All points to ponder, but remember this one thing. The only time I record with a mic is to do vocals. And even on the hottest of days I can turn the AC off for 4 minutes to sing. Everything else I do is line level and noise doesn't factor in.

As far as living in the hood, the gate to my back yard has a padlock on the hasp. So a thief would have to work his way into my driveway, cut a lock off, open that noisy chain link gate, break into a building through a door with bars over it, all while dealing with motion sensing lights in the yard and in the building, also while NOT alerting this dog who twice a week wakes me up when he hears/smells deer in the woods behind my house, 75 feet away. And if I let this dog out, though he is friendly to people we meet also knows when to NOT be friendly, the pit bull would come out and the thief will be pinned to the ground looking up at my AR-15. I have only seen him think he needed to be protective once in the 7 months I have had him, and it was a sight to see. He will protect the fat guy who gives him food and treats if called upon to do so.

And the last thing to factor into this is how little I really play anymore, though I think if I invest this kind of money into building this little haven I would use it more. My upstairs studio is dingy, oddly shaped, and just not pleasant to be in. The AC doesn't cool it on par with the first floor so when it's 72 downstairs it's 88 upstairs. When Herb posted pics of his little music getaway room, just seeing that room made me want to do some work. He did such a great job building it and paid attention to the comfort aspect that it is really inviting. I am already looking at wall art and calculating how many guitar hooks I need!!

Last edited by eddie1261; 05/09/21 02:03 PM.