I put in about 5 decades as an electronics technician. Most of that time was devoted to broadcasting. And most of that broadcasting time was devoted to Radio. While the TV aspect sparked a side interest in photography, the Radio side brought a lot of audio related interests to the table.
I had a brief stint doing the teenager, garage-band thing in the sixties, playing bass. (Hence my screen name.)
Some of those experiences with old, cheap gear back in the day added fire to the flame of an already fledgling interest in electronics. I somewhat credit that to my career choice.
Fast forward a few hundred years
and I once again became interested in the bass.
By no stretch of the imagination do I figure I'll ever play out. I am the "bassment warrior" hobby, noodler. Though I now know more about music theory, technique, and history of bass than I did in the distant past. Still, I'm mostly just a Root/Fifth or 12 bar blues kind of guy when it comes to playing. But at least now, I know what those are.
Naturally, due to my tech background, I gravitate to the electronics aspect of bass. My number one Go-To sub-forum on TB is Amps and Cabs, followed closely by Pickup and Electronics. In all of my hobbies over the years, I've done much better with the technical aspects, more so than the art or skills involved.
Ham Radio... I'd rather build an antenna to talk to someone than actually talking to them. Photography... my fascination is more with light and lenses, than the object that light is reflecting from when it goes through that lens. Bass guitar... already 'splained that. Golf... I enjoy making my own clubs, but I play like crap.
While I enjoy trying to improve the arts and skills involved in my hobbies, the most fun for me is in the technical aspects of those hobbies.
So for me it was kind of a big circle. The bass helped pushed my career choice, and that career helped me with my interest in the gear aspect of bass.
Round and round and round I go, 'til I get dizzy(er) and fall over.
