Silenced Fred Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 An old guy told me once' date=' "Don't worry about keeping up with the Joneses. Just work hard, keep your nose to the grindstone, save your money, and someday, all of a sudden, you'll BE the Joneses."[/quote'] Just the inspiration I needed. I want to get this plan underway soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Nice guitar! It's like a flametop silverburst. I've never seen a silver color that's so transparent. I wonder what the paint/ stain is made out of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Natural Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Nice guitar! It's like a flametop silverburst. I've never seen a silver color that's so transparent. I wonder what the paint/ stain is made out of. That IS a pretty finish, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 That IS a pretty finish' date=' isn't it?[/quote'] Yup. I love the hollow bird inlays too. I'm not sure whether I prefer the regular ones or the hollow ones. I love birds though. I'm a big animal lover. I love Gibson Hummingbirds too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hthomas Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 nice room man! lookin forward to some pics with all your stuff in it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Thanks' date=' Natural! Well, my wife's busy doing work for this week but I told her I was going to turn it up for a minute. Dave, I can get the Marshall up to 6 before my ears tell me that's too much. That's a lot higher than before but at this rate, I think I'll be deaf by 35; so, please, I'll take any advice you have to give. What foam and material are you referring to? Tim, there is a synthetic foam you can buy in rolls... It's white and it's used a lot in the furniture business for padding, I think it's called Dacron it looks like this; Take the material and tack it to the wall using a staple gun... Once you have your wall/walls covered with the Dacron fin a nice material to stretch over it. There are companies that do this professionally, it's called wall upholstery. I have done it myself and it comes out great. If you think you might want to try it yourself I'll give you more details on how to do it. The pink insulation you put behind the walls is great and will help you keep the sound in the room but will do nothing for reflection... The room will be very live. If you do the wall upholstery the room will have a dead sound, clap your hands and no echo. This will even help the sound from penetrating the walls and leaking to the adjacent rooms as well.... You don't have to do all the walls either. If you leave one or two walls exposed your room will have a more natural sound, which may be a good thing. If you do all the walls you will have more control over the sound which is good for using say reverb or delay but thats more critical if you plan on recording there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Bump for Tim... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share Posted November 9, 2009 Thanks, Dave! I definitely have to do something and that Dacron looks like it may be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Thanks' date=' Dave! I definitely have to do something and that Dacron looks like it may be it.[/quote'] You may find you like the result so much that you decide to do it in other rooms. Works great in the dinning room. If you have lots of people over for dinner you will find the conversations don't turn into a yelling match... Also in your TV room or home cinema. I have it all over my house except for the bedrooms an kitchen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aymeric22 Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Amazing room... And I still love the chest (more pics ?). Which Gibson do you have ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 I wish I had a tenth of the stuff you had If you don't mind me asking: how do you afford all of this? Two possible answers come to mind: -Newspapers... same route for the last 30 years. Canadians tip newspaper boys good! -It's all about the exchange rate:-" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 By the way, the room turned up great R9, are you deaf yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 I'm actually the assistant newspaper boy... Thanks, aymeric. Which Gibson do I have? More like - which Gibson don't I have!! I'll just copy/paste this from another thread. Thought I'd post a few pics of these two things I built with a friend of mine. He has a wood shop. Friends like that are good to have. I've received quite a few complements over the Gibson chest and as far as I know, two people have even copied the design and made their own. Mine's the original, though. They're both made from birch. The first one's been stained Royal Mahogany. A bit dirty right now, my apologies. No screws, just glue. This is the newer, less frills, higher capacity model. I originally wanted to have the cases lying on a 45° angle but that proved to be too much work; so, we just went for vertical. I hate the chains but they've already prevented one guitar from tipping over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 ...and of course, a shot of the new amp. Vox AC4, baby!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Bravo Tim...Looks freakin Awsome!!! Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 ...and of course' date=' a shot of the new amp. Vox AC4, baby!! [img']http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg225/Gibson_Tim/Music%20room/IMG_0829.jpg[/img] And how do you like the amp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 Very nice sounding amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 ...and of course' date=' a shot of the new amp. Vox AC4, baby!! [img']http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg225/Gibson_Tim/Music%20room/IMG_0829.jpg[/img] Tim, you GAS crazy SOB! You got it already? How does it sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Looking good...! Nice job Tim... Now we know where you spend most of your free time.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 Dave, you say that like it's a bad thing. lol Tim' date=' you GAS crazy SOB! You got it already? How does it sound?[/quote']It's funny. Remember I PMed you about it a few days ago? Well, I bought it that day. lol It's great! Sounds like a Vox, just smaller. It can break up at really low volumes, too...which is nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Fred' date=' I have a good job. What can I say? [img']http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg225/Gibson_Tim/SC2455708CharcoalBurst004.jpg[/img] hellooo gorgeous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 ^ speaking of which... My friend in California picked that guitar up today. I won't get it until Christmas but today's a new guitar day...woohoo!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Lookin' good' date=' Tim! Yours is bigger than mine. [/quote'] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 I see Fret Doctor in there! Very nice and congrats on the new PRS.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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