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+1 to not worrying about the OC/Roxul. However, you may be surprised how quiet a basement can get with a little TLC. Pink fiberglass between the joists and, in my case in my last place, 3/8" thick drywall did the trick - although that may sag over time, depending on the spacing of your joists...

First off, the internet is amok with "soundproofing" this and that and I trust the folks here more than I do some random site on the internet. With that said, I've been browsing the old threads in the studio building area here and I've come to some assumptions that I would like confirmation on...

Cardio: school, only 2 semesters left, and a house build, have kept me busy enough. Got my barn guitar, right by the beer fridge, that keeps me going in the meantime. Still kicking on the git-fiddle and relegated to recording the git and uke on my old tascam handheld for now. Is what it is...

Well, the humidity in the room was 52% (a little high if you ask me), it was used but appeared to be mint and the strings weren't in too bad of shape. The strings on the cheapo Guild ($400 used compared to almost 6x that) were in far worse shape and it sounded great. It hasn't been there for...

Guitar Center is not my favorite place to go to look for stuff but it's close to campus and I can stop in on the way home without going too far out of the way and wasting too much time. Tonight I saw a used Gibson hummingbird in the acoustic room so I figured I'd give it a try to see if it was...

I've got them both, and a Heil large diaphragm dynamics, Steen. Problem is they're in boxes in the storage room at my in-laws and it'll be a few more months before I get to unpack them. If you think about it in a few months let me know and I'd be glad to help out. Oh, and +1 to the cloudlifter...

I remember trying those on electric guitar waaay back when I first started playing in the early 90s. Hated the way they felt, too, and it seemed as if the unwound strings got that "tear the tips of your fingers to shreds" kinda rusty far quicker than normal strings. Have always been partial to...

I'm gonna be no help (or maybe I will) but I feel like I gotta throw my hat in the ring on this one... In my humble opinion, it depends on what you are recording. My taylor (414ce) records well both flat and fingerpicked and, as was mentioned, plays like butter. BUT it favors the highs a bit...

Not sure if this is new to anyone or not but I thought it might help. I haven't had a chance to use any of them, just passing along a link to the freebies that I just saw tonight for anyone in the market but not wanting to spend any $$. :) You can find all 70-80 of them right here.

Where do you have the mic pointed? I have used the NT1-a on both nylon and steel stringed acoustics and, IIRC, had the best luck getting a good sound out of each with the mic around 12-14" away placed around the 14th fret and slightly angled away from the soundhole. It took some playing around...

I'm not really bothered by noise from the garage as it will likely see no traffic when I'm above it trying to record anything. Through the garage to the outside world is my main concern. The common wall with the house is going to be insulated to the hilt and double hung in my room above the...

I'm pretty sure that they are using I-joists like these that are 10" tall. You do make a good point; no way I can squeak a "room within a room" kind of floating floor in the budget though. Guess I will go the decoupling route and see how that works.

After living out of a bedroom at the in-laws for almost a year with most of my gear in storage, the wife and I are finally about to get the building of our new house going. Got the plans and financing is secured, now it's just dependent upon the weather as to how long it's going to take. Very...

Been in limbo for a while now since all my stuff, with the exception of one electric and one acoustic are in storage in one form or another but I still frequent my local tiny little music shop on a weekly basis. Today I just happened to walk in right after a guy traded in 2 vox ac-15 amps - 1...

+1 for the TC flashback. Another suggestion, if you don't need super long delay times (aka digital) (or a looper) then you may want to check out the MXR carbon copy as well. Similar price points (MXR is around $20 cheaper brand new over here) but the analog, IMO, sounds better for most...

Wampler Velvet Fuzz TC Hall of Fame reverb Boss DM-3 delay Xotic EP Booster This is assuming that I can have the amp of my choice as well. If I'm stuck with only my Fender champ then that might change a little bit...

Due to an upcoming move, this Friday to be exact, I'm being forced to downsize my recording setup. It's not permanent but it could be for upwards of a year, possibly more - hopefully not more than 10 months but it depends on how long it is before the builder can start, which also depends on how...

I have the old red bean Pod XT and, if I remember correctly, I got all the add on amp packs for it when they had a package deal on them a number of years back. It has been packed up for around 5 years as I mainly practice on acoustic or, if it's late and I can't wake the wife up with a loud...

Another +1 for the NT1a. I've had mine for around 8 years, and it's still in great condition despite being treated like shit. It's been left out on the stand without a dust cover for months on end, been jostled around more than enough and it still works like it did when I pulled it out of the...

I can't remember if I ever posted my list back in the day but wow, yeah... I've got a whole different slew of mics now... Shure SM57 Shure SM7b Audix i5 x 2 Se X1R ribbon Avantone CR14 ribbon AKG C3000 x 2 (1 is up for sale) Audix f5 x 2 (up for sale) Audix f15 x 2 (up for sale) Behringer C-2...