TVvoodoo's Straplab
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TVvoodoo
Ambassador of The Comfortably Slung
Coming soon the the Well-Hung store...
fun retrofit poker chips!
Showing your choices here, two sides a day, so keep returning for the daily reveals - I'm such a tease!
Twenty on the way to me right now... but get this: each switch plate will feature both a front-side, AND a backside so you'll have double the choice with each one. FULL SETS, Creme or Black (TEN SIDES EACH) will be available at an absolutely mind-blowing price. And, for you extra serious chip freaks, the full set of TWENTY sides will also be available. I have no clue what you're gonna do with that many, but with very little effort they can make a spiffy display for the studio or Man Cave.
I did this with some plates I brought to market way back in 2017.
Keep watching!
fun retrofit poker chips!
Showing your choices here, two sides a day, so keep returning for the daily reveals - I'm such a tease!
Twenty on the way to me right now... but get this: each switch plate will feature both a front-side, AND a backside so you'll have double the choice with each one. FULL SETS, Creme or Black (TEN SIDES EACH) will be available at an absolutely mind-blowing price. And, for you extra serious chip freaks, the full set of TWENTY sides will also be available. I have no clue what you're gonna do with that many, but with very little effort they can make a spiffy display for the studio or Man Cave.
I did this with some plates I brought to market way back in 2017.
Keep watching!
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Probably because you, of all people, don’t have any switches for these plates Johnny…
fitz
Ambassador of DIY
I'm such a dork - I had to google that...
Jethro Rocker
Ambassador of Live & Loud Action
I have a few custom made. I should photograph them. Not all installed yet.
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TVvoodoo
Ambassador of The Comfortably Slung
I'll bet sativa in days of yore... indica now... amirite?
Sargeant Preston
Ambassador of The Ninth Chord
I'd be open to purchasing either of or both of...
MORE TELE
LESS STRAT
Switch plate
Or a
MORE STRAT
LESS TELE
Switch plate
MORE TELE
LESS STRAT
Switch plate
Or a
MORE STRAT
LESS TELE
Switch plate
GrooVey
Well-Known Member
Heck ya! That thing has the mojo.
OP
TVvoodoo
Ambassador of The Comfortably Slung
I've said it before, I don't want to become a factory, keep it boutique... but when opportunity knocks, I'm gonna answer.
A couple months ago a Metis organization in Winnipeg contacted me about my "Rebellion" series straps, and I sent over a couple.
Any Canuckians here, you've likely seen these...
They're crafted made from a special cultural heritage, semi-sacred item... woven sashes normally worn for special occasions. Anyway, they were over the moon about them, even told me they wanted to show them to the Metis minister in the Manitoba Provincial Government! Anyway, turns out they have recently ordered another TEN!
So... that's why I've been kind of quiet... I'm busy! Devil finds work for idle hands as they say!
Can't work this weekend but I expect I can have these all complete and ready to ship by the end of Tuesday.
I vowed to reveal some more of the Poker chip options on the upcoming "Flipside" product I'm bringing to my Reverb store soon,
just right now working on packaging and promo stuff in the background... but since I skipped a day, I'll reveal THREE more sides today!
These are going to be fun! The way they work is either black or creme, top 'n bottom, each pair stacked will be the flipside of each other.
Another Suno friday. I know opinions are very mixed on AI music. I don't take it real serious. I'm just playing with it 'cause I do believe it'll be part
of our future whether we like it or not. I won't ask Suno to generate lyrics. They are fully mine. This was written for a former co-worker I once suffered.
Happy Friday my bros!
A couple months ago a Metis organization in Winnipeg contacted me about my "Rebellion" series straps, and I sent over a couple.
Any Canuckians here, you've likely seen these...
They're crafted made from a special cultural heritage, semi-sacred item... woven sashes normally worn for special occasions. Anyway, they were over the moon about them, even told me they wanted to show them to the Metis minister in the Manitoba Provincial Government! Anyway, turns out they have recently ordered another TEN!
So... that's why I've been kind of quiet... I'm busy! Devil finds work for idle hands as they say!
Can't work this weekend but I expect I can have these all complete and ready to ship by the end of Tuesday.
I vowed to reveal some more of the Poker chip options on the upcoming "Flipside" product I'm bringing to my Reverb store soon,
just right now working on packaging and promo stuff in the background... but since I skipped a day, I'll reveal THREE more sides today!
These are going to be fun! The way they work is either black or creme, top 'n bottom, each pair stacked will be the flipside of each other.
Another Suno friday. I know opinions are very mixed on AI music. I don't take it real serious. I'm just playing with it 'cause I do believe it'll be part
of our future whether we like it or not. I won't ask Suno to generate lyrics. They are fully mine. This was written for a former co-worker I once suffered.
Happy Friday my bros!
OP
TVvoodoo
Ambassador of The Comfortably Slung
I said I wasn't going to work this weekend but here I am in the shop this morning trying to get a head start on tomorrow on the Ten Metis straps.
No pics. Probably tomorrow. Just attached nose and ladder leather to the bodies, still need to line, pad and sew.. and make tail straps too. I' want
to ship Wednesday.
But it's timely to reveal another couple of Flipside Poker Chip faces...
Friday night, @Randy Van Malmsteen dropped by from far off parts, he's a way better picker and much more handsome than me, so played guitar hero
to help shoot a little promo video for these, but only actually "miming" guitar to a track @Thatbastarddon has graciously blessed me with to edit to.
I'll be cutting it together this week. That was kind of fun! It'll be around a sixty seconds.
Today I'm adding the "Shame/Regret" side in black and "Chill / Thrill" in cream. Both of these are fresh, I've never seen anyone do before. I've also updated the original Flipside logo, as it was pretty sucky. I've also been working on packaging... On Saturday, I went to a local city business centre to print off some label pages for the tiny zip-lock bags these will go into, friggin' print machines there wouldn't read the PDF file on my thumb drive to print. So frustrating! It's such a time-suck traveling to the city for me. I wanted some colour on them so they would "pop" because I will be trying to get these into some regional music stores I have relationships with. I want them to jump out on the wall amidst all the other goods. Also need to supply a couple stores with some packaged Pro-Pins too.
So after some playing around last night I came up and alternate packaging idea, just laser printing black on coloured paper I had sitting around here...
it's a bit jobber, but sticking these up on the wall, you see it plain, so it'll do for now. They fold over in half, and I punch a hole in the middle for the wall pegs.
A strip of packing tape on the inside of the fold keeps them from tearing out.
Another idea I had was just getting some business cards printed up, get a nice gloss and full color graphics, then just doing a fold-over
- 2" wide is pretty perfect. Maybe down the road I'll do that. I can get 500 business cards for like forty bucks. Actually now that I think of it,
could print double-sided with my regular business card on the inside too
You might wonder why, brad? Why do you do this? Well, just finding if I can expand the Well-Hung product line a bit it gives more people a reason
to visit my Reverb store, engage with me. I find if somebody samples something smaller, and end up being happy/satisfied, they're much more likely
to come back for a strap or two later on. And, really, this is just a plain fun way to expand my brand a little bit, create some buzz.
Anyway, seems I have converted another dude to Pro-Pins last week - He got his first set of three pairs... if he's like most of us here, with
too many guitars, he'll be back in about three weeks for another set of three pairs for other instruments, happens over and over again.
You probably think you know if you are a pro-pins guy or not, but give me a chance, I can change U
Enough work on a Sunday, I'm gonna settle in and watch the final day of the Masters... always gets my interest pumped for my own golf
season, and I just really love the visuals, the drama and tradition.
No pics. Probably tomorrow. Just attached nose and ladder leather to the bodies, still need to line, pad and sew.. and make tail straps too. I' want
to ship Wednesday.
But it's timely to reveal another couple of Flipside Poker Chip faces...
Friday night, @Randy Van Malmsteen dropped by from far off parts, he's a way better picker and much more handsome than me, so played guitar hero
to help shoot a little promo video for these, but only actually "miming" guitar to a track @Thatbastarddon has graciously blessed me with to edit to.
I'll be cutting it together this week. That was kind of fun! It'll be around a sixty seconds.
Today I'm adding the "Shame/Regret" side in black and "Chill / Thrill" in cream. Both of these are fresh, I've never seen anyone do before. I've also updated the original Flipside logo, as it was pretty sucky. I've also been working on packaging... On Saturday, I went to a local city business centre to print off some label pages for the tiny zip-lock bags these will go into, friggin' print machines there wouldn't read the PDF file on my thumb drive to print. So frustrating! It's such a time-suck traveling to the city for me. I wanted some colour on them so they would "pop" because I will be trying to get these into some regional music stores I have relationships with. I want them to jump out on the wall amidst all the other goods. Also need to supply a couple stores with some packaged Pro-Pins too.
So after some playing around last night I came up and alternate packaging idea, just laser printing black on coloured paper I had sitting around here...
it's a bit jobber, but sticking these up on the wall, you see it plain, so it'll do for now. They fold over in half, and I punch a hole in the middle for the wall pegs.
A strip of packing tape on the inside of the fold keeps them from tearing out.
Another idea I had was just getting some business cards printed up, get a nice gloss and full color graphics, then just doing a fold-over
- 2" wide is pretty perfect. Maybe down the road I'll do that. I can get 500 business cards for like forty bucks. Actually now that I think of it,
could print double-sided with my regular business card on the inside too
You might wonder why, brad? Why do you do this? Well, just finding if I can expand the Well-Hung product line a bit it gives more people a reason
to visit my Reverb store, engage with me. I find if somebody samples something smaller, and end up being happy/satisfied, they're much more likely
to come back for a strap or two later on. And, really, this is just a plain fun way to expand my brand a little bit, create some buzz.
Anyway, seems I have converted another dude to Pro-Pins last week - He got his first set of three pairs... if he's like most of us here, with
too many guitars, he'll be back in about three weeks for another set of three pairs for other instruments, happens over and over again.
You probably think you know if you are a pro-pins guy or not, but give me a chance, I can change U
Enough work on a Sunday, I'm gonna settle in and watch the final day of the Masters... always gets my interest pumped for my own golf
season, and I just really love the visuals, the drama and tradition.
OP
TVvoodoo
Ambassador of The Comfortably Slung
Completed all ten today!
Will be on the the way to the Metis homeland of Manitoba soon. How about I reveal another custom poker chip?
I thought you'd never ask!
We are now at the halfway point. All the new reveals from now on are going to be the Flipsides!
Will be on the the way to the Metis homeland of Manitoba soon. How about I reveal another custom poker chip?
I thought you'd never ask!
We are now at the halfway point. All the new reveals from now on are going to be the Flipsides!
OP
TVvoodoo
Ambassador of The Comfortably Slung
If the night prowler vibe suits you, be on the lookout for "Midnight Blue" Python coming to Reverb tomorrow morning most likely.
I do have a few of these in various stages of completion, but was only able to complete this one today.
Python embossed leather all the way from Italy, with a nice snakey glitter to the scales. 3" wide, amply padded in the Well-Hung way, adjusts 44"-approx 58" so can go nice and long.
FlipSide chip reveal of the day... we are halfway done, now into the alternates! I don't think anybody has yet made a novelty poker chip/switch plate with two sides before,
but I thought why not give it a try?
Here we reveal the reverse of Shame/Regret is Indica / Sativa and the flipside of Kama Sutra is Fire / Fury
The last time I offered these, Indica / Sativa was probably one of the more popular ones. No judging - but I thought it was fitting to put
Shame and Regret on the other side LOL!
Happy Hump day, hope you do!
I do have a few of these in various stages of completion, but was only able to complete this one today.
Python embossed leather all the way from Italy, with a nice snakey glitter to the scales. 3" wide, amply padded in the Well-Hung way, adjusts 44"-approx 58" so can go nice and long.
FlipSide chip reveal of the day... we are halfway done, now into the alternates! I don't think anybody has yet made a novelty poker chip/switch plate with two sides before,
but I thought why not give it a try?
Here we reveal the reverse of Shame/Regret is Indica / Sativa and the flipside of Kama Sutra is Fire / Fury
The last time I offered these, Indica / Sativa was probably one of the more popular ones. No judging - but I thought it was fitting to put
Shame and Regret on the other side LOL!
Happy Hump day, hope you do!
OP
TVvoodoo
Ambassador of The Comfortably Slung
Today I completed the rest of the Midnight Blue pythons, and cleaned up some reverb listings. Then this afternoon poked away at a hide I got in a couple weeks ago, but
wasn't sure what to do with it LOL! Interesting leather, looks way different than I thought it was going to. Hazard of ordering online.
Anyway, for starters just to see, I made a floating pad strap out of it. Turned out cool! Won't be listed on reverb until after the holiday weekend,
but it's called "The Reptilian" and it goes 48"-62"- And no, I did not name it after anyone specific here on this forum
It's got great big scales on it, almost fish-like! Dark yellow, gray/black scheme. Quite natural looking/feeling actually.
OK here's another poker chip reveal! Both sides of the second-from the left chips now revealed.
Closing the store for a bit, will be traveling... my post office is closing for four days here anyway.
I guess even they deserve a break LOL Happy Easter
wasn't sure what to do with it LOL! Interesting leather, looks way different than I thought it was going to. Hazard of ordering online.
Anyway, for starters just to see, I made a floating pad strap out of it. Turned out cool! Won't be listed on reverb until after the holiday weekend,
but it's called "The Reptilian" and it goes 48"-62"- And no, I did not name it after anyone specific here on this forum
It's got great big scales on it, almost fish-like! Dark yellow, gray/black scheme. Quite natural looking/feeling actually.
OK here's another poker chip reveal! Both sides of the second-from the left chips now revealed.
Closing the store for a bit, will be traveling... my post office is closing for four days here anyway.
I guess even they deserve a break LOL Happy Easter
