Neon Street Studio rehearsal facility is situated conveniently in Needham Market, just off the A14 between the M11 and A12 routes into London. Just one hour from Stansted Airport, London, Cambridge and Norwich, we are also a 10 minute walk away from a mainline railway station.
Looking for a fully equipped band rehearsal studio with top-quality acoustics and professional-grade equipment? Our rehearsal space is designed for musicians, bands, and solo artists who need a reliable, well-maintained studio for practice, songwriting, and pre-tour rehearsals near Ipswich Suffolk for Stowmarket, Bury St Edmunds and Sudbury.
If you want to rehearse with you band bringing your own backline, that’s fine we’ll set up a PA and any wedges you need and you can come to rehearse as if it were a gig. We’ll set up our Mackie analogue desk with a couple of SM58’s running through a Lexicon for a bit of reverb. We’ll have an engineer nearby in case of any technical issues.
You might be more advanced and you’ve been using logic / protools / reaper for a while and know your way around a digital desk. Great we’ll set up the Yamaha LS9 – 32 (soon to have a Dante card ) and leave you with a selection of microphones and DI’s from Audio Technica, Shure, Behringer and the usual suspects. Once we have the Dante card you’ll be able to leave your session with stems to work on in your own time.
Producers, recording engineers, bedroom producers we have a studio full of vintage gear. Studio only amps like the amazing Ampeg SB12, our Magnatone M10, our matched pair of Blackface Fender Deluxe Reverbs (which in stereo as a pair are special) and our vintage Fender Blackface twin and our rarer Fender Twin II.
Whatever the project – we understand that you want to get the most out of your session. Our space measures a total of 17ft x20ft and is equipped with professional and vintage backline, including:
- Acoustic Guitars
- Martin d10e Acoustic Dreadnought (bluegrass strings)
- Harmony Lap Steel Guitar 1930’s
- Eko 12 String (1970’s)
- Vincente sanchis flamenco
- Guitars
- Fender Custom Shop USA Blackguard 52 Telecaster 2001
- Fender USA 72 Telecaster Deluxe 2007
- Gretsch Gold Sparkle Hollow Body
- Epiphone Sheraton (1980’s)
- Harmony Rocket (1960s)
- Fender Stratocaster 60’s Sunburst (mexico)
- Fender Duosonic (short scale) Cream/Gold
- Fender Baja ” B Bender ” 50’s blackguard Telecaster
- Squier Stratocaster (labelled fender with texas specials)
- Fender Partscaster Telecaster (set up high for slide)
- Les Paul Gold Top copy
- Bass Guitars
- Westone A1 Thunder Active Pick Up Bass
- Fender Precision Bass (1980’s)
- Double Bass With Active Pick Up (1940’s Kay)
- Keyboards
- Korg M1 Music Work Station
- m Audio radium 49
- EMU vintage keys 9045
- Drums
- Pearl Export Bass Drum 21″
- Premier Genista Bass Drum 23″
- Premier Genista Rack Tom 13″
- Premier Genista Floor Tom 17″
- UMI 15″ Snare Drum
- Pearl Bass Drum Pedal doubler
- Dixon Snare Drum Stand
- Unknown Snare Drum Stand
- DW 5000 Hi Hat Pedal
- Pearl Cymbal Boom Arm Stand
- Sonar Cymbal Stand
- Cahon
- Misc
- Link Cowbell
- Fender Artist Banjo
- Double Bass mid 20th century with Pickup & bow (kay)
- Audio Technica Close Cup Headphones
- Amplifiers & Speakers
- Fender 65 Deluxe Reverb Amplifier
- Fender 65 Deluxe Reverb Amplifier
- Marshall 3530 300w 25/50 Jubilee Bass Amplifier
- Magnatone M10 Guitar Amplifier
- Marshall MG100 Series HDFX
- Proamp Viper boutique music man
- Carlsbro COLT 45 Keyboard amp
- Marshall Dynamic Bass System stack with cab
- Ashdown Engineering Klystron 1000
- Ashdown Engineering MiBass mini head
- Yamaha P4500 Power Amp
- KAM KXR Pro2000
- Carlsbro Marlin 6-150 II
- Kool Sound BA-150 4 way wedge
- Fender 65 Twin Reverb Amplifier (USA power) Black face
- Ampeg SB12 Portaflex Guitar/Bass Studio amp (1960’s)
- Marshall Dynamic Bass System stack
- Vox AC30 + Extension Cabinet (1960’s)
- Samson 4 way Headphone Amplifier
- PA system with Shure and Audio Technica Microphones
- Loudspeaker & Headphone Monitoring system
All the above equipment is subject to availability. if you want anything specific for a booking please let us know.
All the above equipment is available for hire if you are recording elsewhere or on tour. You can view our price list for hire here:
Want to rehearse with something that’s not listed in our inventory? We also have access to a vast catalogue of backline which, upon request, can be added to your studio sessions or hired out for your tour.
The studio is located on ground floor level with step-free access, on-site parking, accessible toilets, free Wi-Fi, equipment storage, a meeting room and refreshments – all available throughout the duration of your booking.
Neon Street actively works within the touring and event sector, with plenty of crossovers of knowledge and relationships. We are and have direct connections with:
- Sound engineers
- Producers
- Stage managers
- Tour managers
- Musicians
- Technicians
- Splitter van hire
- Festival programming
- Tour planning and logistics (including international)
- Merchandising (including international shipping)
- Luthiers
We are always happy to provide insight and guidance into other areas of the industry if needed. We have a fleet of splitter vans and an international e-commerce fulfilment service on site to compliment this.
Rates and times
If you are new and never used the space before we have a limited number of ‘first session free’ slots – please email for more details.
£20 / hour + VAT (subject to a minimum booking of 4 hours)
Weekday slots are generally from 6pm although we aim to be as flexible as possible if daytime weekday is needed.
For a full weekend hire you can set up on a Friday from 3 pm and run right through until late Sunday night leaving things set up and ready to go. We can hook you up with local hotels / Travelodge and we’ve a station nearby with fast connections to Liverpool Street, Norwich and Cambridge.
We can arrange to have an engineer on standby, we have a meeting room next door to relax in for your admin time and we’ve over six decades industry experience between us.
Contact
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 01449 257040