Well I love this thread...
Anyways I thought I would share my music room.
My shop or my music room??? Hmmm Like choosing between your kids.
Anyways I have a few things to share.
Yamaha PSR-185 Keyboard - full size 61 key
Has all the usual variable beats and fully adjustable tempos as well as assorted instruments.
I can play some basic stuff on it but not really a keyboard player. Main use is for a backing beat.
Picked it up at a yard sale for 10 bucks. Works perfectly
Peavy MDII 12X2 Mixe r- Grabbed it second hand with a gift card from a local music store.
Does what a mixing board is supposed to do. Performs great.
Phonic 410 Monitors - I have them jacked up on poles as speakers but can be used as floor monitors.
Low budget grab from Guitar Center on sale. Not the highest quality but performs fabulously for my needs.
The "Reed Analog" cabinet was an old Alamo tube amp that I bought from ebay fried.
I use it as a speaker for a gorgeous sweet tone through the 15" Jensen guitar speaker which is still in amazing shape
Beautiful tones! Especially when driven by tubes. I still have the chassis for parts but it is not really worthy of rebuilding.
Yamaha 50-112 Solid State Amp - Belonged to a friend of mine that knew I play guitar. He had it for many many years.
He told me it had quit working and he gave it to me since I worked with electronics in the Air Force; he thought I might be able to fix it.
I happily accepted the offer. Cleaned it up and immediately noticed that the speaker wire was off. Plugged it up and it worked.
I went ahead and cleaned the chassis as well as all the pots and checked all the function.
Once I got it straightened out I returned the amp to him explaining that it was just a simple fix.
He insisted I keep it as he didn't play and his kids had quit long ago. He was lost in an automobile accident about 6 months later.
The amp isn't really anything special although it does play well. However it IS special to me.
Junior Size Drum Kit- Got it for a song at a garage sale. Use it for recording actual acoustic drum tracks instead of using the keyboard.
I chose a junior kit for space saving. Also easy to move and store when not laying down a drum track.
1965 Alamo Tube Amp - 30 watt 10" - One of my pride and joys.
Given to me by a friend as it had quit on him. He was about to discard it.
I went through the amp and found that the input transformer had gone bad.
The original Alamo (see Reed Analog above) I had that was fried had the same input transformer.
It was still good. Completed a refurbishment including a recap and replacing the tubes with some NOS vintage tubes.
Tested numerous 12Ax7s from my stash until I found the perfect fit for this amp. The tone and the breakup is amazing.
Especially for the blues that I love playing so much.
My recording studio screen- I have several different software programs and sometimes utilize more than one on a project.
I have MXL mics. One for vocals as well as one for instrument.
Guitars:
2002 Gibson Les Paul BFG- Plays beautifully. P-90 and a Seymour Duncan Humbucker.
These guitars were only made for a few years, They have become extremely desirable and Gibson is now making a reissue.
I will be upgrading to jumbo frets sometime this spring.
Fender California Series Sonoran- A birthday present. My go to acoustic. Can be plugged as well although I prefer to mic it.
Ultra Cheap Rogue Bass - Paid more for the 4 strings than I did the guitar. About twice as much.
Anyways, I just use it to lay some basic bass rhythm and riffs when recording projects.
Washburn Maverick Series - Had this guitar the longest. Not my first but the one I really learned to play on.
NUMEROUS upgrades. Seymour Duncan Humbuckers with split poles. Push pull switches wired ala Jimmy Page.
Bigsby tremolo which adds UBER sustain. Love this guitar as it has a special place for me.
Unfortunately it doesn't really fit me well anymore.
I am planning to build my own guitar sometime this year using all the goodies I installed on this.
1988 USA Fender Stratocaster - Completely stock and in very very good condition.
I would like some hotter pickups and may replace the entire plate so I can just drop it back into original form.
This guitar was made the same year my son was born.
Ultra Cheap Synsonics Acoustic - Super cheap and given to me. Very poor action which is to be expected.
However that high action makes it perfect for slide. So it is my slide machine when I want that acoustic slide flavor.
I have a few pedals on my pedal board:
Polytune for Tuning
Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer - the real deal
Boss Blues Driver - They work great in combination
Ditto Looper Pedal - Great for practicing sections
Boss Chorus Pedal
Delta Labs Phase Shifter
Vox Wah Wah
You can see a couple of my paintings.
The Hendrix is obviously in progress sooooo... Keep that in mind when judging me.
Posters of one of my biggest Inspirations SRV
My Album collection.... All of which are over 30 years old and in protective sleeves (Covers as well as vinyl)
Many are rare. They are usually recorded when first played and have had very very few laps around the turntable.
I do occasionally still like to spin them though...
And I know someone is curious about the green wall. I use it for videos and pictures (green screen effect).
So there is a glimpse...
