i need some hat ideas

[dr.slide]

need a hat for playin'....have a leather harley beret...have various cowboy hats...i want something lightweight and fun....no baseball caps, please...give me some help, obiwan

[newking70]

a fedora.

[Colors]

Church's Fried Chicken bucket. KFC is already taken.

[Cobra]

[mge80]

Why is it that you feel you "need" a hat to wear while playing? Is it to set you apart from all the other beret, cowboy, pork pie, etc., hat wearing guitar players?

Or are you bald?

Gotta be one or the other.

[84superchamp]

Originally Posted by Cobra

i've got one just like that! keeps you cool, looks fine and stays on your head pretty well if you tend to be animated onstage. up in the front, down in the back, vice-versa or any combination.

[billyguitar]

Hats in The Belfry

http://www.hatsinthebelfry.com/

[Colors]

A hat like Ritchie Blackmore is wearing in this video.

[chrisgraff]

Originally Posted by billyguitar

Hats in The Belfry

http://www.hatsinthebelfry.com/

+1.5

[Boobala]

A hat like this...

[jefesq]

Something here perhaps?

http://www.google.com/search?q=ascot...w=1007&bih=658

[Mike Anderson]

[RhytmEarl]

Originally Posted by RexRawk

A hat like Ritchie Blackmore is wearing in this video.

Ritchie gets full points for Strat/Marshall tone there.

I have to dock him for bad fashion though. Even back in the day, that was just stupid looking.

[Prof.Fuzz]

Originally Posted by mge80

Why is it that you feel you "need" a hat to wear while playing? Is it to set you apart from all the other beret, cowboy, pork pie, etc., hat wearing guitar players?

Or are you bald?

Gotta be one or the other.

It's the Tenth Commandment:

Captain Beefheart's Ten Commandments
For Guitarists

1. LISTEN TO THE BIRDS...That's where all the music comes from. Birds know everything about how it should sound and where that sound should come from. And watch hummingbirds. They fly really fast, but a lot of times they aren't going anywhere.

2. YOUR GUITAR IS NOT REALLY A GUITAR...Your guitar is a divining rod. Use it to find spirits in the other world and bring them over. A guitar is also a fishing rod. If you're good, you'll land a big one.

3. PRACTICE IN FRONT OF A BUSH...Wait until the moon is out, then go outside, eat a multi-grained bread and play your guitar to a bush. If the bush doesn't shake, eat another piece of bread.

4. WALK WITH THE DEVIL...Old delta blues players referred to amplifiers as the "devil box." And they were right. You have to be an equal opportunity employer in terms of who you're bringing over from the other side. Electricity attracts demons and devils. Other instruments attract other spirits. An acoustic guitar attracts Casper. A mandolin attracts Wendy. But an electric guitar attracts Beelzebub.

5. IF YOU'RE GUILTY OF THINKING, YOU'RE OUT...If your brain is part of the process, you're missing it. You should play like a drowning man, struggling to reach shore. If you can trap that feeling, then you have something that is fur bearing.

6. NEVER POINT YOUR GUITAR AT ANYONE...Your instrument has more power than lightning. Just hit a big chord, then run outside to hear it. But make sure you are not standing in an open field.

7. ALWAYS CARRY YOUR CHURCH KEY...You must carry your key and use it when called upon. That's your part of the bargain. Like One String Sam. He was a Detroit street musician in the fifties who played a homemade instrument. His song "I Need A Hundred Dollars" is warm pie. Another church key holder is Hubert Sumlin, Howlin' Wolf's guitar player. He just stands there like the Statue of Liberty making you want to look up her dress to see how he's doing it.

8. DON'T WIPE THE SWEAT OFF YOUR INSTRUMENT...You need that stink on there. Then you have to get that stink onto your music.

9. KEEP YOUR GUITAR IN A DARK PLACE...When you're not playing your guitar, cover it and keep it in a dark place. If you don't play your guitar for more than a day, be sure to put a saucer of water in with it.

10. YOU GOTTA HAVE A HOOD FOR YOUR ENGINE...Wear a hat when you play and keep that hat on. A hat is a pressure cooker. If you have a roof on your house the hot air can't escape. Even a lima bean has to have a wet paper towel around it to make it grow.

[mge80]

Well, there you go. Thanks for the enlightenment.