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Hoping to but it all depends on how loud it is. Worst case will be an electronic kit but I'd rather have an acoustic kit in there.

There's absolutely no way I could do that. It would be too logical.

I did, but that was all I could get in the motor at the time. That was interesting journey home with all that timber in the back. I'm getting it delivered this time!

Had a day off this week so started on the timber stud work. Ran out of timber so have ordered more which will be delivered on Tuesday

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Posted elsewhere but I hot-rodded by PB20-SBK with SD Quarter Pound pickups and a Gotoh bridge as well as a Ki0gon loom.

A bit of Sabbath to wake up the neighbours ...

Cue the puns .... !! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bass-guitar/224392555738?hash=item343ed6acda:g:3wsAAOSwP6FgVOFQ

Sadly ours isn't even that. It's a methane fuelled, food dustbin with the ability to trample over everything breakable and snore like a Tajikistani tractor with a blown exhaust after he's done so.

Baffled or worried, they're the only two expressions pugs have from what I've seen!

Cavity wall closers have gone in. Now to find a glazier who can do the doors and window.

I put an SPB3 Quarter Pound in my Harley Benton PB-20 SBK, sounds great. Also bought an Entwistle pickup to go in a Vintage V4 Tony Butler bass.

It's won't be cheap, I'll tell you that now. I reckon if someone can do all the work themselves, they'd save a lot, but unfortunately I put my back out years ago (bulging disc and sciatica) and it's been a constant niggle ever since. The most annoying thing was I was a bricklayer for years but have come to the conclusion that I can't do it any more unless I want to spend my time in a hell of a lot of pain. Good question. Just for the sound proofing (not the acoustic treatment) I'm going to insulate with soundproof with 50mm Celotex between a wooden stud and then use 12.5mm soundproof plasterboard. On the ceiling I'll be going for 100mm Celotex along with 15mm soundproof board. For the window I'm just going for standard UPVC window and probably hang a heavy lined curtain in front. Same goes for the door too. I've thought that about that and am thinking either coating the entire floor in blackjack before the flooring goes down or as well as that, building a single course of bricks under the door with another damproof membrane which goes behind the skirting and under the door. No doubt there'll be some expanding foam involved too.

The foundations, brickwork and roof were all done by a local building company as will the electrics (I'm not going anywhere near them!). The door and window I'm in two minds whether to tackle it or get a proffessional in. I've never fitted double-glazing or hung a door and I don't want to radge that up. The internal insulation, stud work, plasterboarding, flooring etc. will be done by me.

Don't need planning permission for this. It's a building that's more than 2m away from the main dwelling and the height is less than 2.5m from the point of the base of the main dwelling. The actual questions asked for planning permission are: The shed can’t cover more than 50% of the total garden space - It doesn't. There's almost 50% just by the house and I'd say there's another 25 % to the sides and rear of the new building. It can’t be forward of the front wall of the house (so you can’t put it in the front garden) - Yep, obviously haven't done this. It must be no higher than 2.5 metres at the eaves or an overall height of 3 metres - It fully complies with these stipulations. If it is within 2 metres of the edge of the property, it can’t be more than 2.5 metres high - This isn't the case, it's not more than 2.5m high and it's about 5m away from the back fence anyway.

I'm only five foot and a fag packet so it shouldn't be a problem! 😂

Yes, it's the required height and width. Our garden slopes quite steeply at the end where this is built and the datum is taken from the level of the ground the house is situated on so effectively this is being built in a dip.

Permission from the neighbours? Umm ... nope. Don't think I need permission from the neighbours. 🤔

The Kent Armstrong pickups are great. Not tried the Entwistle pickups though. They look intruiging.

There's a damp proof membrane under the concrete base. There'll be another damproof membrane going down under the flooring. I'll also be putting in a vapour barrier on the walls and ceiling too.

I get what you mean regarding sound deflection and bass traps but it would have put the price up, not to mention the man-hours required to build non-standard shaped buildings. I'm hoping proper acoustic treatment will negate the usual issues of sound reflection and bass traps.

Well, the dimensions on mine is 3m x 5.4m so I'm really surprised that a few studio design companies have said that your dimensions aren't adequate. You'd be surprised what results you can get, certainly for mixing in a proper acoustically treated room. I've actually been in studios where the mixing has been done in similar sized rooms. Admittedly they had top quality monitors and the place was acoustically treated (not to mention that the engineer was really good at what he did). The main thing to get right is to eliminate the bass traps on the corners and any reflective surfaces need to be deadened with panels so as the sound doesn't bounce off. There's free software you can acquire that'll give you recommendations and you just work to that. I'd say go for it.

Quite easy all things considered. Particle board over the roof joists, felt on top, fibre glass solution over the top of that then a resin hardener. Finally a top coat finish which also waterproofs it.. You do need a couple of days of clear weather though, any rain and it'll be ruined.

Guttering went up today. Now, it's time for a beer I think. Next on the list of to do's: Cavity closers Brick in-fils inbetween the ceiling joists