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Ugly Electric

Sounds like that could be a safety issue already. (even when your not powering extra gear) If your thinking one of those cheap power conditioner might help, I'd highly suggest you hire a qualified electrician to correctly fix the problem instead.

Short of that, you could shut all basement circuits breakers off and try using 1 (or better yet 2) heavy duty 12-gauge extension cords to tap all your basements power needs from known good grounded outlets in diferent portions of the house.
I'd probably use one extension cord dedicated to all the band gear and the other for the basements lighting needs to hopefully avoid any ground loop issues.

Good luck and proceed carefully... :)
 

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