I've been looking into purchasing recording equipment in hopes to create a studio where I can record my own music and start my journey down the long hard path of the aspiring musician.

There is so much impressive technology out there that is compatible with this and that, with effects that make you sound like him, her or them, which is cool and all, but all of that stuff doesn't interest me much and it boosts up the price. In the end I just want an honest unassuming recording unit.

I love the clarity and sensitive recording of the Gleam especially

So my question is...

Does anyone have any suggestions or information on what The Avett Brothers used to make and/or record those pretty sounds, past and presently?

Thank you!