What are your other hobbies?

[elusive]

Tinkering, fiddling, juggling, chess part time crapentry, part time artist'a, cat whisperer and full time professional smoker.

I thought maybe pipe carving would've been listed in there (unless that's part of your "crapentry" haha)

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

Awesome to see all the other guitarists here

For years, I played lead guitar for the band at church but more recently I have focused on my acoustic guitar skills, I also like to sing. I have a sweet Les Paul and a Gretsch hollow body that I played through a Mesa Boogie Stiletto, pedals and all that.

On the acoustic side, I have Taylors, a 2016 314ce Fall LTD and my favorite, a 1987 510 Dred that has the old school original Taylor neck design, wonderful sounding guitars. I had a pickup installed on this guitar after I bought it.

I keep my 510 at the dispensary and play the 314 when I am at home.

 

[Rootsruler]

That's pretty sweet. I wanted to get the neck on one of my guitars customized, but I couldn't find a luthier or local shop that fixes guitars (besides Guitar Center, but no thanks). All of the music stores closed up over a decade ago, so local repairs around here are left to random people who can do it, but they charge an astronomical amount (quoted $750+ for modifying a neck inlays to add 3 letters instead of the 3 dots). Granted, I'm not going to ever be able to customize a neck myself, but I can't justify spending that much when you can get intricate inlays on a neck ranging between $50 and $350 online (granted they're all CNC'd and mass produced). I could prob reach out to one of these Chinese companies and get one made for $100, but I specifically want the neck of this particular guitar to be modified as it's the guitar I used on stage when playing with major bands in the early to mid 2000's (so my "almost famous" guitar).

Since I can't seem to find someone to do that for a cost that isn't close to $1K, the next best thing was get a kit and let my kid choose the colors and paint/dye it however he wants, and have him screw in all the hardware. Actually, it's probably better than getting a neck modified as it lets us spend quality time and him learning some new skills (he's almost 4, so all of this is new and exciting to him, and it's awesome to see his enthusiasm).

Are you an Ibanez kinda guy, or just anything that sounds good? I prefer the more exotic shapes (explorer, V, warlock, etc), but I do have more conventional guitars as well (ESP Eclipse, SG, strat). I'm definitely an EMG fanboy, though I'm Seymour Duncans (not Duncan Design) are starting to grow on me. I tossed a pair in my explorer and they sound great.

I hear ya man! Good luthiers are hard to find nowadays with all the automation and global manufacturing that goes on. Since my musical stomping ground was Hollywood, CA there were enough around from the various companies that serviced their main players along with the plethora of players like me trying to make it to the Big Show.

Only Ibanez I owned was an acoustic that sounded really nice. My association with Ibanez was more from my custom shop buddy. My preference for acoustics leans towards Taylors. I like the Martins tone but, for me, Taylors were the next evolution in that tone.

I used to live in a 5,000 sq/ft warehouse loft in downtown Los Angeles. My roommate was a drum tech for a lot of the top bands of the day like Korn, Deftones, MM, etc. I used to hang out with Monkey from Korn or Steven from Deftones whenever they'd come over. We had Korns bass player, Fieldie's, bachelor party at the loft. David, Korns drummer at the time, would come over all the time and we would all jam since we had a kit, amps and a sound system set up in the loft. The loft was in an industrial area so we could get as loud as we wanted. One day my roomie came home with a Taylor acoustic but it had a big hole on the side of the body. He had just finished doing a tour with Stone Temple Pilots. The acoustic was the singer, Scott Weilands guitar. I guess Scott got upset about something but my roomie brought it home and gave it to one of the luthiers that serviced Monkey from Korns guitars. Sounded great!

When I was actively playing I played a BC Rich strat copy but after we got signed Gibson approached me for sponsorship. I got to hang out in their archive and play a bunch of their classic guitars through classic amps. Vox AC30, Marshall JTM45, Black faced Fender Twins and Tweeds. Sponsorship allowed me to buy their guitars at 10% above their cost. If I got a picture in a magazine with the guitar I'd get a free guitar from them. If I got a magazine cover I got 2.

I still own the cherry sunburst Les Paul Standard I bought from them. I sold a lot of the ones I got free like the Hummingbird acoustic or the LP Gold Top. I wish I had kept the Hummingbird. Great tone.

 

[elusive]

I hear ya man! Good luthiers are hard to find nowadays with all the automation and global manufacturing that goes on. Since my musical stomping ground was Hollywood, CA there were enough around from the various companies that serviced their main players along with the plethora of players like me trying to make it to the Big Show.

Only Ibanez I owned was an acoustic that sounded really nice. My association with Ibanez was more from my custom shop buddy. My preference for acoustics leans towards Taylors. I like the Martins tone but, for me, Taylors were the next evolution in that tone.

I used to live in a 5,000 sq/ft warehouse loft in downtown Los Angeles. My roommate was a drum tech for a lot of the top bands of the day like Korn, Deftones, MM, etc. I used to hang out with Monkey from Korn or Steven from Deftones whenever they'd come over. We had Korns bass player, Fieldie's, bachelor party at the loft. David, Korns drummer at the time, would come over all the time and we would all jam since we had a kit, amps and a sound system set up in the loft. The loft was in an industrial area so we could get as loud as we wanted. One day my roomie came home with a Taylor acoustic but it had a big hole on the side of the body. He had just finished doing a tour with Stone Temple Pilots. The acoustic was the singer, Scott Weilands guitar. I guess Scott got upset about something but my roomie brought it home and gave it to one of the luthiers that serviced Monkey from Korns guitars. Sounded great!

When I was actively playing I played a BC Rich strat copy but after we got signed Gibson approached me for sponsorship. I got to hang out in their archive and play a bunch of their classic guitars through classic amps. Vox AC30, Marshall JTM45, Black faced Fender Twins and Tweeds. Sponsorship allowed me to buy their guitars at 10% above their cost. If I got a picture in a magazine with the guitar I'd get a free guitar from them. If I got a magazine cover I got 2.

I still own the cherry sunburst Les Paul Standard I bought from them. I sold a lot of the ones I got free like the Hummingbird acoustic or the LP Gold Top. I wish I had kept the Hummingbird. Great tone.

Man that all sounds awesome. I live in some cowtown on the east coast, so not a whole lot of opportunity for things like that here.

Taylor makes an amazing acoustic. My acoustics are a Washburn and an Applause by Ovation. Low to mid tier guitars, but they sound just fine in my living room

 

[steamroller]

I live in some cowtown on the east coast,

 

[elusive]

I'm pretty sure there's more farms and farm houses than any other kind of house here, and I think I saw a fella driving a john deere down the road with straw hanging out his mouth the other day.

There's 5 dunkin donuts for 5200 residents, that's how backwoods it is.

 

[Pipecarver]

I thought maybe pipe carving would've been listed in there (unless that's part of your "crapentry" haha)

That's the Artist in me....I added the extra 'a to make it sound more specialized. crapentry would be everything else made of wood....I don't do square, everything has a cannabis made angle to it.

 

[elusive]

Omg weaponized autism. I’m stealing that

I got a few little things I play around with. I like rc

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So I built a custom trailer to make it more enjoyable.

I got a few like this where I clearly went full autistic and dove in with both feet. Life’s short commit fully!

I'd love to get into RC planes/helicopters/drones, but fuck, I can't keep them in the air longer than 3.6 seconds. My buddy flies the FPV drones, so he'll lend me a set of goggles and man that view is amazing.

 

[Rootsruler]

Man that all sounds awesome. I live in some cowtown on the east coast, so not a whole lot of opportunity for things like that here.

Taylor makes an amazing acoustic. My acoustics are a Washburn and an Applause by Ovation. Low to mid tier guitars, but they sound just fine in my living room

I really liked the Washburns but wasn't a big fan of the Ovation guitars. That weird plastic rounded out body just felt weird in my hands. Is your Ovation an acoustic/electric or straight acoustic?

 

[elusive]

I really liked the Washburns but wasn't a big fan of the Ovation guitars. That weird plastic rounded out body just felt weird in my hands. Is your Ovation an acoustic/electric or straight acoustic?

The Washburn sounds pretty good, my only gripe is that the body is so thick. Both of them are acoustic electrics, but I never plug them into an amp. Maybe I should one of these days.

 

[Neueregel]

Awesome to see all the other guitarists here

For years, I played lead guitar for the band at church but more recently I have focused on my acoustic guitar skills, I also like to sing. I have a sweet Les Paul and a Gretsch hollow body that I played through a Mesa Boogie Stiletto, pedals and all that.

On the acoustic side, I have Taylors, a 2016 314ce Fall LTD and my favorite, a 1987 510 Dred that has the old school original Taylor neck design, wonderful sounding guitars. I had a pickup installed on this guitar after I bought it.

I keep my 510 at the dispensary and play the 314 when I am at home.

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I've got a Taylor 410. Nice guitar.

 

[Neueregel]

I mostly play guitar. PlayStation ever once in a while. Used to be an avid FPS player. Lift weights. I live a somewhat boring life.

My Guitars. Couple of 2010’ish BC Rich JRV Deluxe one has a Beast headstock.Tuned to D standard. The other has the ASM headstock. Tuned to C standard

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This one is my baby. 2008 USA BC Rich Custom Shop Speed V. Spalted Maple. Tuned to E standard. One of a kind.
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Few amps. I have a modified Peavey XXX
Running to a 1960 Marshall Lead cab.

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I have a EVH 100watt Stealth running to a modified Marshall cab loaded with EV ( Zakk Wylde) Black Label speakers.

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I have a 1991 Ampeg VH 150 very rare amp. Amazing tone if you’re looking for the old Cannibal Corpse, suffocation tone. Old school Death Metal tone. Love this amp.



Got a Marshall DSL 100 sitting in the closet with a blown power tube. Friend gave it to me.

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I’ve gotten rid of a few amps. Krankenstein, Mesa Dual Rec, Peavey 6505. Marshall DSL 2000. Guitars I got rid of was my Jackson RR-1, Dean Lighting Bolt. I stupidly got rid of my 1985 USA Custom Shop BC Rich Warlock. Had 3 Ibanez PL-1660’s. Loved those guitars. Thanx for looking.

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nice setup.

 

[Neueregel]

This also.

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i had the first one of this for Xbox though.

 

[Neueregel]

No but there is site called Monster Fish...
Check it out~!
This was always my favorite video has music.

that's a huge tank.

 

[Neueregel]

Awesome to see all the other guitarists here

For years, I played lead guitar for the band at church but more recently I have focused on my acoustic guitar skills, I also like to sing. I have a sweet Les Paul and a Gretsch hollow body that I played through a Mesa Boogie Stiletto, pedals and all that.

On the acoustic side, I have Taylors, a 2016 314ce Fall LTD and my favorite, a 1987 510 Dred that has the old school original Taylor neck design, wonderful sounding guitars. I had a pickup installed on this guitar after I bought it.

I keep my 510 at the dispensary and play the 314 when I am at home.

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My Taylor is a 2016 and I also have PRS electric Mark Tremonti style.

 

[steamroller]

that's a huge tank.

Yea I just got a measly 180g.

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

My Taylor is a 2016 and I also have PRS electric Mark Tremonti style.

Taylor makes awesome instruments, I've owned several along the way. A friend of mine has one of those 410's and loves it.

 

[Neueregel]

Taylor makes awesome instruments, I've owned several along the way. A friend of mine has one of those 410's and loves it.

I have been looking at the Taylor K26CE for a while now, thinking about getting that one next.

 

[Pipecarver]

A new hobby for me, pen making, I'm trying to hone pipe making skills and maybe turn some stems for my pipes.

 

[TomH]

Hobbies: I enjoy studying astrophysics (stellar evolution is pretty amazing), photography, astronomy, collecting/ID mushrooms in the wild. Actually, studying anything in nature seems to be a hobby of mine.

 

[Pipecarver]

Hobbies: I enjoy studying astrophysics (stellar evolution is pretty amazing), photography, astronomy, collecting/ID mushrooms in the wild. Actually, studying anything in nature seems to be a hobby of mine.

Wow...that's out there....astrophysics sounds so spacey.....stellar evolution? wow you're with the right crowd here....lol

 

[Rootsruler]

Hobbies: I enjoy studying astrophysics (stellar evolution is pretty amazing), photography, astronomy, collecting/ID mushrooms in the wild. Actually, studying anything in nature seems to be a hobby of mine.

Black holes are just entrances to other dimensions with other weird universes.

 

[TomH]

Wow...that's out there....astrophysics sounds so spacey.....stellar evolution? wow you're with the right crowd here....lol

Black holes are just entrances to other dimensions with other weird universes.

Well, I have no proof that they aren’t so, good enough for me.

 

[Star Dog]

I love freshwater fishing and growing in equal measures.


My favourite time is sea trout fishing through the night it's magic!



Looking at pics I remembered I like microscopy it's interesting beyond words.


Awe inspiring

Telescope, space exploration, cutting edge tech and engineering, mechanical physics, entomology among other shit.

The younger me loved, pilot's, go karts and dirt bikes I'm frickin past it now but that period is labeled with love.

Photography used to be a pastime I still look for photo opportunities (see venus)

Microscope pic is transpiration and the gify is a drop of coco dtw run off.

 

[Rootsruler]

Well, I have no proof that they aren’t so, good enough for me.

I say that because it's just too convenient that astrophysicists have postulated the Big Bang Theory and it sounds suspiciously like the other side of what happens after you pass through the singularity. Also, how convenient that a singularity exists to break down everything back into its most basic atomic component to be able to be reassembled in the new universes configuration.

Ramblings from an amateur astronomist.......

 

[Bandit420]

Inventing new curse words and phrases along with mastering the art of Yo Momma jokes

Also really into history...
Ancient history of the Roman Empire, Egypt, and recently getting into ancient history of the Americas. Hope to deep dive into Ancient Greek and Vikings as well.
The rise and fall of empires is crazy interesting especially the ones that fall from republics and democracies into dictators and emperors. History literally repeats itself in sometimes very disturbing ways.

As far as American history I buff out on the wars especially Vietnam and WWII in the Pacific since they played a direct roll in my own existence today. Crazy how one bomb dropped or a single bullet can change the course of so many lives.
Also very much in to mafia history in the US from NYC, Boston, Philly, and Vegas

 

[Pipecarver]

Inventing new curse words and phrases along with mastering the art of Yo Momma jokes

Also really into history...
Ancient history of the Roman Empire, Egypt, and recently getting into ancient history of the Americas. Hope to deep dive into Ancient Greek and Vikings as well.
The rise and fall of empires is crazy interesting especially the ones that fall from republics and democracies into dictators and emperors. History literally repeats itself in sometimes very disturbing ways.

As far as American history I buff out on the wars especially Vietnam and WWII in the Pacific since they played a direct roll in my own existence today. Crazy how one bomb dropped or a single bullet can change the course of so many lives.
Also very much in to mafia history in the US from NYC, Boston, Philly, and Vegas

You'd have watched all the Spartacus series then & Rome was / is one of may favorites, Just recently..Those who are about to die... was good. not as bloody or have as much open sex but still good none the less...lol

 

[Bandit420]

You'd have watched all the Spartacus series then & Rome was / is one of may favorites, Just recently..Those who are about to die... was good. not as bloody or have as much open sex but still good none the less...lol

Spartacus is in my que. As well as Domina, a series about a woman's point of view of the power struggles of Rome. Rome was really good and actually on point in a lot of regards. Netflix has a docuseries very close to it as well complete with softcore hardcore porn haha!
Those about to die was good...Took a while to get going and relies heavy on CGI but now I can't wait for a second season.
Also got into Pompeii, The New Dig and it's really interesting what they're finding at that site.

Anything done by Bethany Hughes in a documentary format will be very good and accurate. There's a few others too I'd have to look I've seen so many.
The old sword and sandals movies can be a fun watch but very inaccurate. Like Cleopatra or something newer like Gladiator. Very inaccurate but still fun to watch. What always makes me giggle is the movies and shows are usually done with British actors and they don't drop the accent while in reality they spoke Greek and Latin in Ancient Rome

 

[Pipecarver]

Spartacus is in my que. As well as Domina, a series about a woman's point of view of the power struggles of Rome. Rome was really good and actually on point in a lot of regards. Netflix has a docuseries very close to it as well complete with softcore hardcore porn haha!
Those about to die was good...Took a while to get going and relies heavy on CGI but now I can't wait for a second season.
Also got into Pompeii, The New Dig and it's really interesting what they're finding at that site.

Anything done by Bethany Hughes in a documentary format will be very good and accurate. There's a few others too I'd have to look I've seen so many.
The old sword and sandals movies can be a fun watch but very inaccurate. Like Cleopatra or something newer like Gladiator. Very inaccurate but still fun to watch. What always makes me giggle is the movies and shows are usually done with British actors and they don't drop the accent while in reality they spoke Greek and Latin in Ancient Rome

Yes we watched Domina & Pompeii, we like that stuff, Vikings too and anything medieval is our go to stuff when its on. A couple hrs every night 9-11 ish we watch a movie or series. I often google...Movies 20?? then see if I can find something we haven't watched then go to 1 of a few sites I use and find the movie or series. We just watched all of the Hornblower series, Pirate stuff is cool too

 

[Stoneyluv]

Inventing new curse words and phrases along with mastering the art of Yo Momma jokes

yo momma's like a doorknob, errbody gets a turn!!
yo momma's like railroad tracks, spread out all over the country!!
yo momma's so nasty she stuck in a cucumber and pulled out a pickle!!
yo momma'a so fat, she made richard simmons cry!!
yo momma put on high heels and struck oil!!

in case you never heard those^^^ i got hundreds more where those came from!

 

[SpectrumFarms]

I enjoy chemistry, botany performing extractions. I haven’t play guitar in a while but I used to play in a touring metalcore band. Particle physics and quantum mechanics are fascinating even if I can’t grasp all of it. I love collecting and smoking a nice aged hand rolled cigar with a nice single malt scotch.

 

[BlueCollarBob]

yo momma's like a doorknob, errbody gets a turn!!
yo momma's like railroad tracks, spread out all over the country!!
yo momma's so nasty she stuck in a cucumber and pulled out a pickle!!
yo momma'a so fat, she made richard simmons cry!!
yo momma put on high heels and struck oil!!

in case you never heard those^^^ i got hundreds more where those came from!

Ha! I remember Rodney Dangerfield using the high heels striking oil to describe how big his wife was. Along with "My wife is so big when she goes swimming she leaves a ring around the lake" and "My wife is so big when I crawl on top my ears pop", lol.

 

[steamroller]

I tried the 'hobby' thing and it never works out for me.
I tend to get carried away?
So I settle for mild addictions that I have like 5-10 year cycles with~!
Been collecting convertibles since around 2018.
Got 3 now.

First was the 2005 Chrysler Crossfire.

Second was the 2007 Chevrolet Corvette.

And the newest addition is a 2000 Plymouth Prowler.

 

[elusive]

This year I got the itch to learn woodworking, so I snagged a miter saw and table saw and decided to build a poker table.

After watching a few youtube videos, i just went at it with what I felt I was capable of doing.

The base:


The table support:



Prelim cut of the table top:


The rails:


I ended up having to do the rails a second time as the first set didn’t connect at the end (I made 2 halves and tried to fit it that way). Since that didn’t work, I went about it a different way. With the 2 halves, I’m going to turn 1 into a bar, and the other a blackjack / 4 player + dealer card table.

The staining of the rail:

2 coats of burnt charcoal + 2 coats of varnish. I could probably do a third coat to really thicken it up, but I think it’s fine as is.

Installing the padding:


Installing the speed cloth:


And here it is, 99% finished:


I miscalculated where the staples went and they weren’t hidden by the rail, so with some left over wood, i made a small racetrack to hide them.

I just need to sand, stain, varnish, then screw into place and stain the base (no varnish since nobody will really see it).

I think it came out pretty decent for a first build.

 

[elusive]

Poker table update:

I took the inner race track out to stain the pieces. I wanted something contrasting - similar to the way it looks but a little darker, so I used an early american stain. I think it’s going to look great. I need to poly it first, so I’ll be doing that tomorrow.

Once it gets put on, I’ll be able to put another coat of poly on the rail.

I attached the rail to the table frame so now it’s secured in place.

i also ordered some chairs to go with the table:


Since I had some extra wood left over (3 2x4’s and 2 6x2’s), I decided to whip up some drink tables.

Table top pieces:


I’m gluing 2 pieces together to make the table top:


Cut out all the legs:


And then assembled:


I’m also putting in those screw feet to help keep it level on carpets.

I just need to finish gluing the tops and cut some supports, then it’ll be time to stain and finish them up.

 

[Stoneyluv]

i got a whole jug of change... when's opening night??

.

i'm terrible with wood projects, great with metal and so so with plastics. i've always wanted to try one of those epoxy wood fills to fill in a meat chopping block somebody made me...

something similar to this..

but with my cherry chop block just filling in the cracks...

 

[elusive]

i got a whole jug of change... when's opening night??

.

i'm terrible with wood projects, great with metal and so so with plastics. i've always wanted to try one of those epoxy wood fills to fill in a meat chopping block somebody made me...

something similar to this..

but with my cherry chop block just filling in the cracks...
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Opening night for the Riverfield East is 9/27 at 8 PM. Come join the fun!

That’s a beauty of a slab tho.

I’ve never done anything with metal outside of exploratory shop in high school, though I’d love to work with it one day.

 

[Doobie]

I play guitar mostly heavy metal. I also am a big Gamer. I love me some weed and Video games .

 

[elusive]

And the poker table is done!



I might do a few more layers of varnish, but other than that, it’s finished. It’s still messy in the pic but most of the basement has been cleaned up now. Just need to focus on cleaning up the weed growing area.

 

[Beachwalker]

Jenga