SamIAm Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 (edited) Some folks bass in hats ... some don't. S'manth x Edited January 22, 2023 by Smanth 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 I have WAY too many hats, caps and scalp-coverings to post here. 🙄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 Me too.... The joys of being a bald man... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Brooks Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 Usual food shopping attire... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamIAm Posted January 22, 2023 Author Share Posted January 22, 2023 58 minutes ago, TheGreek said: Me too.... The joys of being a bald man... Something outside my own experience! 🤣 S'manth x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGBass Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 There was a time back in the day(20+ years ago) when it was mandatory to wear a head covering of some sort in my stoner rock band. Black woolly hats or skip caps were acceptable. Almost a hat I suppose. These days head coverings are purely functional to stop brain freeze 😁 No pic the hat didnt happen? I suppose so. The bass hasn't aged at all, everything else has. On another note, I was always impressed by Roger Glover's hat collection. He's the only bassist I can recall who got away with wearing a straw trilby in both Rainbow and Deep Purple. Nice. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Well, if ya wanna get ahead, get a .. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 I was given this for Christmas by the in laws. I can kind of see where they were coming from, but I wouldn't dream of wearing it in public. It makes me look like an Oasis fan (can't stand them) or a cheap extra from Kevin and Perry. I might wear it in the pool in summer to keep the sun off, but on stage I'm happy to embrace the bald. I've been shaving my head since I was 25, so it's much more a part of my look than any hat. I'm strictly a beany when it's cold man. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Leather, Australian style cowboy hat. My main hat is now a red, leather Stetson Newsboy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 (edited) Having been follicly challenged for many years (my dad was bald as were both my granddads, I was always on a hiding to nothing with regard to my bicep covering) and own many, many hats, not least because I need to protect it from UV having had an UV induced growth. However, other than for a photoshoot and maybe an early gig or two with that band, I go sans titfer. Back when I had hair I would sport a bandana to soak up the sweat, but I use a towel these days, if required. Nonetheless, this thread calls for a hat, so a hat you shall have… Edited January 23, 2023 by ezbass 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 30 minutes ago, ezbass said: Having been follicly challenged for many years (my dad was bald as was both my granddads, I was always on a hiding to nothing with regard to my bicep covering) and own many, many hats, not least because I need to protect it from UV having had an UV induced growth. However, other than for a photoshoot and maybe an early gig or two with that band, I go sans titfer. Back when I had hair I would sport a bandana to soak up the sweat, but I use a towel these days, if required. Nonetheless, this thread calls for a hat, so a hat you shall have… Blimey, have you got Mark Knopfler on guitar?... Love the Keytar btw 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Waddo Soqable said: Blimey, have you got Mark Knopfler on guitar?... Love the Keytar btw There are other shots where that very fine guitar player and very close friend looks even more like MK. He can also play exactly like MK when he wants too. However, it’s his own style that never fails to blow me away, a cross between Alan Murphy, Andy Powell, Johnny Marr and Knopfler. Lovely fella too who has to be told to turn up, a rare beast indeed. I would like to add that everyone in that band (not including myself here for fear of seeming a braggart) were fantastic musicians and I learnt masses during my tenure with them. Edited January 23, 2023 by ezbass 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passinwind Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanOwens Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 I used to play in 'Two Hats Blues Band'. There were four of us, all in hats! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 1 hour ago, DanOwens said: I used to play in 'Two Hats Blues Band'. There were four of us, all in hats! Ah, but were you all 'two-hats' or not? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 No hair No hat Well at least for gigging that is. In the cold weather it’s either a beanie hat or a fur Cossack/trapper style hat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 On 22/01/2023 at 18:37, Mike Brooks said: Usual food shopping attire... My wife had a hat that looked a bit like that, but it was fluffy. Same colour, though. One day we went fishing and she was sat behind me, it was the middle of winter so she had her fluffy hat on. The lake seemed empty, I couldn’t see anyone else fishing. At one point, as I was casting, I managed to hook her hat without realising, and I cast that bloomin’ thing half way across the lake! Then I heard, very loudly, from behind some reeds: “What the hell’s that?! A bloody chicken?!”. I just sat there, dumbfounded, until eventually my wife suggested I reeled it back in. Fortunately, the hook was still attached to the hat (I was worried because it was barbless). We went home after that, though, because her head was cold… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Been known to wear the odd hat... The Pork Pie... The cap... The Jersey cow trilby... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrythe8 Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 (edited) I recently came into possession of a top hat, but it isn’t nearly as impressive as that one. And it doesn’t fit me. Edited March 15, 2023 by KingBollock Added photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 3 hours ago, Henrythe8 said: Never mind the hat, I'm diggin' the shirt. What is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers_Williamson Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 On 07/02/2023 at 17:32, DanOwens said: I used to play in 'Two Hats Blues Band'. There were four of us, all in hats! This has more than a passing 'Chas and Dave' look about it....and who was the famous guitarist who used to play with them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunion Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 16 minutes ago, Piers_Williamson said: This has more than a passing 'Chas and Dave' look about it....and who was the famous guitarist who used to play with them? I’m taking it the fourth member (banjo player) has his palm frond hat on and is disguised as a bush? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 1 hour ago, KingBollock said: I recently came into possession of a top hat, but it isn’t nearly as impressive as that one. And it doesn’t fit me. So you play in a T-Rex tribute band then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 I had a cool top hat (prob is still knocking around the place somewhere) but it was too small / tight for my bonce... So not to be defeated I made a tool / jig thing from a thick lump of wood, kind of "section thru head" size, then sawed it in quarters and introduced some threaded studding, washers and nuts. This enabled me to enlarge the hat by damping it and then screwing the expanding blocks apart, stretching it to a suitable size, after leaving overnight to set obviously. Seemed to work pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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