What are Your Hobbies?

[Markem]

Motorcycles
Collecting retired racing greyhounds
Staring at my navel (recently retired)

I'll also include, since they seem hobbies to me
cigars
pipes

 

[sparker69]

Our MGB and my gravel bike keep me pretty busy. Taking care of the yard and landscaping takes up the rest of my free time.

Always loved MGBs but understood they were a lot of work. As vintage UK bike lovers know: Lucas Electrics - Prince of Darkness.

 

[sparker69]

Reading (in English & French), listening to music: jazz, experimental, ambiant, classical, opera, modern & classic rock, hip hop; watching art house film (have a decent Criterion Collection), riding and working on my 1977 Honda 750F2, gardening, learning Italian, making traditional Italian espresso, some canning.

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

My wife says my hobby is collecting hobbies... Guitars/tube amps- building, repairing, restoring, and even occasionally playing. Gunsmithing, mostly antique shotguns. Motorcycles (former HD master tech) building and restoring mostly vintage Japanese and British. General antique resto and repair. Antique tools collecting, repairing, using. I've also built a fair bit of specialized tooling for guitar makers and pipe carvers. Cast iron collecting/restoring.

Here's my homemade Tele made from a single piece of maple (not a kit) and my 68 Bassman (drip edge missing and the cab is a 74)

 

[TheIronMonkey]

My wife says my hobby is collecting hobbies... Guitars/tube amps- building, repairing, restoring, and even occasionally playing. Gunsmithing, mostly antique shotguns. Motorcycles (former HD master tech) building and restoring mostly vintage Japanese and British. General antique resto and repair. Antique tools collecting, repairing, using. I've also built a fair bit of specialized tooling for guitar makers and pipe carvers. Cast iron collecting/restoring.

Here's my homemade Tele made from a single piece of maple (not a kit) and my 68 Bassman (drip edge missing and the cab is a 74) View attachment 184393

The neck and body are one continuous piece of wood?

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

The neck and body are one continuous piece of wood?

No, its a bolt on neck. They were carved from the same piece.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

No, its a bolt on neck. They were carved from the same piece.

Ah, okay—that makes a lot more sense. The idea of a single continuous piece had my head spinning, thinking about warping and how did he get a truss rod in there, etc.

A late ex of mine was really into cast iron; I remember the lye bath soaks for Griswold (and sub brands like Erie and Iron Mountain) and other brands all too well—she had a lot of great stuff.

 

[Laurent]

The two big ones for me is woodworking and working on old cars, or truck in my case at the moment. I also enjoy hiking, cooking, bread making, and boating. I play guitar but not as much as I use to. Jack of all trades but master of none.

 

[JJ_JJ_JJ_JJ]

Im on Team ATF

My Alcohol and
My Tobacco and
My Firearms

Oh and bass guitar

 

[vosBghos]

My wife says my hobby is collecting hobbies... Guitars/tube amps- building, repairing, restoring, and even occasionally playing. Gunsmithing, mostly antique shotguns. Motorcycles (former HD master tech) building and restoring mostly vintage Japanese and British. General antique resto and repair. Antique tools collecting, repairing, using. I've also built a fair bit of specialized tooling for guitar makers and pipe carvers. Cast iron collecting/restoring.

Here's my homemade Tele made from a single piece of maple (not a kit) and my 68 Bassman (drip edge missing and the cab is a 74) View attachment 184393

Sweet ride there brother. Love the tele , like the J bass lots of versatility depending on pick up switch and right hand placement. I feel the same way about collecting hobbies but it rounds us out and I feel they inform each other to improve our skills all around. You ever get into Ural's ? they are the best of both world's 4x4 and Motorcycles.

 

[markus]

Reading, spending time with family and woodworking.

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

Sweet ride there brother. Love the tele , like the J bass lots of versatility depending on pick up switch and right hand placement. I feel the same way about collecting hobbies but it rounds us out and I feel they inform each other to improve our skills all around. You ever get into Ural's ? they are the best of both world's 4x4 and Motorcycles.

Thanks, I also have a 74 J bass I inherited. I have never worked on a Ural but I have ridden one and I have often lusted after a 3X3 Ural. There's actually a Ural importer down the road from me.

 

[JJ_JJ_JJ_JJ]

Thanks, I also have a 74 J bass I inherited. I have never worked on a Ural but I have ridden one and I have often lusted after a 3X3 Ural. There's actually a Ural importer down the road from me.

Bro you have a 74 fender J?
Im so jealous

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

Bro you have a 74 fender J?
Im so jealous

I do, maple body clear amber finish, 3 bolt micro-tilt neck. My dad bought it slightly used in 76 Along with this Ampeg V4B. The original 2x15 cab is long gone but the head is an absolute rocket ship.

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

Motorcycles
Collecting retired racing greyhounds
Staring at my navel (recently retired)

I'll also include, since they seem hobbies to me
cigars
pipes

I have a retiree! She is such a goofball!

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

Along with the ATF group...

Coffee - roasting, drinking, etc.
Ice Hockey (goalie)
Pottery (have a kiln and wheel)
Science junkie
Geology (my degree)
electronics
Cooking
Japanese knives
Smoking (pork, beef, food)
Greyhounds
Lasers

I have ADHD if you can't tell.

 

[LeafErikson]

I don’t really consider pipe smoking a hobby I just figured it was better for me than cigarettes so I made the switch a few years back. I like spending time outside, playing chess, reading, playing guitar, and writing/recording songs.

 

[Doctor Chopper]

Motorcycling. I am an IBA rider.

Any advice on how to light a pipe at 80MPH would be appreciated.

 

[Briar Tuck]

A - I brew beer and drink that mostly. I also enjoy single malt scotch.
T - Pipes only.
F - Hunting, target shooting (mostly pistol) and reloading.

Fishing (including boating, clamming, and crabbing)
Mycology (mushroom hunting)
Motorcycling (lifetime rider)
Drumming (active cover band)
Guitar
Didgeridoo
Cooking and especially smoking meats
Knife collecting and sharpening
Reading
Gardening
Herpetology (mostly snakes)

That's the main stuff anyway. I'm retired and like to keep busy.

 

[eljimmy]

Paintball. Last weekend out at SC Village with my Son.