Backline Rentals & Rehearsal Studios

Better quality than most of the other rehearsal studios. This place is pricier than usual but the equipment usually works better than other places. The staff is cool and they take reservations. The have plenty of rooms and sell extra equipment if you need it. We scheduled 2 hours for Room C and the rate was $ 20 1/​hour. We booked two hours so we plaid $ 43 including the cymbals for the drums. The room contains 2 guitar amps, 1 bass amp, a drum set and PA system with multiple mics.
I dislike that they charge extra for cymbals ($ 3 extra). The rooms aren’t the biggest but they provide unlimited amount of mics. If we ever encounter a problem with the equipment, staff will come immediately and get things resolved.
Overall, cool place with great atmosphere. Call in advance and book an appointment.

Been going to this spot since it was Trojan studios way back in the day. Looks better since the remodel, but I miss the pinball machines.

I like the place. Its tucked away, lots of parking in front and behind. I’m a drummer, the equipment isn’t amazing but it beats lugging my own stuff!!! The showcase room has the best of everything.

This place used to be better back when it was Sound Arena. Now their equipment is pretty dingy and their rooms smell like sweaty old men. Good thing they don’t serve food here, because I just found a roach on one of the amps. It’s aight I guess. I’ve seen better rehearsal studios for cheaper rates and better equipment.

OK place to rehearse. OK gear, rates and staff. Been there many times. Sometimes good sometimes bad! Drummers bring your cymbals (They charge for cymbal use), pedal and snare too.

My buddies and I have been rehearsing here for years. This is the only place we will go. The people who work here are great and we’ve never had issues. The bathrooms are always clean and there have never been issues with the A/​C. I think by now we have used every one of the rooms at one time or another. The showcase room is great when you want a stage, so we use that form time to time.
They also have a great rental department that I’ve used several times. They rent everything from keyboards, drums, sound systems to lighting. My sister got married last year at the Universal Sheraton and she hired Backline to do the lights and they couldn’t be happier with how it turned out. It was amazing how some mood lights changed the atmosphere of the entire reception.
If you’re looking for a clean place to rehearse, give this place a try!

My band (s) have been rehearsing at Backline for six years — awesome place and nice folks. Very well run.

We’ve been here twice, good experience. Clean restrooms, A/​C works. Staff helpful. Contrary to website mentioning cymbals for rent, they don’t do this anymore so bring your own.
HOWEVER there are ROACHES all over the rooms! We had 4 in ours last time. Please call an exterminator!

Going way back it was Trojan & 1 of the few places you could try to get a band going without getting the cops called. The Offspring basically honed their craft here
It was briefly known in the mid-​90s as Monroe after Paul Monroe of a just-​a-​blip-​on-​the-​radar 80s band called XYZ took over
Around the same time a couple of guys from NY started the original Sound Arena in Anaheim. I went there about the 1^st week they were open and the owner said they were amazed to come out to CA and see rooms where you lug all your own gear; all the rooms back East were equipped. They pretty much put Bandwest out of business.
So they expanded to this location, a lot closer to me than the Anaheim one, and briefly had a 3^rd spot I don’t remember where, but the Iron Maidens were 1 of the bands launched from this incarnation. People started bringing in their own gear anyway and then complaining about their setup time counting, and wanting a free hour, the previous band would take forever to leave but ‘John’ would always make sure YOU were out on time! The police station moved in across the lot and suddenly you’d find yourself stashing beers in your gig bag, and they took out the pinball machine :(
Went back recently after a 10 year gap, the place was pretty dead. Bathroom got fixed and the drums, from the couple rooms I was in, seemed decent, but the amps were pretty ghetto, heads didn’t match cabinets, and both bass amps I ran through had jack issues, 1 of them had a guitar cable bolted to the top of it!
Just seems fair that if they double the rates then the equipment should reflect that

love this place, the people who work here are friendly and every time I have scheduled a room its been very smooth.

Formerly known as SOUND ARENA, Backline is in the same place with the same folks. They also rent live sound gear and equipment for gigs.
–8 regular rehearsal rooms (PA/​drums/​2 amps included)
–1 showcase room with full stage and lighting. (plus same gear)
Prices range from $ 13 per hour for small studios to $ 16 per hour for larger studios. The showcase studio is $ 23 per hour.
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I’ve been coming here since the Sound Arena days and I’ve never had anything but good experiences. The staff is awesome and extremely helpful and friendly. The gear is decent, I rarely bring my own amp and my drummer doesnt seem to mind the kit.
Rock on!!!