WhiteStrat
Don't stare at the eye.
Here's a thread I didn't think I'd be creating any time soon. A couple weeks ago I was going on about how I had completely re-wired my studio with a 32 input set up and now I could rule the world--or at least record whatever I wanted without switching up a bunch of crap.
What I didn't mention in that thread ('cuz it was too embarrassing) is that I did all that work in a completely unfinished studio. Just as backwards as it was, I was convinced that studio construction would get pushed back another year, and I couldn't wait for the functionality, so I rewired and created a complex but effective set-up in an unfinished basement.
Well, surprise, surprise Sgt. Carter! My son came home from school (studying Construction Management at Missouri State) and he's jonesing for cash. Now he just happens to be a helluva builder (thus the Cons. Mgmt major) and somewhere in my past I had apparently promised him that I'd pay him to build my studio--since I'll never get to it.
The kicker is that the studio is just one part of a much larger basement finishing project. I thought I was being "selfless" in not pressing to build my studio until we could do the whole basement--which is definitely not in the cards for this summer. (BTW--the selfless part of that was my for my wife.) Well it turns out that she's been thinking (though I swear she never said it out loud) that I should build out the studio first (since I'm always down there anyway) and we'll come back and do the rest of the basement next year. I had no idea...
So as difficult as it was, I tore down my entire "studio" in a single day--undoing all of the new set up that was less than two weeks old. I moved every instrument and every piece of gear out into the rest of the unfinished basement--in a single day. (Trust me--it was tons of work.) And that was after buying and unloading the lumber. My son was out Saturday, and I wanted to suprise him with a completely work ready job site!
That was Saturday. My son started framing Sunday. Today's Monday, and I'm stoked. He's still got some raised floor channeling to build, and then there's a ton of wiring (I'll pull the wire), then he starts on drywall. In a way, it's kind of sad--I have looked forward to doing this myself since we built the house 5 years ago. But guess what? Looking forward to something doesn't get it done. I never get to it with work and everything else, and he's the perfect candidate. He's good and he's broke.
Pics to follow...
What I didn't mention in that thread ('cuz it was too embarrassing) is that I did all that work in a completely unfinished studio. Just as backwards as it was, I was convinced that studio construction would get pushed back another year, and I couldn't wait for the functionality, so I rewired and created a complex but effective set-up in an unfinished basement.
Well, surprise, surprise Sgt. Carter! My son came home from school (studying Construction Management at Missouri State) and he's jonesing for cash. Now he just happens to be a helluva builder (thus the Cons. Mgmt major) and somewhere in my past I had apparently promised him that I'd pay him to build my studio--since I'll never get to it.
The kicker is that the studio is just one part of a much larger basement finishing project. I thought I was being "selfless" in not pressing to build my studio until we could do the whole basement--which is definitely not in the cards for this summer. (BTW--the selfless part of that was my for my wife.) Well it turns out that she's been thinking (though I swear she never said it out loud) that I should build out the studio first (since I'm always down there anyway) and we'll come back and do the rest of the basement next year. I had no idea...
So as difficult as it was, I tore down my entire "studio" in a single day--undoing all of the new set up that was less than two weeks old. I moved every instrument and every piece of gear out into the rest of the unfinished basement--in a single day. (Trust me--it was tons of work.) And that was after buying and unloading the lumber. My son was out Saturday, and I wanted to suprise him with a completely work ready job site!
That was Saturday. My son started framing Sunday. Today's Monday, and I'm stoked. He's still got some raised floor channeling to build, and then there's a ton of wiring (I'll pull the wire), then he starts on drywall. In a way, it's kind of sad--I have looked forward to doing this myself since we built the house 5 years ago. But guess what? Looking forward to something doesn't get it done. I never get to it with work and everything else, and he's the perfect candidate. He's good and he's broke.
Pics to follow...