Our Story

At Teegarden Audio, we are family, literally. We consider our customers as family too! We believe in treating others as we would like to be treated. It's really that simple. Everything we make is given the attention and care it deserves. That's what our customers deserve.

Bret Teegarden

Our Founder

From Musician/Composer to Recording Engineer/Producer to Pro Audio Equipment Manufacturer, the 40+ year career of Teegarden Audio, LLC founder Bret Teegarden has been filled with relationships with some of the finest people on the planet. Working relationships with fellow musicians, artists, audio engineers, producers, and electronic designers/ manufacturers, are what helped fuel the beginning and success of Teegarden Audio. Every industry achievement has culminated in the mission of Teegarden Audio.

That path was filled with extraordinary experiences on stage and in studios. Teegarden Audio is set apart by that experience –– backed by a desire to pursue the highest standard in pro audio and to share things learned along the way in the form of audio gear that becomes career-changing for users.

Consulting Engineers

Bud Wyatt & James (J.B.) Bock

Very few worthwhile ventures are formed alone. Teegarden Audio owes so much to two individuals who were kind enough to share their experience, wisdom, and advice early on in our formation.

James (J.B.) Bock and Bud Wyatt are legendary electronic engineers and technicians who spent a lifetime helping bring some of the most outstanding recordings and audio gear in history into existence.

Through their work with Sheffield Labs, The Mastering Lab, Producers Workshop Studio, and Martinsound(Martech), a new level of sonic excellence was bestowed on the recording industry. They were some of the men behind the gear used by countless award-winning engineers and heard on a multitude of hit recordings.

Thank you, Bud and J.B., for your contributions to Teegarden Audio!

Stephen Mills

Stephen Mills began his career as an electronic engineer, shortly after graduating from Purdue University with a Masters in Engineering, Acoustic and Analog Design, where he joined the Microphone Design Team at Crown International. While Crown was primarily known as a power amplifier manufacturer, they also had a formidable microphone division headed by some of the best engineers who had previously worked for other well know microphone manufacturers. Stephen quickly found himself under the mentorship of legendary engineers Tom Lininger and Bruce Bartlett. As a team, they created such memorable products as the best selling Crown PCC160 Boundary Mic and the CM311 AESH Head Worn Microphone (Garth Brooks).

After a 20+ year stint with Crown, Stephen went on to head the Electronic R&D Department at Gibson Guitars in Nashville, TN.

Now, as an independent design engineer and consultant, Stephen splits his time between Indiana and Tennessee working on various projects like co-designing new microphones with Teegarden Audio.

We are excited about what Stephen brings to the table and what we have been able to create with his contributions.