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Location: Boise, Idaho | Slowly getting there. It's hard to hang a 10 foot board without help, so I had to wait until SWMBO wasn't working and could help. The top board is up with screws 2 feet apart, so I decided to put the guitar hangers 2 feet apart as well. The bottom board may go up tonight if I can figure out how to do it alone and will be painted to match the wall by the weekend. The hangers will go on after the paint dries, 6 guitars on top and 5 on the bottom row. I have 5 12 fretters, so they'll go on the bottom. The electrics will go on the angled Hercules hangers separately.
I filled one closet and part of another with cases, so I'm looking into knocking out the wall opposite the guitars for storage. We should have done that when we had all the contractors doing the remodel, but we know where to find them. I may wait until after we're settled in and have our current house sold so we have something in a bank account. Pictures won't come until it's done. I only want to figure out how to post them one time. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | The room is done and it's time to post some pics, if I can figure it out. Thanks for all the advice. First, the Pilot full of guitars. 
The room before: 
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Then the after pics: I can't get them to post, so you'll just have to go to my album. |
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Location: Always beautiful canyon country of Utah | It is readily apparent to me that I have a true paucity of guitars! Nerds do, however, have different standards applied to them so perhaps what appears a paucity to others might appear to be a cornucopia to them!! |
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Location: Thredbo, NSW, Australia | Mark in Boise - 2015-01-06 1:13 PM
Then the after pics: I can't get them to post, so you'll just have to go to my album.
I've seen the pics. Fantastic!
Why do you people keep feeding my addiction? Hmmm. Why do I do the same to others?
Have we no shame?
Simple answer for me: NO!
And by the way, thanks for sharing.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Looks nice, Mark.
And for those of us who cannot navigate:
And for those who wanna see the decor:
I got a G-DEC too... (I need to use it)
Lookin' Good. 
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | I'm fighting a sudden urge to make a trip to Boise..... |
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Location: Phoenix, AZ | That room came together great! I need to claim a bigger room in my house for my office/guitar room... |
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Location: Yokohama, Japan | Speechless! |
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Location: Always beautiful canyon country of Utah | I will venture to say that is a fine collection of guitars!! Some of my favs do appear to be represented!! |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Very impressive Sir!
A worthy candidate for Man Cave of the Year (MCoY) or at least a calendar submission! |
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Location: Taxed To Death State | Wicked sweet man cave. Love it. Where did you get those Ovation stools? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I had the basement in our other house, which seemed more appropriate for a man cave. This one is above the garage. The guitar stools were on ebay a few years ago just before Christmas. A few other OFCers got them. My wife got the last ones. That's why they are two different sizes.
Thanks Arthur for posting the pictures. I don't know why I couldn't insert the pics after the first couple.
The room looked a lot bigger when it was empty. It was the last room done because they ran out of carpet for part of it. Then we moved in the $75 entertainment center and worked around it. My meager electric guitars went on one side and the acoustics on the other. Hercules angle hangers for the electrics and Swing String Stage hangers for the acoustics. I had most of them before, but it took me awhile to find the Swing Strings to match. I painted the boards for the hangers to match the walls, although I liked Damon's striped design. That wasn't a design decision as much as it was based on paint availability. Note the Ovation K-6300 to the right of the entertainment center. That was a surprise find after I was done and almost didn't have room.
The fake plants and non-Porsche nic nacs were my wife's contribution, along with a lot of heavy lifting, tape measure and board holding. I'm still working on the garage. It will probably take a few years. I need to spend some time playing those guitars. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Nice, Mark. Now, are you ready for some neon? Banners? Guitar rugs? Vintage memorabilia? There is so much more we can help you with! And how many independent circuits did you include in your room? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I almost forgot. Patch, you and anyone else are welcome to visit Boise most any time. Prior attempts at a Northwest OFC Gathering here have failed, but Waskel, Stonebobbo and Standing Ovation have made quick visits. SO used to come on a regular basis for work, but I haven't seen him in a few years. It's not really on the way to anywhere, so I can't ask to stop by, but there are other things to do here besides see my guitar room.
Brad, I don't think I'll do the neon and banners. I just had someone offer to sell me an old Ovation neon sign, but it was too pricey and I didn't want to start down that trail. I think the wall across from the guitars will be Porsche pictures because the garage walls are filling up with junk. It's tough giving up a basement. Even with a 4 car garage, it gets filled up with junk that used to sit in storage in the basement.
I didn't do anything with the electrical. The room was left alone except for carpet and paint. We still haven't sold our old house, so all the money for upgrades hasn't happened. There were several wish list items that would have been nice to do when the contractors were there, but they got shelved because I could see this deal going upside down if the house didn't sell. Nothing that can't be fixed by postponing retirement.
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Got it. Don't forget the humidifiers in winter and dehumidifiers in summer. The need for moisture control will likely be greater since your new man-cave is above-ground level. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | The little humidifier I have seems to work, although it struggles when we get really cold and the heat is on all the time. It doesn't ever get humid enough here in the desert to need a dehumidifier in the summer. One of the projects that got shelved was installation of a whole house humidifier. The guitar room is on a separate heating and air conditioning system, which was a nice upgrade by the prior owner. That might make it simpler to humidify the guitar room through the HVAC system. |
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Location: Jet City | Well done.
Here's the new version of those stools...
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Location: Taxed To Death State | I'll pass on the Fender stool. lol |
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Location: Always beautiful canyon country of Utah | But might you also need to use the humidifier in the summer?? I live in the desert too and everything gets really dry around June. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | nerdydave - 2015-01-06 3:42 PM
But might you also need to use the humidifier in the summer?? I live in the desert too and everything gets really dry around June.
I'll have to wait and see. Summers in the basement were never that dry. I could go a whole summer with one tank of water. The room above the garage might be a lot more dry. If it gets bad I may have to go to a humidifier on the HVAC system. |
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Location: near Cologne/Germany | Koenig Kurt - 2014-10-17 3:28 AM 483mm. 19,015748". Everything else is absolutely wrong.  Best regards, Kurt Hello Kurt, superb photo, I do like the three blondes... and: If you ever gonna sell the longneck I herewith would kindly ask to be on the list of those surely interested persons... Herzliche Grüße aus Köln, Georg Lind |
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Location: closely held secret | Mark in Boise - 2015-01-06 9:56 AM
It's not really on the way to anywhere
Luckily, it was on the way to Twin Falls...
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Waskel@Work - 2015-01-07 7:31 AM
Mark in Boise - 2015-01-06 9:56 AM
It's not really on the way to anywhere
Luckily, it was on the way to Twin Falls...
You're probably the only one who thought that was significant. |
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Location: closely held secret | Mark in Boise - 2015-01-07 9:40 AM
Waskel@Work - 2015-01-07 7:31 AM
Mark in Boise - 2015-01-06 9:56 AM
It's not really on the way to anywhere
Luckily, it was on the way to Twin Falls...
You're probably the only one who thought that was significant.
You're no doubt right.
But judging by the glares you got from your wife when I walked in, that's probably a good thing.
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