Still Life with Hats . . .

[Vintage Betty]

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What follows is my "Still Life with Hats" . . .
A challenge you all to create your own art work from your collections, and post them here as well . . .

If I decide to take you up on your challenge , how far back do you want the hat collection to go? Do you want only hats from 1920 - 1950 or do you want earlier hats in the pictures too?

Vintage Betty

 

[PapaSimone]

Inspiring collection! Details on the guitar?

 

[Miss Brill]

I'm always taking pictures of my handbags & jewelry, but I don't display it, I wouldn't know where to begin.

 

[Vintage Betty]

I'm always taking pictures of my handbags & jewelry, but I don't display it, I wouldn't know where to begin.

Do you mean you don't know how to display it, where to display it in this forum or that you have too much stuff?

 

[Miss Brill]

Do you mean you don't know how to display it, where to display it in this forum or that you have too much stuff?

I just have so much stuff.

 

[mingoslim]

Would love to see others try their hands . . .

PapaSimone . . . the guitar is a 1936 Gibson L-30 Archtop . . . Great little guitar . . .

VB . . . anything you enter will be worth seeing, I am sure . . . 1920s, 1930s, 1940s . . . you choose how you want to display . . .

Miss Brill . . . no reason this little art gallery has to be just hats. Would love to see your collection as well . . .

And Douglas, I think you should enter your collection as well . . . my suggested backdrop would be Yankee Stadium . . . your collections should be able to fill the seats

 

[Miss Brill]

Do you mean you don't know how to display it, where to display it in this forum or that you have too much stuff?

See--bags look messy:

 

[Vintage Betty]

See--bags look messy:

Very cool and thanks! What are we looking at?

Vintage Betty

 

[pgoat]

NIce collections!

The L-30 was a nice surprise.....another of my obsessions......though I don't own an archtop they are so beautiful. I hope to consolidate and sell off enough solidbody gtrs to one day afford a nice L4 or L7. Nothing fancy, just good wood in nice condition.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[PapaSimone]

I hope this is not too off topic but what kind of music does a 1936 gibson L-30 like to play? swing? Be-bop ala Charlie Christian? blues?

PapaSimone . . . the guitar is a 1936 Gibson L-30 Archtop . . . Great little guitar . . .

VB . . . anything you enter will be worth seeing, I am sure . . . 1920s, 1930s, 1940s . . . you choose how you want to display . . .

Miss Brill . . . no reason this little art gallery has to be just hats. Would love to see your collection as well . . .

And Douglas, I think you should enter your collection as well . . . my suggested backdrop would be Yankee Stadium . . . your collections should be able to fill the seats

 

[mingoslim]

Depends . . .

I hope this is not too off topic but what kind of music does a 1936 gibson L-30 like to play? swing? Be-bop ala Charlie Christian? blues?

On who is playing it . . .

It loves swing, western swing, bluegrass, blues and jazz . . . but in my hands it is usually religated to Woody Guthrie tunes, traditional folk and labor tunes ala Joe Hill and Utah Phillips.

 

[Miss Brill]

Very cool and thanks! What are we looking at?

Vintage Betty

I call it: pile of bags on bed.

 

[cooncatbob]

Here's mine.

Bob

 

[PapaSimone]

Too cool! Would you please identify the items in the collection? If you would, and not too off topic, please identify guitars and the music they like to play as well!

Here's mine.

Bob

 

[PapaSimone]

fftopic: sorry for continuing the off topic interest. Do you play with a flat pick or finger style? Any chance of seeing a hat and guitar in action?

On who is playing it . . .

It loves swing, western swing, bluegrass, blues and jazz . . . but in my hands it is usually religated to Woody Guthrie tunes, traditional folk and labor tunes ala Joe Hill and Utah Phillips.

 

[pgoat]

fftopic: sorry for continuing the off topic interest. Do you play with a flat pick or finger style? Any chance of seeing a hat and guitar in action?

Nice guitars and hats!

If you wanna see a cool gtr & hat combo look for Dan Hicks (if he's still even around and in business)....he always had a 1930s era vibe going but never anachronsitic.

 

[indycop]

Here's mine.

Bob

Cooncat yer missing one!!lol lol Is that a Hoosier on the right?

 

[cooncatbob]

Cooncat yer missing one!!lol lol Is that a Hoosier on the right?

Yeah, I'd put all the hats back away when I realized I didn't put the package with the new hat in. Should have put it in the center.
Yes that's a modified Hoosier, Art made the brim 1/4 inch smaller then the standard Hoosier specs to better match my rather narrow face. That's my Artlite on the left.
Bob.

 

[mingoslim]

Nice set . . .

Here's mine.

Bob

Some sweet lids . . . but I too would love to see an index, or list of what we are looking at.
(And while you are at it, I am curious about the guitars in the background.)

Mingo

 

[mingoslim]

I tend to finger style . . .

fftopic: sorry for continuing the off topic interest. Do you play with a flat pick or finger style? Any chance of seeing a hat and guitar in action?

Actually, I tend to play rythm and accompany myself as a singer, and rely on better musicians for the real guitar work . . .

As for a hat and guitar pic in action, I couldn't find a one that was worthwhile. I do have this pic, one of my favorites, taken my my brother.

No hat, which is unusual for me . . .
But the guitar is a Kay Archtop . . . big 17 1/2 body . . . big sound . . . Great guitar. Vintage Kays are highly under-rated.