There are seasons in a musician’s life where the gear doesn’t just move — the mindset moves with it. Recently, I’ve transitioned most of my setup from the study room into the master bedroom. The old studio is about to become my eldest daughter’s space, and honestly, the shift feels less like losing ground and more like gaining clarity.
The amplifiers now sit neatly in the bottom of a book cabinet, doors closed when silence is needed, ready when inspiration hits. The active guitars live in the open where they can be reached without hesitation. The instruments that are dormant or waiting for new owners rest quietly in storage — not forgotten, just pausing in their role.
The biggest evolution, though, wasn’t the room — it was the pedalboard.
For years, everything was fixed to a desk layout. Cables sprawled, power supplies visible, and everything felt rooted in one spot. Now? The entire system — Love Notes, Emerald Room, Bass Chops, plus the power supply — is fully secured onto a single board. It’s tidy. It’s intentional. And best of all: it moves as one piece.
Pick it up. Plug into any amp. Play.
There’s a kind of maturity in that simplicity — the kind that comes only after trying everything the complicated way first.
As I move forward, I still plan to let go of a good number of guitars. The list is already written. Some instruments stay because they speak. Others go because they’ve said what they needed to say.
This reshaping isn’t about downsizing — it’s about refinement.
Less clutter.
More purpose.
A rig no longer spread across space, but concentrated, focused, and ready.
Funny how sometimes shrinking the footprint makes the music feel larger.