Topic: Self-contained stealth set-up

[The Kilted Taper]

This is what I use as a hat, and I think the straps help hide the cords pretty darn well:

http://www.taperssection.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=25442.msg319432#msg319432

(hat pics are after the bag pics). Just wear a hoddie to help, and you're good to go. Hasn't failed me yet.  (knock on wood).

[urobouros]

and yeah, if you're running the little tiny stealth mics, why not just wear a baseball hat backwards, it'll cover the wires running down your neck.

Good call bro!  That sounds like the winner.

[spyder9]

True, but I shave my head sometimes and was hoping to get around running cables down a bare neck yet still get the hat mount advantage.  We'll see how this weekend works.

Yeah, me, too - I shave my head (well, no longer with a razor, just elec clippers without the guard) every week.  I find a simple hat, like a Kangol, plus some kind of jacket / shirt with a collar (I usually wear a black fleece) works well.  In the dark, not many people are going to notice the cables running out the back.

I used the Kangol hat design that was posted on this site.  I absolutely love it for my AT853RXs.  I stitched in 4 elastic hangers, so I can run my mics DIN on top of my head.  The cables layer perfectly when leaving the back of the hat.  I wear an oversize black pullover with the collars up, and during winter time, I wear a short jacket with the collars up as well.  The mic cables run to a hunter's waist bag that I bought at a local sporting goods store.  The hunter's waist is nice and roomy and the JB3 and the AD-20 fits easily.  I clip the PS-2 to the side of the bag.

[spyder9]

BTW, I walked all around the arena for each Bob Dylan show, including close to the SBD, and not a whisper.  My friends weren't sure if I was setup, until I told them.  And that was with the lights on, standing 2 feet away from me.

[nickgregory]

you have to be careful though...it is not exactly a secret to some bands that the kangol is the stealthers hat of choice

[spyder9]

True.  And I'll go one step furthur.  I;m sure some bands' security (taper haters) probably come here to see what we're up to.  This site is not exactly Fort Knox.

Thanks to Samuel L Jackson, the kangol's popularity has gotten to a point where an average show would have the look of 200 tapers sitting in the audience

[Sean Gallemore]

I stick out like a sore thumb when I'm the only backwards baseball cap weariing mofo at a metal show. Eh, whata you gonna do

[MattD]

Right. A pair of Kangols at A Perfect Circle didn't attract any attention either. I have the recording to prove it.

[spyder9]

I actually sewed a small "Steal Your Face" patch over the kangaroo.  Most of the shows I tape have a lot of Deadheads (including me).