The office -slash- guitar room

When we converted the grand daughter's old room into an office I originally had all sorts of other ideas for the one bare wall. I thought a book shelf, chair, or some other piece of furniture. Jane wasn't so excited by any of those ideas.

After looking at it for a couple days, I thought, "You know, I could hang the guitars up there." I had the wall-hanging things from other places we've lived. I suggested it to Jane, and I don't know if she was just tired of me asking, or if she was really in agreement.

So this was my project today. I mounted the wall-hanging things onto a board I'd had in the garage (already cut to almost perfect length), then mounted the board to the wall. We plan to paint the room a different color, but I wanted to get the holes drilled before, just in case I needed to fill any mis-placed holes. I will then either paint or stain the mounting board based on wall color (for the record, I kind of like the one purple wall).

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As for the instruments, it just occurred to me today that these were all bought at two different small independently owned music stores (other than the ukelele - which I got at Sweetwater).

I got the furthest acoustic guitar (Yamaha FG 411E ), the Fender Acoustasonic Junior acoustic amp, the pink Yamaha bass, and Gallian-Krueger 112 bass amp all at Rosewood Music in Findlay, Ohio. It was one of the first places I visited when we moved to Findlay in the mid-90's so I could attend seminary. The owner eventually sold the store and decided to attend seminary himself. That's when I got the bass and amp (closeout sale).

The red Tradition electric guitar and the Crate DSP amp, as well as the Alvarez-Yairi DY-40C acoustic guitar were bought at a small music store in Huntington, IN. I started going there not long after moving to Yoder. Son Isaac took guitar lessons there, and one of the store owners eventually became a part of our church. He started out just playing drums, but was soon involved to the point of being an elder when we left. The electric guitar and amp were Isaac's first real guitar and amp. The Alvarez was bought partially by the church as some kind of gift for me one year.

And... there ya go! None of these instruments are overly nice or expensive, but now I'm curious to find out years and other info on them. That will be a project for another day.