Tales from.. ..The StrapLab!

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Happy Halloween!

Tonight I bring you a special new Wild Things issue called "Black Croc" now in the Well-Hung store.
I made two of 'em.

Rumour is, if you paint a large red dollar sign on your floor, light some candles, and scream the name of this strap out three times,
an apparition of one Lawrence Fink may suddenly appear and award you a GAZILLION dollar$$$$!!!!!!!!

There's a bit more to the contract, but that remains to be detailed on the reverb listing.

Beautiful, timelessly elegant strap, with the badassery only crocodile-embossed cowhide can provide,
but also with the pure padded creature comfort Well-Hung is known for. 3" wide, 45-59" length.

Here's hoping you are all enjoying a fun evening that includes more treatery, less trickery!

 

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Two frequent flyer Well-Hung Warriors ordered the same custom guitar strap build at the very same time for two,
pretty much equally desirable guitars (my opinion). Now you get to try out your "strap sense" and help me figure out...

Please note your preference, and why not add a couple words why? But really, both dudes are stellar W-H tribesmen, this is just for fun.
Really, I'd be totally happy getting fewer votes but owning either of these beauties!

 

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It looks WAY better on the Explorer IMO! My prob with it on the PRS is the color mismatch. The color on the strap would need to be a lot more copper looking for it to work. The stirpes are a really good match with the stripes on the PRS, but the color dif makes me wanna barf ;~(^)

 

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Up in the store is one of my best of 2024, top five for sure. "Ghost Lord" is a No Prisoners Series strap, with big clunky conchos, black with metal wearing through. They are on a fake leather belt, along with some rivets and other bling, all that sits on a highly distressed black crackle on light gray.

It's 3" wide on the shoulder, strong ends, rolled edges, padded and lined for luxury play..This would totally destroy on a white paul with black and nickel.

Jesse in Nashville's a busy guy. I mean, showcases, pool parties, regular stage and studio work, all that...
If ever a fella was walking the Well-hung swagger with authori-tay! he's one of 'em.
He bought this "Cowpuncher" strap maybe eight years ago, and it's still going strong.

So nice of him to take a few minutes last week to make some public notes after picking up an Axe Warrior, military guitar sling.

This was one of my design "inventions" of last year, I thought it was a game changer and figured I'd sell dozens... LOL! Didn't take.

If you're looking for something totally different, one that over-delivers on my comfort promise, plus groundbreaking bonus features, this is one I'd suggest. I just hope it doesn't take dude another ten years to buy his next one!

 

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Today's as good a day as any to fly up a new Ol' Glory in the store in the traditional painted denim.

This is painted denim, in my Class Act form factor, with a handy and secure Conway buckle. 3" wide, super comfy.
Gonna look so good in a few years... like you were born wearing it.

I also have a "Dark Patriot" version in the store too.

Made by my own two hands with respect for a bitchin' neighbor!

 

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I've had head-butting situations with plenty folks who maintain a 2" wide poly guitar strap is the ideal best kind of guitar strap available. Not sure why those folks think so, as I personally find them invariably pressure-point poundin' and slippy-aroundy - Many of them are made SO cheap, I don't know if i'd trust my junkiest guitar on most of them anymore. But the cheap-factor is also often mentioned on why they love them...

All that said, on a whim yesterday, I made a cool one one of you poly-amorous fellows totally deserves!
As a bonus, I believe it might also be the worst guitar strap to ever leave my bench. I'll do anything for a buck LOL!

It's genuine seat belt from a '78 Impala, in a nice semi-glossy pewter, and will totally pound your shoulder pressure points into submission, (as is the industry standard for such things). But it also includes the seat belt lock assembly too, with heavy leather ends sewed, glued AND riveted with flatted rivets on the backside. It's also so very slippy, it will cause your neck diving guitar to be just as out-of-control as that Impala was before it ended up at the auto wreckers. Some guys dig that.

It also clicks home with a very satisfying "CLICK!" and you can put that assembly on the front, or back end of your guitar.
There are three cool things about this strap:
1. It's VERY easy and fast to adjust, between low 30" all the way to 56".
2. I made a nice little loop to handle the excess strappage if you want to keep it shorter than 50" or so. My own innovation on this thing.
3. I would not offer it for sale if I did not believe it is totally safe, secure and possibly ideal for your
auto-themed guitar that you never play for more than an hour at a time.

Also another innovative thing off my bench today, a couple of surfboards LOL!

Joe is a bass-player and picked up a couple of my 3" straps about eight months ago. He liked them so much, but he figures he needs even more comfort and asked me to make a couple of 4" wide straps, in fabric. Never done it before, so I was game to try. I hope they work for him, they feel pretty awesome to wear, but man, they just look a bit comical to me. Black on black dragon silk, and black paisley. I have another guy in the wings who's craving a 5" wide strap, I just don't know. Where does it end?

Finally, new in the store... "Crockle" is really cool beast, 3" wide as is my typical format.

Appears to me some wife thought she was doing her husband a favour by thrifting-out his well-worn highly patina'd old crocodile belt.
OH THE HORROR! Too bad dude, I added some bright nickle dome studs and it now makes a totally excellent leather-on-herringbone-tweed No Prisoner series strap.