Still not a lava lamp in sight... But I think I'm done.

Well, I actually I have one but it's tucked away in a closet somewhere. I guess I'd have to find another one, identical, because my brain seems to require a certain kind of symmetry for most things. At any rate, I prefer candles. Plus, they smell so good. I'm thinking of finding an incense burner to alternate scents a bit. 
 
But I think that, besides some additional sound treatment and, later on, replacing the carpet with a hardwood floor and maybe a fine turkish type of rug, I'm done setting the mood and creating an inspiring environment - for me anyway.
 

 
For a while recently I toyed with the idea of painting everything black. But black paint has a way to make things look cheap-ish if you're not careful with it... 
 
Besides the Marshall stack which I've planned on getting for live gigs, the only thing missing is an acoustic and/or a nylon string guitar (I've been meaning to get back to classical guitar for a while now). I mean, I could get better monitors, but the Mackies are okay, and for my purpose (writing and demoing) more than sufficient. 
 
The white Les Paul studio seems to be THE guitar I've been dreaming of for years, and and with coil-splitting, it's actually very versatile. The Epiphone Thunderbird is everything I want in a bass. So that settles that. And, even though there are far better and more expensive solutions for DI recording, the POD HD300 is more than enough for me.
 
So I seem to have reached a point where I don't envy other people's setup, and all the fancy gear. My own minimalist setup is very representative of me and how I work. It's MINE. The only thing I envy from other studios I visit is acoustics. And I'll work on improving just that in here, though I have no illusion that the potential of this room is fairly limited. But that's just that.
 
As it is, my wife is scheduled for hip surgery at the end of the month, and we'll be working on new music together in here for the next few months, while she recuperates. We have a producer really pushing for us to release some material, which is nice. Obviously, once we're ready, we have access to a proper studio with nice recording rooms, for drums and guitars and all.
 
And we also have a couple of band projects, which should keep us busy enough.
 
I've always been an addict of those studio pics threads, so, you guys feel free to throw in a couple of pics of your workspace - I always feel it reveals some aspects of people which you might not know otherwise, and it's just a nice excuse to drool over gear and stuff. :P

 
 
Great job Krist

No lava lamp??!  Blasphemy!
 
You need to get two - probably something like one of these:
 
  

I need lava lamps. Do they come in purple?

Is there a pentagram on the floor too? 
 

synkrotron

Rain
Well, that's some pretty awesome gear!

Thanks
 
No monitors though... Just not practical at the moment...
 

Rain
It's a very fine environment for that too, I must say.
 

It does indeed look very "cultured," if you know what I mean
 
I've just had to google "The Classic Midrash," so I am now a little bit wiser than before

I'm obsessed with religious scriptures and all that's related, even if I am an atheist. I actually collect bibles and religious books of all kinds. Religion and philosophy have always been my biggest interest, besides music. Maybe being brought up by my overly Catholic grand-mother, living right in front of the cemetery and next to the church and the funeral home has left sort of a mark and a fascination for religious symbolism and thought. That stuff has always remained dear to me, even after I gave up on spirituality.

jbow
You should read some John Owen. Good stuff but a slow read.
You have a nice looking set up there. One thing... before you get the Marshall Stack do yourself a favor and check out the Mesa Boogie Mark V 25 watt head with a 2x12 cab. You can get almost any classic rock or clean sound out of it and it's a DEAL. You probably wont even need any pedals with it, though a Rangemaster or a good compressor pedal might be useful. I had not idea about the Mark series until I got one. You MUST read the manual though because every channel is WAY different. Some you have to keep the bass below 9:00, others you can push it up but once you get used to it, it is awesome... Then again a Germino or a Marshall is nice too. I hear lots of good things about the JVM heads from people who play live. I like what I've heard of the V/M too.
Good luck. I hope you get exactly what you're wanting.
 
Nice studio... I agree about the wood floor. I have carpet and once set up, I'll probably pull it all out and put in a wood floor too.
 
Julien

The thing is, with almost every Marshall I've played, I was able to get my tone almost instantly. It's more a case of what it doesn't do than all it can do. It puts me in that specific ballpark by default.
 
I'll not be able to buy my dream amp - which is a certain JCM 800 that belongs to a friend of ours. That amp is my absolute favorite amp I've ever had the pleasure to play. It is IT.
 

 
But I know from experience that even a Marshall DSL will work for me. I'm not overly anal about sound - I do have friends who like to make a fuss about fretboard wood and every little detail. Me I'm happy with "a" Les Paul and "a" Marshall.
 

I love the twin Ram's head lamps.... very cool.

michaelhanson

Rain
But I know from experience that even a Marshall DSL will work for me. I'm not overly anal about sound - I do have friends who like to make a fuss about fretboard wood and every little detail. Me I'm happy with "a" Les Paul and "a" Marshall.

Rain,
 
I'm surprised that you not spotted this yet.  Serious GAS!
 

Yup - they look awesome, don't they?
 
But I'll opt for the standard DSL line, head + 4x12. No matter if I'm playing Norwegian Death Metal from Hell or classic 80's hard rock or one of those KISS gigs, aesthetically, this one work with just about everything. Like a black shirt, really.
 

 

michaelhanson

Rain
But I know from experience that even a Marshall DSL will work for me. I'm not overly anal about sound - I do have friends who like to make a fuss about fretboard wood and every little detail. Me I'm happy with "a" Les Paul and "a" Marshall.

Rain,
 
I'm surprised that you not spotted this yet.  Serious GAS!
 

That looks GREAT!
GAS....
 
J

"But I don't have the patience/the years ahead of me - the minute I have the green light, I'll just log into Sweetwater's web site and move the DSL half stack from my wish list to my basket and check out, using a payment plan or credit if need be"
 
I love it!! I'm glad I am not alone, lol. You do have more years than I do (I hope) I was telling my wife this morning I don't want to come to the end and never have had a Marshall head. I have a JTM60 combo, it's OK but it isn't the same. I've always heard good things about the DSL series, all of them. When I used to go sit in the store and check out everything I could I really liked the DSL15 combo, to me it sounded a little better than the DSL40 but at volume... with a pedal, who knows.
I may get an SL-X if I find a good deal on one. I don't need one but I didn't need a 4WD truck back in the 90s either, when I got that out of my system. Too many amps too little time. I'd like a 45/100, a SLPHW, a 1987x, a bluesbreaker, a VOX AC30... I do not believe one can have too many amps. I have two strats, down to one LP, three acoustics, a Suhr LE, Epiphone Sheraton II, Gibson SG (thank you), a couple SX Chinese guitars, an Alamo Fiesta, maybe more.... that is more than enough guitars but there will ALWAYS be another amp I'll want. I know that. I love amps!
I hope you get it soon!
J 
 
PS... DANG, I forgot. I used to have a JMP50 head. So much for that argument, lol. I won't remind her.

Leadfoot
I had a 1985 JCM800 head that I bought from a friend in 1987. I got hard up for money in the late 90's, so I pawned it "temporarily" for $150. I went to get it out 5 months later, and found that they changed their policy from holding it for 6 months to 4 months. It was gone. Somebody got a steal... The best amp head I've ever owned. I still feel a little sick to my stomach when I think about it.

Wow, I would too! 
 

I liked my '79 JMP then had Mike Soldano mod it and loved it even more! 
 

craigb

Leadfoot
I had a 1985 JCM800 head that I bought from a friend in 1987. I got hard up for money in the late 90's, so I pawned it "temporarily" for $150. I went to get it out 5 months later, and found that they changed their policy from holding it for 6 months to 4 months. It was gone. Somebody got a steal... The best amp head I've ever owned. I still feel a little sick to my stomach when I think about it.

Wow, I would too! 
 

I liked my '79 JMP then had Mike Soldano mod it and loved it even more! 
 

I played through one of those for the first time recently - turns out that my best buddy here in Vegas had one in storage and took it out for the big KISS Night. Amazing. 
 
But, for whatever reason, that JCM 800 above just seems to be an even better fit.