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nvmmm

 

[cleger]

Not so much neck muscles, but sometimes an especially open throat can make the neck look bigger when playing. Check out my man Ellery for example:

 

[Grumps]

... she mentioned that most, if not all, good saxophone players she's seen have thick necks...

Hmmm... might be on to something there.

 

[Reedsplinter]

What a great subject!

When dealing with statistically unsubstantiated hypothetical questions, it's often useful to proceed from extreme examples back toward the norm. If anyone ever should have had a fat neck from backpressure, it would be this guy -- what do you think?

Hard to even SEE his neck behind all those axes, but maybe. . . .:shock:

 

[Reedsplinter]

Then again, what about this guy? A poncho can be used to hide a lot of things, including a thick neck. . . .

 

[Grumps]

Perhaps a poll is in order... most thick necked SOTW'er.
Then we'll know who can really play...

 

[Reedsplinter]

Perhaps a poll is in order... most thick necked SOTW'er.
Then we'll know who can really play...

I like that idea.

Grumps, I found your picture online. The neck, hmm . . . thick? Hard to say, because the body looks like a beach ball! No disrespect. . . .

 

[Reedsplinter]

I like that idea.

Grumps, I found your picture online. The neck, hmm . . . thick? Hard to say, because the body looks like a beach ball! No disrespect. . . .

Whoops, I forgot the photo:

 

[Budget Explosion]

don't forget scoliosis...look at Coltrane's neck...it really hangs down...I think that the cheap sax neck straps that come with student saxes are probably very bad for the spines of growing kids.

 

[Grumps]

Whoops, I forgot the photo:

For a second there... I thought you'd found me.

 

[Reedsplinter]

For a second there... I thought you'd found me.

Now THAT, sir, is a thick neck.

 

[heath]

Grumps please tell me that's not you in those photos.

 

[Grumps]

Grumps please tell me that's not you in those photos.

Why, have we traded pics before in some other venue?

 

[Nobby Keys]

Play in front of a mirror and see what your neck does when you play.

 

[Reedsplinter]

:shock:

Why, have we traded pics before in some other venue?

 

[DrSaxy]

Neck size poll:

I'm 6' tall, about 225 lbs, and have a 19" neck. I can never find shirts that button at the neck.

 

[Grumps]

I'm 6' tall, about 225 lbs, and have a 19" neck. I can never find shirts that button at the neck.

Time to check out the big and tall stores.