When I first moved into my house, I set up my studio and I used to keep everything unlocked. Now I'm a fanatic about locking my studio. There are a few reasons why.

The first is security. If someone breaks into your house, it's one more door they have to get through. Not too mention if you are spending lots of money on equipment, lock it up.

The second reason is my wife and kid. We have a 10 year old boy, who thinks everything in there is his toy. My wife used to go in there and clean sometimes, which would drive me nuts. So, neither of them have a key!

The last reason is pets. We have 3 cats and a dog. My cats used to lay on my monitor, get hair everywhere, plus they barf on everything. One day I came in to find cat puke all over my brand new volume pedal. Ugghh. Plus when the dog was a puppy, I saw him lift his leg down there a few times. Once on my 12 string! No more pets in the studio.

Really, nobody else in my house has any business going in there. So, lock your studio and don't give anyone the key!

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