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Old 03-02-2022, 10:21 PM
wayne anderson (Wayne)
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At first I thought "what have I done" but now "Great idea"

Back in May last year I was looking at getting a wide field setup for imaging
Esprit 80mm APO Refractor and EQ6-R Mount, with cloudy sky and very little
opportunity for imaging my thoughts moved on to going back to a long forgotten
hobby learning to play Guitar, so I bought a new Guitar instead of a wide field imaging setup.

I am so happy I did, the Guitar arrived in September a Maton "Messiah " EM100C,
the tone of this Guitar is absolutely amazing and now with 5 months of practice under my belt, I think I am slowly getting the swing of it with some new original music, I still have a long way to go, more practice needed.

Youtube link to songs below:
https://youtube.com/channel/UCjTFBAvSif_UkO9dL6RSO4A

With thick clouds and rain setting in again and no chance of imaging, i still have the 12inch Meade LX200 but no wide field imaging setup, but now I can happily play Guitar until my fingers bleed.

I wonder how many other people on IIS get sidetracked when buying Astro gear and get something else instead and it works out well for them, maybe a car, boat, caravan, the possibilities are endless.
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Old 04-02-2022, 06:26 AM
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Wayne, what a great Idea you have and it paid off, yes, there are other things in life than Astronomy and sometimes we need to move away from it to enjoy other things, you did and it seems it was the best move you made.

The Guitar looks great, enjoy.

Leon
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Old 04-02-2022, 08:20 AM
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Great guitar. I did go to an auction once to buy furniture for our house and came home with a guitar instead. I suppose we could play while we are out keeping an eye on the scope.
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Old 04-02-2022, 08:50 AM
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That’s cool. I have a lot of other hobbies so cloudy nights aren’t a massive deal.

Most important thing is to keep busy and keep the mind active.
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Old 04-02-2022, 12:00 PM
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My other crutch is motorcycles.

Over the last twelve months I have been reconditioning my bike as it has travelled a large number of km for a single cylinder dirt bike in preparation for a round trip to Cairns and back.

Money, money, money!
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Old 04-02-2022, 01:18 PM
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Wayne ...Nice Guitar ... Maton makes very nice Instruments
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