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BANISHED!!!!!!.....to the garage.....
I haven't plugged in at home lately so I just set up my acoustic PA and some pedals in my garage. My house is not big and I've got a wife and kids so this is the best space for me to play with some volume after hours.
The issue is that it's starting to get cold out. I'm in southern New England and overnight temps will be in the 20's and 30s the next few nights (as well as most nights over the next 4-5 months). I need generate some heat so that my fingers don't get too numb and so that I possibly play my solid wood guitar (I have a carbon fiber too but like playing both). What's my best option for some heat? It's a pretty roomy 2 car garage with a ceiling of 18ft at it's highest point. They walls are insulated. If I just buy a portable space heater from the Home Depot will that do the trick? I love the idea of a wood stove, but there's no room for that and no time for me to do a project like that. Any suggestions? |
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I certainly don't miss the days of using portable heat in my garage. There always seem to be cold areas. That much space takes time to heat. We built a new garage about 15 years ago now. Heat is hydronic. Always a balmy 62 degrees.
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Works for me:
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Well so far, Steve has the best short term solution. Long term? Not sure.
Thanks guys. I don't think I'd plan to be out there more than 90 minutes at a time and won't move much beyond a few square feet. Ok, it's in the 30s tonight. I'm going to head out there for a few and try out Steve's suggestion. |
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The kind that blow hot air will warm up a room quickly. If that doesn't do it—and it’s just going to get colder in coming weeks, anyway—you might want to consider playing electric guitar inside with headphones. With two or three layers of clothing, I can play without problems down to about 60 degrees. Any colder and my fingers get stiff.
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With an 18 foot ceiling you'll be hard pressed to find anything portable that will get you to comfortable. All the heat will go straight up. I second the recommendation of a headphone setup.
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I have a friend who likes to say, “There is no bad weather, only bad clothing.” This overstates the situation, but it makes the point: put on the right clothes, and you can deal with a wider array of weather conditions.
I also live in New England, on the coast. We have been playing outside every weekend since June on one of the afternoons, usually for 3 hours. Recently, Temperatures have gotten down to the low 50’s and high 40’s on some afternoons, with a breeze bringing the windchill to the mid 40’s. We have been layering (long Johns and pants, or flannel lined jeans on the lower extremities; three or four layers in top), wearing caps, and using fingerless gloves, and we are doing fine (though on the colder days, we do complain a bit). Many of us augment our clothing with medicinal use of Knob Creek bourbon (more economical than Lagavulin 18 year old!). I would think that a good quality electric space heater (stand within a few feet of it) and more clothing should make your garage workable. But maybe you don’t want to put that much time and energy into a bit of solo playing in the evening. |
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Not to mention the more musical you get the drinker you play
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