New Studio Buildout!
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 meet dave and bill - profoundly hardworking removing a lot of concrete by hand |
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 in prep for the new slab |
 excavation, phase one - our man jeff does the honors while ben and craig oversee |
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 jeff returns... |
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 mr charles hall contractor extrodinare opening new doors |
 way cool principal contractor craig and the full front wall ...and all that old slab rubble is gone |
 that's about the size of it |
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 new roofline/grey skyline the weather has been against us quite a bit |
 a long wall, one door |
 shiplap goes on portico's what it's called |
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 more 'lap and some trim parking is back to being sane |
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 inner structure appears |
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 rooms taking shape lofty! |
 from the future control room into the playing spaces |
 stairs |
 looking down from the loft through the window opening |
 stairs boxed in and a half-wall at the top |
 exterior framing is completed rear-corner of new control room. |
 control room floor sleepers with accomodations for sub-floor cabling |
 floor 'flor tr.v to cover with a floor or flooring |
 dog break! l: studio mascot madison, r: her boyfriend loic |
 subfloor is done prepping for interior control room framing |
 roof! it's good to be watertight |
 control room left interior wall machine room where the red ladder is |
 control room right wall ladders like to have their picture taken |
 control room rear wall soffited ceiling starts to take shape |
 more of that blue insulating stuff and the soffit looks framed - that's it for framing! |
 "we have so much power now it's not even funny" |
 boxes to feed hungry racks of gear |
 by the warm glow of the worklights our intrepid engineers toiled |
 aaah. warm and fuzzy the insulation goes in |
 if you look up from mix position |
 sound control yeah, that's what i'm talking about |
 if you were sitting playing the atari 7800 on a break from overdubs |
 alien attack? justifiably cautious work wear? will the real atom master please stand up |
 sheetrocking begins a view of a booth |
 the mighty task of sheetrocking the ceiling don't try this at home |
 'rock day one crew: scott, steve, dave, ben, craig, & john |
 drywalling day two progress is really visible |
 day two crew (not pictured) included craig, ben, caleb, matt & john |
 look at that first layer in the main room sound-proofy! |
 matt covered in drywall dust |
 dynamic drywall duo up on the catwalk |
 mud n tape n mud n tape |
 a connection is made a lineman's job is pretty serious |
 control room perspectives paint, new floor, built-in rack |
 as you walk in from the back door more paint and floor look-see |
 and on center in the room ah, mahogany, latex and urethane |
 okay, so it's messy right now you gotta break a few eggs... |
 wirin' and solderin' - who's that guy??? (not pictured, jonathan, jose and (another) mark) |
 nice r... no, not gonna say it |
 from the producer's desk position the room's taking shape |
 fine cabinetry, thank you john, with paint pending did we mention the room's taking shape? |
 priming the main rooms begins looks much better than spackle |
 view down the hall from the bathroom |
 scaffolding, wall lights priming continues |
 from the drum room |
 from the vox iso |
 er... ...engage! |
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