I'm sure there are a bunch of you folks that have a musical foundation in your occupation, but for the rest of us who do this purely as a hobby I'm curious what it is you do to pay for your CBG addiction.
Only fair that I start, I'm a director for a dental laboratory in Tarrytown, NY. I'm fortunate enough to work for a pair of owners that both play and collect guitars and allow me to use the very handy tools we have here for things other than teeth from time to time.
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Rigger [ironworker] and crane operator,currently fighting [and losing] younger guys for the few jobs going around,can't complain though,have rarely been out of work for more than a day or so over 40 plus years which is not bad in construction,unfortunately no work equals less toys,but C B G's are a good low cost mind exercise,but it seems now i've got the time,it takes me longer to build a git than it did when it was out of work hrs of an evening/weekend etc
Biomedical equipment technician, I repair medical and laboratory equipment from IV pumps to MRI machines. The electronics knowledge helps a lot with building amps.
I spend my day producing, directing, editing and animating tv commercials. My daughter asked me what I do all day and when I told her she responded with " Why, nobody likes to watch commercials!" She is 5. I would love to work on a CBG video project someday. Anyone got any ideas that's different from what is already out there?
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Good video. Your comment made me think of Rodney Dangerfield, "I Tell Ya, I Get No Respect At All".
Well, I'm kind of like Jack Ryan in the movies ("Hunt for Red October"). He's an analyst for the CIA. I am a geodata analyst for the BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs). It's much more impressive if I try to tie myself to Jack Ryan.
I am diggin' building guits and doing Open Mic stuff.
I spend my days working as a graphic designer at a large format print shop. We do all sorts of cool stuff from vehicle wraps to custom builds like Plinko games. I use my design programs (Adobe Illustrator mostly) to plan out builds and make up templates. Pair that up with a vinyl cutter and a flat bed printer and I can make all sorts of cool junk to help me make guitars.
Spent most of my working life (23 years) as a mechanic in a factory (lettershop). In 2007 at the start of the recession, the plant shut down putting 200+ of us out of work. 52 and unemployed I got a job at the only place in town (rutland vt) I wanted to work at a small bakery. No more factory work for me, good pay good benefits but the factory floor was just sucking the life out of me. Now its average pay, no benefits (wife's job covers the medical) and I like what I'm doing. I make english muffins all night long.
I am an engineering manager in product development. Have worked mostly with medical products and office furniture, lots of plastic parts and simple mechanisms. The CBG is much more hands on and free from all the constraints, I try to have only a basic plan and let it evolve as I go. I have resisted (so far) using the the cnc at work to make parts for instruments but confess I have used CAD to figure out some angles or a layout a couple times.
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Well done on the fund raising ! I think I would be dead after a week of those working hours !
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