Hats With Musical Instruments

[BobHufford]

Chose a Schwinn Sting Ray, purple, high handle bars, banana seat, Slick back tire. $50.00 which was pricey in 1967-68 somewhere in there. A great memory. We were lucky.

Thanks for sharing that Scott! I had a purple Stingray also!

Dang rich kids. My Dad build me a clone (red with ram's horn bars). I have a project purple Sting-Ray ('64) if you need to relive your youth.

This is the best I can do to put this thread back on track:

 

[Cornshucker77]

Dang rich kids. My Dad build me a clone (red with ram's horn bars). I have a project purple Sting-Ray ('64) if you need to relive your youth.

This is the best I can do to put this thread back on track:

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Good one!! Yea rich kids, right. I think I'll pass on the bike, LOL. But would love to see photos when you get it done.

 

[Cornshucker77]

Dang rich kids. My Dad build me a clone (red with ram's horn bars). I have a project purple Sting-Ray ('64) if you need to relive your youth.

This is the best I can do to put this thread back on track:

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Just dawned on me.....you're speaking of a automobile Sting Ray? That would be even better to see.

 

[BobHufford]

Just dawned on me.....you're speaking of a automobile Sting Ray? That would be even better to see.

It would be even better to own, but it's just a bicycle.

 

[Cornshucker77]

It would be even better to own, but it's just a bicycle.

But I would like to see the bike too. Those were great bikes.

 

[BobHufford]

But I would like to see the bike too. Those were great bikes.

It's supposed to look like this eventually.

Not sure how to get this thread back ... maybe a picture of this S-Ray?

 

[Desert dog]

Charlie Derrington, luthier at Gibson, presents Bill Monroe's repaired 1923 Lloyd Loar F5. Vandals had broken in and smashed Bills mandolin in 1986. Charlie spent three months repairing it. Sometime in the fifties Bill sent the mandolin to Gibson for some repairs and refinish. He was so unhappy with the job they did, that he scraped of the finish with his pocket knife, and gouged out the Gibson name on the headstock. He played it like that for years. When it was repaired they restored the Gibson name to the headstock. I like the smiles on their faces, including Chet Atkins and Gibson employees.

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[Desert dog]

My favorite hat, an early Resistol San Antonio. A couple of my mandolins, and a violin that belonged to my wife's mother. I tried fiddling about 35 years ago, and sounded like Cottontop Hatfield. I have since learned a few fiddle tunes on mandolin, maybe it will transfer over this time. I need the bow restrung, but it would make my wife happy to hear a few tunes on her mother's fiddle. Maybe I will surprise her.

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[humanshoes]

Perfect DD! That hat and that fiddle look like old friends getting together again after many years apart.

 

[Desert dog]

Perfect DD! That hat and that fiddle look like old friends getting together again after many years apart.
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That is such a cool photo! Thanks for posting that.

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[Hurricane Jack]

My favorite hat, an early Resistol San Antonio. A couple of my mandolins, and a violin that belonged to my wife's mother. I tried fiddling about 35 years ago, and sounded like Cottontop Hatfield. I have since learned a few fiddle tunes on mandolin, maybe it will transfer over this time. I need the bow restrung, but it would make my wife happy to hear a few tunes on her mother's fiddle. Maybe I will surprise her.

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I love the way you have the SA creased, DD. Great photo composition too!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Perfect DD! That hat and that fiddle look like old friends getting together again after many years apart.
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I keep coming back to this pic because it reminds me of "Ashokan Farewell"; same era & all. The first time I ever heard it was on the Ken Burns Civil War series. My daughter & now a granddaughter play the violin. Thanks Rick, I saved the pic.

 

[humanshoes]

That picture pictures speaks to me on many levels. Mostly because that's how I see myself in my golden years. A peaceful old man playing music on the porch.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

That picture pictures speaks to me on many levels.

Me to because what I didn't post was that Ashokan Farewell was a favorite of my mom's & we played it at her graveside. All those memories bring out the old soul in me so I had to sit & ponder while wearing my rebel hat & smoking my Minie ball pipe. If I had any Shine left I'd be sipping that too.

 

[hatophile]

I keep coming back to this pic because it reminds me of "Ashokan Farewell"; same era & all. The first time I ever heard it was on the Ken Burns Civil War series. My daughter & now a granddaughter play the violin. Thanks Rick, I saved the pic.

Great tune. A waltz composed in the style of a Scottish lament, according to Wikipedia.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

I keep coming back to this pic because it reminds me of "Ashokan Farewell"; same era & all. The first time I ever heard it was on the Ken Burns Civil War series. My daughter & now a granddaughter play the violin. Thanks Rick, I saved the pic.

The bagpipe version is hauntingly beautiful!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Great tune. A waltz composed in the style of a Scottish lament, according to Wikipedia.

There's a version with lyrics but I don't like it as much.

The bagpipe version is hauntingly beautiful!

I like the scenery.

And then there's this:

 

[humanshoes]

The Schoble bowler and this recently completed banjo ukulele, or banjolele, seem like a natural pair. The Schoble is likely from sometime in the early 1900's during a time period when the banjolele was first arriving (1917) on the music scene. I used an 8" tamborim hand drum for the body, a $1.00 thrift store wooden plate for the resonator, and birdseye maple and ebony wood for the neck. This funky little instrument was made for a modern young woman with a ragtime soul. You go girl!

 

[Desert dog]

The Schoble bowler and this recently completed banjo ukulele, or banjolele, seem like a natural pair. The Schoble is likely from sometime in the early 1900's during a time period when the banjolele was first arriving (1917) on the music scene. I used an 8" tamborim hand drum for the body, a $1.00 thrift store wooden plate for the resonator, and birdseye maple and ebony wood for the neck. This funky little instrument was made for a modern young woman with a ragtime soul. You go girl!
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Nice bowler, and exceptional photo! The banjolele is beautiful! The birds eye neck is gorgeous! Repurposed plate is awesome. Some old time string band music will probably sound great on it.

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[M Brown]

Bowlers and Banjos!