Hobbies

[HOT_ROD_CAR]

What other hobbies is everyone into? Anyone into guitars? Any suggestions for someone just learning to play? Sure is much more difficult than it seems.

 

[master hec0]

collecting license plates. just random old plates from alberta with a few others thrown in. they go on my wall. i used to do the model car thing. i have other hobbies but i cant think of them right now

also vintage videogame systems/games

 

[bcost882]

i like the remote control car thang. it is sweet. i remember the start in middle school. I still want a nitro car haha. but the truck is my new passion

 

[recklessabandonman]

For guitar, learn the blues and pentatonic scales, and just improv blues solo until the sun goes down.

 

[Insanejughead]

Ibanez RG5** series.



Probably the sweetest playing guitar that you can find and once you have one, you WON'T want to let go of it.

Oh, and try out LOTS of different amps. You HAVE to find one that has a GREAT 'clean' setting and a decent variable 'dirty' (distortion) setting.

Picks. You'll want a good selection of the thin ones (.35mm) all the way up to the thick ones (.2mm)

Cords, be sure to get a quality cord that you know isn't going to break easily and cut out on you when you're plugging your guitar in for the 100th time.

Tuners... Can't really go wrong with those. I recommend the Korg CA-30 chromatic one. It's cheap, but LOTS of people (even me) use the hell out of it.


Time. Umm.... Get lots of this. You'll want plenty of it to have to yourself so that you can try stuff out and not have to worry about having to leave right when you're starting to learn something exciting.

Ditch your girlfriend. You'll have time for another one once you're great at guitar (take this how you want... I'm pretty much feeling goofy, so just disregard this one)

Strings. Are. Important! Thin gauges will be easier to play by far, but go out of tune rather quick compared to most of the thicker ones. I moved up in thickness quite a bit at one point and realized that it was putting WAY too much stress on my guitar neck and bridge (floating bridges sound cool, but unless you understand physics... They are going to be your WORST enemy when stringing up and tuning a guitar)


Hmmm..... What else to think of....

 

[TheTopher]

www.cyberfret.com had some useful info when I was first learning.

 

[jhammel85]

I learned to play bass by just playing along with my favorite albums. My 1st were the songs I learned from the 1st 3 Metallica albums.

I kinda rolled into guitar too. Thats pretty much what I play now. Best advice I can say is learn some of your favorite songs with a book and practice!

I'm also into Mountain Biking and Homebrewing Beer

 

[User Name missing]

wife, 5 yr old twins, work, house............those are my hobbies..........well every now again I get to go biking by myself. Nuttn like pedaling my ass off for some piece and quiet!

 

[Ranger Kip]

Building model vehicles that will look nothing what the box makes them to be:

and also working on mechanics and small projects with my buddies.

 

[rangercrawler]

If you're not interested in music theory and you just want to be an excellent guitar player the best advice I can give you is to learn as many songs as possible, that's the fastest way to play great. Also learn a lot of scales and solos too. I've been playing ten years and that is the best way to learn in my opinion.

 

[pastor bubba]

I do models, mostly stockcars out of kits or out of cardboard which is something my dad taught me. I also collect slot cars, HO, 1/32 and 1/24 and have some old toys. I also am learning how to build real cars and am currently working on an 80 AMC Spirit. I removed the old 6 and put in a 360 but have a 401 that may end up in it by the end of summer.

 

[Crunch2690]

The best thing to do when learning guitar is to learn as many chords and scales as possible. And then look up tabs to your favorite songs and play along with them.

 

[hoosier1104]

Riding motorcycles. Getting slow in a corner at 50 mph is AWESOME!

 

[Hopman]

One of the things I do in my spare time is work with a community theater group. You won't see my face on stage, but you WILL see my handy work. I help build the sets and work backstage.

Plus, since our studio and performance space are on oppiset sides of town, I also drive the big U-Haul that gets rented every show. Heck my Ranger even gets put to use hauling some of the smaller bits that get left behind or need to be added in order to make the set work safely.

I've made some cool, wonderful friends, picked up some new skills (like stage rigging), and have had a blast doing so!

Here's the link to the group I'm involved with: http://www.communityplayersofconcord.org/

 

[Mark_88]

I've been a collector up until recently...Employment Insurance, Disability, Welfare...but I especially like the calls from other collectors...the tax man, various banks and financial institutions...

OK...One of my favourite hobbies is music, but I don't play an instrument...unless you call a CD player an instrument...but I like singing along with the oldies...going 80 km/h down the highway is much safer than in front of other people though...so I've found...