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Hobbies that cost more than playing bass

#101
I never understood the grand expense to bass playing until I joined TB. I have seen guys who spend more on pedals in a month than I spent on equipment total in the 14 years I played professionally. Makes me glad I played when I did and never had any use for the hot and trendy or falling into the effects abyss.
 
#102
These 2 hobbies!
Way more!
But a heck of alot of fun!
Jeff

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#107
I think bass playing is one of the most inexpensive pastimes around. Sure, the initial outlay can be expensive, but even then only if you want it to be. On a day to day basis it's a very nominal cost to play bass, next to nothing. I just got myself a scooter and it's so much fun that I'm starting to look at motorcycles. Now, that looks like it might get expensive! :help:
 
#109
I read somewhere that Van Damme was spending $10,000 a week on cocaine. So that could be an expensive hobby.

Anyway, get your own seperate bank account & credit card. Make sure you pay all your bills & buy stuff the wife & kids needs, then she can't complain about what you spend your money on.
 
#110
playing lacrosse...

I suppose its not a hobby since I do play competitively but it is very expensive.

I have at least 1k sunk into lacrosse and 2500 or so into bass... which is wild considering I've been playing it for 2 years and bass for 6.

Hell a stick costs at least 100-300 and you're expected to have 2 at any given time, on top of them breaking every 3-9 months.
 
#113
Cycling, especially for a broke college student. The lowest acceptable race bike probably comes in at $1300. I easily wear between $300-$500 worth of kit/gear that can get shredded in one crash. Not to mention the obscene amounts of food I eat. Consumable parts cost easily in the hundreds per year as well.
 
#114
Jeff Scott said:
Geez, a nice 8x10 or 11x14 camera with some lenses and the rest of the necessities are WAY cheaper (usually) and the image quality is far superior. :D

I have the experience to back it up, too. :bassist:
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Photography is pretty bad, I've spent more money on it in the last 7 years than in my 12 years of bass playing. If you're into vintage (German and French) stuff, it's quite normal to get lenses worth over US$10K. And the last time I went for a quotation for a view camera with digital back it ended up costing more than a Harley-Davidson fat boy.

My wife is happy I went and bought a vintage bass instead, she says:"at least it will hold some value over the years"...

but the most expensive hobby is women, most men I've seen who are into that don't have any other hobbies simply because they can't afford any (both time and cost wise).
 
#115
Paintball. A nice marker is maybe a grand, upgrades maybe a few hundred more. The problem is that you can easily spend $50 in paint in a couple hours. An autococker will easily shoot 15 paintballs a second. And a very cheap paintball is 2 cents. A back will easily waste $5 in the opening minute of a match laying suppressive fire. Usually won't even hit anyone doing it. It's just to screw up the other team's movement.

Probably the most expensive sport. Anything involving transportation will blow it out of the water obviously.
 
#120
A friend of mine loves boats. Every time he buys one he sells it a year or so later for a heap more than he paid for it having put nothing into it but fuel. Otherwise he's thick as a brick and twice as slow. The one that really gets me is the busted one I sold him so he could fix it, which he never did, but he sold it maybe a year later in the middle of winter to some nutjob for twice what I sold it to him for, which was fair price.

Getting involved in TB has helped me get a whole lot of paying gigs that cover my gear many times over. The GAS related purchases are therefore forgiven. Like my boating friend, I try to buy well and I keep a lid on the accumulation. I'm more down than up on disposals but not much.

The pedalboard is about to get well overpopulated but they are a bigger and bigger part of the money making band's sound so adding a tier to my board is on the cards.

Summing up, tiddlywinks is more expensive than part time bass playing if you do it right.
 

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