How to DIY a Home Studio

[Tucson Thump]

Pick one. You'll be happy with any of them.

 

[Deleted member 5962]

Fixed!

What if you had something on the wall that was music-related, but not so guitar specific?

IDEAS:

 

[DougUSMC]

For example (and I understand that 1950's, jazz-inspired abstract art is not everyone's cup of tea), this is in the hallway outside our studio:

Another thing to keep in mind, we rotate our art, meaning, just because you hung something on the wall doesn't mean you have to live with it forever. Put it up, See how you like living with it day-to-day. Change it out.

Yeah man, I actually really dig that one. I'd feel bad stealing it to make an acoustic treatment out of it though. Same with all of the rest of the images on that site, even those that are obviously repurposed pictures from someone else's IP (like the US Patent shots, for example).

It's really cracking me up that everyone is all over the place on the voting. That actually makes me feel better though, b/c I really can't make up my own mind!!

 

[DougUSMC]

Ok, grouting is done, and not a moment too soon. I knew it would be a challenge fixing the floor when I started, but never realized how much I'd grow to hate this part, or how many DAYS it would take to do it right!

Fortunately, I got a little motivation during my lunch break, that helped me carry on:

Anyway, here's the final grout pics. I can't tell what's more impressive:
1) How well it came out all in
2) How BADLY the tiles I picked dont. Match. At. All.
Either way, I take solace in the fact that the job is done and actually came out pretty good (if you're color blind).

Hopefully tomorrow the baseboard and quarter round go down, and get painted.

After that, it's on to more fun building stuff!

 

[DougUSMC]

Not a lot of time today, but got a few things done. Like most finish work, it takes a good bit of time to get it done right, for even the smallest results.

The baseboards and quarter round were all cut, installed, and caulked. Some are just temporarily placed by the entry door, as the door trim has to go up before they're installed. Those by the safes were also given two coats of paint, so that section of the room is now all set up and ready for business! The large safe sits directly in front of the door, but it's now on furniture casters, so it can be rolled out of the way pretty easily.

On the other side of the room, in order to finish the baseboard and quarter round, I also finished trimming in the built-in. I still have to hit it with a couple of coats of spray lacquer (so it matches the shelving), but it's starting to look pretty over there. Once I finish painting the baseboards on that side of the room it'll be ready for the desk and shelving to go up.

That's pretty much it, but the room is starting to come back together again.
A couple of panoramics...

 

[Tucson Thump]

The large safe sits directly in front of the door, but it's now on furniture casters, so it can be rolled out of the way pretty easily.

I had to laugh. I have a safe on casters also so that I can move it enough to get to the back of a refrigerator. I continually think "Why did I buy a big safe so that it would be hard for someone else to move, and then put it on casters so I could easily move it?"

 

[Alnus Rubra]

That Marshall cab looks so sweet with the PRS amp on top!

Great work all round.

 

[DougUSMC]

That Marshall cab looks so sweet with the PRS amp on top!

Great work all round.

Thanks, that was a project I did a year or so ago. It was a complete trainwreck, so I stripped it down, recovered it, replaced the hardware, and put a couple of Blues in it.

The only thing that's a bummer is that I can't really stack the Ox Box I got on top of them, b/c the Dallas has top controls. Anyone have any ideas for that?

 

[Bill SAS 513]

Really looking good, Doug!

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Thanks, that was a project I did a year or so ago. It was a complete trainwreck, so I stripped it down, recovered it, replaced the hardware, and put a couple of Blues in it.

The only thing that's a bummer is that I can't really stack the Ox Box I got on top of them, b/c the Dallas has top controls. Anyone have any ideas for that?

Yeah I remember the thread.

You could maybe make a shelf to sit under the Dallas, that the Ox-Box could sit on the side of. I’m sure the amp would have enough weight to counter balance the attenuator.

With your woodworking skills you could make it match the Marshall cab.

 

[kipkohl]

Dude, you are killin' it! I'm really enjoying following this thread.

 

[Tucson Thump]

Thanks, that was a project I did a year or so ago. It was a complete trainwreck, so I stripped it down, recovered it, replaced the hardware, and put a couple of Blues in it.

The only thing that's a bummer is that I can't really stack the Ox Box I got on top of them, b/c the Dallas has top controls. Anyone have any ideas for that?

I took someone's advice and cut up a thick mouse pad into small squares and placed them under the Ox Box feet but you could get more height by cutting some 2"x2" wood pieces and cover them with something to prevent any bleed through.

 

[DougUSMC]

Dude, you are killin' it! I'm really enjoying following this thread.

Thanks!!

Yeah I remember the thread.

You could maybe make a shelf to sit under the Dallas, that the Ox-Box could sit on the side of. I’m sure the amp would have enough weight to counter balance the attenuator.

With your woodworking skills you could make it match the Marshall cab.

Yeah, I'm definitely thinking about building something to solve it.

Look at the rightmost cab, in the roller-cabinet-thingy.

I saw these in a Youtube video w/the great Steve Vai, and I'm thinking about making it. It's top of the "What to do AFTER I finish the music room" list.

 

[dmatthews]

Great accomplishment, congrats!

 

[DougUSMC]

Today was all about finishing painting on the trims inside and outside of the room, and giving it a good cleaning. I need the door to show up, and a bit of crown molding for the hallway, but other than that I'm officially calling the "construction" phase over.

Pretty happy with how it came out, now it's time to get onto some of the woodworking projects, and start setting the room up for use.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Thanks!!



Yeah, I'm definitely thinking about building something to solve it.

Look at the rightmost cab, in the roller-cabinet-thingy.

I saw these in a Youtube video w/the great Steve Vai, and I'm thinking about making it. It's top of the "What to do AFTER I finish the music room" list.

SV seems to be morphing physically into James Taylor!

 

[bodia]

SV seems to be morphing physically into James Taylor!

Yeah, he does!

 

[bodia]

Doug, that looks great! You do killer work.

 

[Warmart]

I think with a small amount of reconditioning we may have even let him in the Navy!

 

[Black Plaid]

A bit late to this, but I have to agree with what @Nurk2 said. Spice it up a bit with something that compliments your impressive collection of instruments instead of competing with it.

You might even consider making something yourself! Abstract art is a fun experiment. Start with a general idea of how you want it to look, and work from there!