I like things that make noise! Since I was a very small boy I was involved with music at different levels. At the age of 7 I was playing in my first bands as a guitarist. I have had many wonderful experiences with music, and some very crazy times.
I remember back in 1962 I got my first guitar a flat top, Sears Silvertone acoustic. It was really a horrible guitar. I remember it making my fingers bleed, but I liked the noise it made. My mother had a nice Hammond B-3 organ which I hated with all my being. I had to play organ prior to getting an electric guitar. So I cried, boohooed, and had many fits while awaiting that 2 year deadline to approach. It came and I remember the day as plain as if I did this yesterday. We jumped in the Pontiac Grand Prix, and drove from Brigham City to Salt Lake City to Progressive Music and I got to pick out my first real guitar. It was amazing. A red fender music master II, with a vibro-champ amp. I was so excited I blew chunks all over the office of the Mr. Brennan. I still remember my mother putting her hand over my mouth to increase my range. So I hit about 20 new guitars and out da door I went. After we got home I plugged it in and from that day to this day I heard “Turn that dayumn thing down”.
To make a very long story much shorter I turned an empty room in my basement into the “dream theater”, yea the name has been over used, but as I work with young kids and teach them about music and how to dream, and reach those dreams. I really like Carvin PA’s, so prior to covering the walls up with sound board, insulation and such, a 32 channel snake was laid from the console to the stage area. This is a good sized room about 25 x 18. All the finish work is done except for a little touch up. I mounted the speaker brackets and lifted the semi-large 800 watt self powered speakers to their position on the walls. I also have a Dolby 7.1 surround powered by a Pioneer Elite Home theater receiver. The 65” HDTV will be centered in the rear of the stage for movies. My fronts are big JBL L100’s, and a Cerwin Vega 15” front firing sub. This room will be so much fun for a lot of people! I have a few guitars, a 2007 custom shop tele deluxe, a 98 Tom Anderson drop top classic, a 89 fender strat, and an old 66 Les Paul custom, and one 71 Martin D-35. I kept my mother’s B-3 and have an old Wurlitzer electric piano. I play thru a couple of Amps, a 65 fender twin that has been dumbled, and a remarkable Mesa Bogie MK-IV with a Tone tubby speaker. Remarkable sounds can come from these amps.
So as you may read, I like this new room. The carpet gets laid on Thursday and on Friday I will move the equipment into the room, it should take a couple of days to hook it all up. Then the rest of the downstairs will be made into a Library. My wife has BOOKS, loads of very nice books. So the dayumn noise continues, on this ol man’s dream of playing his first fender some 48 years ago.
I remember back in 1962 I got my first guitar a flat top, Sears Silvertone acoustic. It was really a horrible guitar. I remember it making my fingers bleed, but I liked the noise it made. My mother had a nice Hammond B-3 organ which I hated with all my being. I had to play organ prior to getting an electric guitar. So I cried, boohooed, and had many fits while awaiting that 2 year deadline to approach. It came and I remember the day as plain as if I did this yesterday. We jumped in the Pontiac Grand Prix, and drove from Brigham City to Salt Lake City to Progressive Music and I got to pick out my first real guitar. It was amazing. A red fender music master II, with a vibro-champ amp. I was so excited I blew chunks all over the office of the Mr. Brennan. I still remember my mother putting her hand over my mouth to increase my range. So I hit about 20 new guitars and out da door I went. After we got home I plugged it in and from that day to this day I heard “Turn that dayumn thing down”.
To make a very long story much shorter I turned an empty room in my basement into the “dream theater”, yea the name has been over used, but as I work with young kids and teach them about music and how to dream, and reach those dreams. I really like Carvin PA’s, so prior to covering the walls up with sound board, insulation and such, a 32 channel snake was laid from the console to the stage area. This is a good sized room about 25 x 18. All the finish work is done except for a little touch up. I mounted the speaker brackets and lifted the semi-large 800 watt self powered speakers to their position on the walls. I also have a Dolby 7.1 surround powered by a Pioneer Elite Home theater receiver. The 65” HDTV will be centered in the rear of the stage for movies. My fronts are big JBL L100’s, and a Cerwin Vega 15” front firing sub. This room will be so much fun for a lot of people! I have a few guitars, a 2007 custom shop tele deluxe, a 98 Tom Anderson drop top classic, a 89 fender strat, and an old 66 Les Paul custom, and one 71 Martin D-35. I kept my mother’s B-3 and have an old Wurlitzer electric piano. I play thru a couple of Amps, a 65 fender twin that has been dumbled, and a remarkable Mesa Bogie MK-IV with a Tone tubby speaker. Remarkable sounds can come from these amps.
So as you may read, I like this new room. The carpet gets laid on Thursday and on Friday I will move the equipment into the room, it should take a couple of days to hook it all up. Then the rest of the downstairs will be made into a Library. My wife has BOOKS, loads of very nice books. So the dayumn noise continues, on this ol man’s dream of playing his first fender some 48 years ago.
3 comments:
Too Funny! and too Cool! And you kept the hated organ so it could witness, (you could finally get even with it and rub it's nose in it...) the wide expanse of things you really love. THERE...take That! No more torture...only sheeeeer pleasure.
I LOVE you! :)
This is great info to know.
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