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Tony Prior
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What does your practice area /room look like ?

Post by Tony Prior »

Here's my mess..

I practice thru my Yamaha AW2816 'wittle workstation studio....Art Dual 12AX7 Pramp, Bheringer headphone amp, etc... Have CD player routed thru the system and the system is set up to record on the fly as well...all effects/patches written on the Yamaha 2816...no outboard gear necessary here at home...I generally practice thru the phones but can also go live thru the 5" near fields...or the little 35 watt Peavey sittin' there collecting dust..

All of my stage gear is down ( as in 1 level below ) in the garage, the amps, the effects racks..all that STUFF..I do not practice with my stage rig..and I don't do stairs well either...

I'll save b0b the bandwidth..

here is photo link,

t

ps..pay no attention to that Banjo....
www.bprior.com/studio.jpg


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Post by Mike Archer »


tony your place looks great next to mine
mine has about the same
but add 2 evans a nashville 400
a fender amp a bed a chair and two
stacks of cds a tv and stereo
plus my d10 emmons and tele


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Post by Tony Prior »

yeh but Mike, I raked everything else out of view of the photo..you ought to see the other side of the room !

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Post by Tony Farr »

Well guys, my practice room is, 26'x52' full basement. Back in one end I have a 13'x'15' stage set up, patches of carpet on 3 sides and the floor, the ceiling is less than 8', pa set that I run cd player through, with steel twin amps set up, drum set, but it's hard for me to play steel and drums at the same time. So I set there 2 to 4 hours each day and pick, I have to quit every little bit cause my butt gets to hurting, setting on that stool so long. I may not be getting to play out much but I'm playin in all the time, better than nuttin.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Tony Farr on 08 February 2005 at 04:57 AM.]</p></FONT>
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Post by Hook Moore »

My area
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Post by Jim Peters »

Hi Tony, I have a 12x20 foot rehearsal space. I have drums,3 sets of PA speakers,Cavin,PV and EV. A Reverend Hellhound,Fender Deluxe,PV Bandit, and NV112.At any given time I have 7-10 guitars,depeneding on what my kids have borrowed. I have a GFI ultra keyless S10,and a Hammond M100. I run Ntrack studios thru my PC.
I wish I could post pic,hopefully I have descibed it verbally. JimP
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Post by Bill Llewellyn »

Have a look: Image

http://www.rahul.net/thinker/studio.html

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Post by Howard Tate »

Bill, my Zum is even closer to the computer and monitor then yours and I get a lot of noise in my Vegas 400. I don't get that when I play out. Do you have that problem?
Tony, I notice the banjo is segregated from the guitars, smart move.

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Post by Bill Llewellyn »

Howard, I don't get pickup noise from the Apple flat panel monitor, but I just recently added an older CRT monitor on the left side of the table (moved the rack to the right) and its EMI noise does seep into the PSG pickup. So I just shut the CRT off when I'm practicing or tracking (the flat panel monitor is still there, in the middle, so I can continue to use the Mac).

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My room is 18x27 and has everything I need. I may be losing it due to a child and grandchild moving home...<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Steve Stallings on 08 February 2005 at 08:29 AM.]</p></FONT>
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Post by Ray Minich »

Gotta throw some **** out. Had to move (temporarily) to the dining room 'cause there's too much stuff in the attic. Anybody want a desk and a stuffed chair?

The floor is the world's biggest shelf!!!!<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Ray Minich on 08 February 2005 at 06:34 PM.]</p></FONT>
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Post by Dave Burr »

Bill Llewellyn, If there was ever such a thing as a swivel pac-a-seat, you need it! Great looking studio. You too Hook!

Respectfully,
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thanks Dave.
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Post by Robert Porri »

Man you guys are neat! An inspiration! Makes me question what I am doing wrong. I only have a 9X12 music room and I'm busting at the seams with 30 years of instruments, amps, books/manuals, magazines, tapes, CD's, etc. Do you guys just throw tons of stuff out, or do you have storage areas elsewhere? I have a nice computer and recording setup in here too, but it lives in between all the above mentioned items.

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Post by Gary Lee Gimble »

Compact and cluttered!

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Post by Terry Edwards »

That juice bar on top your amp is gettin' kinda low there, Gary!

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Jerry's music room usually looks like a TORNADO has hit it!!!!!!!!!! Donna
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Gary Lee! why am I thinking of the song, "Wine me up" ? au
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Post by Mike Richardson »

Let me see.I have two Emmons,Three Peavey amps,big screene TV.CD player and a tread mill...The tread mill is used when you get tired picking and want to take a stroll you don't have to get out of the house....

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Post by Tony Prior »

Hey Gary Lee..and the Wireless Mouse would be for ????? !!!

so far I see you're the only on that has a beverage service available while practicing...


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Post by Bill Llewellyn »

<SMALL>Bill Llewellyn, If there was ever such a thing as a swivel pac-a-seat, you need it!</SMALL>
Never was a truer word spoke. Image Ashamedly, I must admit it spends more time facing the Mac than the MSA.

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Post by Leslie Ehrlich »

Basement living room. The steel guitar is now a piece of furniture... that is until I'm ambitious enough to replace the pot in my volume pedal.
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Post by Jon Jaffe »

I'm with you Robert, I cannot figure how they keep their rooms so neat. There is nothing on the floor and all the cables are coiled up just so. How do you find anything?I am not certain that a noisy, smokey bar isn't a more ideal location. My room?
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Post by Jody Sanders »

A disaster area. My bride placed a sign on the door. "Enter At Your Own Risk". Jody.