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2015/10/08 23:10:47 (permalink)

Lamp Or Lava Lamp

I need low to low medium lighting for my studio. Everything's too bright! I don't need bright lights for practicing or listening. Which should I get? Lava Lamp or regular Lamp

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Re: Lamp Or Lava Lamp 2015/10/09 00:47:13 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby bayoubill 2015/10/09 02:01:51
Those amber-ish 40W light bulbs that came with the lamps I bought from Home Goods for the studio are THE answer to all my lighting wishes. I posted pics in that other thread... 
 
I hope I can easily find replacements for them because I really wouldn't want to go back to regular bulbs.
 

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Re: Lamp Or Lava Lamp 2015/10/09 01:53:30 (permalink)
Thanks Rain! I go back to the other thread for another look too

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Re: Lamp Or Lava Lamp 2015/10/09 03:53:43 (permalink)
I'm moving to a Philips hue system soon. Most of the lighting I'll be using will be ambient from LED strips or occasionally turning on the overhead A19's
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Re: Lamp Or Lava Lamp 2015/10/09 11:03:19 (permalink)
Strobe light man!
 
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Re: Lamp Or Lava Lamp 2015/10/09 12:04:30 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby bayoubill 2015/10/09 14:47:23

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put a soft LED or cfl in it,
works very nice.
indirect light, off the ceiling....

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Re: Lamp Or Lava Lamp 2015/10/09 13:08:18 (permalink)
batsbrew

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put a soft LED or cfl in it,
works very nice.
indirect light, off the ceiling....


Where's the computer, amps, monitors, guitars etc?
 
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Re: Lamp Or Lava Lamp 2015/10/09 14:53:05 (permalink)
ok, here's the real deal:
 

 
but the overhead light is on for this shot,
so you really don't see that the floorlamp light is pretty mellow....
i've got a 13 w led in mine,
it's really nice, low enough light to see everything i need to see,
but super mellow.
 

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Re: Lamp Or Lava Lamp 2015/10/09 18:48:59 (permalink)
Another incomplete studio... 
(I don't see any lava lamp!)

 
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Re: Lamp Or Lava Lamp 2015/10/13 04:01:20 (permalink)
I use a lava lamp with 40W bulb. Also if you look at my avatar photo to the left, you will notice two 'spots' of light, which come from two cantilever lamps with a variostat to go from off to bright and every ambient level inbetween as required. The key to working in a real low light level atmosphere though, is to get a computer keyboard with a backlight, I have one on a tray which slides out from under the front of my desk, that really allows working in near darkness with just the glow of the lava lamp and the light from the screen(s) of course...HTH, Garry
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Re: Lamp Or Lava Lamp 2015/10/13 05:37:18 (permalink)
See?  Now THAT'S what I'm talking about! 

 
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Re: Lamp Or Lava Lamp 2015/10/13 07:59:41 (permalink)
batsbrew

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put a soft LED or cfl in it,
works very nice.
indirect light, off the ceiling....




That's what I use.  I have them in 3 corners of the room.

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Re: Lamp Or Lava Lamp 2015/10/13 09:17:24 (permalink)
Hi,
 
I'm always in the "dark". I have a small lamp with a green light bulb on top of one monitor and a blue one on top of another monitor, and that's the only lighting I need.
 
The bright lights at work (for example) are horrible, and cause massive headaches for me, with the bad eyesight from the surgeries. I'm also very light sensitive, which doesn't help.
post edited by Moshkito - 2015/10/13 09:27:49

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Re: Lamp Or Lava Lamp 2015/10/14 07:03:17 (permalink)
I bought NEXA-dimmers, the plug-in socket kind, so not only can I controll my lights with a remotecontroller; I can dim my lights down to relaxing levels and crank 'em up when I need to vacum or do some other mundane chore. IMO, best studio upgrade ever

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Re: Lamp Or Lava Lamp 2015/10/14 08:44:52 (permalink)
If I could afford it, I would use the Philips Hue system.
 
These are basically diffuse 3-color LED lights that can make just about any color, not unlike the multi-color LEDs used for stage lighting but softly diffused.
 
What makes them so cool is that they can be remote-controlled over wi-fi with your smartphone. I've even thought about using them for stage lighting. But these things are expensive.


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Re: Lamp Or Lava Lamp 2015/10/14 08:50:23 (permalink)
Lava lamps are fantastic - but so are Salt Rock lamps. Have a few of each and you'll have the perfect vibe...
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