Bass Player’s Official Hat Problem

[Shlabotnik]

I have a hat that I love, much like many other people who wear hats.

This hat that I love… You know who else seems to love it? Every other freaking bass player in Boston. If there’s a guy in a band wearing a hat… it’s usually the bass player and… a good portion of the time it’s this same damn hat.

So, I don’t dare wear this hat when I perform anymore because I don’t want to be labeled as one of those “bass player hat guys”. I also don’t want the other bass players in town to think that I am ripping off their style. I’m not here to incite violence. But what I’m wondering is… Has this hat completely overtaken the bass player scene in other towns as well? Is this a problem that needs to be addressed globally? Should we all be writing to our congresspersons?

I’m starting to wonder if there’s someplace where people are buying these hats and, inside the package it includes an instruction manual for playing bass… Which beckons the question… Which came first? The bass or the hat?

Thanks for your help on this. Here is a nice picture of me wearing my hat as a reward for having read to the end.

P.S. If all this post did was inspire you to buy one of these hats for yourself… Shame on you for taking advantage.

 

[DaveDeVille]

not a fashion statement , just a simple ball cap for me .

 

[Pilgrim]

Wear the hat you want. But if you're playing weddings, go upscale from that one.

 

[Shlabotnik]

not a fashion statement , just a simple ball cap for me .

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A fine, practical sun-defying hat indeed!!

 

[Shlabotnik]

Wear the hat you want. But if you're playing weddings, go upscale from that one.

No weddings for me, except for the one I was in. I play mostly indie rock designed specifically for people who are afraid of commitment.

 

[Pilgrim]

No weddings for me, except for the one I was in. I play mostly indie rock designed specifically for people who are afraid of commitment.

No wonder you're unsure of your hat selection.

 

[JRA]

every bass player i've ever known wears the OP's version of a hat.

this was my version of "top this hat!" a few years back:

 

[Shlabotnik]

every bass player i've ever known wears the OP's version of a hat.

this was my version of "top this hat!" a few years back:

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I am loving this look! Both the evil black sombrero, and the giant spliff.

 

[bholder]

Most caps are far too small for my huge oblong melon noggin and pop right off. I adore a Fedora, though. But I despise Pork Pies.

 

[Biggbass]

Been wearing the same Open Road for about 40 years. It's aged into a nicely worn fedora style hat.

 

[Oddly]

I rarely wear a hat...I own a plain grey baseball cap for occasional summer use, and a couple of woolly hats for work in winter in the airport.
That said, OP, I quite fancy that hat of yours, although I've yet to wear a hat gigging, that just might be it!

 

[shastaband]

YES!

 

[Five or Six]

I wear a hat but, not when I play.

 

[Engle]

27231235[/URL], member: 337234"]I have a hat that I love, much like many other people who wear hats.

This hat that I love… You know who else seems to love it? Every other freaking bass player in Boston. If there’s a guy in a band wearing a hat… it’s usually the bass player and… a good portion of the time it’s this same damn hat.

So, I don’t dare wear this hat when I perform anymore because I don’t want to be labeled as one of those “bass player hat guys”. I also don’t want the other bass players in town to think that I am ripping off their style. I’m not here to incite violence. But what I’m wondering is… Has this hat completely overtaken the bass player scene in other towns as well? Is this a problem that needs to be addressed globally? Should we all be writing to our congresspersons?

I’m starting to wonder if there’s someplace where people are buying these hats and, inside the package it includes an instruction manual for playing bass… Which beckons the question… Which came first? The bass or the hat?

Thanks for your help on this. Here is a nice picture of me wearing my hat as a reward for having read to the end.

P.S. If all this post did was inspire you to buy one of these hats for yourself… Shame on you for taking advantage.

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That’s hilarious to me because I have the same hat in green, black and brown. But I wear them backwards.
I was wearing my porkpie last night for a gig, but thinking maybe I should try the cadet cap forward.

 

[Mark_70]

Urban Sombrero ?!

Regards
Mark

 

[DRBP]

I have a hat that I love, much like many other people who wear hats.

This hat that I love… You know who else seems to love it? Every other freaking bass player in Boston. If there’s a guy in a band wearing a hat… it’s usually the bass player and… a good portion of the time it’s this same damn hat.

So, I don’t dare wear this hat when I perform anymore because I don’t want to be labeled as one of those “bass player hat guys”. I also don’t want the other bass players in town to think that I am ripping off their style. I’m not here to incite violence. But what I’m wondering is… Has this hat completely overtaken the bass player scene in other towns as well? Is this a problem that needs to be addressed globally? Should we all be writing to our congresspersons?

I’m starting to wonder if there’s someplace where people are buying these hats and, inside the package it includes an instruction manual for playing bass… Which beckons the question… Which came first? The bass or the hat?

Thanks for your help on this. Here is a nice picture of me wearing my hat as a reward for having read to the end.

P.S. If all this post did was inspire you to buy one of these hats for yourself… Shame on you for taking advantage.

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i almost never gig without a hat. sometimes for outdoor summer gigs it is a ball cap type of thing. but i am a fedora man all the way, so that is my choice of headwear the vast majority of the time. your hat is a nice looking hat, but i have not seen a bass player wearing one. at least not yet anyway…

 

[Flamingo21]

How about this one for a gig?

 

[dalkowski]

Been wearing the same Open Road for about 40 years. It's aged into a nicely worn fedora style hat.

If I could rock a Stetson, Open Road would be my jawn.

 

[Spidey2112]

But I despise Pork Pies.

Who wears a snare on his head?

 

[swink]