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

[Plank_Spanker]

Now, THAT is making wise use of space! :

Cool room, wingsdad.

[Viking Power]

Thanks for posting guys! Very drool inspiring stuff!

[Rampant]

Dudes

Here's my beginners basic setup...

iPod and speakers on the windowsill, lesson folder on music stand, KORG effects gizmo (and capo) on my little 5W tube amp

[ibanezjunkie]

wings, what make/model is that orange/amber/sunburst tele on the wall?

nice ibanez, Rampant, very cool sounding guitars them AF semi hollows.

[marnold***]

In fairness, my bass amph is normally not located there (different part of the room) nor is my bass normally perched so precariously in front of it. My guitar, Vox, and pedals are in their usual position. I tried to take this picture from a slightly higher angle so I wouldn't be blinded by the Vox's grill. I ended up washing out a couple of my Jackson's sharkies. Trust me; they're there.

For those of you who check the background closely, let me note that the beer, guitar, and computer books and magazines are mine. The smut books are my wife's.

[sunvalleylaw]

Thanks for explaining about the sharkies Marnold. I thought for a minute you had already worn them off by excessive shredding in open position.






I will have a new practice space soon as part of a remodel we are doing to bring my MIL in to live with us. I will be asking for some help setting it up.



When this room is finished (it is getting much closer than the pic indicates), this end of the room will have a computer desk in the left corner with the iMac and the toneport. The keyboard will be under the window on the left. One amph may be to the left of that. To the right of the computer desk will be a dresser that will hold books, cables, gear etc, then one or more amphs. In the right corner will be a large TV hutch with initially an ancient tv and my stereo. Speakers will be in the corners, perhaps hung on brackets. I intend on running sound into the stereo as a PA, and will also use it for TV sound, and will have the iMac hub everything. Somewhere on the walls, likely the one directly ahead in the pic, will be guitar hooks. Somewhere in the room also will be a humidifier. Any thoughts, suggestions etc. would be lovely.

[sunvalleylaw]

wings, what make/model is that orange/amber/sunburst tele on the wall?

nice ibanez, Rampant, very cool sounding guitars them AF semi hollows.

IJ, that tele is a G&L.

[wingsdad]

Now, THAT is making wise use of space! :

Cool room, wingsdad.

Thanks... yeah...not much floor space if I open a drawer under the keyboard or pull the amp out from under the mixing desk... : and almost out of vertical space

wings, what make/model is that orange/amber/sunburst tele on the wall?

Here's a link to the thread I posted upon its arrival:

G&L ASAT Classic Bluesboy Semi-Hollow

The finish is Cherryburst, on Swamp Ash.

[sumitomo]

[QUOTE=tunghaichuan]Here's mine:


Valve Junior head and cabinet, Blackheart Little Giant Head and 1x12" cabinet,

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Tung I'm just curious,no home built amps in your studio?What gives your the amp man.Sumi:

[tunghaichuan***]

Tung I'm just curious,no home built amps in your studio?What gives your the amp man.Sumi:

I have plenty of working home brew amps. I never developed and woodworking skills, so most of my amps are still bare chassis. It isn't safe to run amps like this. I've got two nice 18 watters ready and waiting for head cabs.

For right now it is just simpler to buy a $100 Valve Junior and mod it so it sounds good. :

tung

[just strum]

Dudes

Here's my beginners basic setup...

iPod and speakers on the windowsill, lesson folder on music stand, KORG effects gizmo (and capo) on my little 5W tube amp

Rampant, I really like the clean lines of that setup. It is a good practice area and has a touch of art.

I came across a pic when my 10 x 11 room had even less room than now.

[Rampant]

Rampant, I really like the clean lines of that setup. It is a good practice area and has a touch of art.

Thanks strum

Smallest room in the house - and dominated by the wardrobe that stores all my uniforms and makes the space even smaller...
There's just enough space to make it feel not cramped - keeping it uncluttered is a necessity and keeps the space relaxing I'm thinking that the next gear purchase will be a Vox VT30 - it's small enough to fit in the space where the Crate sits now. There is a slim gap beside the wardrobe where I stuff books and stuff - my plan is to put four narrow full depth shelves there to store all my books and accesories

I also have another practice room... My acoustic hangs on the wall in my bedroom, where I can just grab it and sit on the bed and noodle whenever there's not enough time to settle down and switch on the amp etc...

[sunvalleylaw]

Main area with computer for recording with Toneport, drawers for storage or music, cables, etc.


Keyboard and son's amph. Son's amph may move over by mine and be replaced with a guitar rack, or I may put the rack near where my C-30 is sitting. Guitar hangers could go on wall to left or right of keyboard up on the wall, or up above the C-30.


TV hutch with stereo that I plan to use for playback, and maybe PA work while recording or playing with tracks I am working on.


Closer view of computer/recording/workstation area.

Yeeeeehaaaahhhhh!!!! Well, here is the work in progress! Pretty much set up, though the speakers up in the corners will get replaced, and I am still figuring out where I am going to store guitars. I may build a rack like the one someone posted recently, or put a couple hangers on the wall, or keep them in the closet on the other side of the room. I would like to have them out, but this room is also, and perhaps mainly, a family rec room during the day, so I am not completely comfortable with them exposed. A rack over between the keyboard and TV hutch might serve. I will put some sort of humidifier in the room as well. Here is another view of the one angle in daylight, just because I like the sunflowers. :

Hints or suggestions from those more seasoned at setting up such an area would be most appreciated. So far, no undue noise issues, even with lights on.

[deeaa*]

Hey Steve,

Wow that's a really nice looking place, really dig the furniture too, quite stylish. And ample room, not just for the amphs :-) that's gotta be bigger than our practice space for 2 bands.

Thoughts: I'd hang only guitars that have a flat neck joint like Fenders; I'd never hang a tilt-neck guitar. Small as the upward pressure is on the neck, over a long period of time it will have a small effect. Acoustics are OK as they weigh next to nothing, but a heavy LP etc. hung by a neck...would not do constantly.

Also I thought of reflections...looks like a lot of windows there...I'd consider some heavy curtains to remove extra reverberation etc. when wanted.

Mine is in the basement with a tiny window and all surfaces uneven wood, large sofa and soft armchairs, walls full of bookcases etc. and I'd still like to have some curtains there to kill that extra room ambience from my recordings, particularly when doing vocals. Plus a noise screen for my computer...it's mostly passive cooled but still the harddisks whirr etc.

[sunvalleylaw]

Thanks Deeaa! That furniture, except for the chair and TV hutch, is old stuff from my wife's childhood. Works great though and fits the room just fine! Provides lots of storage too. I do not get to use the whole room for music though, just this perimeter. The interior of the room will have a couch and seat, coffee table, maybe a foosball table, and other family things. I had to stand up for my wall space a bit earlier today when some of my wife's girlfriends came over and had ideas for the room. But the perimeter is still a good amount of space, and I can leave my things there now, not have to hide them away as I did when I used a corner of my wife's office area. Her office moved across the house now.

With the windows, and not much furniture in the room yet (we need to save up and find a good cheap couch, etc.), there is sound reflection, and I notice things sound different than they did when the room was smaller. Right now, it is a big box with not much on the walls, or soft furniture to soak up some bouncing sound. Will work on that as I go. Thanks for the suggestions. And speaking of reflections:

[deeaa*]

Yeah sometimes reflections can be good. I once recorded an acoustic piece in the bathroom; very nice lively sense of space. But sometimes you don't want 'em thats for sure :-)

[wingsdad]

steve,
If you're gonna hang 'em, be sure to mount the hangers as far away from the airflow from heat & ac registers as possible, and located so that they're not targets for direct sunlight. Also, soem will advise to try to locate them on interior walls, but that's getting pretty overboard. I have 6 hangers on the exterior wall of my room, but the wall's something like 10" thick and heavily insulated. If the wall doesn't feel cold to the touch in the dead of winter, it's probably just fine.

[just strum]

Steve, is that the new addition?

[deeaa*]

steve,
If you're gonna hang 'em, be sure to mount the hangers as far away from the airflow from heat & ac registers as possible, and located so that they're not targets for direct sunlight. Also, soem will advise to try to locate them on interior walls, but that's getting pretty overboard. I have 6 hangers on the exterior wall of my room, but the wall's something like 10" thick and heavily insulated. If the wall doesn't feel cold to the touch in the dead of winter, it's probably just fine.

Man, you have thin walls :-) Mine are almost 20" and every window triple glassed... there's more than 3 inches of wood paneling already, at least 8 inches of two-by four frames in layers, each filled with 4 inches of fiberglass wool insulation...then the windbreakers and the siding supports and then the exterior wall...I think the garage walls however are only about 16 inches though. But it's a cold space.