Pro Audio Equipment
Hand Built for the Pursuit of Excellence
Teegarden Audio is a family-owned and operated small business in the Nashville, Tennessee area. We make original high-end pro audio electronic devices. All our products, such as microphone preamps, tube direct boxes, active direct boxes, condenser mics, boundary stage mics, or cables, are designed, hand-built, tested and supported by us, right here in our home-based studio and workshop. We care about the details. In our world, everything matters.
Premium
Materials
We source all our metal work right here in the USA to maintain the highest quality possible. We also use thicker gauges of steel, brass, and aluminum to give strength and longevity to our products. Precision machining, superior plating, and high-quality powder coatings help set us apart. We also source all our cases and packaging materials domestically as well as many electronic components as possible.
Highest Quality Components
Most high-end audio equipment manufacturers use high-quality components, but, have their components also gone through multiple double-blind listening tests by some of the "golden ears" of our industry? A critical portion of ours have! It's one thing to source expensive components yet quite another to make sure they actually sound better. Many critical components such as capacitors and transformers are manufactured in the U.S.A.!
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Customer Testimonials
Scott Bernard
Kenny Loggins, Matt Wertz, Michael McDonald
"Our acoustic guitars have never sounded better."
Jimmie Lee Sloas
Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood,
Luke Bryan
"I love this DI!"
Paul 'Salvo' Salveson
Stevie Winwood, India Arie, Israel, Mercy Me
"The Fatboy Tube DI makes a passive bass sound 200% better! It gives all the booty you need – with character. I hardly use an EQ with it. By far the best bass DI I've ever used.
Mark Childers
Carrie Underwood
"I've played through a lot of DIs in my career but I wouldn't have if the Fatboy Tube DI was available to me from the beginning. It is THE best! And it is the best blend of old school and new school."
Blair Masters
Garth Brooks, Megadeth, Josh Groban
"My TA PPC-125 mics sound awesome on anything I throw at them. Especially through my Magic Pre 4100 preamps!"
Eric Darken
Bob Seger, Carrie Underwood, James Bay, Darius Rucker, Jimmy Buffett
" The Teegarden Audio Magic Pre has become one of my "go to" pieces for recording my percussion and drums. I use it on practically every project I work on."
Jay DeMarcus
Rascal Flatts
"Since switching to my Fatboy Tube DIs, I won't use anything else on the road or in the studio. They are exactly what they say they are, warm and FAT."
Luis Espaillat
Trace Adkins, Chris Carmack, Bo Bice,
Jamie O'Neal
"My Fatboy Tube DI is straight and to the point. The right amount of unique mojo. Never gets in the way of my instrument's tone."
Steve Brewster
Dierks Bentley, Sara Groves, Peter Cetera, Michael W. Smith, Bob Seger, Amy Grant, Richard Marx, Jewel, Chris Tomlin
"After using ribbon mics for a while on overheads I felt like I wanted something that would provide great definition and clarity on the overall kit as well as cymbals ... The PPC-125s deliver just that in a very musical way!"
Randy Garmon
Emmy Award winning mixer/composer for CNN, NBC, CBS, USA, ESPN and Cartoon Network
"The Fatboy DI had me slack-jawed on first hearing. The Magic DI is just that - magic. An acoustic guitar sounds like an acoustic instead of the ‘other’ sound we’ve grown used to. The Magic Pre is an amazing piece of gear for passing on exactly what the microphone is putting out."
Harold Rubens
Steven Curtis Chapman, Andrew Peterson, Mandisa, Crowder
"In 25 years of working in audio, I’ve used a lot of Direct Boxes; some good, some bad, and some really bad ones. Once I used a Fatboy Tube DI and MagicDI a new standard was set. I personally own them and use them on inputs as frequently as possible."
Mark Hill
Reba, Keith Urban, Charlie Peacock, Brooks and Dunn, Kelly Clarkson
"Clear tube punch, open harmonics without being slow. Great box!"