Mandolin Cafe Ball Cap [Archive] - Mandolin Cafe Forum

Sandy Beckler

Mar-19-2009, 8:15pm

Just got my new Mandolin Cafe Ball Cap....it came in the mail today.
As soon as the mailman dropped it off I tore the package open ( Scott - true to his word, also included two Mandolin Cafe stickers) fitted it for size....ya know "One Size Fits All"...then I ran in and opened up that case....and fire shot from my fingers, an.....I gotta slow down...I'm getting delirious..
You shoulda seen me there just blazin' away. I really believe it has enhanced my playing abilites, and I would highly reccomend "All God's Little Children" purchase a Mandolin Cafe Ball Cap. Ya know it comes with two Mandolin Cafe Stickers...and oh yeah, did I mention "One Size Fits All"?

Sandy::popcorn:

pops1

Mar-19-2009, 8:21pm

Sandy, Think i have heard this before, it must be true.

Plectrosaurus

Mar-19-2009, 9:32pm

Hey! Mine came in today also, but I didn't get to open it. My lovely bride opened it up and proudly placed it on my head. No fire from the fingers, just a feeling of pride in being a mandolin player. It'll get a lot of exposure this weekend and the Fiddle Competition at Landmark Park. I'm sure I'll be the center of attention. (Good thing it's adjustable)
Thanks to you guys at the 'Cafe' for making these available to us. Maybe the folks at Eastman will take note.

Keep the Grass Blue!!!!!!!!!

ShaneJ

Mar-19-2009, 10:40pm

My mailman is slower than yours, but I'm watching my mailbox. :)

Paul Haley

Nov-29-2009, 4:42am

I received my Cafe ball cap today. The results were instantaneous. Picking speed has more than doubled. Now the problem is one of string over-heating. Is anyone aware of the best way to fit a radiator to a Summit Artist?:mandosmiley:

mandroid

Nov-29-2009, 11:28am

Need develop a a winter one , too, insulated with ear warming flaps,
or at least a sew-on embroidered patch to sew on one that is .. winter warm..

yankees1

Nov-29-2009, 1:37pm

So what do these look like and how do you get one?

JEStanek

Nov-29-2009, 2:33pm

Yankees1,

Here's where you can order... (http://www.mandolincafe.com/ballcaps.html)
http://www.mandolincafe.com/graphics/ballcap.gif

Jamie.

Philphool

Nov-29-2009, 2:36pm

So what do these look like and how do you get one?

http://www.mandolincafe.com/ballcaps.html

The bill isn't really as long as the picture looks.
Oops Jamie beat me to it.

swampstomper

Nov-30-2009, 1:42am

I would like to save on shipping by ordering a cap and a coffee mug at the same time, but the cap does not show up in the Store. So I'd have to do two paypals and pay two shipping. Scott, any ideas?

Scott Tichenor

Nov-30-2009, 6:10am

I would like to save on shipping by ordering a cap and a coffee mug at the same time, but the cap does not show up in the Store. So I'd have to do two paypals and pay two shipping. Scott, any ideas?

The mugs are manufactured by the order at CafePress and shipped directly from there and I'm never involved in the process. The ball caps I have done by a local vendor so I handle those, and storage and shipping are manageable. Unfortunately, the two aren't available for a trip in the same envelope.

Big Joe

Nov-30-2009, 7:11am

My Cafe ballcap did not make my picking speed any better, but it did help me catch more fish! That is just as important! Good job, Scott.

Paul Haley

Nov-30-2009, 7:49am

My Cafe ballcap did not make my picking speed any better, but it did help me catch more fish! That is just as important! Good job, Scott.

You musn't be wearing it properly. Try wearing it at a more jaunty angle and your right hand will become a blur.

By the way, in Scotland we tend to use a rod and line rather than headgear for catching fish. Call us old fashioned but it appears to work ;)

Big Joe

Nov-30-2009, 10:37am

Hey Paul...I knew there was a problem! Thank you :) .

Paul Haley

Dec-01-2009, 5:14am

Joe,

Even better news. I have jsut discovered that my MCBC has the effect of making me irresistible to the opposite sex. I can only say that this purchase has transformed my life. So much for so little. If only I had been able to buy one in my youth. How different life would have been. How lucky the young people of today are being able to avail themselves of such a magnificent product!

journeybear

Dec-01-2009, 8:00am

Imagine that - a cap that makes one irresistible to both women and fish. That is truly magical! :grin:

Scotti Adams

Dec-01-2009, 8:25am

Ive got one of these fine caps as well as a cap from The Mandolin Store..which is a dandy also.

JeffD

Dec-01-2009, 9:59am

My Cafe ballcap did not make my picking speed any better, but it did help me catch more fish! That is just as important! Good job, Scott.

As it happens this is my experience too. I got a walleye not much shorter than my leg, wearing a cafe cap.

Now when I wear my Orvis to a jam, I do seem to play a little better. Hmmmm.

Randi Gormley

Dec-01-2009, 3:14pm

Jeff -- how'd the fish get the cap to stay on, what with all that water and whatnot?

JeffD

Dec-01-2009, 3:19pm

Jeff -- how'd the fish get the cap to stay on, what with all that water and whatnot? :))

Actually the fish played a fiddle. And you can trust me on that because I am a fisherman.

journeybear

Dec-01-2009, 5:57pm

I thought there was something fishy about that fiddler ... :whistling:

allenhopkins

Dec-01-2009, 11:27pm

All this fish talk gives me a haddock.

mandolirius

Dec-01-2009, 11:42pm

Need develop a a winter one , too, insulated with ear warming flaps,
or at least a sew-on embroidered patch to sew on one that is .. winter warm..

For wintertime, most Canadians prefer a touque. How about that? Wait a minute....do Americans even know what a touque is?

Mike Bunting

Dec-01-2009, 11:54pm

I want a Mandolincafe parka! Soon, the season's coming on!

journeybear

Dec-02-2009, 12:08am

For wintertime, most Canadians prefer a touque. How about that? Wait a minute....do Americans even know what a touque is?

You mean a toque, yes? Isn't that what French-speaking Canadians do with a jointe? :confused:

Oh no, no, it's what Mike Nesmith of The Monkees always wore on his head, even when swimming.

Wait - didn't The Monkees make a movie called "Head," more or less about being under the influence while they were under the influence of the same?

It's all a little hazy for me ... :sleepy:

mandolirius

Dec-02-2009, 1:09am

toque....touque...we like to throw around "u's" like confetti up here. But I forgot about Mike Nesmith. That's a toque! Very warm on those cold winter nights.

journeybear

Dec-02-2009, 1:25am

Of course an official Mandolin Café patch could be sewn onto any cloth item, be it a toque, tuque, touque, or what have you ... ;)

Mike Bunting

Dec-02-2009, 3:30am

Of course an official Mandolin Café patch could be sewn onto any cloth item, be it a toque, tuque, touque, or what have you ... ;)

Hint, hint.

Malcolm G.

Dec-02-2009, 5:44am

journeybear

Dec-02-2009, 10:34am

Welcome to the Café! We're (almost) all at least a little weird. You get used to it. ;)

Remember, we're talking accessories here, and at this point merely a suggested one, plus this is a mandolin site ... so for help with your singing I'm afraid these won't be much help. :( But what you can do is play mandolin really loudly at the same time you think your singing is off. You'll either cover up any gaffes or distract listeners' attention just enough to get by.

Yep, that's always a solution - when in doubt, MORE MANDOLIN!!! :mandosmiley: :mandosmiley: :mandosmiley:

Dan Hoover

Dec-02-2009, 10:49am

i thought a touque was a chef's hat?? and i thought mike wore a beanie??:confused: i guess it is all hazy...:grin:..hey,they had a great car though...:grin:i'm just waiting on the " Mandolin Cafe Bucket Hat " or maybe a Fedora??:)

farmerjones

Dec-02-2009, 11:13am

ya, i thought it was a tuk, eh?
Patch. Ya. A big one, and a lil one. That would be a beauty, eh? Lil one for the tuk. Big patch for the jacket. Then you could maybe put rockers above and below it for your chapter and hometown. :cool:

i have to say that prior to owning and wearing "the cap" i was a totally overweight, middle-aged, shrub with no hope. Now,

i've got shade for my nose. :grin:

How many of us Mandolin Caf'e capped persons are there to date?

journeybear

Dec-02-2009, 11:33am

i thought a touque was a chef's hat?? and i thought mike wore a beanie??:confused: i guess it is all hazy...:grin:..

Unfortunately, sir, you are correct. I was gonna let this slide, but nooooooooo ...

Yes, a toque (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toque)is the famous chef's hat, but the wiki's definition is rather broad and inclusive, specifying simply "a type of hat with a narrow brim or no brim at all." The tuque (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuque)(as they spell it; never seen this spelling before) is what mandolirius mentioned. There they do mention "touque" as he spelled it, with this proviso:

"The word is etymologically related to the name of the chef's toque, although it is sometimes incorrectly spelled toque instead of tuque (still pronounced /tuk/) by assimilation, or occasionally touque, although the latter is not considered a standard spelling by the Canadian Oxford Dictionary."

But what does the COD know? ;)

Wiki mentions several famous people known for wearing tuques: Michael Nesmith, The Edge, the SCTV/SNL characters Bob and Doug McKenzie, Bill Murray in "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou," etc, going on to say:

"In other parts of the anglophone world, this type of hat is more commonly referred to by other names: knit hat or knit cap, sock cap or stocking cap, watch cap, skull cap, snow hat, snow cap, ski cap, tossle cap, woolly hat, chook, or beanie. In Australia, New Zealand, the United States and the UK, the term beanie refers almost exclusively to the knitted tuque-style hat, although that word is also used elsewhere to denote a more rigid cap that is not knitted but rather made up of joined panels of felt, twill or other tightly woven cloth. The lack of a consistent term outside Canada for the tuque is a popular source of material for Canadian comedians."

Somewhere around this point in my research I had the idea for a sew on patch that could transform one's already well-worn and beloved cloth or knit item into a Café item, and posted this idea. Apparently that was not sufficient for some :mad: but that's all right. :)

Finally, there is this:

"In some sections of Canada a tuque with a brim on it, commonly worn by snowboarders, is nicknamed a bruque (a brimmed tuque). The tuque is similar to the Phrygian cap and, as such, during the 1837 Patriotes Rebellion a red tuque became a symbol of French-Canadian nationalism. The symbol was revived briefly by the Front de libération du Québec in the 1960s."

So there is some interesting history connected with these lovely things. I used to have a bruque (did not know that's what they were called) made by Timberland that got me through several winters. It had earflaps if you rolled it down. Loved that little brim, 1 1/2" long at most, that was enough to shade my eyes and keep a bit of snow off my face.

Dan Hoover

Dec-02-2009, 12:53pm

Unfortunately, sir, you are correct. I was gonna let this slide, but nooooooooo ...

your like all smart and stuff..:grin:
well,fortunately,i'm surprised i remembered what a touque was right now?? i'm on my second round of " THE " flu...and everything is hazy..
i only have 1 cap,and i usually wear it backwards,i think i'll order myself a mandolin cafe hat..early present..but,i'm with you JB,i'll go for a patch too..that way i can put it on my bowler:grin: cheers

BenTTree

Dec-02-2009, 1:34pm

"In other parts of the anglophone world, this type of hat is more commonly referred to by other names: knit hat or knit cap, sock cap or stocking cap, watch cap, skull cap, snow hat, snow cap, ski cap, tossle cap, woolly hat, chook, or beanie."

Cafe humor and strong coffee... the perfect way to start every day! As a long-time member (read [I]lurker[I]) though seldom poster, I couldn't pass this one up. I'm Canadian; my wife isn't (she comes from a small Appalachian community in the States). During our first winter together here in Ontario she acclimated well but used to throw the house in tumult when she'd announce plans for an outing. "Everybody grab your gloves and toboggans and let's go!" she'd yell. You can well imagine the household scrambling to gather winter gear and sleds... right? Wrong! Seems a popular "Appalachainism" for a knited hat is, indeed, "toboggan" as I verified the word with several Ohio friends. Now we've gotten used to her funny way of talking (lol) but she sure shakes up some store clerks when she asks for help locating their "toboggans" and really means touques!

Needless to say, we still joke about her unusual approach to winter hats... she's asked if it's hard to get in the car with that "toboggan" on her head and we tell her not worry if she falls down 'cause she can always meet us at the bottom of the hill... use your imagination, here, the possibilities are endless, lol. She's a good sport even though she's still a little confused and steadfastly sticks to her terminology. Me, I'll avoid all confusion and stick to wearing my classy new Mandolin Cafe ball cap 11!;)

allenhopkins

Dec-02-2009, 1:56pm

Toques (touques?) in action:

NotJethro

Dec-02-2009, 3:56pm

First post on this wonderful site.
I've been lurking for a few weeks and was starting to feel a little wierd - ya know?
I've ordered two caps based soley on your collective endorsement - being a novice picker and a terrible fisherman, I need all the help I can get.
Question, if I may?
Will the patches fix all those annoying flats in my singing? Actually, my wife wants to know.
Cheers all!
Mac from Montreal

Hey Mac

Great to see you've joined the cafe. I think if you wear the cap in just the right way (such as, have the bill cover your mouth), your flats will sound a whole lot better. Works for me, anyway.

Dan Adams

Jun-09-2010, 7:49pm

I like the new colors! In a roadtrip to the NE US, I left my original in a cafe in Ithaca, NY. Its probably unlike somebody will recover this valuable lid and send it back to me in Colorado:( It's like I lost a friend. Now I have to decide on the new color. Dan

journeybear

Jun-09-2010, 8:36pm

I've worn my original-color-khaki cap for so long I thought it was olive. Now I'm confused ... :confused:

I'm thinking about the charcoal - close enough to black that it will be suitable for formal occasions. ;)

ColdBeerGoCubs

Jun-09-2010, 8:49pm

I made the promise that I will never wear any baseball hat that doesn't have a Cubs 'C' on it until they win a series. So I'm pretty much screwed, but I am going to get an Olive one to Keep on my computer desk. Maybe give it to my dad, so he'll stop wearing that one he got at a company awards banquet in the mid 80's.

jim_n_virginia

Jun-10-2010, 8:45am

Anyone who knows me know that a ball cap is part of my uniform of the day! Most people have never seen me without a ball cap! LOL!

I've been wearing Cafe caps since they came out and ordered 2 more yesterday! All joking aside I kind of consider myself a ball cap connoisseur! I have dozens of them.

But seriously they really are a good quality cap. I've had caps made before also and you have a choice of how good a quality of hat you want and Scott definitely went with the best one.

I HATE those trucker ball caps with the mesh back and plastic strap with the plastic button adjustment! LOL!

I just wish Scott would get some made in black! :grin:

JeffD

Jun-10-2010, 9:16am

I've been wearing Cafe caps since they came out and ordered 2 more yesterday! All joking aside I kind of consider myself a ball cap connoisseur! I have dozens of them.

:

BCAS, ball cap aquisition syndrome.

MiG-19

Jun-10-2010, 5:49pm

Just ordered the olive colored one based upon the recommendations here. As everyone knows, fishermen never lie.

Gene Korte

Jun-10-2010, 6:55pm

I'm hanging loose until the red one comes out !!

D C Blood

Jun-10-2010, 7:18pm

"the term beanie refers almost exclusively to the knitted tuque-style hat, although that word is also used elsewhere to denote a more rigid cap that is not knitted but rather made up of joined panels of felt, twill "

Sometimes with a plastic propeller on top...

D C Blood

Jun-10-2010, 7:20pm

"In other parts of the anglophone world, this type of hat is more commonly referred to by other names: knit hat or knit cap, sock cap or stocking cap, watch cap, skull cap, snow hat, snow cap, ski cap, tossle cap, woolly hat, chook, or beanie."

In the South, commonly known as a "boggan"...
OOPS. posted this before I saw the previous post...

desaljs

Jun-10-2010, 8:00pm

All this talk about caps made me order 2 more today. The red looks cool too. Now I can take the first one I ordered and start to wear it!

journeybear

Jun-10-2010, 8:09pm

Red cap? Where do you see that? I thought that was in the "we'll-see-how-these-go-first" stage ... :confused:

JEStanek

Jun-10-2010, 8:27pm

Read through the comments in the blog (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/entry.php?269-Red-Mandolin-Cafe-Ball-Cap). Scott's ordered 50...

journeybear

Jun-10-2010, 9:08pm

OMG! Board ... social groups ... now blogs? :disbelief: How am I supposed to keep up on all this stuff? I yi yi!

I mean, thanks ... :redface:

I've said it before, I'll say it again - if I had had any idea how much time I would be spending futzing on keyboards, I would have put more effort into typing class back in junior high. I know that term flies right over the heads of you young whippersnappers, having grown up with computers, but there was a time such things just didn't exist, and typing was looked down upon by both boys and girls. Really! :grin:

Mike Snyder

Jun-10-2010, 9:41pm

Was really noisy, too. I was never any good. Now I spend hours on a keyboard at work. Who knew? It's gonna be a race for those 50 red hats. Checkered flag goes down Sunday, maybe.

journeybear

Jun-12-2010, 11:24pm

Start your engines!

Mandolin Cafe Ball Caps - New Colors

Now available in Red, Charcoal, Olive and Khaki. Our supplier moved up our shipment date for red to this Monday so we're accepting orders for all colors now. » Get yours (http://www.mandolincafe.com/ballcaps.html)

Jim MacDaniel

Jun-13-2010, 8:52am

ColdBeerGoCubs

Jun-13-2010, 8:57am

You have to be kidding me, I had lost that exact hat and it turned up in a box i was going through yesterday.

Go Cubs.

hdismal

Jun-14-2010, 8:05am

Hello,
How about a stealth cap for us urban dwellers? Grey logo on BLACK (not stonewashed) cap. Fare well, h

Stephen Cagle

Jun-14-2010, 9:14am

Got my red hat ordered Saturday!:grin: I can't wait to get it.. I'll break it in at Raccoon Creek bluegrass festival next mth. 2nd weekend in July...:mandosmiley:

Jim MacDaniel

Jun-14-2010, 10:39am

My red one is on order as well, but to hdismal's suggestion, I too would buy a black one.

jim_n_virginia

Jun-14-2010, 10:44am

I haven't worn a red ball cap since I was a "Snipe" on a Destroyer in the Navy! LOL! I'll take a pass on a red on would make me too easy to spot at a festival! LOL! But I got a olive and charcoal one on the way.

I like darker hats better than the lighter colored ones cause they hide dirt better! :))

Ted Eschliman

Jun-14-2010, 10:48am

Gonna have a "Big Ten" patch sewn onto the back of mine to wear at Husker games.

Jim MacDaniel

Jun-14-2010, 10:52am

You guys should come on over to the West Coast and join the Pac Fifty.

raulb

Jun-21-2010, 3:19pm

My gray (I forget what color it is "supposed" to be called, so I'll call it gray) and red caps came today. Really nice! They look good too (but suffer when they go on my ugly fat head). Thanks!

David Rambo

Jun-21-2010, 3:26pm

A Mandolin Cafe touque. Now there is what I need instead of the one I'm wearing.

MartyCanary

Jul-02-2010, 7:06pm

Need develop a a winter one , too, insulated with ear warming flaps,
or at least a sew-on embroidered patch to sew on one that is .. winter warm..
Agreed! A nice knitted tuque with the logo. We wear them in two of our three seasons up here. 1) Winter and 2) Mud... they get a bit warm during 3) Construction, that's when we switch to the cap.

Jack Roberts

Jul-03-2010, 4:01pm

Maybe I'll wear mine to my gig tonight. Red hat, white shirt, blue jeans, and patriot tunes. Happy 4th!

JEStanek

Jul-06-2010, 6:33pm

I got mine today. Very happy indeed. I did my son with a fish eye effect. Me I did with the silly eye effect.

Jamie

mandolin tony

Jul-07-2010, 8:46pm

o my God,I just ordered mine today (a red one) I can't wait to get it.just think it's going to make me a better player. what kind of mojo are they puttin in to those hats?,may be I should get a 2nd one just in case the frist one runs low.

B. T. Walker

Jul-09-2010, 10:27pm

I've ordered three things in the last couple of weeks, and you won't need three guesses to know which was the only one to arrive correct as ordered. The red cap looks really great. So do the olive cap and the charcoal cap.

Since the top of my head is follically challenged, I wear hats a lot. Good thing I like them. Now I have the full set. They'll all be worn unto sweatiness in no time. My khaki cap is the second one. The first got chewed by my dog, Cookie (bad dog!). The second was sweaty quickly; it gets hot and humid here in San Antonio.

mandolin tony

Jul-10-2010, 2:22am

got my red cap friday,put it on & picked up my mandolin I started playin so Fast it caught fire,thank God I was not that far from the bathtube,I had to turn on the shower to put out the Fire !!!.thanks for such a nice hat,I think the mandolin cafe shoud put a warning label inside their hats. hay you guys owe me a mandolin,I'll take a 1923 Loar thanks Tony.

Big Joe

Jul-10-2010, 9:22am

Got my new red cafe hat Tuesday or Wednesday. I love it! I have the original as well, but it has been a bit heavily used, and even in the lake a time or two :) . My red one is my favorite (even more than my Big Joe's hat). I wanted to do some in red when we did our last run of hats but the guys in the shop shot me down. Next run, hopefully soon, will have red. No matter what they say.

It looks great, Scott. Thanks for a nice hat at a fair price!

Santiago

Jul-10-2010, 9:54am

Left my second Cafe hat at the doctor's office last week, and someone swiped it. Left the first one in a restaurant in Massachusetts last year. Number three on the way. Gray this time. Maybe I'll velcro it to my bald head this time.

B. T. Walker

Jul-10-2010, 8:49pm

My Cafe ballcap did not make my picking speed any better, but it did help me catch more fish! That is just as important! Good job, Scott.

Hey Joe,

Does the red ball cap act like a lure improving an already good thing?

Santiago

Jul-10-2010, 8:56pm

Mine doesn't help my fishing, but it does prevent sunburn.

JEStanek

Jul-10-2010, 10:55pm

Santiago. Two words. Staple Gun. :)

Jamie

Steve-o

Jul-26-2010, 6:03pm

Random Mandolin Cafe Ball Cap Sighting - Don Julin

I bumped into fine mandolinist, cool cat, and Cafe member Don Julin and Nepture Quartet in Northport Michigan. Don was sporting a MC ball cap. Great concert in an intimate outdoor setting. (Apologies for the camera phone quality).

Denman John

Oct-16-2010, 10:43am

Just ordered a red cap today. Looking forward to it and the case stickers arriving soon.

John

Scott Tichenor

Oct-16-2010, 10:54am

Just ordered a red cap today. Looking forward to it and the case stickers arriving soon.

John

At the post office in line with customs form waiting to mail it.

:)

billkilpatrick

Oct-16-2010, 11:36am

aside from raw sex and haute couture, what i looked for from my MC cap was solidarity - recognition ... camaraderie and bonhomie; a knowing wink and an affirmative nod of the head from fellow mandolin players as we pass by in the street. but here in europe, the "F" style motif is relatively unknown - howz' about a bowlback cap?

ou-la-la ...

yankees1

Oct-16-2010, 11:45am

Coincidentally, here is my next planned ballcap purchase -- plus the MC cap in red... Looks like a "wait till next year" cap! :)

Darren Bailey

Oct-16-2010, 12:02pm

I'm not looking to offend anyone but I remain skeptical about the level of enhancement of people's playing by wearing the cap. I've studied this matter for some time and think a lot of the evidence is problematic. Could it be that because you expect to play better wearing the cap you simply hear what you anticipate? Also, i have seen suggestions that different colours have different effects - red increases volume, others tone, speed etc.
I've come to the conclusion that what someone should do is purchase a cap, let's say in red, and send it from player to player so that we can get a broad body of experience to draw on. If anyone has MP3 recording devices perhaps record a "with" and "without" cap session and see if we can determine which is which. I am more than willing to participate in this, so if the cafe sends me the cap I'll start the experiment. As i say, i'm not trying to push anyone's noses out of joint, just being scientific about the whole thing.

Denman John

Oct-16-2010, 12:19pm

At the post office in line with customs form waiting to mail it.

:)

Wow, what great customer service. Thanks a lot and I'll let you know when it arrives. Sam Bush, look out!

John

Randi Gormley

Oct-16-2010, 4:40pm

Darren -- I have the original color, and I can definitely say it allows me to be an original player. Or was that 'I play pretty much with the cap in hand as I did originally .... ' hmmm.

Martin Stevens

Oct-16-2010, 4:46pm

hmm I just looked at the store and all I could find was some T-Shirts and Mugs (with the same prints as the T-Shirts). I think we need more variety in the store (and more hats :))

mandroid

Oct-16-2010, 8:59pm

Elastic strap on the back?so it will take a stronger breeze or faster downhill to blow off?

my favorite cotton cap is made for the EU, in 'Nam, or herstellungsland, of Baumwolle.

DerTiefster

Oct-17-2010, 3:48pm

aside from raw sex and haute couture, what i looked for from my MC cap was ....Bill, when I get a break from those first two items in my list, I'll have time to remember what else I expected from the cap. Darn, I wish I could remember. wait....gosh, there's never enough time....

(Good thing I only kept one of the hats)

Scott Tichenor

Oct-17-2010, 3:56pm

hmm I just looked at the store and all I could find was some T-Shirts and Mugs (with the same prints as the T-Shirts). I think we need more variety in the store (and more hats :))

See http://www.mandolincafe.com/ballcaps.html

blueron

Oct-17-2010, 4:12pm

Just ordered two caps to be sent to me while I'm in Scotland, and that I will take to Bangkok.

Unlike some of the silly dreamers here, I have no illusions that wearing them will turn me into a mando maestro. Those folk are really sad.

I'll settle for a few more inches in stature, a full head of hair and an improvement in my dreadful Sean Connery impersonation.

br

Raymando7

Mar-01-2011, 3:03am

Received my red MCBC yesterday in sunny Ascot UK, excellent !

Further to other previous posts, wearing this immediately made the chromatic ascents flow like a dream - interestingly, turning the cap around improved the speed of the descent runs ;-)

That plus 2 Mandolin Cafe stickers ... who could ask for more :-)

Thanks Scott !

Rick Cadger

Mar-01-2011, 3:57am

Just ordered one for myself, in the charcoal colour.

Well, book and DVD tutorials didn't work. Practice didn't work. A new mandolin didn't work... I guess this is my last chance.

journeybear

Mar-01-2011, 8:36am

You somehow neglected to include on your list your choice of picks and the tone-gard. You may wish to try an even fancier pick, an arm rest, and then start with coated strings. If these and the hat don't help, it may be time for corrective surgery. :)

I'm waiting for a charcoal number myself, hoping it shows the sweat less than the khaki one. It's for purely cosmetic reasons; I don't expect it to help my playing any - I plateaued years ago. :disbelief: Plus, until a black one is available, I hope it will be suitable for formal occasions. ;)

billkilpatrick

Mar-01-2011, 9:11am

i find that when i wear my MCBC in public, i tend to keep my finger out of my nose - esprit de corp and all that

Bill Snyder

Mar-01-2011, 9:15am

i find that when i wear my MCBC, i don't pick my nose as much - esprit de corp and all that
Well make sure you don't get a Banjo Hangout cap. There would be no telling what you might start doing!!

billkilpatrick

Mar-01-2011, 9:18am

Well make sure you don't get a Banjo Hangout cap. There would be no telling what you might start doing!!

that was below the belt ...

Bill Snyder

Mar-01-2011, 9:22am

Have you read through some of the banjo joke threads?

billkilpatrick

Mar-01-2011, 9:30am

there's nothing funny about banjo affliction.

no-no, when i wear my MCBC i stand taller, increase my stride - got a glint in my eye:

billkilpatrick

Mar-01-2011, 10:19am

actually, some re-working of the lyrics is called for here:

journeybear

Mar-01-2011, 11:51am

Good luck with that! "Mandolin Café ball cap" is seven syllables, a hard squeeze into the two of "top hat." I guess you could just say "ball cap," but you would be missing out on implying the unique character of the object of our affections.

But for those wishing to attempt this Herculean if not Sisyphean task:

I'm puttin' on my top hat,
Tyin' up my white tie,
Brushin' off my tails.

I'm dudin' up my shirt front,
Puttin' in the shirt studs,
Polishin' my nails,

I'm steppin' out, my dear,
To breathe an atmosphere
That simply reeks with class;
And I trust that you'll excuse my dust
When I step on the gas,

For I'll be there,
Puttin' down my top hat,
Mussin' up my white tie,
Dancin' in my tails.

catmandu2

Mar-01-2011, 11:56am

"Just ordered a red cap today. Looking forward to it and the case stickers arriving soon."

At the post office in line with customs form waiting to mail it.

That is service!

BTW, Bill...here in the West, you don't need such a cap for networking--everyone plays bluegrass... (but, the raw sex is a nice aside).

journeybear

Mar-01-2011, 3:50pm

Just got my hat less than an hour ago. Put it right on, and within minutes I bumped into the prettiest girl I've seen in a while again (fourth time in as many days), got a kiss, got booked into a gig, someone bought me a beer, got home OK, and found my roommate had actually locked both doors before he went out. It's got some serious mojo! OK, so maybe not all of that really happened, but more than half did. I'll let all y'all figure out what is and ain't true. ;)

Thanks, Scott! :mandosmiley:

billkilpatrick

Mar-01-2011, 4:10pm

that ol' "my roommate locked me out - can i use your computer for a second to send something to the cafe" line never worked for me - it obviously worked for you. bravo - in like flynn.

Bob Dobbs

Mar-01-2011, 5:55pm

Got mine last week. I must have over 30 baseball caps (freebies) but this is the first one I've ever purchased! :mandosmiley:

journeybear

Mar-01-2011, 8:54pm

No, bill, sorry - that part was true. Not locked out, though - this was a good thing that happened, as he has been remiss in locking up. How much the power of the MCBC played into this is undetermined. :)

Interesting point, Bob. I am in the same boat. I have probably owned over 100 caps, mostly gifts, promos, or finds, and can think of only four purchases - two of these, a Patty Larkin cap (way cool) and a Red Man chewing tobacco cap autographed by The Kendalls, sadly lost. :( These are special, of course, closely aligned with my identity as a mandolinist, and thus worth owning twice over. :mandosmiley:

Sandy Beckler

Mar-01-2011, 10:17pm

there's nothing funny about banjo affliction.

no-no, when i wear my MCBC i stand taller, increase my stride - got a glint in my eye:

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Sandy

journeybear

Mar-05-2011, 2:15pm

More evidence these caps have mojo: I competed in the annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest today, and after having come in no better than second for years, today I wore my new charcoal MCBC - and won! :mandosmiley: I can't say for sure if that is the reason why - I did practice some this year, and also I was wearing my cool reflective green shades :cool: - but I can't help thinking that had something to do with it. I got a big beautiful trophy - a conch shell mounted on a slab of marble, with a small Conch Republic flag affixed as well - got my picture taken and interviewed and all that stuff. This will show up in the local papers and on one or another of the Miami TV stations for the 6:00 news. MC: I managed to mention the mandolin as many times as I could fit it in, and wore the hat the whole time. I wish I had thought to mention it when I was asked to what I attributed my success ... but you know how it is. It's pretty distracting being the center of attention - especially for someone so used to being a sideman. That's a mandolinist's fate. ;)

Martin Stevens

Mar-05-2011, 2:51pm

Is there any way to get a sticker without ordering a hat? I have a new case coming and I want to display my mandolincafe.com addiction proudly.

journeybear

Mar-05-2011, 3:50pm

Yep! (http://www.mandolincafe.com/stickers.html)

Martin Stevens

Mar-05-2011, 3:53pm

Thanks!

Bill Snyder

Mar-05-2011, 7:39pm

Congratulations Steve.
Miami Herald (http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/05/2099735/key-west-musician-wins-conch-shell.html) article about it.

journeybear

Mar-05-2011, 10:25pm

Cool! :cool: Thanks! :grin: Now, if I could only win something for playing mandolin! ;) :disbelief: :crying:

billkilpatrick

Mar-06-2011, 12:40am

bravo steve! the tibetans use the conch shell in their religious practice - how does "journeylama" sound to you?

journeybear

Mar-06-2011, 5:30pm

Finally, a (mercifully) brief video clip. My fifteen seconds of fame shortened even further - I played the riff from "Satisfaction" four times, and then "Smoke On The Water" twice. Well, it is what it is, and that cap looks great! Not in the same league as what the Tibetans are wearing ... but suits my druthers. ;) I'm already planning for next year. I want to rig up a clamp to hold the conch and attach it to a mike stand so I can play mandolin at the same time. :mandosmiley:

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=7997676

journeybear

Mar-06-2011, 11:06pm

OK, hopefully this will be the last of this hooey. Finally made it to youtube. It's really all about the cap. :whistling: And I know Dan was disappointed to have missed out on the ABBA song. :grin:

Ed Goist

Mar-06-2011, 11:40pm

JB, that was awesome!
Just two questions:
* When are you starting the Conch Shell Cafe web community?
* What is that green stuff on the ground?

billkilpatrick

Mar-07-2011, 12:29am

i can hear the ocean!

journeybear

Mar-07-2011, 12:35am

Ed -

1) Never. I think social groups have to have more than one member, by definition. ;)
2) That's grass, man. Dig it! :cool:

Thanks for the positive comments. The youtube wags are having a good dash of bashing, natch, particularly at this clip:

I admit my intonation could have been better. The guy who played "Ride Of The Valkyrie" - now, he had some chops!

journeybear

Mar-07-2011, 9:08am

And now, suitable for framing, or your dartboard ...

From the 49th Annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest here in Key West - news of the goofy everywhere else, kind of a big deal here. Note Mandolin Café ball cap - pretty sure it was its mojo that won me first prize. ;) Not my thrilling renditions of the riffs from "Satisfaction" and "Smoke On The Water," not that I was loudest and longest - it's the way cool charcoal ball cap! OK, maybe the shades ... :cool:

Get yours today! :mandosmiley:

tonyvt

Mar-07-2011, 6:16pm

I ordered my new red Mandolin Cafe cap this past Saturday and was amazed to find that I received it today. The hat is well made and fits great.
Thanks!

billkilpatrick

Mar-08-2011, 2:18am

i'm ... taking off my top hat
hiving-off my homburg
chucking my beret (chuck beret ... geddit'?)

i'm ... putting on my ball cap
that i got from scott @
the mandolin cafè

over to you ...

craig.collas

Apr-21-2011, 12:52am

JB The hat definatly has mojo and what only 13 clams you shelled out for it.

Laird

Apr-24-2011, 10:15pm

"For wintertime, most Canadians prefer a touque. How about that? Wait a minute....do Americans even know what a touque is?"

One toque over the line, sweet Jesus. Makes you wonder about backstage at the Lawrence Welk Show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye3ecDYxOkg

journeybear

Apr-25-2011, 8:18am

However you find yourself higher and therefore closer to heaven, be it through piling your hair up or partaking of holy wine or weed ... well, whatever works for you ... :grin:

JB The hat definatly has mojo and what only 13 clams you shelled out for it.

Money well spent. It saved my life Friday night, or at least came to my rescue. I had just performed my selections at the Conch Republic Days conch shell blowing contest at Schooner Wharf Bar (less prestigious but more entertaining event, plus there are real prizes rather than just a trophy), when I felt something hit my head. Upon inspection, I found I had been besmirched by a roosting chicken in the branches above. If I had not been wearing my cap, that would have been just horrific! :crying: Washing it out in the men's room sink with hand soap to my satisfaction was, um, daunting to say the least. And believe me, I did a number on it when I got home!

I figured that being thus "pre-disastered" I was a shoo-in to win first prize this time. But nooooo, runner-up again! :mad: I believe I made a rookie error, signing up amd thus performing too soon. Next year, I'll go as close to last as possible. BTW, I used the same selection that won at the OIRF contest - "Satisfaction" and "Smoke On The Water." Someone shouted out "Free Bird!" In retrospect, I should have given that a try, just for a laugh. Might have done the trick. Think I'll work on that for next year. ;)

Ohmigod ... next year ... i yi yi ... :disbelief:

JeffD

Apr-25-2011, 11:33am

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I find this really relaxes me and improves my playing. And talk about mojo. It is all about the headgear!

No financial interest. (http://www.skymall.com/shopping/detail.htm?pid=102132455&c=)

journeybear

Apr-25-2011, 12:17pm

I believe that would even help you survive a banjo attack!

Ed Goist

Apr-25-2011, 9:35pm

I purchased two of the MC ball caps on Friday (charcoal & Olive), and they arrived today! Amazing service!

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theoldman

Jun-22-2011, 6:19pm

My hat is on the way and I don't fish!

Should I be concerned?

jstout

Jul-04-2011, 1:13pm

well, they look like good lookin hats to an ole wanna be mandolin picker like me, Im sure everyone at the jams are gonna be wantin to know where I got em, bought one of each color.
jstout

B. T. Walker

Jul-10-2011, 5:52pm

One of the benefits of being follically challenged is an extensive hat collection, and I have all four colors of the cafe hat. I love them and wear them frequently. Since the summer ball cap sale has been such a success, selling out all colors except red as of this post, I think it is an opportunity to introduce a new color, and to perhaps phase one out.

For a new color, how about blue? Navy would likely be too dark, and sky blue too light, but a vibrant royal blue would look good surrounding the logo. It would be a great alternative to the charcoal gray cap. What do you think?

What the army calls khaki and what the cafe's hat supplier calls khaki are two different colors. Army khaki is light tan, and the cafe khaki is very light green, really a lighter version of the attractive olive cap. Now is the chance to let one fade into vintage status.

Whatever, I will continue to proudly wear my Mandolin Cafe ball caps. But it sure would be cool to expand the collection. Come on BLUE!

JEStanek

Jul-10-2011, 9:07pm

Pink.

B. T. Walker

Jul-10-2011, 9:33pm

Pink.

Uhh.... Nah!

Nor salmon.

JEStanek

Jul-10-2011, 10:26pm

Considering how the pink hat movement has taken over everything from NFL to MLB, having a pink option for the ladies might generate some real ca$h for the site.

Red is my go to color. I wear it with pride all over the place.... and I don't really care to be a billboard.

Jamie

B. T. Walker

Jul-10-2011, 10:44pm

Considering how the pink hat movement has taken over everything from NFL to MLB, having a pink option for the ladies might generate some real ca$h for the site.

True, but it wouldn't match anything in my wardrobe.

richardbradford

Jul-12-2011, 1:18pm

..ordered one of the few remaining ball caps Saturday evening, came home to it Monday after work. Wow, a high quality hat along with two stickers, thanks for the quick delivery Scott. If you're on the fence - go ahead and buy one - you'll be glad you did.
(disclosure: I have no financial interest in the sale of the baseball caps or any other Mandolincafe merchandise).

Rich

Scott Tichenor

Jul-12-2011, 1:37pm

Pink.

Pink... pigs will fly first :)

My bet if there's a new one it'll be in black.

Jill McAuley

Jul-12-2011, 1:45pm

Safety orange!

Cheers,
Jill

strings777

Jul-12-2011, 1:48pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTBbiKyXJmQ

:whistling:

Ed Goist

Jul-12-2011, 1:50pm

Speaking of black...I'm still hoping to see the MC Bowler Hat (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=56492&d=1269002471).

strings777

Jul-12-2011, 1:54pm

Speaking of black...I'm still hoping to see the MC Bowler Hat (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=56492&d=1269002471).
Cool looking hat Ed....something John Steed would wear for sure! :grin:

Marty Henrickson

Jul-12-2011, 1:56pm

Black would be sharp, but a bit hot for the South in the summertime (it's a cool day today here, only 93F and about 75% humidity; heat advisory in effect until 7:00 pm). A nice burnt orange would be cool.

And Ed, I'm in for the bowler hat!

Ed Goist

Jul-12-2011, 2:33pm

I should mention that the MC Bowler Hat design is courtesy of Cafe regular JeffD and his photoshop skills. :)

B. T. Walker

Jul-12-2011, 5:05pm

So, we'll have black and faded black (AKA gray), olive and faded olive (AKA "khaki"), and red. Just sayin'... :)

Go BLUE!

Plectrosaurus

Jul-18-2011, 10:13pm

journeybear

Jul-19-2011, 12:35am

Also suitable for formal occasions and evening wear. Not to forget a Sunday morning gospel set at a bluegrass festival. Or are those supposed to be done bareheaded? :confused:

My bet if there's a new one it'll be in black.

I think that's what is called a safe bet. ;)

I would like to see a blue one too, though I'm more for a sky blue color. Makes for a good match with blue jeans, which is about as close as most guys go to coordinating an ensemble. :)

GRW3

Jul-19-2011, 12:38am

Sunburst Cremona

journeybear

Jul-19-2011, 12:53am

Sunburst! Of course! Brilliant! :mandosmiley: :mandosmiley: :mandosmiley:

DerTiefster

Jul-19-2011, 7:57am

A cafe "bowler" in sunburst: light enough on the top so it wouldn't bake any remaining follicles for the Southern among us (even in the summer), dark enough at the brim to tone down the glare so bothersome to those who spend their time plucking strings instead of getting out in the sun and making their own vitamin D. Now that's what I call an idea! it might even work for one of those softer caps with a brim only on one side.

journeybear

Jul-19-2011, 8:36am

Or maybe, as a nod to classic Gibson finishes, Sheraton brown and pumpkin. :mandosmiley: Again, think of how such coloration would help fashion-challenged pickers accessorize an ensemble in a coordinated manner. :cool:

B. T. Walker

Jul-20-2011, 12:44am

I'm no cafe fashionista, but I do like to look good. If people actually do use cafe hats to accessorize their wardrobes, there's a whole spectrum out there. Keep it simple. Roy G. Biv plus black and white, and the bases are covered. Keep the current stock, but rotate in one or two fresh colors at a time. Think seasonally or align the color to an issue.

As you suggest, pumpkin or Sheraton brown would be especially good looking. Fall is right around the corner; perfect for Halloween and Thanksgiving.

I have no idea how many hats Scott has to order in a batch, but I bet twenty five pink hats would sell in a snap.

I used to have "vintage" Dr.Pepper hat that was orange and had the 10-2-4 clock dial. Chewed to shreds by a puppy. It was a great hat to have as a parent because, if we went to Sea World or a similar large park, it was easy for the kids to spot. I could use another orange hat.

Mo Soar

Jul-25-2011, 6:23pm

Royal blue, pink, purple, brown, slate gray, deep green.

C'mon, pink and deep purple! You'll sell more than you think!

Mo Soar

Jul-25-2011, 6:52pm

Missing one - denim. The fabric, not just the color.

Mike Snyder

Jul-25-2011, 6:59pm

I'd be in for a pink, should that come to pass.

Richard Singleton

Aug-10-2011, 5:31am

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I'm with Big Joe. My fishing success has improved since I've had my Mandolin Cafe ball cap, if not my playing skills!

Phil Vinyard

Aug-10-2011, 6:52am

Hey, my hat took me to new heights last week. And helped ward off altitude sickness.

75260

journeybear

Aug-10-2011, 9:53am

You must have won a prize of some sort - call in to claim it. ;)

In fact, it would be fun to know some of these geographic records. I'm sure Uncle Pen Gwin has the southernmost MCBC, if he brought his to Antarctica. If someone wears one to Death Valley that would work for lowest (on land). I can claim southernmost within the contiguous USA, which is only a subcategory. We went through a northernmost member search a year or so ago, with people from Norway contending. If one of them has a cap, that would work. Someone wearing one in a bathysphere in the Marianas Trench or on a space shuttle will set a record that will be hard to beat. :)

JeffD

Aug-10-2011, 3:15pm

I should mention that the MC Bowler Hat design is courtesy of Cafe regular JeffD and his photoshop skills. :)

Here t'is.

I think it would be cool as all heck. Especially if it were a quality felt bowler. Only in black or dark brown, and at the very least no green.

JeffD

Aug-10-2011, 3:18pm

My fishing success has improved since I've had my Mandolin Cafe ball cap,

Oh man. I am a sucker for anything that has the hope of fishing success.

journeybear

Aug-10-2011, 5:12pm

Oh really? Maybe someone should design (or imaginate) a mandolin-shaped fly or lure ... ;)

Dan Margolis

Aug-10-2011, 5:20pm

Or a MC hat with a propeller attached...

Paul Busman

Aug-10-2011, 5:59pm

I finally broke down and ordered one of the remaining red ones..

lighthouse

Aug-10-2011, 6:08pm

Funny, so did I! Hope there are enough left...

Graham

Paul Busman

Aug-10-2011, 7:41pm

Must be a NY thing ;-)

lighthouse

Aug-13-2011, 11:37am

Got mine! Verry Red...

Dan Margolis

Aug-13-2011, 5:15pm

After buying caps in three colors I started playing better. Even better--I'm not making this up--than when I got my Dudenbostel string winder.

Paul Busman

Aug-13-2011, 9:47pm

Got my red hat (yes, VERY red) and I already feel like I can play better, which is odd since I haven't touched my mandolin since I got the hat.

B. T. Walker

Aug-14-2011, 6:48am

The playing better comes with the playing more that comes with hat ownership. :grin:

The hat actually works as an identifier of mandolin devotees. On vacation last week, I had an employee of Amtrak ask if I played mandolin because I was wearing a gray cafe hat. A beginner, he asked me for advice, and I pointed him to this site for all the good stuff on mandolins. He said his wife would not thank me for giving him yet another way to ignore her on his time off.

To quote Lou Costello, "I've been a baaaaad boy!" :))

BLUE! BLUE! BLUE!