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Hi, I'm Jakob.
I work as a performing and session guitarist, music producer, and educator.
I grew up in southern Germany, where I began performing during my teenage years in local bars. After graduating from high school, I moved to the United States to attend Berklee College of Music, graduating with highest honors. Following my studies, I began touring with Broadway musicals. During my time on the road, I consistently engaged in remote recording projects for a diverse range of artists, inspiring me to establish my own home studio in Manhattan.
Now based in New York City, I continue to work as a performing and session musician, engineer, and producer, collaborating both in my project studio and at studios and stages across the city. Whether in the recording studio, the classroom, on stage, or in the orchestra pit, I am always looking to play great music with great people.
- Fun Home - Guitar - 1st National Tour
- Bat Out Of Hell: The Musical - Guitar 1 - 1st National Tour
- A Night With Janis Joplin - Guitar 2 - 1st National Tour
- Bat Out Of Hell: The Musical - Guitar 1 - NY City Center
- The Lighting Thief - Guitar 2 Sub - Longacre Theatre
- Be More Chill - Guitar 1 Sub - Lyceum Theatre
- School of Rock - Guitar 2 Sub - Winter Garden Theatre
- Safety Not Guaranteed - Guitar 1 - Brooklyn Academy of Music
- White Girl In Danger - Guitar 2 - 2nd Stage Theatre
- Only Gold - Guitar 1 - MCC Theatre
- Palia - Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin
- Madam Secretary - Guitar
- Helga - Scoring Mixer
- Beau - Scoring Mixer
- Berklee College of Music - BMus - Summa Cum Laude
- Fun Home - Guitar - 1st National Tour
- Bat Out Of Hell: The Musical - Guitar 1 - 1st National Tour
- A Night With Janis Joplin - Guitar 2 - 1st National Tour
- Bat Out Of Hell: The Musical - Guitar 1 - NY City Center
- The Lighting Thief - Guitar 2 Sub - Longacre Theatre
- Be More Chill - Guitar 1 Sub - Lyceum Theatre
- School of Rock - Guitar 2 Sub - Winter Garden Theatre
- Safety Not Guaranteed - Guitar 1 - Brooklyn Academy of Music
- White Girl In Danger - Guitar 2 - 2nd Stage Theatre
- Only Gold - Guitar 1 - MCC Theatre
- Palia - Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin
- Madam Secretary - Guitar
- Helga - Scoring Mixer
- Beau - Scoring Mixer
- Berklee College of Music - BMus - Summa Cum Laude
Resume
I grew up in southern Germany, where I began performing during my teenage years in local bars. After graduating from high school, I moved to the United States to attend Berklee College of Music, graduating with highest honors. Following my studies, I began touring with Broadway musicals. During my time on the road, I consistently engaged in remote recording projects for a diverse range of artists, inspiring me to establish my own home studio in Manhattan.
Now based in New York City, I continue to work as a performing and session musician, engineer, and producer, collaborating both in my project studio and at studios and stages across the city.
Hi, I'm JakoB.
I'm a performing and session guitarist, music producer, and educator.
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Please contact me for remote recording, mixing or producing inquiries.
I record, produce, and teach from my Manhattan home studio.
My Studio
Electric Guitar: James Tyler - The Black Classic
My number one electric guitar, from James Tyler's California guitar workshop. This is an SSH "fat" Stratocaster with custom pickups, with slight modifications by myself. The body is made from alder and the neck is quarter-sawn maple with an Indian Rosewood fretboard. Noiseless custom pickups deliver a wide range of gorgeous tones. The floating tremolo allows me to play everything from Jeff Beck-style vibrato to full on dive bombs without affecting tuning. To me this is the perfect studio guitar, and it remains the greatest electric guitar I have ever played.
Recording Gear:
Microphones: Bock 187, 2x Neumann KM 184, 2x Lewitt LCT 140, 2x Shure SM57
Preamps: Cranborne Audio Camden EC2
Compressor: Audioscape LA2A
Interface: RME UFX II
Speakers: Genelec 8030C Mains & Genelec 7050C Sub
DAW: Cubase Pro 14 , Logic Pro, ProTools Studio
Digital: Komplete 15 Ultimate Collector's Edition, iZotope RX 10, FabFilter Suite, UAD Spark, Sonarworks SoundID.
Acoustic Guitar: Tanglewood - Heritage 1000
My favorite steel-string acoustic guitar for the last 15 years. Balanced, delicate, and beautifully sounding. The dreadnought-style body has a very thin spruce top and rosewood back and sides, for great projection and dynamic range, and a lush, sweet tone. I frequently play this live and in the studio.
Amplifier: Friedman - Runt
To me this is one of those perfect session amplifiers. It plays very nicely after any pedalboard and can deliver amazing clean and crunchy sounds. I even created an Impulse Response of my Friedman which I constantly use on my NeuralDSP QuadCortex.
Instruments & Gear
Pedalboard:
NeuralDSP QuadCortex, JHS Andy Timmons. JHS Morning Glory, Strymon Zelzah, Keeley Hydra, Wampler Ego Compressor, Earthquaker Devices Plumes, LPD Offset.
Auxiliary:
Northfield Calhoun Mandolin, Deering Goodtime 6-string Banjo with Kavanjo Pickup, Paco Castillo Nylon String Guitar.
Beautiful acoustic guitar parts, perfectly suited to the song. Well-recorded and well-played. Very professional. Thank you!!
Andrea Perry
Jakob is a great guitarist and delivered a perfect rhythm and lead track within 24 hours. Super impressed and will likely be using him again in the future. Would highly recommend!
CJK47
Wow, can't believe how quickly and how professionally they knocked out my order. He is a true artist, and created an entire lead solo for my song as well as rhythm guitar. Transformed my song and I've already placed 2 more orders. They are THAT good. Thank you!
David Schapiro
Excellent playing - great sensibility! Thank you for your work!
Tom Hall
Great musician and perfect delivery. I am really happy that I worked with him. He is recommended!!
Afshin
Highly recommend Jakob for your project! Very happy with the final result! Will definitely use on future projects.
KPacker
Lucky to find someone so talented, so quick and so organized on Airgigs. Amazing talent and just "gets" what you're going for.
David Schapiro
Jakob is a versatile guitar player. This is the second song I recorded with him. I received high quality stems. All parts performed very accurately. Highly recommended guitar player.
Alexander Kureev
STILL LOVE - A.S.O.
Single
Produced, Mixed & Guitars by Jakob Reinhardt
Pop
WELCOME TO 54 BELOW
Trailer
Mixed by Jakob Reinhardt
Big Band
DO YOU - JASMINE FORSBERG
Single
Produced & Mixed by Jakob Reinhardt
Pop
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA IN CONCERT
Concert Promo
Mixed by Jakob Reinhardt
Orchestral
7-ELEVEN COFFEE
Advertisement Campaign
Mixed by Jakob Reinhardt
Commercial
RUBY - MAX SANGERMAN
Single
Produced, Mixed & Guitars by Jakob Reinhardt
Soul
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