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Tales from.. ..The StrapLab!
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Today I took a trip back to 1975 Hugh Hefner's playroom. We got the Sum Yung Long Hung Guy, special Imperial Edition!
Yep, that's sexy Black Kimono silk with metallic embroidered dragons. A couple of them even have bird of paradise feathers, plus there's flaming lanterns, all that stuff. Gold, orange, green, blues, red, even quite a lot of dusty rose in the patterns - Ideal for like a burgundy mist whatever. Fun!
Got a little experimental with the design of these, trying out a new thing... these are NOT a floppy noodle straps. They have some real body to them but remain very lightweight. More details in the Well-Hung Reverb store.
Yep, that's sexy Black Kimono silk with metallic embroidered dragons. A couple of them even have bird of paradise feathers, plus there's flaming lanterns, all that stuff. Gold, orange, green, blues, red, even quite a lot of dusty rose in the patterns - Ideal for like a burgundy mist whatever. Fun!
Got a little experimental with the design of these, trying out a new thing... these are NOT a floppy noodle straps. They have some real body to them but remain very lightweight. More details in the Well-Hung Reverb store.
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Here's a photo of Saskatoon Singer/Songwriter Kateryna Grace performing last weekend, captured and sent my way by one of your fellow road worn Well-Hung warriors who's coaching her a bit. He'd likely admit at her young age she's already got more star power than he does, but, I know for a FACT, her against him, he'd totally crush her in a pick-slide-wheedly-weedly-whammy-bar duel, NO CONTEST!
She's wearing a custom strap I made just for her, at his request. It's about
2-3/4 wide (3" can look a bit much on a lady's frame), woven tapestry on tan
kid, the sunny flowers have special meaning to her, and I saw in her youtube
performances she favoured the colour red a lot. Glad to see her wearing it!
New in the shop but not new off my bench is another Soul Collector I discovered going through my inventory
and found that I hadn't listed it yet! This was build back in September I think.
I designed this for like a silverburst, it's got the skull embossed silver leather and big black cabochon conchos.
Goes 40-55" max, so a bit shorter than I normally make. Medium/light padded. Likely look sharp on any
black, silver or white axe really, as long as it has nickel hardware.
Today a reissue of "Brimstone" I've been working on which is just the butteriest Italian leather you can imagine.
This series is EXTRA padded for those who crave the decadent luxury brand lifestyle others don't deserve.
Velvety black non-slip lining. Made four!
Both these from my own two hands, up here in my secluded fortress of solitude in the frozen northlands. Nate knows. He was the first to receive a W-H package since I recently re-opened to US business. He did not mention any extra delivery/price surprises, so that's fab news!
It's funny how so many strap companies designate "Bass" straps in separate sections for people to shop, but when you look closer, often they're the very same straps as in the guitar section. LOL!
Probably a bass player thing.
And who else knew that there is actually a guitar factory on the planet Neptune? I sure didn't!
She's wearing a custom strap I made just for her, at his request. It's about
2-3/4 wide (3" can look a bit much on a lady's frame), woven tapestry on tan
kid, the sunny flowers have special meaning to her, and I saw in her youtube
performances she favoured the colour red a lot. Glad to see her wearing it!
New in the shop but not new off my bench is another Soul Collector I discovered going through my inventory
and found that I hadn't listed it yet! This was build back in September I think.
I designed this for like a silverburst, it's got the skull embossed silver leather and big black cabochon conchos.
Goes 40-55" max, so a bit shorter than I normally make. Medium/light padded. Likely look sharp on any
black, silver or white axe really, as long as it has nickel hardware.
Today a reissue of "Brimstone" I've been working on which is just the butteriest Italian leather you can imagine.
This series is EXTRA padded for those who crave the decadent luxury brand lifestyle others don't deserve.
Velvety black non-slip lining. Made four!
Both these from my own two hands, up here in my secluded fortress of solitude in the frozen northlands. Nate knows. He was the first to receive a W-H package since I recently re-opened to US business. He did not mention any extra delivery/price surprises, so that's fab news!
It's funny how so many strap companies designate "Bass" straps in separate sections for people to shop, but when you look closer, often they're the very same straps as in the guitar section. LOL!
Probably a bass player thing.
And who else knew that there is actually a guitar factory on the planet Neptune? I sure didn't!
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The Eagle has landed!!!
That's one small step for Brad, one giant leap for the poorly hung American guitarists.
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@choco... great to know .... were there any additional charges levied to recieve? Inquiring minds!!!!!
Today a bit of time packing up a custom order for returning warrior Texas Tom who picked up THREE, and some rough-out design work for a forum brother, which does have a bit of a PRS-ey vibe, but he did suggest swallows as something he liked... It's for a tobacco strat, so these colours aren't right at all but there only so much software can do. I know swallows are quite popular as tattoo flash too
Also got a start on a new set of 1969 "Time of The Season" straps... one of my more popular mainstays, with the groovy silk paisley in all kinds of hot 'n fun metallic colours. This set of four will have to wait for a few days to be finished... I'm going to enjoy the holiday weekend!
Happy Easter everyone, may it prove as fertile as you want, (or don't want) it to be!
Today a bit of time packing up a custom order for returning warrior Texas Tom who picked up THREE, and some rough-out design work for a forum brother, which does have a bit of a PRS-ey vibe, but he did suggest swallows as something he liked... It's for a tobacco strat, so these colours aren't right at all but there only so much software can do. I know swallows are quite popular as tattoo flash too
Also got a start on a new set of 1969 "Time of The Season" straps... one of my more popular mainstays, with the groovy silk paisley in all kinds of hot 'n fun metallic colours. This set of four will have to wait for a few days to be finished... I'm going to enjoy the holiday weekend!
Happy Easter everyone, may it prove as fertile as you want, (or don't want) it to be!
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See, I got the notion to do a hype video on the weekend, and sheesh... those things just end up being such a major time suck, but still kinda fun... Anyway, just got it uploaded. MANY slings jammed in there, some of my coolest work, (IMO) and a great little retrospective of a series started over ten years ago. My No Prisoners series... thanks to anyone here who may have sent in a pic over the years! I know there are several in there from members of this forum. I do try to save the real good ones!
And, I should warn anyone whom AI music may send into fits of brain convulsions - this video may not be for you! Yeah, I play a little, but I'm a mere basement "dad rock" kind of guy, this backer kicks it a fair bit better anything I can muster. The cheeseball lyrics? I don't know if I should own up or not LOL!
Just in time to make the video was No Prisoners "Berserker" - made of a tan python print leather with a grommeted and riveted webbed belt up and down. It'll be fresh in the W-H Reverb store sometime tomorrow.
Another new NO Prisoners likely to be listed soon is a real BANGER called FAFO -Couldn't think of a better name... and, I HOPE I list it tomorrow. Might decide to keep this one for myself!
It goes 46"-all the way to about 68" and is an open weave at 2-3/4 wide in black leather. But the front has the amazing brass buckle. Adjusts for length both up front and in back. No padding. Just all this nasty black leather! I admit I do have a thing for leather weave straps.
And finally, also sitting in the store right now is a re-issue of the "Time of the Season," built four! This was the very first 1969 series strap, with far-out metallic embroidered paisleys on silk, all sitting on 3" wide black leather. These are medium-padded, but it's likely you'll find even my medium-padded level of loft even more than regular "comfort padded" straps on offer elsewhere.
Happy Thursday all, hope the week is treating you nice and your home insurance didn't go up as much as mine! HOLY MOLEY! I've been on hold for hours today trying to get in touch with my broker, I'll sit there for twenty minutes then sudden disconnects. Good thing they have this really calming yoga music playing in the background, they know what they're doing.
And, I should warn anyone whom AI music may send into fits of brain convulsions - this video may not be for you! Yeah, I play a little, but I'm a mere basement "dad rock" kind of guy, this backer kicks it a fair bit better anything I can muster. The cheeseball lyrics? I don't know if I should own up or not LOL!
Just in time to make the video was No Prisoners "Berserker" - made of a tan python print leather with a grommeted and riveted webbed belt up and down. It'll be fresh in the W-H Reverb store sometime tomorrow.
Another new NO Prisoners likely to be listed soon is a real BANGER called FAFO -Couldn't think of a better name... and, I HOPE I list it tomorrow. Might decide to keep this one for myself!
It goes 46"-all the way to about 68" and is an open weave at 2-3/4 wide in black leather. But the front has the amazing brass buckle. Adjusts for length both up front and in back. No padding. Just all this nasty black leather! I admit I do have a thing for leather weave straps.
And finally, also sitting in the store right now is a re-issue of the "Time of the Season," built four! This was the very first 1969 series strap, with far-out metallic embroidered paisleys on silk, all sitting on 3" wide black leather. These are medium-padded, but it's likely you'll find even my medium-padded level of loft even more than regular "comfort padded" straps on offer elsewhere.
Happy Thursday all, hope the week is treating you nice and your home insurance didn't go up as much as mine! HOLY MOLEY! I've been on hold for hours today trying to get in touch with my broker, I'll sit there for twenty minutes then sudden disconnects. Good thing they have this really calming yoga music playing in the background, they know what they're doing.
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new in the shop today is No Prisoners: "FAFO" - somewhere between 48" - 67" of full-on BADASS!
And look at that GORGEOUS brassy "tooled" buckle. Oh my! People are gonna ask you where you found this sling, likely covet it. YOU get to tell 'em "Tough luck, bud! It's the only one like it in the entire world!"
"FAFO" is a simple leather weave strap, I think 13 strands but hard to count. Plenty strong 2-3/4" wide. It's a very open weave, that is, there's lots of space between each strand. Hold this up to your eyes and look right through it. That means it'll breathe like no other strap in existence. Naturally aerated! And, because of that I chose to NOT pad it. It feels a just tad rough on the inside though, not soft and luxurious like most of my stuff. You won't want this on your bare skin, or the thinnest of T-shirts. But, that roughness also adds a good amount of grip to it, will ably brake any neck diver guitar you have, I think.
I added black croc embossed leather nose and tail, reinforced too. You have about ten inches of adjustment travel up front, ten inches in the back.
As a strapmaker, I have PLENTY of straps here for my own use. Roughly two for every guitar I own. But sometimes still, I'll make something once-in-awhile that the power of strap compels me to add to my collection. Yeah, like this beast. Somebody please buy it, while I'm still ready to let it run off into the wild! Thankfully, no black and gold guitars here, but this is one of those straps a dude buys BEFORE they buy the companion guitar. Seen it happen many times.
Have a great weekend my brothers, party like you were Artemis crew!
And look at that GORGEOUS brassy "tooled" buckle. Oh my! People are gonna ask you where you found this sling, likely covet it. YOU get to tell 'em "Tough luck, bud! It's the only one like it in the entire world!"
"FAFO" is a simple leather weave strap, I think 13 strands but hard to count. Plenty strong 2-3/4" wide. It's a very open weave, that is, there's lots of space between each strand. Hold this up to your eyes and look right through it. That means it'll breathe like no other strap in existence. Naturally aerated! And, because of that I chose to NOT pad it. It feels a just tad rough on the inside though, not soft and luxurious like most of my stuff. You won't want this on your bare skin, or the thinnest of T-shirts. But, that roughness also adds a good amount of grip to it, will ably brake any neck diver guitar you have, I think.
I added black croc embossed leather nose and tail, reinforced too. You have about ten inches of adjustment travel up front, ten inches in the back.
As a strapmaker, I have PLENTY of straps here for my own use. Roughly two for every guitar I own. But sometimes still, I'll make something once-in-awhile that the power of strap compels me to add to my collection. Yeah, like this beast. Somebody please buy it, while I'm still ready to let it run off into the wild! Thankfully, no black and gold guitars here, but this is one of those straps a dude buys BEFORE they buy the companion guitar. Seen it happen many times.
Have a great weekend my brothers, party like you were Artemis crew!
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A rare ladies-specific strap - Actually, I was talking with a regular W-Hungarian about a custom for his bandmate, a singer/guitarist and I jumped the gun, started the project early. While I was zigging, he zagged, deciding to go with something different for her, so there I was left with this shortened leather base... I added some left-over circling raven ribbon with contrasting stitching, leather nose and tail section... bingo: "That's SO Raven!"
2-3/4" wide (3" seems a bit much on a lady's frame to me), nicely padded, 36-48.
Then there's "Chocolate Bar," done up in my Class Act form factor with the back buckle...
My father passed a few months ago, my brother has been going through his closet and handed me a bunch of his leather belts the other day. This belt perfectly matched some fun garment leather I had stashed in my leather library, so I decided to combine the two for a new luxury-padded strap.
Class Act has a few advantages. Easy to adjust, you don't have to remove your guitar. Also, it leaves the back of the strap very smooth, no "knot" where a regular tail strap loops through itself. I know that irritates some people. Plus, it looks dang classy, I gotta say! I make a "pass-thru" so the bucke is nicely protected from any contact with your instrument. A generous 3 inches wide, sits between 43-60 - oh right that's the other advantage... VERY wide range of adjustment!
I call it "Chocolate Bar" for two reasons: the colour, and the unusual texture built into this leather, which was why I stashed it away in the first place. Has these segmented ridges where this rather buttery soft leather was pinched, then stitched. This leather was once part of a large men's overcoat which I deconstructed many years ago, I had kept this piece aside for a rainy day.
2-3/4" wide (3" seems a bit much on a lady's frame to me), nicely padded, 36-48.
Then there's "Chocolate Bar," done up in my Class Act form factor with the back buckle...
My father passed a few months ago, my brother has been going through his closet and handed me a bunch of his leather belts the other day. This belt perfectly matched some fun garment leather I had stashed in my leather library, so I decided to combine the two for a new luxury-padded strap.
Class Act has a few advantages. Easy to adjust, you don't have to remove your guitar. Also, it leaves the back of the strap very smooth, no "knot" where a regular tail strap loops through itself. I know that irritates some people. Plus, it looks dang classy, I gotta say! I make a "pass-thru" so the bucke is nicely protected from any contact with your instrument. A generous 3 inches wide, sits between 43-60 - oh right that's the other advantage... VERY wide range of adjustment!
I call it "Chocolate Bar" for two reasons: the colour, and the unusual texture built into this leather, which was why I stashed it away in the first place. Has these segmented ridges where this rather buttery soft leather was pinched, then stitched. This leather was once part of a large men's overcoat which I deconstructed many years ago, I had kept this piece aside for a rainy day.
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Major mash-up going on between two of my series here...
This is along the lines of my "Soul Collector" line with the black cabochon hardware. But, with the fine pre-owned leather belt stitched on featuring a menacing croc emboss, it could technically also fit in my No Prisoners series too. No matter how you stab it, "Tolling Bell" packs the sort of vibe that'll scare away small children while attracting mysterious types of ladies that wear too much lipstick and keep you on your toes.
You low hangers who complain nobody makes a long strap? This one goes fully 63" - pretty dang long! The minimum here is 46" - Lotta factory straps end at about 50" hole to hole but if you need longer, they offer to sell you an "extension" tail strap which can look a bit strange on the back end.
Beautiful leather, tons of texture, 3" wide, padded better than a pricey casket! "Tolling Bell" is loaded with dark visual interest; add your own bad attitude, pretty sure it'll add plenty extra growl to your rig.
This is along the lines of my "Soul Collector" line with the black cabochon hardware. But, with the fine pre-owned leather belt stitched on featuring a menacing croc emboss, it could technically also fit in my No Prisoners series too. No matter how you stab it, "Tolling Bell" packs the sort of vibe that'll scare away small children while attracting mysterious types of ladies that wear too much lipstick and keep you on your toes.
You low hangers who complain nobody makes a long strap? This one goes fully 63" - pretty dang long! The minimum here is 46" - Lotta factory straps end at about 50" hole to hole but if you need longer, they offer to sell you an "extension" tail strap which can look a bit strange on the back end.
Beautiful leather, tons of texture, 3" wide, padded better than a pricey casket! "Tolling Bell" is loaded with dark visual interest; add your own bad attitude, pretty sure it'll add plenty extra growl to your rig.
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One of those back-office spreadsheets and numbers kind of days here in the shop, but I did start on an important re-issue set of four, another blast from the past, I hope to finish and show tomorrow.
But... I did get some nice words in from Tom and Carlos...
Texan Tom has been waiting in the wings for me to open up to US business, and he picked up one embroidered Dragon silk strap with the regular grippy backing, had me build him a custom matching versioni with a slippy interior - then, he added a sexy "Lunch with Lucifer" besides. Quite a haul!
Just today I got a nice message and a bunch of photos on instagram from Carlos in Ontario who picked up a No Prisoners "Hardware" strap last week...
That picture without throwing horns, just for a better view of that Fuscia LP... YOWSA!
I think I got all my numbers done for the first quarter, filing for the taxman soon.
But... I did get some nice words in from Tom and Carlos...
Texan Tom has been waiting in the wings for me to open up to US business, and he picked up one embroidered Dragon silk strap with the regular grippy backing, had me build him a custom matching versioni with a slippy interior - then, he added a sexy "Lunch with Lucifer" besides. Quite a haul!
Just today I got a nice message and a bunch of photos on instagram from Carlos in Ontario who picked up a No Prisoners "Hardware" strap last week...
That picture without throwing horns, just for a better view of that Fuscia LP... YOWSA!
I think I got all my numbers done for the first quarter, filing for the taxman soon.
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It's a rather sad, sordid tale, I won't dare detail here... but the legend of the Burntwood Saloon what once served Sulphur Springs, Saskatchewan continues. It involves nervous cowpokes, the bordello next door, a preachers' daughter (so some claim), a deluxe leather and horsehair sofa, and a big old three-alarm fire.
I'm keeping that tale alive with a re-issue of my much-loved "Burntwood" series, returning to the Well-Hung Reverb store in the next day or two. Just completed these four this afternoon, no time to take more pics, or make the listing or re-spin the yarn. But watch my store on Reverb, it'll come. Just a wonderful strap, that will instantly make you and your guitar even more handsome than you already are!
Wishing everyone a fab weekend, m'lady and I are going out tonight! Local dinner theater put on by locals. I have promised to be nice and not heckle.
I'm keeping that tale alive with a re-issue of my much-loved "Burntwood" series, returning to the Well-Hung Reverb store in the next day or two. Just completed these four this afternoon, no time to take more pics, or make the listing or re-spin the yarn. But watch my store on Reverb, it'll come. Just a wonderful strap, that will instantly make you and your guitar even more handsome than you already are!
Wishing everyone a fab weekend, m'lady and I are going out tonight! Local dinner theater put on by locals. I have promised to be nice and not heckle.
