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Re: Tips and Tricks of Gear Organization



I've seen, and I've tried using silicone caulking to bind plugs to jacks 
on the back of patch bays. Works fine if you don't plan to change anything.

On Jan 9, 2013, at 5:12 AM, Kevin Cheli-Colando <billowhead@gmail.com> 
wrote:

> Its been quite here for a bit so I thought I'd stir things up with a 
> question.
> 
> Since most of us are probably guilty of complicating the process of
> making music to an absurd degree (just another couple of pitch
> shifters on send three and this should be perfect) I thought I'd ask
> what kinds of tricks people have come up with to A) keep their studio
> space as clutter free and productive as possible B) make set-up and
> tear down of gear manageable and C) whatever else works for you and
> makes your musical life better (materially speaking).
> 
> As for myself, I've been having a great time playing over at friends
> and wanted to stream line things so it was as easy as possible to set
> and and tear down so I had as few excuses for wanting to haul stuff
> around.  To this end, the latest development was to plug everything in
> and then, using electrical tape, bind all the chords that went to a
> single box together on one end (ie my VG 8 has a guitar send and two
> returns and two outs so these five got bundled as one so I can drop
> that on the floor and plug everything into the box with little hassle
> in sorting cables and the like).  Now my set up and tear down is about
> 5 minutes or less (with a VG, Wah, 2 Multi-FX units and five
> expression pedals).
> 
> Also, those metal binder clips make good cable hangers in the studio.
> 
> Anyone else?
> 
> Kevin
> 
> -- 
> Till now you seriously considered yourself to be the body and to have a
> form. That is the primal ignorance which is the root cause of all 
> trouble.
> 
> - Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950)
> 

Ed Durbrow
Saitama, Japan
http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch
http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/