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What is your "inexpensive" hobby that turned out to be expensive/ you gradually invested lots of money into? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Edit: so it turns out that every hobby can be expensive if you do it long enough.

Also I love how you talk about your hobby as some addicts.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Playing music. Started on a shitty hand-me-down acoustic guitar. Got a better guitar. Got an electric. Got a better amp. Got a couple of pedals. Got a better amp. Got like 6 more amps, some cabs, 5 more guitars, a huge pedalboard, a cello, a keyboard, an audio interface, attenuators, mics, etc etc.

You gotta understand... I need all this stuff. There are subtle differences that you've never noticed before but will probably hear once I do an a/b comparison for you, and I absolutely must get an AC15 next to round out the collection instead of buckling down and recording something.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My brother took it to another level. He made his own guitar, then 5 string violin twice (because of school project) and some other instruments.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeahhhhhh luthier-ing is a rabbit hole all its own... I am about to start on build 3, from a tree in my yard.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Voxes sound so good.

I just dropped $560 on an Arturia Minifreak to replace my Microkorg XL+ that has a busted tempo knob.

Those are synths. I'm a bassist. Gear is addictive, yo.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I spent a decade as a touring musician. My guitarist is still a tonechaser and has new shit every practice. New amps, New pedals, etc. He's constantly trading and saving for new crap

I'm so happy I run my PBass into an OCD clone voiced for bass into a Mesa 400 with 2x15 and I've never wanted more.