parrotheada1a
Resident Pitmaster
Name's Jim. A couple days shy of being 50. I'm a certified live music junkie, although you will rarely catch me at a stadium venue. There is something to be said for standing 10 feet in front of someone who really knows how to play and sailing the same groove they are in. That kind of experience is super rare, unless you play that well yourself. I've been building printed circuit boards for 20 years, and seen some incredible electronic parts pass through my hands. Some of 'em are in places that are literally out of this world. Before that, I was a chef for 10 years... and I still love to cook. Japanese food and BBQ are two of my favorite things to make these days, but I haven't lost the touch for some old family recipes that my mom & aunts taught me how to make. My family still craves the stuffed cabbage and potato pancakes that I make a few times a year. Thanks gram.
Other expensive hobbies besides guitars are model trains & astronomy. Both of 'em have taken a back seat in the last 10 years or so because of empty wallet disease. Model trains I especially miss, I have seen prices for all things HO scale explode in the past 15 years. I like my trains though, and am not planning on selling what I do have. I got to be a local guru of sorts when it came to the artistic side of it, that being scenery & structures. One thing about model trains is the 'learning' aspect of it if you want to make things look real. You end up studying all sorts of things not exactly related to one another. Building a rock cliff? Study a little geology. Building a 2 story house? Study architecture. That sort of thing.
Not so expensive hobbies are computer games, surf fishing, and beer drinking.
Other expensive hobbies besides guitars are model trains & astronomy. Both of 'em have taken a back seat in the last 10 years or so because of empty wallet disease. Model trains I especially miss, I have seen prices for all things HO scale explode in the past 15 years. I like my trains though, and am not planning on selling what I do have. I got to be a local guru of sorts when it came to the artistic side of it, that being scenery & structures. One thing about model trains is the 'learning' aspect of it if you want to make things look real. You end up studying all sorts of things not exactly related to one another. Building a rock cliff? Study a little geology. Building a 2 story house? Study architecture. That sort of thing.
Not so expensive hobbies are computer games, surf fishing, and beer drinking.
, or in a pinch, one of the other acoustics he made).
