I got a quote of $411 to add R38 blown in fiberglass 12.75quot; thick over my 3-car garage which is uninsulatedWould it make more sense to add a whole house attic fan instead? My thinking is that adding the insulation to the garage will do nothing to keep the entire house cool, whereas the fan will help not only keep the garage cooler, but also the whole houseI have a quote of $580 for the attic fanSo for $169 more, I could have the fan installed and just skip the insulationPlus the local energy company rebates $50 for an attic fanup to $125 if it's solar poweredIf you have experience with this type of thing, I'd appreciate your thoughtsThank you.
the attic fan will not do much good if you turn on the cool A/C - probably best to put roof vents and whirleybirds to take the heat/hot air out of your attic -
get an ctive Fishman Rare Earth soundhole in one of my acousticsit's a nice sounding pupbut it's best installed with an endpin jack or similaris the $50 tool you mention the endpin jack reamer? if so, I did mine without the reamer, but it was a lot more difficult than with, and I used other semi-exotic tools such as a Dremel tool insteadif you have a good guitar, it's worth getting the right tools to avoid damageit should be possible to pigtail a female jack onto the Fishman and allow this to hang out of the guitar soundhole for connection to an extender cable and to the ampbut I wouldn't recommend that unless you find a way to strain relief the cable, as the Fishman wiring isn't really made to take the stressif you don't want to do an installation, then consider one of the many clip-in soundhole pups - such as a Seymour Duncan WoodyI've got one of those as wellNot as good sounding as the Fishman, but not bad given the convenience and the lower priceon your Valve Junior: a good little amp that excels for saturated electric guitar tones, but you may find it a bit disappointing driven with an acoustic guitarit probably doesn't have the high freq response that a dedicated acoustic amp has - that'll reduce the acoustic sparkle and clarity somewhatthe acoustic pickup you choose probably shouldn't be judged through the VJin fact the sonic differences between a Rare Earth and a Woody would probably will not be so obvious through the VJ.
