Jam Studios

I’ve been going to Jam Studios for a good while now, and only just realised I’ve not put up a review! One thing to note — this is the only researsal space that I’ve been to so I have nothing to compare this to.
I go here with a couple of mates to just play some music — we’re not a band or anything so it’s a very relaxed experience and we aren’t that fussed if the sound is a bit off. This can happen at times with some of the equipment that can be hired, but they’re happy to swap amps or bits of the drum kit for different bits if you have a complaint. I get on the drums for most of the time, and I can tell you that the drums and cymbals can vary pretty wildly. Also when hopping on the guitar we do find some of the amps are quite frankly rubbish. Again though, just ask to change anything and there’s never a problem with this. Jam have 10 rooms of various sizes to hire, with free drum and backline hire on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The free drum and backline hire is wonderful on its own — eliminating the annoyance of lugging big amps around makes the whole experience that bit more relaxed.
Price wise it seems reasonable. We’ve paid between £14 and £19 for a 2 hour session depending on room size, day of the week we go and therefore whether it’s free hire on things, and also seemingly who is on the desk at times (we started out using a small room and were charged slightly differently a few times.). Despite the wonky charges here and there (I’m willing to believe it was more that we were undercharged at times!), the people are lovely there and always happy to help with any problems.
Despite some minor problems I would recommend Jam Studios as a (seemingly) cheap researsal space if you’re not looking for somewhere that will have absolutely bang on sound every time.