Show-Off Your Practice Studio (idea, newb alert...)

[sunvalleylaw]

Yes Strum, it is part of the re-model. I am going to trot out some other pics in another thread sometime. I am not sure how thick our exterior walls are, but now I will check as I am curious. It is well insulated, and the glass is all energy efficient standard stuff. I am not sure it is triple pane though. Pretty much all walls in that room are exterior, and there is a lot of sun. So I am leaning against hanging all the guitars, and maybe have just a hook or two for ease of access, on walls that do not get direct sun, and/or get or build a rack like the one some posted about here a few weeks ago. Like I said, it is a multi purpose room.

The closet where I stick my guitars in cases has sliding doors. I may stick a humidifier in there like Wingsdad did. I am not sure about trying to humidify the whole room.

[just strum]

Steve,

The room looks good. The answer may be buried in this thread, but what are the dimensions of the room?

[ibanezjunkie]

SVL, the second pic in your first post...

your wah seems to be going for a walk!

[sunvalleylaw]

Strum, it is about 17' by 24'. 17' across from the desk to the TV corner of the room, then 24' to the north. The north end has an exterior entry and walk way to a "mud" area where we have hooks and cubbies to stow your mittens, hat, gloves, helmets etc. Then moving south, there will be a game table like a foosball table, and a soft tip dart board, then couch chair coffee table etc. in front of the fire place you see a part of, then the southern perimeter that I shot the pics of. We have no basement and did not have a rec room or play room of any kind, other than a landing that is constantly coated in legos, so with my mother in law moving in, it will be a space for a bit of personal freedom. It is separated past the connecting north wall by a hall way and bathroom from any bedrooms so noise won't be too much of an issue that way, and it flows through patio style doors into a dining area, so I can block noise from the rest of the house. Not blocked enough to keep up with a drummer in there and not wake everyone up, but at least play a little. Very exciting!

[rylanmartin]

I have several rooms in my basement that I use for jamming, teaching, and practicing. Here's my man-cave:

[sunvalleylaw]

ugg, uggg, Ally Oop ! That is quite a man cave!

[mainestratman]

I need a cable rack.. or cable wall... lol

[MAXIFUNK]

I will take a pic of my family room practice space tonight and post it then.

[Tig***]

Update of my modest bedroom "studio"...
2 new Squiers and the uber cool and comfy bike frame stool.

[Katastrophe]

Tig, you gotta show that Reverend some love, man! It looks all neglected, back in the corner and all.

BTW, I love the pickguard on the Strat. Really looks good with the sunburst finish.

[Katastrophe]

Rylan, could you tell me more about the LP Junior lookin' guitar with "Talent" on the headstock? Looks pretty cool, as do all your gitfiddles.

[Monkus]

Cool spaces, great collection of guits. I'll post mine soon !

[kidsmoke*]

no doubt, lots of eye candy, but what I love is the rear triangle stool!! THAT is cool

[rylanmartin]

Rylan, could you tell me more about the LP Junior lookin' guitar with "Talent" on the headstock? Looks pretty cool, as do all your gitfiddles.

It's a Gibson Baldwin Talent Les Paul. If one was to google it, they'd come across this ad:

http://www.overstock.com/Gifts-Flowe...5/product.html

I bought it for 20 bucks from the local classifieds. The bridge was bent up and the electronics were useless. I ordered a new bridge, knobs, pots, tuners, a p90 pickup and input jack off of guitar fetish and set out to copy the original Gibson idea.

The frets were pretty bad too, so I filed down the sharp edges and evened out the lay of the whole board and it plays not bad. It looks super cool, feels all right. All in all it was about an $90 investment. I even have a few gold "Gibson" decals sitting around if I felt like a blatant plagiarism.

I've always wanted a LP junior, but never wanted to shell out the money for what was intended by Gibson to be a "student" guitar...so I feel in my case, this one is more authentic to the original purpose.

[mainestratman]

I'll post some pix from this coming Sunday during practice. :-)

[MichaelE]

[mainestratman]

LOVE the reel to reel. Very classy.

[sunvalleylaw]

Beautiful room, Michael E!

[MichaelE]

Thanks guys. Don't know how I missed this thread from last year. I just saw it this morning.

The Kurzweil and my floor pedals are out of view, and I have a new Yamaha MM8 coming in another week or so. I just replaced the el-cheapo On-Stage mic stand with a König & Meyer that came yesterday. Talk about tank-like construction.