A Melbourne recording studio that has been used by many of Australia’s leading musicians has been destroyed by a suspicious fire.
The blaze that took out Head Gap Recording Studios in Dundas Street, Preston, also destroyed Shub Guitars, a workshop in the same building, in which Jon Shub crafts unique custom-made electric instruments.
Finn Keane (left) and Rohan Sforcina, whose business Head Gap Recording Studios was destroyed in a blaze on Friday morning.Credit: Instagram/headgap
Run by Finn Keane and Rohan Sforcina, Head Gap has won multiple ARIA and Music Victoria awards for its work with the likes of Courtney Barnett, Paul Kelly, Emma Donovan, Jeff Lang, Ashley Naylor, RVG, the Dirty Three, Telenova and many others.
Nine fire trucks and 50 firefighters tackled the blaze early on Friday morning.
Fire Rescue Victoria said crews arrived at the scene within six minutes to find one factory well alight and the blaze spreading to adjoining buildings.
“The cause of the fire is not yet known but it will be investigated by FRV specialists in conjunction with Victoria Police,” it said.
A distressed Shub, whose guitars take months to make, posted on Instagram on Saturday.
“I don’t know where to start,” he wrote. “Woke up to a phone call at 3.50am from the police saying someone had intentionally torched the burger shop next door. It quickly spread and everything is gone.”
