A Blast From the Past

[Mike M.]

Hey all, so does anybody else enjoy some of the finer things in life that are considered "outdated" by some?

For example -
I smoke a pipe (tobacco, don't give me that funny look  )
I love Argyle sweaters
I write exclusively with a fountain pen

Those are just a couple out of a whole slew of 'em.

Also, feel free to name any other things you enjoy doing/ are hobbies of yours!

[Whitney]

Picking up the phone to contact someone rather than texting.

[hismikeness]

I still open doors for women.

[Thumpalumpacus]

My guitar amp is all tube, and sports a design that is essentially 50 years old.

Also, I play blues a lot.

[Will]

Part of me would like to learn to track and kill live game with spears in the wild. I've seen so many documentaries and read so many books on hunter gatherers, I'm curious to see what it would be like to live 20,000 years ago in Northern Africa, hunting for survival with your tribe.

Other things:
classical music, listening to and playing
my safety blade razor, boar-hair shaving brush, and shaving soap
a simple black suit with black tie that would work in the 1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and now
some day, I'm going to own classic motorcycle

[The Magic Pudding]

I think music peaked 35 years ago.
I make tea in a tea pot.
I've kept some of my kids early artwork on display for over a decade.

[ped]

i roll my own cigarettes
i call woman broads and dames
i like to listen to old time radio broadcasts
i never have or never will use or own a cell phone

[tunghaichuan]

My guitar amp is all tube, and sports a design that is essentially 50 years old.

Also, I play blues a lot.

I have several guitar amps, mostly vacuum tube ("valves" for most of those outside the US.) Several of them I have built myself from scratch. In fact, I have a whole room in my basement full of NOS vacuum tubes, transformers, and other miscellanea for building tube amps.  

I also used to have to have all-tube stereos, but got rid of them a few years back.

[elliebean]

For me, some music just doesn't feel quite right unless it's listened to on vinyl, or performed live.

[Thumpalumpacus]

My guitar amp is all tube, and sports a design that is essentially 50 years old.

Also, I play blues a lot.

I have several guitar amps, mostly vacuum tube ("valves" for most of those outside the US.) Several of them I have built myself from scratch. In fact, I have a whole room in my basement full of NOS vacuum tubes, transformers, and other miscellanea for building tube amps.  

I also used to have to have all-tube stereos, but got rid of them a few years back.

Yeah, both of mine are all tube.  I don't like solid-state at all.

One's a 6L6 Fender-Twin-based design, the other's an EL-84 Vox-based layout, albeit one power tube for about 9 watts RMS.  Haven't gotten around to building my own yet,  but do intend to.

[tunghaichuan]

For me, some music just doesn't feel quite right unless it's listened to on vinyl, or performed live.

I still have a lot of my vinyl collection, mostly metal, purchased back in the 80s when you could still buy "records" in "record stores."

Vinyl definitely sounds warmer, but I never did like it as a format. I like the random access of digital media a lot better. I always hated the pops and clicks of vinyl as well.

I even have a few cassettes which will never be released on CD, or digital download.

One of the best systems I've had the pleasure of listening to was vinyl through a high-end turntable (can't remember the brand) through a MacIntosh tube amp. The owner was an audiophile and took very good care of his records so noise was minimal. I seem to remember that we did not share similar musical tastes (i.e., he had pretty crappy taste in music, IMHO.   )

[tunghaichuan]

Yeah, both of mine are all tube.  I don't like solid-state at all.

One's a 6L6 Fender-Twin-based design, the other's an EL-84 Vox-based layout, albeit one power tube for about 9 watts RMS.  Haven't gotten around to building my own yet,  but do intend to.

I like SS for some things, I used to have a Roland JC-120 which I miss very much. Also, some of the older 80s SS Marshalls had a pretty good sound for transistors.

The modelling stuff is getting very good.

My latest build is an 18W Marshall circuit. Sounds very good, but has to be cranked up to ear-bleeding levels to get the Marshall "kerrang."

The previous one to that was a Vox/Marshall 18 hybrid using a small signal pentode as the input stage. It sounds great but replacement tubes for the pentode are $50-$100 each for NOS and new production Russian/Slovak are too microphonic to use.

I built a 5E3 Deluxe a while back, but never really liked the sound of it much. Way to mushy/flubby in the bass. Some people love 'em, though.

[Asmodean]

I think my most outdated habits are centered around writing poetry. I'm not that good with non-classical approaches... Not out of nostalgia though, just the way I am, I guess.

Smoking... That's on the way to becoming outdated too. Otherwise, I think I'm in tune with the times. Tune enough, at least.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Yeah, both of mine are all tube.  I don't like solid-state at all.

One's a 6L6 Fender-Twin-based design, the other's an EL-84 Vox-based layout, albeit one power tube for about 9 watts RMS.  Haven't gotten around to building my own yet,  but do intend to.

I like SS for some things, I used to have a Roland JC-120 which I miss very much.

True enough, I had forgotten Knopfler's tone-to-die-for on "Sultans of Swing".  Good call.

I built a 5E3 Deluxe a while back, but never really liked the sound of it much. Way to mushy/flubby in the bass. Some people love 'em, though.

I understand that many DeLuxes suffer that problem.  It has a tube rectifier, right?  If so, you can tighten up your low-end by using SS there.

[Mike M.]

Part of me would like to learn to track and kill live game with spears in the wild. I've seen so many documentaries and read so many books on hunter gatherers, I'm curious to see what it would be like to live 20,000 years ago in Northern Africa, hunting for survival with your tribe.

Other things:
classical music, listening to and playing
my safety blade razor, boar-hair shaving brush, and shaving soap
a simple black suit with black tie that would work in the 1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and now
some day, I'm going to own classic motorcycle

That reminds me, I hadn't even thought of it.  I also use a boar-hair brush, and shaving soap when I can, but I use a Dovo Shavette rather than the safety blade razor.  Think a straight razor with a disposable blade.