As you may, or may not know, I am remodeling what had previously been a guest bedroom, and combining function. It is the smallest bedroom in the house and as we move through the house remodeling it, well this one is next...
This room will serve as a combined home office / studio / music room, so along with the office and recording gear, we will be housing our instruments. And again, I mentioned this is a small room right? Like 10x10 with an 8' ceiling... Anyway, I need to house the following.
1 Full size digital piano. Same width as a standard upright piano, just not as tall or deep.
4 full scale electric bass guitars.
1 full stack bass amp rig (2 2x10s stacked vertically).
1 2x12 guitar amp.
1 electric guitar
1 Electric accoustic guitar
3 Accoustic guitars.
So obviously, given the purpose of this space, floor oriented guitar storage would be a VERY poor use of space. I need to go up. But I also need trustworthy secure means to hang the guitars. (FWIW, not all are mine, my BIL has several as well as my wife).
I haven't measured exactly how far off the floor it needs to be, but the hangers for the 2 existing basses need to be exactly 7" higher than they currently are in order for the instruments to clear the top of the stacked bass amp.
To solve several problems with the install, not the least of which I want something solid that can take load instead of drywall, I will be installing a 1x6 header board of sorts, 10' long each way. This will have the boards overlapping on the edge, but I will be cutting a 45 degree bevel to them. Oddly enough the walls are square, so I should actually get a good match up... The idea is this...
#1. Make the most accurate measurements I can, and measure again to insure I am not going too long. We are going around 3 walls with this. The 4th wall won't be able to...
#2. Make the bevel cut on the mating ends.
#3. Route a small relief of the outside edges of the boards, maybe a 1/8" roundover will do. I don't want a hard edge.
#4. From scrap, make 3x2 mount blocks, drill pilot holes with countersinks for mount screws, and pilot hole for guitar hangers. Mount thread insert for guitar hangers.
#5. Using 2.5" wood screws, find studs, find proper height, level and install header boards such that they wrap at the same height evenly around the 3 walls, given the previously but not yet determined height.
#6. Install guitar hanger mount blocks...
#7. Paint walls main color, paint header boards and guitar hangers to match trim (bright gloss white).
#8. Install guitar hangers to blocks.
#9. Hang guitars and basses.
Then...
Proceed to play in too small a room with too big of an amp...
Forget to turn main volume knob down.
Watch flakes of drywall texture fall off of the ceiling...
Turn volume down.
This room will serve as a combined home office / studio / music room, so along with the office and recording gear, we will be housing our instruments. And again, I mentioned this is a small room right? Like 10x10 with an 8' ceiling... Anyway, I need to house the following.
1 Full size digital piano. Same width as a standard upright piano, just not as tall or deep.
4 full scale electric bass guitars.
1 full stack bass amp rig (2 2x10s stacked vertically).
1 2x12 guitar amp.
1 electric guitar
1 Electric accoustic guitar
3 Accoustic guitars.
So obviously, given the purpose of this space, floor oriented guitar storage would be a VERY poor use of space. I need to go up. But I also need trustworthy secure means to hang the guitars. (FWIW, not all are mine, my BIL has several as well as my wife).
I haven't measured exactly how far off the floor it needs to be, but the hangers for the 2 existing basses need to be exactly 7" higher than they currently are in order for the instruments to clear the top of the stacked bass amp.
To solve several problems with the install, not the least of which I want something solid that can take load instead of drywall, I will be installing a 1x6 header board of sorts, 10' long each way. This will have the boards overlapping on the edge, but I will be cutting a 45 degree bevel to them. Oddly enough the walls are square, so I should actually get a good match up... The idea is this...
#1. Make the most accurate measurements I can, and measure again to insure I am not going too long. We are going around 3 walls with this. The 4th wall won't be able to...
#2. Make the bevel cut on the mating ends.
#3. Route a small relief of the outside edges of the boards, maybe a 1/8" roundover will do. I don't want a hard edge.
#4. From scrap, make 3x2 mount blocks, drill pilot holes with countersinks for mount screws, and pilot hole for guitar hangers. Mount thread insert for guitar hangers.
#5. Using 2.5" wood screws, find studs, find proper height, level and install header boards such that they wrap at the same height evenly around the 3 walls, given the previously but not yet determined height.
#6. Install guitar hanger mount blocks...
#7. Paint walls main color, paint header boards and guitar hangers to match trim (bright gloss white).
#8. Install guitar hangers to blocks.
#9. Hang guitars and basses.
Then...
Proceed to play in too small a room with too big of an amp...
Forget to turn main volume knob down.
Watch flakes of drywall texture fall off of the ceiling...
Turn volume down.
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