What are your other obsessions?

[Jeff Scott]

I am a quite obsessive person, and frankly, bass is one of my most proeminent obsessions. I live in a country where...

I just saw one of your fine country-women Saturday evening, Badi Assad.

 

[WRM]

Getting back into RC car racing after 30 years, but this time trying 1/8 scale off-road Buggies. Just finished building these kits:

 

[hooky_marr]

Cheap women, expensive whiskey and large caliber handguns...

Now you just need a trenchcoat, fedora and your own private eye office...

 

[hooky_marr]

Buying a home within two blocks of Conwy Castle in Wales .

If I could buy a place in Portmeirion I would...

 

[nonohmic]

yeah, most stock systems do

Any entry-level (or higher) speakers from JBL, Infinity, Polk Audio, Morel, Focal, or JL Audio (off the top of my head) would surely make things sound better. Crutchfield is a great source - they'll tell you exactly what fits based on which factory system you have, offer the accessories needed to install everything and also give you vehicle-specific instructions.

Outboard amplification would make an even bigger impact on your system, and the addition of a DSP would make the biggest. But that's a rabbit hole that knows no end, financially or logistically LOL.

Sound deadening will also increase your system's efficiency by default by lowering road noise and vibration.

Thought you might get a kick out of seeing the stock tweeters in the 24 Crosstrek. Just found on reddit. Even I know these look bad!

 

[JC BASS 91]

I have the beginnings of one (it' was used in the old photography business.

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That's the flashgun that was used to make Luke's lightsaber for the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special.

Have fun! I warn you, it can be addictive...

 

[JC BASS 91]

Do you do custom orders? Are these with FX boards inside or just hilts? Nice work!

I do not do custom orders. I build for family only. Some are static hilts, some are fully done with effects boards and lighting for base-lit blades (I don't get into the intricacies of the pixel LED blades).

 

[Jeff Scott]

I have been a photographer since the age of 12. I finally sold all my film gear including a B&W darkroom about a decade ago. The biggest changes from going digital are I almost never print anything and I don’t shoot in B&W at all.

I miss using a real camera (my last being an Ebony 45SU with lenses ranging from 58mm to 305mm). And the black & white darkroom.

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That reminds me of the rug hanger I made in '00 for a Navajo rug of ours.

Philosophy. I'm a professor by trade, mainly interested in ethics, aesthetics, and classical philosophy (Greek and Chinese in particular).

Hey, we should get together with my Chinese wife and Greek friend for dinner, sometime!

 

[tr4252]

Are they legal where you hail from? I think you can buy a Kit knife in my state, but it's illegal to actually assemble it, which seems like a ridiculous distinction, but there is it. I've always been fascinated by the mechanism. You can have an "assisted opening" knife, but no more than 1-1/2" long.

Hi Gilmourisgod. The laws vary from state to state. It's a real patchwork. These are high end custom made knives for specific collectors, and I stay within the regulations, though it is a handicap. Automatic knives/switchblades sort of went mainstream in the late 90's, and their popularity skyrocketed. Thanks for asking.

Tom

 

[Jeff Scott]

Buying a home within two blocks of Conwy Castle in Wales .

I'd just buy the castle and move in if I were you.

 

[skyline_01]

Thought you might get a kick out of seeing the stock tweeters in the 24 Crosstrek. Just found on reddit. Even I know these look bad!

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Oh my... those are beauties alright!

 

[GwenOnBass]

Those two are Shaeffer. right?
I have a simple one by them, which I really like!

They're Sheaffer Imperials, circa 1972, in rolled gold and sterling. Bought this

brushed steel Sheaffer Targa new in 1975. That, the black lacquer and gold Targa I bought the following year, and the Music Man StingRay I bought in 1979 are the three things I determined important enough to carry all the way through life.

Sheaffer makes up the bulk of my collection. There are eight, the oldest dating to 1936, which is an everyday writer.

 

[MrLenny1]

Photography. The new mirrorless cameras & self
focusing lens make my feeble efforts look good.

 

[wellshuxley]

Recording and electronics tinkering (pedals, specifically) are my two

 

[Jeff Scott]

I have been playing my guitars more than bass in the past 15 years, or so (Martin, Taylor nylon, and two Yamamotos [6- and 12-string]).

Anything Arts & Crafts Movement related (history, artwork, furniture, architecture, gardens, etc). I have a small collection of vintage Stickley furniture from 1902-1917 era (Gustav, Charles, L & JG, and Stickley Brothers), and a settle from JM Young and Sons, plus other assorted A&C era pieces.
Anything traditional Japanese and Chinese related (architecture, gardens, art, etc).
Not nearly as much photography as I used to do (digital just kind of killed the interest/obsession, for me).

Some examples.

 

[skygzr]

Astrophotography. Here is one image I took from my backyard using my scope and cooled camera (keeps the thermal noise down).

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Thought you might like this. In 12017 I was in the path of totality (coastal SC). Clouds magically parted just before totality. Canon 6 with a 500mm mirror lens. I hope you got to see the one we just had!

 

[5StringBlues]

$400 hair scrunchies

 

[Danny O Danny]

Preparing for early retirement as much as I can now instead of waiting until it’s too late and I’m forced to work until I die.

Good for you! I just retired at age 61. The 61-year-old me is grateful to the younger me who prepared for an early retirement and made sacrifices along the way to facilitate that.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Thought you might like this. In 12017 I was in the path of totality (coastal SC). Clouds magically parted just before totality. Canon 6 with a 500mm mirror lens. I hope you got to see the one we just had!

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You came back from the future to show those to us? Fantastic!

 

[cnltb]

They're Sheaffer Imperials, circa 1972, in rolled gold and sterling. Bought this

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brushed steel Sheaffer Targa new in 1975. That, the black lacquer and gold Targa I bought the following year, and the Music Man StingRay I bought in 1979 are the three things I determined important enough to carry all the way through life.

Sheaffer makes up the bulk of my collection. There are eight, the oldest dating to 1936, which is an everyday writer.

So it's the brished steel Targa , I have one of then...Writes really well!, I must have gotten mine in the very late 80's, I guess.

MY main fountainpen thing has been with Rotring...Newton, which i have a few of.
There's a Millennium edition Artpen as well though. Can't remember which year , right now.