Did you post pics awhile back? Are there new ones? I always love your updates and the extra info you provide.

Well here you go! A couple choice pics of the Live room.I got laid off out of nowhere and I'm pissed, but at least I can set up enough gear in this one room to write and record some stuff.

Looking real good eds...

SWEET.....

Thanks guys! It'll be better when I have my control room stuff in my control room but for now it's doing the trick. Baseboards and window sills are high on my list right now [you can see where I didn't paint all the way to the floor], and that post in the middle of the room needs some stainless steel corners. It'll be even better when the control room is done and the red chairs are gone. They are nice chairs but they are really huge - I've been eyeing a love seat that's really shallow and fairly affordable. But of course, that's not high on my list.

Damn excellent, amigo...

Here is where you are going to hire me once I move there?? hahaha
Dont forget mee my friendddd!!!!!
A lawyer contacted me interested in my inmigration case!!

Simple and comfortable. I like it. I wish I had a space just for gear.

It'll be less simple once I can afford more flooring, and have a dedicated control room! My CR is 8x16, with the rear wall being curved into a half circle with a big diffuser built into it. The rest of the studio is done except for flooring and trim now.

Here comes another update! You knew it would happen eventually.

   I heard of a sale at the local home depot, some nice enough laminate flooring for the studio's lounge on sale for $0.74 a square foot. Well we [fiance and I] went out determined to get it first thing in the morning, first day of the sale. It was just before 7 am - I stopped for a coffee. We got there at 7:07 [7 minutes after opening] - and it was sold out! Some contracter had 2 pallets of the stuff loading onto his flatbed. My guess is he just bought it all.

   So anyway I talked to the floor guy and he gave me some better quality stuff at the same price. Colour isn't what I wanted but it looks good enough with the wall colour.

I can't get a picture of the lounge to save my life. My camera has a really narrow lens so it makes everything look all close up. But here is the flooring in the lounge. Soon the 2 red chairs will be given away once I can get a pull-out couch, the lounge doubles as another guest bedroom when we have guests. Which is all the time. It also houses a wicked top secret project I'm working on, which will be unveiled in the coming months. All hail Spinal Tap!

   So yeah for xmas I asked people if they are gonna get me anything, get me home depot gift cards. I just wanna finish my renos! Also, I was perusing my airmiles statement and I decided to see what I could get, and it turned out to be $160 in Rona home center gift cards! So I'll be working on building in all the window sills in the near future - shortly after xmas is my goal. And then when I told my mom about it, she said I could use her air miles as well. So I ordered another $500 in gift cards! Should be enough to finish flooring a good chunk of my studio.

Oh shit! Another update! Already! I got a card in the mail, and we put our xmas cards up. A cheque for $200 came out! From my fiance's grandma. So that, along with her work bonus will cover the flooring for the laundry room. And not a second too soon! My fiance's mom ordered us a new washer and dryer, which is fucking awesome. I'm sick of fixing our beaters. And yes, I do know that I am being spoiled from all sides this year. This is not a regular thing, I don't know how to react. So I'm being greedy! But thankful!

Great to hear that everything is moving along nicely. Happy holidays to you eds.

Happy holidays to EVERYONE!

Control room:

Control room facing the other way:

Facing into the Live room

Bathroom

Toilet on the left, sink on the right... use your imagination!

Hey hey hey!!! I got some more renos done. But first a little background information. There's this place here on Vancouver Island that basically loots buildings before they are destroyed, or takes anything that they can get from construction sites, remodels, etc etc [legally of course]. They then sell said merchandise. It is called demxx www.demxx.com - and I have found a few choice gems there.

The price quotes I got on my glass for the studio window were $400 and $550 each - for the 1/2 and the 3/4 sheets. While stumbling around demxx I found a sheet of glass nearly the right dimensions for $75!!! It was 1 1/4 thick, 5 plies [3 glass 2 plastic] and ever-so-slightly tinted. It also weighed nearly 200 lbs. It was the tiniest bit short in one direction so I had to build my window frame in a bit to compensate but it looks really good.

I also found another window for $4 that I used between the laundry and bathrooms to make a shelf and let in some natural light because the studio's bathroom has no real windows to the outside.

And of course I found a fire alarm - and after working with April Wine and seeing that drummer do it, how could I not copy?

I have the window all done up with trim now, I should take newer photos.

Weeeeell here I go again. The bathroom is really close to being done. 3 years ago I measured and discovered I'll be needing a 10" toilet. And of course somewhere over the 3 years I forgot and last week I bought a standard 12"... which I'm keeping for when the upstairs renos happen.

Here's the bathroom now. Again, forgive my narrow lens. When I'm done I'll be borrowing a friends DSLR and takin some nice photos. The flooring is pulled up in the corner, it's not an optical illusion!

And here's the studio window. It's very slightly tinted but looks much darker in the photo. Still need to do the trim around it and paint, but I did manage to install a rack into the wall. That rack is in the Live Room where the mics will be plugged in, the the rest of the spaces are for storing other seldom used rack gear - there is no power in there, so that I don't get any interference in the mic lines.

I'm in the process of buying a new house... wish I had your skillz... and some extra cash. LOL

Sometimes it's better to have someone else to help. I for example, am sitting here with a completely thrown out back because I was lifting something I shouldn't have.

Sorry to hear about your back... being young, I'm sure you'll be back at it in no time!

(me being on the high side of 50, my back goes out lifting anything heavier than a 12oz, bottle.)

Your new digs are going to be awesome once you get everything in place... hell, they're awesome now and looking better every time you update.

I took some photos today of the studio. Lots of little details here, but still not done.

Here are the drums on the riser, and the light fixtures wired up and working. I'm just using some CFL's I had laying about but will be getting some of those "Party Bulbs", the LED bulbs that change colour at random. Not for recording, but will be fun to jam with!

Here's the amps, lots of fun. At the far end - Epiphone Valve Junior head on top of a SWR Studio 220 bass amp. Marshall TSL100, Marshall Vs8100, Traynor Custom Valve 40 that I cut in half and made into a head.

another shot of the drums, a DW Collector's series maple, 10 12 13 14 toms, 22 kick, ludwig brass snare.

Here are the amps from the other view, and in the middle is my rehearsal PA... just a Mackie 1402, a few effects, and a yorkville 800 watt power amp.

Blurry pic of the guitars. Oops. Oh well. They are, from left to right and down: Gibson Blueshawk, epiphone mandolin on the ground stand just poking up, squire strat with a roland gk-3 midi pickup installed, Taylor Baby, Guild acoustic of some sort, Japanese Fender jazz bass fretless, takamine 12 string. The keys are a Korg triton le61, and there's an Evans Custom Eighty amp there too.

Here's the back of the control room. Yamaha DTXplorer midi drums, gibson les paul bass. Needs cleaning but I havent built storage yet.

Next to the bass is my marshall mini stack and my B&D silver bell banjo from 1926 that I'm restoring!

vocal booth. There's 2 sets of mic inputs, usb, headphone, and VGA in there so I can have a second screen with protools/video for voiceovers etc etc.

Post xmas mess still lingers. I have no curtain rod yet but the sun comes in that window so I tacked up a curtain and the cat hung off of it. I plan to install curtain rods soon!

You've done a great job with your space.