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Wow, that is a hell of a lot of product you have there! What is that, like 200 straps? Sorry to hear it did not live up to your expectations, but at least you did not walk away empty handed ;~)) Best wishes for the Calgary show!!
Tales from.. ..The StrapLab!
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I wonder if I took TOO much product. I joked with my daughter if felt like:
Brads Discount Strap Warehouse GOING OUT FOR BUSINESS SALE!
I crafted an Allman ring strap special for Edmonton, "Whippin' Post." It got some show attention, but no takers. However, a repeat Well-Hung clansman saw it on F-book and snapped it up, it's headed via Purolater to Estevan, Saskatchewan.
Since I'm doing Calgary's show this Sunday, I figured I'd best have one of these in stock to show there too, so over part of yesterday and today I whipped up another. This one with a slightly smaller bronze ring at 4" across on the outside, instead of 4" across on the inside.
I actually like this down-sized ring version a bit better. The larger, more "regulation"-sized ring tends to bump into a fella's frettin' arm a bit, that gets old real fast.
Even had a guy on Facebook ask me how hard was it to take the padding out of one of these? I mean if you want to remove all the stitching and lining etc sure.... but why? If you're going to own a holy grail type strap, own the one that allows luxury comfort to play for hours, with real adjustment, and that will last far longer, ...not the rustic one with plain-jane vintage 70's specs.
Already showed the custom-order "Ace of Spades #11" -Fella goes by "Rusty" picked it up in-person in Edmonton, what a joy to finally meet him after two custom jobs now! And after talking to him for a bit at the show, he's obviously one of those custom strap "cork sniffer" connoisseur types. After pinning Ace #11 on his Frehley paul, he sent me a whole bunch of pics and nice words.
Says Rusty in Edmonton: "I can't help it. I must walk past my guitar corner and stare at that strap at least ten times a day, if not more. World class, heirloom material to me. You're an artisan and a craftsman. Many like me who have bought your work know, understand and treasure your straps."
One longtime customer said it to me at the Edmonton show, to the effect of the difference of ducking under a guitar that's Well-Hung - He says, once the strap sits down, even before the amp warms up, a feeling washes over him that he is indeed ready to seriously rock! He claims none of his other straps do anything quite like that. Kind of cool. I think I kind of understand that too.
Brads Discount Strap Warehouse GOING OUT FOR BUSINESS SALE!
I crafted an Allman ring strap special for Edmonton, "Whippin' Post." It got some show attention, but no takers. However, a repeat Well-Hung clansman saw it on F-book and snapped it up, it's headed via Purolater to Estevan, Saskatchewan.
Since I'm doing Calgary's show this Sunday, I figured I'd best have one of these in stock to show there too, so over part of yesterday and today I whipped up another. This one with a slightly smaller bronze ring at 4" across on the outside, instead of 4" across on the inside.
I actually like this down-sized ring version a bit better. The larger, more "regulation"-sized ring tends to bump into a fella's frettin' arm a bit, that gets old real fast.
Even had a guy on Facebook ask me how hard was it to take the padding out of one of these? I mean if you want to remove all the stitching and lining etc sure.... but why? If you're going to own a holy grail type strap, own the one that allows luxury comfort to play for hours, with real adjustment, and that will last far longer, ...not the rustic one with plain-jane vintage 70's specs.
Already showed the custom-order "Ace of Spades #11" -Fella goes by "Rusty" picked it up in-person in Edmonton, what a joy to finally meet him after two custom jobs now! And after talking to him for a bit at the show, he's obviously one of those custom strap "cork sniffer" connoisseur types. After pinning Ace #11 on his Frehley paul, he sent me a whole bunch of pics and nice words.
Says Rusty in Edmonton: "I can't help it. I must walk past my guitar corner and stare at that strap at least ten times a day, if not more. World class, heirloom material to me. You're an artisan and a craftsman. Many like me who have bought your work know, understand and treasure your straps."
One longtime customer said it to me at the Edmonton show, to the effect of the difference of ducking under a guitar that's Well-Hung - He says, once the strap sits down, even before the amp warms up, a feeling washes over him that he is indeed ready to seriously rock! He claims none of his other straps do anything quite like that. Kind of cool. I think I kind of understand that too.
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Phew! what weekend! So, just off two guitar show weekends in Edmonton and Calgary, both Sundays. A lot of miles on the ol' F-150, and my voice is finally back, it was almost completely raw yesterday. Working in the shop alone here, I don't get much vox exercise!
Today I unpacked four large suitcases of unsold stock, put away the guitars I'd packed for show 'n tell, counted the cash, made a deposit. Then, went through my inventory here to make sure I take what sold out of my Reverb store. Gotta avoid selling something one-of-a-kind twice!
My li'l brother JD helped me out at the Calgary show, as he lives there. He's been a professional musician based out of that city since the 90's, knew a number of people at the show too. He'd also worked at AXE Music and HEL music stores for quite a time, in the 90's before gettin' in with a fancy government job maybe 20 years ago. Anyway... below, two mild 'n crazy guys! The matching leopard print shirts were quite the hit - I thought it was going to take some convincing to get him in his, but he didn't complain one bit. That's a good bro, alright!
Overall I hit just short of 75% of my goal for the two shows - Calgary seemed to be a bit more "rockin'" that Edmonton, a couple of other vendors I spoke with who were at both shows agreed. I felt the venue was slightly superior too... more spacious and inviting, better lighting and many more guitars on display too. Made for folks to feel a bit more comfortable and welcome to stay longer, maybe do an extra round or two to catch everything on display. The load-in/out was a bit weird. A small, dimly-lit freight elevator, a one-bay loading dock and every vendor for himself LOL! Again sorry for no pics of the guitars but there was some pretty cool stuff I saw on a bathroom break. As a vendor at these things, and a 30 feet of frontage to take care of for the two of us, just doesn't allow much wanderin' around time. You gotta be there for the lookers.
Appreciated meeting some regular Calgary customers, and members of a couple of social media groups I can now put faces too, and I added probably ten or twenty new members to the Well-Hung Tribe, and some pretty cool and fun younger players too, that was a real highlight!
Everything I've been doing for the past 6 weeks had been leading to Sunday. I'm going to take this week to get my head right, get some pressing yard-work done I've been pushing off, as it could snow any day up here now, and begin on a couple of customs I've pushed off. Regroup, reconfigure, reassess where I'm going from here.
Today I unpacked four large suitcases of unsold stock, put away the guitars I'd packed for show 'n tell, counted the cash, made a deposit. Then, went through my inventory here to make sure I take what sold out of my Reverb store. Gotta avoid selling something one-of-a-kind twice!
My li'l brother JD helped me out at the Calgary show, as he lives there. He's been a professional musician based out of that city since the 90's, knew a number of people at the show too. He'd also worked at AXE Music and HEL music stores for quite a time, in the 90's before gettin' in with a fancy government job maybe 20 years ago. Anyway... below, two mild 'n crazy guys! The matching leopard print shirts were quite the hit - I thought it was going to take some convincing to get him in his, but he didn't complain one bit. That's a good bro, alright!
Overall I hit just short of 75% of my goal for the two shows - Calgary seemed to be a bit more "rockin'" that Edmonton, a couple of other vendors I spoke with who were at both shows agreed. I felt the venue was slightly superior too... more spacious and inviting, better lighting and many more guitars on display too. Made for folks to feel a bit more comfortable and welcome to stay longer, maybe do an extra round or two to catch everything on display. The load-in/out was a bit weird. A small, dimly-lit freight elevator, a one-bay loading dock and every vendor for himself LOL! Again sorry for no pics of the guitars but there was some pretty cool stuff I saw on a bathroom break. As a vendor at these things, and a 30 feet of frontage to take care of for the two of us, just doesn't allow much wanderin' around time. You gotta be there for the lookers.
Appreciated meeting some regular Calgary customers, and members of a couple of social media groups I can now put faces too, and I added probably ten or twenty new members to the Well-Hung Tribe, and some pretty cool and fun younger players too, that was a real highlight!
Everything I've been doing for the past 6 weeks had been leading to Sunday. I'm going to take this week to get my head right, get some pressing yard-work done I've been pushing off, as it could snow any day up here now, and begin on a couple of customs I've pushed off. Regroup, reconfigure, reassess where I'm going from here.
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