Storage Lockers being forced to vacate gear

[Chuck H]

Dear Nevetslab.

Going through a somewhat similar situation since I sold my 19 room 5500 sq ft house chock full of stuff which of course I have to empty first.


I need not only storage space but HUGE *working* space, remember I make my own cabinets, chassis, speakers, transformers, PCB s, silkscreening and a ton more, all of which makes noise, smells of paint and contact cement, etc. so it is *hard* to find.

Just yesterday I got rejected by the 10th or 12th landlord or real estate agency, I had already reserved truck/handler time for next week, go figure..

So I am using an uncluttering method (all others failed) which *sounds* horrible, but hey .... it works.

It is called "The Swedish *DEATH* Cleaning Method"

Based on: 90-95% of the stuff I am holding is a Treasure for me, but junk or unappreciated to my kids or whoever inherits it or simply need to make room, so I take that decision myself.

Example: a Revox A77 recorder in mint state?
Nice for me, yet I have not turned it ON for 40 years or more.
Applies to most everything else I hold.

My kids have NO CLUE on its "value", no use for it, etc.
They can sell it for cents on the dollar (best case), sell it by the pound to recyclers (IF they will take it) or junk it in nearest dumpster.

Letīs save everybody time and effort, *I* dropped it in a dumpster myself.

So far I straight junked 60-70% of my "treasures", have not finished yet.

But now I can walk around, something impossible for the last 20 or 30 years.

So in a nutshell: roll up your sleeves, sharpen your axe, and mercilessly axe (most) everything off.
No kidding, no other option, there is no other way.

Consider yourself lucky if 10% stays.

Seriously: what worth/usefulness have, **in 2024**, 20 60īs Tektronix scopes on carts?
20 60īs Tube Testers?
And so on and on and on.

It will be relatively easy to find storage for the 10-20% (tops) that remains.

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/hom...eath-cleaning/

This is the "declutter your home" version, where old family pictures, school stuff, sports prizes, marriage clothes, etc. hold *sentimental* value.
Old *Technical* stuff?
Not so much.

Boils down to sell/donate/junk with street corner junk bin being the preferred fastest method.

Selling on EBay?

WAY too slow, unreliable and incomplete, not impossible but ..................

Feel free to post a donation list for MEF members to pick from and send postage for delivery. (just a suggestion).

Not sure this deserves a "like" (such as allocations are, right?) But sage advice. And relevant to most demographics? I could certainly include myself. But Nevets was still maintaining and servicing these old tube amps when HE WAS HIT BY A FUCKING CAR!!! My point is only that the need to do this still existed in his occupation and may well once he recuperates. Hope springs eternal. So this is Nevets to decide on. Where does this end and what will he need?

How much does it suck to face both things at the same time?

Our hearts are with you Steven!

[nevetslab]

Very profound words of wisdom from someone who also went thru the similar painful forced reality of holding onto “mathoms” to quote JRRTolkin. Now just waiting to land in the next bed and care home where I can get my laptop set up (Presently under my bed) so I can pull up my photos of the two lockers contents to hone in on the really irreplaceable items such as tools and other unique items.

I have an older sister who has been ragging on me for refusing to just walk away from those two lockers (not understanding the pending lawsuit that would have hit me from doing so). She would jump for joy for my letting go of such holding onto such junk (in here eyes).

sigh……..

free assets info forth coming from a relocated new locker, Lord Willing).

[Tom Phillips]

I am in a similar situation. Lots of cool stuff collected since the 1960s. Some, I have never used but is "too good" to through away. Looking back at photos taken in my shop area over the last few decades I can see the buildup and the loss of useful working space. I've been selling stuff on eBay, FB Marketplace and Craig's list for the last few months but it usually takes a lot of time to sell something for a relatively low price. I could have used that time to fix a few amps or fix my own amps for once. I've been donating more stuff to thrift stores and some specialty items to the Habitat for Humanity Re-Store since they will take left over construction & electrical supplies.

Reading Nevetslab and J M Fahey's posts is giving me encouragement to speed up the process.

[Chuck H]

FWIW I've gifted stuff, donated stuff, placed stuff in places where it could be acquired for free, etc. Most of it things that I thought had value. Surprisingly little of it seemed to shine from any prospective but mine. That doesn't mean it didn't matter. Just that it didn't matter to anyone I could present it to in short order. Case in point...

I had a Pioneer RT7077 reel to reel. This is still considered a good machine in many circles. And I couldn't give it away in two months. I simply didn't have room for it at a point during a move (even with a storage). I ended up dropping it off at a recycle yard in the hope that whatever time it spent there would attract the attention of someone that recognozed it and could use it. I have no idea of it's fate. But it was a state of the art piece of gear at the end of that era and in good working order. I REALLY hope someone with tape saw it and grabbed it.

With more time I probably could have sold it on *bay for something like $500 to someone in the small, interested demographic. But time wasn't an option.

[nevetslab]

Now settling into a new Care Home and getting to know my roommate Reny (think that’s the name). A pleasant man who is learning to walk again along with getting his speech dialog happening after having a brain tumor disable these skills we all take for granted. After a lull in our conversation, I found the only way I could catch Game 2 of the NLDS between San Diego Padres hammering the LA Dodgers 10-2 and tieng the 5-game series 1-1as the series moves south to San Diego.

Meanwhile I was enthralled with post #363 from Tedmichs 6-18-2020 post that featured a very long blues jam featuring a fabulous Delvon Lamar trio with his amazing Hammond B3 which had bass foot pedals to fully dance on that instrument as the 3-piece group was jamming. Gotta find my way back to that post to hear more of a wonderful collection of hot blues jamming that took me back to remembering seeing many of the players during my travels with my band as well as being in venues to have the original Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green playing with The Who at the LA Exhibition Hall in the Late 60’s (the Who was smashing up the Sunn Gear at that time playing My Generation). Also caught Dwayne and Greg Almond jamming as Almond Joy at the Blue Law in Torrance back in ‘68. And shared a billing with Muddy Waters and Taj Majhall at Harvey Mud University in Claremont back in ‘68. The Ash Grove was still in business along with a venue at Sunset & Vine called The Kalidascope which had a revolving stage, where we shared billing wit Pacific Gas & Electric and Love with Author Lee. Also got to be on a billing with Canned Heat and watching Larry the mole on bass playin with Blind Owl on guitar was a notable experience. The Cheetah on the Santa Monica pier was also in business where my band got to play with The Doors and Peanut Conspiracy. Fun times!

[The Dude]

Steve, I sent you a PM a couple weeks ago, but haven't hear back. I'm offering to send a used iPad, which you may find valuable as you rest and recover.

I would like this 100 times if I could. That's very kind and generous of you, xtian. Seeing this makes me happy and proud to be part of this great online community.

[nevetslab]

Yesterday I was successful in securing a 10’ x 29’ drive-up locker from the same Storage Etc company but much closer to my apartment in Glendale. This facility is their Los Feliz branch on San Fernando Blvd near Los Feliz, which I think is in Glendale, but where Los Feliz comes out of the hills and crosses the I-5 Fwy.

I still have to hire a crew to do the unpacking and loading of a truck to get at the infrastructure shelving and benches that have been densely packed years ago, then get the infrastructure set back up in the new locker. At least the new locker is less than what I!ve been paying. I should have more than enough space to ingest what I have that I’m keeping (for the time being until I’m back on my feet, God willing).

got my laptop up and running this morning and checked my flash drive, expecting to find my photo archives of the two lockers contents. Surprise! The archives are NOT on this drive!!

RATS!

It is on my backup hard drive and should also be on a different flash drive but that requires someone to locate that specific soft-case that contains the backup drive. So I still don’t have any photos to access unless it’s in a post I made years ago when I took emergency rescuing of gear that I relocated to my apartment.

[g1]

So I still don’t have any photos to access unless it’s in a post I made years ago when I took emergency rescuing of gear that I relocated to my apartment.

One of these I hope:
https://music-electronics-forum.com/...-repair/52073-

https://music-electronics-forum.com/...r/52073-/page2

https://music-electronics-forum.com/...722#post935722

[Indyryder02]

Now settling into a new Care Home and getting to know my roommate Reny (think that’s the name). A pleasant man who is learning to walk again along with getting his speech dialog happening after having a brain tumor disable these skills we all take for granted. After a lull in our conversation, I found the only way I could catch Game 2 of the NLDS between San Diego Padres hammering the LA Dodgers 10-2 and tieng the 5-game series 1-1as the series moves south to San Diego.

Meanwhile I was enthralled with post #363 from Tedmichs 6-18-2020 post that featured a very long blues jam featuring a fabulous Delvon Lamar trio with his amazing Hammond B3 which had bass foot pedals to fully dance on that instrument as the 3-piece group was jamming. Gotta find my way back to that post to hear more of a wonderful collection of hot blues jamming that took me back to remembering seeing many of the players during my travels with my band as well as being in venues to have the original Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green playing with The Who at the LA Exhibition Hall in the Late 60’s (the Who was smashing up the Sunn Gear at that time playing My Generation). Also caught Dwayne and Greg Almond jamming as Almond Joy at the Blue Law in Torrance back in ‘68. And shared a billing with Muddy Waters and Taj Majhall at Harvey Mud University in Claremont back in ‘68. The Ash Grove was still in business along with a venue at Sunset & Vine called The Kalidascope which had a revolving stage, where we shared billing wit Pacific Gas & Electric and Love with Author Lee. Also got to be on a billing with Canned Heat and watching Larry the mole on bass playin with Blind Owl on guitar was a notable experience. The Cheetah on the Santa Monica pier was also in business where my band got to play with The Doors and Peanut Conspiracy. Fun times!

I also just come upon the Delvon Lamar trio. Excellent! It’s inspired me to get an original, instrumental band together of my own. (Since finding good singers that also write lyrics has proved nearly impossible in my region!)
That music is so fun to play!

I highly recommend “The true loves” featuring the same guitarist and drummer it appears. Some really great tunes.

https://youtu.be/TD2hNsY6G7E?si=FjiMMlcSmMVS4wfy


also “The Band Free” is taking the country by storm with its Zepplinesque classic rock stylings! Great voice and riffs for sure!

Wishing you a speedy recovery! Hopefully some more good tunes and bands to check out will help!

[nevetslab]

After recovering many of the overall view photos of the one storage locker shown in my “Covid Shutdown forcing loss of my lockers” from 2020, I sent an email to the GM of CenterStaging to see if I could hire three of his staff along with a truck to help relocate the contents of the two lockers from the Gardena, CA to the new locker I just rented Monday in Glendale/Los Feliz, and added those overview photos for reference.

Here’s hoping.

[Tom Phillips]

... I sent an email to the GM of CenterStaging to see if I could hire three of his staff along with a truck to help relocate the contents of the two lockers...Here's hoping.

I that doesn't work out it seems that someone local will know people with roadie experience that they could recommend.
The last time I moved my shop a couple of decades ago I traded amp work for assistance from two guys. One with a van and one with a pickup truck to supplement my pickup truck.

[nevetslab]

I have been trying to reach some contact names within Rhino Staging, as that was the firm the GM at CenterStaging suggested as an alternative, after he and the owner rejected the suggestion of my hiring some of their staff. After several rejected emails that failed to send due to no recipient having those email addresses existed (any more), I went to Rhino Staging’s website and found they are still listing the address of the building where my shop is located. Revised one of the emails that didn’t get purged, and readdressed that to what is used for my building’s address.

I also got the ok to use one of CenterStaging’s 16’ trucks with a lift gate if I can get Rhino staff to assist in my locker contents move. So now hoping for success. If not, then that leaves me with paying in the $80-$100+ / hr rate for budget commercial moving companies.

[eschertron]

I always hit this thread in the hopes of hearing good news about how this all works out. Sending thoughts and karma your way, Steven!

[Chuck H]

Well that's great about the truck. Really good of them. I really hope you find someone to load/unload and drive it. Strange (to me) CenterStaging wouldn't allow you to perk their staff for this duty. You think you know someone and then... Still watching and hoping.

[nevetslab]

After speaking with Rhino Staging, it got really complicated AND EXPENSIVE. Their insurance prevents them from driving a truck, so that wiped out access to CenterStaging’s truck, Their labor rate is $48/hr per man, with a 5 hr min, after which it goes into overtime rate (I didn’t even ask). And the crew that would start at the Gardena lockers CAN’T go to the new locker to unload. THAT has to be a separate crew at the same labor rates.

So on top of a $960 labor rate min per day, plus a truck and someone to drive it plus his wage being their all day every day, plus gas/mileage for both crews, it could easily hit around $1300 or more per day. So this turned into a terrible suggestion by the GM at CenterStaging for me.

Now trying to find an affordable moving company to handle this. Complicated by my needing to get from this nursing home in Granada Hills in a wheel chair to my shop in Burbank by Metro Bus every day, and hoping I can get picked up by the movers there with my wheel chair, along with my crutches.

And, I also need to get to my shop to reset my cellphone’s password as it was set when I got it. It turns out I don’t have that info on my flash drive, but do have it on my desktop computer, so I have to get there so I have normal communication.

Meanwhile time is fleeting, it already being Nov 3rd! I have one potential lead at present but have to wait until tomorrow to see if it pans out with my need to ride in the truck with the movers.