selling from my personal studio, custom-modded vintage gear, as well as deals on personal projects I ran out of time for. Take a look!
Music
Recorded in my Studio
For those who are curious, you can find the music I make via the links below. Everything is recorded and produced by yours truly using the gear I have repaired.
Get in touch
Repairs & custom modifications
Tell me what you have and what you need. I will reply with whether I can take it on, and a rough idea of timeline if I can.
Prefer email?
hello@tidlandaudio.com

