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Topic: Pushed for space? |
Tony Boadle
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Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 15 Sep 2019 7:04 am |
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When we downsized houses a few years ago, my kind wife told me I could have the 'walk-in' wardrobe as a music room.
She forgot to mention the actual dimensions involved (I knew there'd be a catch....)
So here's a pic of my hideaway, including:
Console Steel, Six-string Reso, Fender b***o, Yamaha mini-keyboard, practice amp, record/CD player, TV/DVD player, bass boost speaker set up, CD/DVD/video collection, drum stool....and finally an old-school metronome (in case of power-outage!)
Anyone enduring similar conditions?
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Tony Boadle
From:
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 15 Sep 2019 7:12 am
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| PS: Bottom left you can see a Tandy calculator, purchased from a Radio Shack store in the UK in 1982, and still going strong! |
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Bill Groner
From:
QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 15 Sep 2019 8:56 am
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| Tony Boadle wrote: |
| PS: Bottom left you can see a Tandy calculator, purchased from a Radio Shack store in the UK in 1982, and still going strong! |
Yeah Radio Shack.........sure miss that store! My foreman bought the first calculator in the shop. I think it was a Texas Instrument one. It added, subtracted, multiplied and divided.......and that was it! We younger guys were in awe! He paid $200 for it. That calculator today can be bought in a Dollar store for.... yup, $1.
Hey Tony, don't put on any weight! 
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Currently own, 6 Groner-tone lap steels, one 1953 Alamo Lap steel, Roland Cube, Fender Champion 40 |
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Fred
From:
Amesbury, MA
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Posted 15 Sep 2019 12:40 pm
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| Wow! You have your own room! |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 15 Sep 2019 2:26 pm
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You have an understanding and most generous wife.  |
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Tony Boadle
From:
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 15 Sep 2019 3:19 pm
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Ok, maybe I should appreciate how lucky I am....she even came with me to Louisville for an IBMA awards night a few years ago.
(Actually, it was a trade-off, after that we had to visit Graceland, that was the deal!) |
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Daniel McKee
From:
Corinth Mississippi
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Posted 15 Sep 2019 3:46 pm
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| I just wish my music space was as organized as yours. Looks like you've got everything you need right there. |
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James Mayer
From:
back in Portland Oregon, USA (via Arkansas and London, UK)
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Posted 16 Sep 2019 8:26 am
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Man, I would just get an iPad and eliminate the need for almost all of the stuff you mentioned. You could mount it on the wall right above your steel. I use the iPad for a metronome, tuner, drone, practice tracks, amp/fx modeler and a virtual mixer to bring it all together. You can simply run the output through any small laptop speakers or a small amp. I run it all through either headphones or a small practice amp about the size of a lunchbox.
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=320715&sid=3bf925566d08f167828bc48d4f6d594c |
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Fred Treece
From:
California, USA
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Posted 16 Sep 2019 8:35 am
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My wife and I got a good laugh out of your pic, Tony. I had an almost identical situation for several years until I asked for permission to move my amps and guitar cases from the garage into my former music room/closet. I have now pretty much laid claim to our spare room. The pedal steel is set up along another wall with a view out the window of our little hillside.
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Tony Boadle
From:
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 16 Sep 2019 1:13 pm
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There's a common theme here.... maybe it's time we all grouped together and laid down some demands. It's time to show who's boss!
Er......you go first..... |
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Ashley D\'Silva
From:
Perth , Australia
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Posted 17 Sep 2019 3:58 pm
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| Yeah!! Let's show them who's the Boss |
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Tony Boadle
From:
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 18 Sep 2019 1:25 pm
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| OK, Ashley.... looks like it's just you and me making a stand. We'll draw up a master-plan.... I'll be in touch just as soon as I empty the dishwasher and Hoover out the car. |
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