Cheer up Marnold, sounds like a great MAN CAVE!!
My daughter needs a room of her own now so my office gets bumped into the basement. The bad news is that it's almost always cold down here. That'll be nice in July, rotten in January. The other problem is that when we're in this season where neither the furnace nor the air conditioner run much, it can get a bit humid down here. We've got a dehumidifier for that. The good news is that it affords me a bit more peace and quiet for my work. On top of that, I can crank my ampf louder without disturbing the rest of the troupe. The big problem is that I still have several boxes of crap to work my way through.
Axen: Jackson DK2M, Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster, Reverend Warhawk 390, Taylor 914ce, ESP LTD Surveyor-414
Amphen: Jet City JCA22H and JCA12S cab, Carvin X-60 combo, Acoustic B20
Effecten: "Thesis 96" Overdrive/Boost (aka DVM OD2), Hardwire DL-8 Digital Delay/Looper, DigiTech Polara Reverb, DigiTech EX-7 Expression Factory and CF-7 Chorus Factory, Danelectro CF-1 Cool Cat Fuzz
"I wish Imagine Dragons would be stuck in an Arcade Fire for an entire Vampire Weekend."--Brian Posehn
Cheer up Marnold, sounds like a great MAN CAVE!!
Guitars and other stringed instruments: Washburn D10S, Washburn EA52SWCE, Washburn Cumberland J28SDL, Washburn D46S12, D'Aquisto Centura, Rover RM-50B Mando
Amps and Cabs: Behringer AT108, Firefly Tube Amph, Blackheart Little Giant BH5H, Shiner's Custom Cab v.1.0
". . . because without beer, things do not seem to go as well . . ." Brother Epp, Capuchin Monastery, Munjor, Kansas 1902
Basement lairs can be a good thing.
Get a small efficient space heater for the chill and close the door. Once the walls and furnishings are heated up the room will stay comfortable for a long time.
Put up some posters of outdoor scenes that have a lot of material in them. Big vistas, lots of subjects. This will keep you out of the clastro-zone and allow some expansion for your creative brain. A Miss Makita poster seems to work also.
Don't ask how I know these things.
"No Tele For you." - The Tele Nazi
Ha! Tele-ish now inbound.
Marnold,sounds like we might hear some good blues from ya,Yea its cold and lonely down here,but I can crank my amp up,Yea its so cold and lonely down here I had to knock the ice off of my pups.Sumi
I actually don't mind the cold--except that the circulation in my shortened fingers isn't that good anymore. The only issue I've run into so far is that I only have a little windows that I can't see from my desk. I have no idea what time of day it is by the sun or by activity upstairs. Gotta glance at my Red Wings clock more often. As far as decorations go, I can look at my 1997 Michigan National Champs flag or my Schnitzelbank poster. Does that count?
Of course, the beer fridge is downstairs
Axen: Jackson DK2M, Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster, Reverend Warhawk 390, Taylor 914ce, ESP LTD Surveyor-414
Amphen: Jet City JCA22H and JCA12S cab, Carvin X-60 combo, Acoustic B20
Effecten: "Thesis 96" Overdrive/Boost (aka DVM OD2), Hardwire DL-8 Digital Delay/Looper, DigiTech Polara Reverb, DigiTech EX-7 Expression Factory and CF-7 Chorus Factory, Danelectro CF-1 Cool Cat Fuzz
"I wish Imagine Dragons would be stuck in an Arcade Fire for an entire Vampire Weekend."--Brian Posehn
Maybe you should decorate it like the inside of a woodshed ?
Only thing I miss about up norf: basements.
Except when they flood of course.
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