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.
- 👍Maximum Derek👍 ( @Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ) English169•1 year ago
Electronics / microcontrollers.
Took just a few months to go from, “I can make a wifi connected weather station for like $20 in components!?” to “oscilloscopes cost how much?”
- SamsonSeinfelder ( @SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.de ) 37•1 year ago
Has there already grown a noteworthy Arduino/ESP Community on Lemmy?
- 👍Maximum Derek👍 ( @Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ) English20•1 year ago
There are quite a few but none are super active.
- AggressivelyPassive ( @agressivelyPassive@feddit.de ) 17•1 year ago
I’m really happy I don’t have enough space for that stuff. Otherwise I would be poor. It’s hard enough to keep myself from buying another old computer.
- choss ( @choss@lemmy.ml ) 10•1 year ago
I would love to read about this $20 weather station! Do you maybe have a link?
- 👍Maximum Derek👍 ( @Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ) English9•1 year ago
Mine is pretty basic but is built on the shoulders of giants. Also that $20 was from pre-pandemic / pre-chip shortage prices. I’m guessing it’s more like $35 now, or maybe high $20s from ali express.
I use Home Assistant for home automation. It has a now official addon called ESPHome for easily configuring esp devices and adding them to Home Assistant.
I bought some cheap dev boards off amazon and thankfully they worked an esp8266 microcontroller with IC2 headers and a microusb port already onboard a bmp280 that measures temp, humidity, and barometric pressure a lux sensor with a plastic dome over the top I soldered them together on a prototyping board
All the components were supported by esphome, so I just needed to write the device config and then flash the devboard via esphome (in a web browser) over the built in usb.
I 3d printed a housing for it, but you can also buy boxes. It needs airflow but also needs to stay dry. You can use a spray sealant to help avoid corrosion from ambient humidity. I skipped that step because I want to see how quickly it becomes problematic… and I should probably check on that.
- gregoryw3 ( @gregoryw3@lemmy.ml ) English3•1 year ago
Just an fyi bmp280 is not real temperature but an estimation based on air pressure.
- teamevil ( @teamevil@unilem.org ) 4•1 year ago
You can get a cheap oscilloscope that uses USB and your computer. https://www.sainsmart.com/products/sainsmart-dds-140-40m-200m-s-virtual-oscilloscope-logic-analyzer
Not that I have an electronics problem
- agent_flounder ( @agent_flounder@lemmy.one ) English3•1 year ago
Lol I feel ya. I ended up making and selling electronics kits to fund the hobby somewhat.
I have been using cheap vintage oscilloscopes the whole time.
Not sure what they go for now but $100 for a 20MHz scope and $200 for a 100MHz was what it was several years ago. Cheapest I got off a buddy for $40. I am still using that one.
Sometimes I fix broken ones and sell them. One time I got one that they thought was broken but turned out it was just the basic settings. I like trying different ones so I have gone through a dozen or so by now.
Now* that I think about it, o-scopes are a whole other hobby lol.
Anyway. Yeah by the time you get the test gear and enough sensors and microcontrollers and whatever it adds up.
Right now I’m working on a power supply design for a 50W class D stereo. Found out big toroidal transformers are not cheap. Oof. And enclosures big enough (especially if labeled “amplifier” or “stereo”) are ridiculously spendy.
- NaoPb ( @NaoPb@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year ago
This sounds like the point where you dive into the next rabbit hole of making enclures. At least I could see that happening.
I’m looking to make some wooden enclosures for some things myself.
- Goopadrew ( @Goopadrew@beehaw.org ) 3•1 year ago
Just be careful or you might go fullDIY Perks after long
- teamevil ( @teamevil@unilem.org ) 2•1 year ago
My next project is to make an oscilloscope clock
- foofiepie ( @foofiepie@feddit.uk ) 3•1 year ago
Erk. I got into this. What’s the tipping point that gets you eyeing oscilloscopes? I’m at the fiddly smd stage.
- 👍Maximum Derek👍 ( @Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ) English1•1 year ago
My next step is custom boards and smds, and an oscilloscope seems like a good way to diagnose when reflow goes wrong. I already have had some fights with I2C using dev boards. But really I’m eyeing one because I have allusions about doing fine calibration on analog sensors.
I should add that I’ve been talking myself out of an oscilloscope for 2+ years now. I don’t REALLY need one.
- Admiral Patrick ( @ptz@dubvee.org ) English125•1 year ago
Self-hosting apps / homelab
Getting used enterprise gear is not prohibitively expensive, but the electric bills balloon very quickly.
- PlexSheep ( @PlexSheep@feddit.de ) 32•1 year ago
I currently bought an old desktop from a friend that I use as my Homeserver.
- I bought 3 HDDs for storage
- I rent a VPS
- I rented Proton to host mail for my domain, but switched to netcup groupware because that sucked.
- Some domains
- Electricity
Wow I thought it was way more.
One time costs: ~500€ Monthly costs: ~15€ Plus electricity, but I have solar. I assume it’s about 150€/year
But I’m a cheap selfhosted, but eventually, I will have a huge ass Enterprise Level Rack in my basement.
- Appoxo ( @Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 16•1 year ago
We need a r/homeDatacenter on lemmy!
- PlexSheep ( @PlexSheep@feddit.de ) 2•1 year ago
Would be cool if we found some kind of use for the community of people that likes to host network infrastructure. We could be a cdn or share compute, with the power of the federation!
- davefischer ( @davefischer@beehaw.org ) English11•1 year ago
I ran a “midrange” Sun at home for about ten years. The electric bill was painful, but I never had to turn on the heat in the winter.
- Appoxo ( @Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 3•1 year ago
But the summers :(
27°C at home during the hotter days was atrocious.- davefischer ( @davefischer@beehaw.org ) English2•1 year ago
Yeah, hot days were bad.
- anteaters ( @anteaters@feddit.de ) English9•1 year ago
I’m glad I quickly stopped “homelab” after my old laptop that I used as a server in a cupboard died. Switched to a rented root server for all my selfhosting needs since.
- Mike D. ( @mdd@lemm.ee ) 4•1 year ago
Yep. Half height rack, a couple servers, UPS, switch, etc.
And I still keep looking at used gear. Being in Silicon Valley there is always a deal to be had.
- Yonrak ( @Yonrak@feddit.uk ) 80•1 year ago
Coffee.
I blame James Hoffman entirely.
Within a year I went from:
Drinking instant coffee at home, but really enjoying “proper coffee”
To
Buying a cafetiere (~£15) + preground coffee
To
Buying a Nespresso (~£60 on offer) + pods
To
Buying a budget espresso machine (~£120) + preground coffee
To
Wasting my money on a cheap manual coffee grinder (~£50) + beans
To
Immediately replacing it with an entry level Sage grinder (~£170)
To
Buying an entry Level “proper” espresso machine (~£700)
It took me a good 2-3 weeks of practicing and dialling in before pulling a good shot of coffee that I’d actually want to drink, but by that point it was also about learning a new skill, learning how different aspects of the process affect the end result and learning how to make all sorts of different espresso-based drinks.
My girlfriend thought I was nuts at first, but a year or so later even she agrees it was worth the investment. I still for the life of me can’t get the hang of latte art though.
The problem is now though that I’m a waaaay more critical of coffee from coffee shops, because I spent a long time making bad coffee whilst learning!
- Lorax ( @lorax@lemmy.ca ) 11•1 year ago
Similar but different : tea! You go from cheap bagged tea to going down the rabbit hole of loose leaf variations, temp control kettles, brewing vessels and brewing styles.
- Krauerking ( @Krauerking@lemy.lol ) 3•1 year ago
I agree but disagree on it being expensive.
I have a temp controlled kettle that only cost like $40, some really nice french presses from thrift stores, and a couple really nice pots ranging from iron to ceramic but they were a one time cost about 10 years ago.
You can cold brew tea in a big mason jar and strain with a dollar store strainer even.
The scale for weighing was expensive but is super useful in a kitchen anyways.
So the expensive part of Tea is mostly just the tea but that varies all over and is down to taste preferences and marketing. And per glass is pretty negligible in cost. As long as you aren’t buying like the aged fermented monkey picked stuff.
Tea is a lot about patience and remembering organization of steps to get it perfect and that can be prohibitive but not cost if you don’t want it to be.
- Lorax ( @lorax@lemmy.ca ) 3•1 year ago
You raise good points. The expensive part for me was the discovery aspect. Once you know what you like it’s not bad but the learning part…trying all the different greens and oolongs and pu’er and black teas - that was a little nuts at the beginning.
Now I have about 10 varieties that I like for different occasions and I stick to those and it’s not too bad.
Biggest splurge for me was an ember mug. Im a little embarrassed by how expensive it was, but honestly no regrets. Perfect temp tea for hours.
- Krauerking ( @Krauerking@lemy.lol ) 1•1 year ago
Nice! Never be ashamed of a purchase you actually use.
But yeah I still spend money trying a different tea flavor all the time but I know where and what my cheap Chinese greens are and have to make my own English breakfast tea but that’s because I’m not importing stuff and it’s easy enough for a flavor I can’t get otherwise
- Hamartiogonic ( @Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ) 3•1 year ago
Have you reached the gaiwan stage already?
- Lorax ( @lorax@lemmy.ca ) 3•1 year ago
I have! …then full circle back to grandpa style. I still use a gaiwan from time to time on the weekend but I like bringing a container up with me at my desk without needing to refill constantly.
- BraveSirZaphod ( @BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social ) 9•1 year ago
Espresso is the line I won’t let myself cross (and I don’t have the counter space lol), but the $350 for the Kinu M47 was hard to swallow.
Plus side, it’s also a great espresso grinder if I do ever eventually head down that road.
- Hamartiogonic ( @Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ) 3•1 year ago
Me too. Besides, I have just enough space for my AeroPress. Gettin a machine of any type would make it difficult for me to do other things in my small kitchen.
Besides, I’m not entirely sure I would appreciate the flavors I can get out of coffee using an espresso machine. I’ve tried a bunch of different drinks at several cafes and I just don’t see the value in owning a machine like that. AP coffee is just fine or even really good as long as you use the right type of beans.
- Goopadrew ( @Goopadrew@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year ago
Aww cmon, you might be able to find a used flair lever machine for under $100 like I did, and then it’s game over
- T (they/she) ( @Templa@beehaw.org ) 8•1 year ago
Don’t forget to get that pretty Fellow Stag just because it is pretty and no other reason whatsoever
- Yonrak ( @Yonrak@feddit.uk ) 2•1 year ago
I genuinely almost did!
Not branched out into different brewing methods yet though. I’ve already claimed enough kitchen surface space, my GF will kill me!
- T (they/she) ( @Templa@beehaw.org ) 3•1 year ago
We will get it eventually, we’re just delaying the inevitable. hahah
- Bob ( @MadBob@feddit.nl ) 1•1 year ago
It took me a good 2-3 weeks of practicing and dialling in before pulling a good shot of coffee that I’d actually want to drink,
Could you elaborate? I’m a chef so I’ve helped myself to a fair few coffees from the big espresso machines and I’ve found it easy every time, and the coffee very potable indeed. Just haven’t got the hang of foaming milk yet.
- Yonrak ( @Yonrak@feddit.uk ) 1•1 year ago
I’m still learning myself, but it’s potentially because the machines are already warmed up and the grinder is “dialled in” for the beans on offer. One very important aspect (among other things such as temperature, pressure etc) with espresso is the grind size, which will need adjusting between different bean types and roasts. Everything else being equal, a grind that’s too coarse will let the water through too quickly and give you an under-extracted “sour” tasting coffee, whereas too fine and the water moves too slowly and you end up overextracting (and/or choking the machine) and it gets very astringent and bitter tasting; not pleasant at all.
Alternatively, they could be using a pressurised portafilter, which give much more consistent results, but do take away some control and limit the end result. If it’s a high end machine though it’s probably an unpressured filter basket.
Edit: Also the roast makes a big difference to how difficult it is to pull a good tasting espresso. Many restaurants/ chains use fairly dark roasted beans which are generally a lot more forgiving than lighter roasts. At least that’s been my experience.
- Hamartiogonic ( @Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ) 1•1 year ago
Before diving into this hobby I was worried that I might not be able to tolerate the type of coffee that happens to be available to me at some random gas station or cafe along the way. That hasn’t been a problem for me yet, but how about you?
Having spent some time experimenting with my AeroPress, I have learned to notice some basic flavors and notes, but I wouldn’t call myself a experienced coffee taster yet. I can tell the difference between light and dark roast. Trying to tell the difference between two expensive coffees is usually very difficult for me, so I guess gettin an espresso machine might not be worth it yet.
- Yonrak ( @Yonrak@feddit.uk ) 2•1 year ago
I might not be able to tolerate the type of coffee that happens to be available to me at some random gas station or cafe along the way. That hasn’t been a problem for me yet, but how about you?
Not really been an issue for me either. I’d say I notice more now when a coffee is slightly under/over extracted, but I’d probably have noticed it tasted 'weird" before and just not known what was wrong. That said, I’ve found it to be very rare. A lot of places just use quite forgiving dark roasts that are a LOT easier to make than more lightly roasted beans.
- Hamartiogonic ( @Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ) 1•1 year ago
Oh, so that’s why I can’t seem to find any cafe making good light roast. Every place seems to love dark roast, super dark roast, ultra-mega-hyper-dark-still-smoking-black-hole-shade roast.
About a month a go I went to my local cafe and asked if they’re selling coffee beans. They had some options, so I bought a bag of their lightest. Back home I tried it out and it tasted rather dark to me. I compared it with a cheap store brand that is labeled as roast level 1, and the taste difference was significant. Their lightest is probably like level 3 or 4, which is nowhere near what I’m looking for.
- Luxsidus ( @Luxsidus@lemmy.ml ) 70•1 year ago
Mechanical keyboards. The next one is my endgame, I swear. Just one more groupbuy for those keycaps. It never truly ends.
- lobut ( @lobut@lemmy.ca ) 13•1 year ago
That’ll only happen if you build your own boards and stuff. Not like me! I just got a simple Moonlander with some custom keycaps, dampeners, and red switches rather than my initial brown. After that, I realised that the Kinesis Advantage 360 is the way to go, so I’m fully settled now, not like everyone else … right?
- fakkrs ( @fakkrs@aussie.zone ) 2•1 year ago
I’ve had the Advantage360 for 6 months or so and it’s life changing when typing for 10 hours a day. Haven’t gotten around to relearning on Dvorak or Colmak layout as I learnt qwerty on the 360 first.
- r1veRRR ( @r1veRRR@feddit.de ) 5•1 year ago
And then it turns out some horrendously ugly piece of plastic (like the Kinesis Advantage 360) is better for actually using.
I never got the appeal of mechanical keyboards. If you actually have to type all day, a proper flat keyboard like in the old MacBooks ('09-ish) is way nicer and costs much less.
- icesentry ( @icesentry@lemmy.ca ) 9•1 year ago
That’s extremely subjective. I definitely don’t feel like flat keyboards are nicer. These days I use a split keyboard with an angle and I will never go back.
- Bo7a ( @Bo7a@lemmy.ca ) 4•1 year ago
Your experience is not universal. I type all day and if a client/employer gave me one of those flat keyboards I would quickly quit and go dig ditches instead.
- Appoxo ( @Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 1•1 year ago
I have a laptop (HP Elitebook G6) as a workstation at work which I use to type reports on site and a varmilo with linear switches in the office.
At home I have a GMMK Pro with Kailh Box white switches.I can type on my laptop but I still prefer my GMMK pro over it thrice and I enjoy my varmilo in the office because of the numpad. Else I’d bring my GMMK pro there (with quieter switches).
In the end: This hobby is very personal and one may like linear while another likes clicky and in the end both spend 500€ on hardware but all do one thing: They enjoy what they type on :)
- T (they/she) ( @Templa@beehaw.org ) 3•1 year ago
My first “good” keyboard is my current one, which is a Ducky One 2 Mini with MX Cherry Browns I bought really cheap 2nd hand. It has been almost 2 years I’ve been using it and I recently got a coiled cable for it. I was cleaning it the last time and I started to wonder how hard it would be if I wanted to change my switches and fell into a hole where now I want to desolder everything and install sockets. My spouse got lubs for his stabilizers (he has a Filco Majestouch 2 Ninja with MX Cherry Blues) after watching a few videos… We just started diving into this deeper and deeper after using keyboards from the time cherry still had the patent up for so long. Yeah, we are screwed.
- variants ( @variants@possumpat.io ) English2•1 year ago
thats what I thought when I built my quefrency, then rev 5 came out, then now rev 6 is coming out, now I have my first proto* one I built lying around, and I have a rev 4 at home and a rev 5 at the office for work, need to figure out how Im going to get that rev 6, each one I build better than the last even though I thought my second one was going to be my end game haha
- TheButtonJustSpins ( @TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub ) English56•1 year ago
I bought myself a raspberry pi for my birthday a few years ago.
I now have thousands of dollars in hardware sitting in a server rack in my office. Whoops.
- dingleberry ( @dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.de ) 6•1 year ago
For me it is maybe camping.
I just tested my new sleeping bag - under 0.5kg rated to -5°C. And realised that I bought/ replaced lots of gear to higher quality gear over few years.
- foofiepie ( @foofiepie@feddit.uk ) 2•1 year ago
Ok now you have to share. A decent bag at a half kilo?
It is some feather filled bag (300g). But it is not durable, the fabric that holds it is really thin.
I just picked what my older brother got (but with more filling).
At 5°C it is still in the boxers range inside. The e-shop I bought it from had some details about the sleeping bags like quality of feathers and filling quantity. This one had 900 in quality and 300g of filling.
- Moonguide ( @Moonguide@lemmy.ml ) 38•1 year ago
Coffee. I’m in a coffee producing country. It could be as cheap as grabbing a bag from the coffee institute (really good and cheap), a cloth filter and call it a day. Instead, I’m on my second espresso machine, fourth grinder, second portafilter set, and have all the doodads to make it just how I like it.
- TrustingZebra ( @TrustingZebra@lemmy.one ) 8•1 year ago
I am starting to become more interested in coffee, but even so I don’t think I want to put this much effort into my coffee. Coffee gives me energy, so it can’t be too difficult.
- Moonguide ( @Moonguide@lemmy.ml ) 4•1 year ago
Started like that for me. Used to buy shitty coffee cups from the gas station. Upgraded to a moka pof, then to french press, chemex, v60, aeropress, and landed on espresso about two years back. Slippery slope
- ringnal ( @ringnal@feddit.nl ) 5•1 year ago
So the other day my brother came visiting and brought with him a new portafilter for my run of the mill espresso machine. We messed around with setting the grinder, measuring the exact amount of coffee, and so on and we did get a decent cup of coffee. Thing is, I can live with my old bad coffee, my peasant taste buds don’t really tell the difference, so I’d rather spend my dough on the other 99 things that deplete the bank account. But to you, who make a passion out of brewing coffee, more power to you!
- Moonguide ( @Moonguide@lemmy.ml ) 2•1 year ago
Oh I started that way too. I’m not as deep into the rabbithole as I could be, but I’ve gotten far enough I know how to make a good enough cup of joe (which by all accounts of people whom I’ve made coffee for, is pretty damn good). I’ve had to balance that hobby with my other hobbies, and well… It turned out to be my cheapest hobby, sadly.
- Appoxo ( @Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 5•1 year ago
Same with tea…Once you get to loose tea , the step to importing tea is not very far.
Oh the import tax and shipping :(Fortunately here are few shops that import themselves.
But you reminded me that I need new kettle to my new house.
- Appoxo ( @Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 2•1 year ago
My pleasure. Don’t foget to buy more tea than you have storage.
Just get more storage.
- Moonguide ( @Moonguide@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 year ago
Yup! Used to drink cheap black tea, went to the UK and bought Yorkshire gold. Ain’t no way I’m going back to the cheap stuff.
Making pizzas.
3 months, $200 of equipment and expensive ingredients and a day’s work per pizza later and I can confirm it is 100% worth it.
- detalferous ( @detalferous@lemm.ee ) 4•1 year ago
What’s your dough recipe?
It’s this very bready one that takes like, three hours minimum to be ready. Like a half hour to mix and then two hours to rise and then another hour to rise in the pan. It smells yeasty as fuck but when it’s cooked it is the best pizza anywhere.
- detalferous ( @detalferous@lemm.ee ) 3•1 year ago
Please… Post it!
Linkage: https://imgur.com/a/EhrBRTC
I may or may not have eaten two slices before taking that photo. They were delicious. It’s Detroit-style pizza, so literally everything about making it is expensive, but so so worth it.
- TheGreenGolem ( @TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee ) 3•1 year ago
I think they meant the recipe. But looks delicious, that’s for sure!
- HSL ( @hsl@wayfarershaven.eu ) English28•1 year ago
Fountain pens - I started with a 30 euro Parker but it seems like just one is never enough.
- cduke23 ( @cduke23@beehaw.org ) English13•1 year ago
Started with a $50 aluminum Lamy, now I have a brass Kaweco that was about $220. I have a shelf full of inks now.
Help me….
- triclops6 ( @triclops6@lemmy.ca ) 4•1 year ago
Scrolled down for this, hi all!
- foofiepie ( @foofiepie@feddit.uk ) 3•1 year ago
Oh shit that’s like 3 hobbies in this one thread. I stopped at a (very) decent Lamy 2000 and Iroshizuku inks.
- tissek ( @tissek@ttrpg.network ) 28•1 year ago
Bicycling for me. Started off with a cheap old bike that I tried keeping in as goid condition as possible without spending too much on it. Problem with old bikes is wear and tear so things break and new old parts are hard to cheaply. So it became a hackjob. Then got me a new one and realised riding on roads only got boring so I started experimenting with gravel and singletrack.
Guess what? Time for a new bike. And a more expensive one. Carbon. And to maintain it I needed more tools. Also new tubes as the spare ones I had didn’t fit that big of tyres. Also moved to a new place and now I got a MTB arena within a few km from home. So of course I had to get me one of those. And to maintain the suspension I needed new stuff, oils and tools.
Clothing. Bags. Events. It becomes a lot after a while.
Also planning for bike nr4, a steel fatbike. Promised myself not to buy anything this year, but the year is soon over…
Did I mention bikepacking? Yeah that is another big black hole of expenses. But a fair bit of overlap with backpacking so costs are split.
- retrolasered ( @retrolasered@lemmy.zip ) English28•1 year ago
I have autism and ADHD, so all of them:
- Cycling
- Bicycle touring
- Skateboarding
- Vert Skateboarding
- Freestyle Skateboarding
- Retro Video Gaming
- Drawing
- Reading
- Programming and Raspberry Pi’s
That’s only my 30’s which is the last 4 years. Hobbies for me are normally short and fierce obsessions when I start, they eventually slow down into a more ‘normal’ pasttime that I do sometimes to past the time.
- Spike ( @spike@discuss.tchncs.de ) 3•1 year ago
- Speed Cubing
- Aggressive Inline Skating
- Magic The Gathering
- Misc. Video Games
- Self Hosting
- Historical European Martial Arts (Swordfighting with a Longsword especially)
Those are the ones for me. Yeah turned 30 this year as well. No Autism (probably) but have ADHD.
Programming is my job, so I don’t define that as a hobby 😅
- Krauerking ( @Krauerking@lemy.lol ) 2•1 year ago
LoL I feel that so hard but I’m way to cheap and frugal so everything I do is done used and on a budget to keep me from going overboard so I generally only end up spending a couple hundred max before it turns into a part-time that I pull out on occasion while looking for something to distract me from impending doomerism
- thelastknowngod ( @thelastknowngod@lemm.ee ) 24•1 year ago
Watercolor.
Children play with $5 palettes. Apparently I pay $20 for a single color tube.
- Supertramper ( @Supertramper@feddit.de ) 24•1 year ago
Houseplants.
It started with a little green in the living room and suddenly turned into a full grown, humid, highly poisonous indoor jungle that’s thirsty as fuck. And it turns out that exotic plants, fancy pots, growing lights, different types of soil for different species, fertilizers, and dozens of liters of water every day are somehow expensive…
Edit: yes, I love it
- SlowNPC ( @SlowNPC@kbin.social ) 23•1 year ago
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.
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.
- gr3yspace ( @gr3yspace@lemmy.onlylans.io ) English23•1 year ago
Mechanical keyboards. Picked up a keychron for cheap. Decided it was too loud, decided to change the switches. Then the keycaps. Now I’m ordering barebones keyboards and artisan custom keycaps. This shit is an addiction.