Meet Sam Licari
Sam’s lifetime love for music led him to pursue a degree in the audio arts and graduate in 2019 with a B.S. in Audio Production/Music industry after attending McNally Smith, Mankato State University, and Hennepin Technical College. Sam built Sweet Tease Studios from the ground up in 2022 with the intent to provide an inviting and comfortable environment to create. You can find Sweet Tease Studios tucked away in the beautiful pines of the northwest burbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Gear List
Preamps
4x Apollo Unison
2x Black Lion Audio B12A
2x Warm Audio WA12 MKII
2x Warm Audio WA273
2x Warm Audio WA233EQ
2x Art Pro MPA II
2x Warm Audio WA2MPX Tube Pre
EQ’s
2x EQPWA Tube EQ
Mics
Warm Audio WA251
Warm Audio WA87
AKG D112
EV Cardinal
Shure SM7B
Shure SM57
2x Cascade Fathead
2x Audio Technica AT4041
Sennheiser e835
2x AKG C 430
2x Warm Audio WA14
Compressors
Audioscape V-COMP Vari-Mu
Warm Audio WA76
2x Art Pro VLA II
2x Golden Age Project COMP-2A
Warm Audio BUS-COMP
Monitors
Kali IN-8 3-way with JBL LRS310 sub
Sony MDR-7506 Headphones
Sennheiser HD 599 Headphones
AKG K371 Headphones
Amps
GK Legacy 800 with GK 2x10 and 4x10
1987 Bedrock 1200 (Plexi Clone)
1991 Peavey Classic 50 4x10
Bugera V22 1x12
1972 Fender Twin Reverb
Carvin 4x12 Cab with Celestion G12M-70
Marshall Origin 50 1x12
Guitars
1991 Fender Strat First year MIM (SSS)
Schecter C1 Standard (HH)
SL-335 Semi Hollowbody (HH)
Kay Acoustic
2013 Fender Telecaster MIC (SSH)
Martin X-Series Dreadnought
Martin Road Series Special Dreadnought
Drums
1990'‘s Pearl EXPORT Series
2024 Yamaha Stage Custom
1970’s Ludwig Supraphonic Snare
1980’s Ludwig Rocker Snare
Basses
Fender Jazz Bass MIM
2014 Shen Spruce Top 3/4 Upright
Sire Marcus Miller P8 5-String
DAWs
Pro Tools
Logic Pro X
AD/DA Converters
Apollo 8 Silverface
Apolli 16 MKII
Dangerous Audio 2 Bus LT Analog Summing Amp
Computer
2018 Mac Mini, 32 gigs Ram, 3.2 GHz Intel Core i7