Ramo
AmTHRASHador of Chugz
we will just need time the hole im in got deeper today , my boiler needs repair ahgggg in never ends ...
edit, when im ready can yo make me something like this?
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edit, when im ready can yo make me something like this?
Ramo
AmTHRASHador of Chugz
i need shipping container not a jar
Ramo
AmTHRASHador of Chugz
im sorry too for myself lol, i noticed one thing in life , when you fall life wants to keep you there as long as it can. you just have to find strength to get back up. there was time back in 2011 i didnt have any money no1 even penny and was 5k in debt, but i climbed out of that hole. i shall climb out of this one too i wont stay in da hole lol
Jethro Rocker
Ambassador of Live & Loud Action
I am not a member there. I did post in the Marshall forum.
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Custom Guitar Straps
I have had a number of custom straps made from Well-Hung Guitar Straps. They really rock! Heavy padding with memory foam, rolled edges, you name it. Bang for the buck, you can get a hand made strap for around the same price as a Levy's padded. Takes the weight off big time, you sort of forget to...
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TVvoodoo
Ambassador of The Comfortably Slung
Ballots added. @jtcnj is at six, @Jethro Rocker sits at five. I had a guy two years ago win both first and third prizes because he had more ballots in the hat than anyone else. The draw changes every year. the cutoff is Jan 31. This year have not figured out how I am gonna to do it exactly, but there will be three straps for 1,2,3, a couple shirts, a few sets of pro-pins, a set of StrapMaster old school leather locks and a rehearsal space banner or two, plus one participation award for the most online Endorserments, independent of the draw.
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Jethro Rocker
Ambassador of Live & Loud Action
Cool. I just love my straps and the service! I will talk you up just because!
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TVvoodoo
Ambassador of The Comfortably Slung
Been a bit quieter here in the lab for the past few days. Had to do some leather shopping, tool shopping, chems etc. Now working on a cowpoke strap for a fellow in BC.
After cutting the basic pieces, I had it in the peanut butter jar overnight getting all moisty
This one he wanted a shoulder pad style, but robust in the Well-Hung way... with the blingy western hardware. He showed me a pic of a tele he's building,
bound, with black/silver sparkle - wanted something to fit it (and him) real good. Some simple tooling, 3" wide pad.
So the first thing I like to do it get those stitching lines in with my fancy dancy screen door tools.
Then we do a simple, scalloped border all around the pieces. That took pretty much an hour and a bit.
This tool is actually called the "camouflage" tool
Then I took away the sharp edges from cutting out the pieces with the edger thingy, I am doing this a bit earlier than I used to in the process
because I like how it cuts way better when the leather is still damp, and now dried out. Learning the ropes I guess.
So we had talked about a subtle moon/star motif, and I told the customer about my star stamp. Well turns out when I was ready to
go, I couldn't find my dang star stamp, and had to order a new one. the old one will probably show up tomorrow.
Random groups of three stars, representing his three chilluns up and down the skinny straps. We had worked out a moon and BC mountains sort
of theme, for the top of the shoulder pad. Here I have drawn out the rough design and carved it into the hide
A half hour of tapping later with bevel tools and such we have a better design... with a little depth etc.
Had it by the woodstove for much of the day... suddenly now it has changed colour.
Going to dye it again, once this sets in .... then apply some neatsfoot oil to replenish some of the natural oils. then something kind of fun and special for a finish.
After cutting the basic pieces, I had it in the peanut butter jar overnight getting all moisty
This one he wanted a shoulder pad style, but robust in the Well-Hung way... with the blingy western hardware. He showed me a pic of a tele he's building,
bound, with black/silver sparkle - wanted something to fit it (and him) real good. Some simple tooling, 3" wide pad.
So the first thing I like to do it get those stitching lines in with my fancy dancy screen door tools.
Then we do a simple, scalloped border all around the pieces. That took pretty much an hour and a bit.
This tool is actually called the "camouflage" tool
Then I took away the sharp edges from cutting out the pieces with the edger thingy, I am doing this a bit earlier than I used to in the process
because I like how it cuts way better when the leather is still damp, and now dried out. Learning the ropes I guess.
So we had talked about a subtle moon/star motif, and I told the customer about my star stamp. Well turns out when I was ready to
go, I couldn't find my dang star stamp, and had to order a new one. the old one will probably show up tomorrow.
Random groups of three stars, representing his three chilluns up and down the skinny straps. We had worked out a moon and BC mountains sort
of theme, for the top of the shoulder pad. Here I have drawn out the rough design and carved it into the hide
A half hour of tapping later with bevel tools and such we have a better design... with a little depth etc.
Had it by the woodstove for much of the day... suddenly now it has changed colour.
Going to dye it again, once this sets in .... then apply some neatsfoot oil to replenish some of the natural oils. then something kind of fun and special for a finish.
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Jethro Rocker
Ambassador of Live & Loud Action
Tis. It's cool to see the process. To think my precious's started out as a Value Village belt!
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TVvoodoo
Ambassador of The Comfortably Slung
Over on the TDPRI - some clueless buggers can't seem to decide on if anyone makes a REAL comfortable strap.
At least ones that don't look like total ass or old man orthopedic straps.
Link below to see the crazy things people would strap on a guitar for a little relief
GOLDEN endorserment opportunity for Well-Hung users to earn a ballot!
At least ones that don't look like total ass or old man orthopedic straps.
Link below to see the crazy things people would strap on a guitar for a little relief
GOLDEN endorserment opportunity for Well-Hung users to earn a ballot!
Jethro Rocker
Ambassador of Live & Loud Action
Crazy. If I were a member...Over on the TDPRI - some clueless buggers can't seem to decide on if anyone makes a REAL comfortable strap.
At least ones that don't look like total ass or old man orthopedic straps.
Link below to see the crazy things people would strap on a guitar for a little relief
GOLDEN endorserment opportunity for Well-Hung users to earn a ballot!
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TVvoodoo
Ambassador of The Comfortably Slung
been a bit of a busy few days, but I don't seem to have much to show for it!
Completed the 3star Mountain Cowboy strap... or at least I THOUGHT I had...
Show him pics before sending.... there was a delay. Then, he goes, doesn't seem to be right, the strap is way too long to make that buckle sit right on my upper chest.
"Upper Chest?" says I? ummmmm ok. Apparently a miscommunication between us, and well, guess what... I have more leather getting ready so I can re-do the straps LOL! No big deal, but in my head floating pad straps just HAVE to have the adjustment buckle on the back, otherwize your guitar is gonna get dinged to death by all that steel. But you know, he's kind of more righter than I am. Says he'll take his chances. Anyway, why would you put this beautiful buckle set on the back? Felays his delivery by a few days. I'll use the straps already made for another project, one that buckles on the back, where it should LOL
Also, Saturday I got some really cool leather in... couple weeks ago I was cruising ebay, (I rarely buy leather on ebay), and saw this... it just caught my eye.
Glittery laser carved hexagonal scales, in not black, not really blue but uh.... blackyblue? I don't often work in blue materials, though there sure seems to be a lot
of blue guitars out there. I like that this is so subtle, yet badass. Cowhide, split top layer. Came all the way from Slovakia, wherever that is.
Calling it "Smokey Viper", coming soon a set of four nasty straps. One of the coolest leathers I've seen this year in my shop.
Completed the 3star Mountain Cowboy strap... or at least I THOUGHT I had...
Show him pics before sending.... there was a delay. Then, he goes, doesn't seem to be right, the strap is way too long to make that buckle sit right on my upper chest.
"Upper Chest?" says I? ummmmm ok. Apparently a miscommunication between us, and well, guess what... I have more leather getting ready so I can re-do the straps LOL! No big deal, but in my head floating pad straps just HAVE to have the adjustment buckle on the back, otherwize your guitar is gonna get dinged to death by all that steel. But you know, he's kind of more righter than I am. Says he'll take his chances. Anyway, why would you put this beautiful buckle set on the back? Felays his delivery by a few days. I'll use the straps already made for another project, one that buckles on the back, where it should LOL
Also, Saturday I got some really cool leather in... couple weeks ago I was cruising ebay, (I rarely buy leather on ebay), and saw this... it just caught my eye.
Glittery laser carved hexagonal scales, in not black, not really blue but uh.... blackyblue? I don't often work in blue materials, though there sure seems to be a lot
of blue guitars out there. I like that this is so subtle, yet badass. Cowhide, split top layer. Came all the way from Slovakia, wherever that is.
Calling it "Smokey Viper", coming soon a set of four nasty straps. One of the coolest leathers I've seen this year in my shop.
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TVvoodoo
Ambassador of The Comfortably Slung
I like to make sure I add something 'most daily. But today, I'm working like a dog, just taking a quick break. so you get these pics instead.
Redesigning the living space. Think I have enough room for guitars? Still have to run this by the wife, note the single bed. LOL
Redesigning the living space. Think I have enough room for guitars? Still have to run this by the wife, note the single bed. LOL
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TVvoodoo
Ambassador of The Comfortably Slung
How to transform yourself into a husband-hero Christmas morning. This Well-Hung custom-built Metis sash strap will be under the tree to dazzle a guitar-playing wife celebrating family roots.
Wracking my brain for something half as thoughtful myself, for my old lady and I can't come up with anything. Good on you, sir!
I did recently gift myself a brand new mallet.. (shown below). The other one, well the nylon tips were disintegrating. Got ten years out of it though, couldn't replace the tips
because the threads threaded new tips into the base were absolutely FUBARDed at one point, so I just JB welded those fackers right in there.
If you don't know the metis story, think about fur traders in the old timey days of the west. Where they and some of the "local" maidens got real friendly and basically over a few generations formed a new race of people who eventually founded a large settlement where Winnipeg is now called the Red River Settlement. Farmers, hunters, fur traders - they had thier own set of laws and land management, which jived with the authorities of the time. Had a couple of uprisings against the Canadian Government, under Louis Riel, and eventually allied with some indigenous tribes as they were being forced further and west as the Euro's flooded the praiires and the buffalo were killed off. Basically kind of like the Canadian civil war, on a smaller scale. The Gatling gun was first tested against the Metis, on loan from the US Army, which the Metis jokingly called “le Rababou” which means noisemaker, because the early 10 barrel version made tons of noise but was massively inaccurate. Still, hard to compete with that kind of spray. The Metis were scattered when defeated, they could not compete with the firepower of the Gatling, cannon and organized infantry/supply chain. To this day have colonies and a proud heritage, including great music and dance I feel is similar to French/Louisiana zydeco. The jigs have a lot of "bounce" LOL.
The Metis sash is a cool Canadian Heritage thing. Sashes were worn by most outdoor explorers, adventurers, trappers back in the day, including American ones. An important part of the every day gear.
The color red is the most prominent color in the metis sash. The red represents the lives lost over the years. It represents the blood flowed and washed away. But at the same time, the Metis people are still here, so it represents strength. The green in the sash represents fertility. Fertility from the womb, the birth process but also from the land. What is given to us by the land and by the life givers, aka women. The gold signifies prosperity and the resilience of the people. Their will to continue their cultural heritage and pass it down to future generations. Their resilience through trauma. The blue represents spirituality, our connectedness to one another, the “all my relations” part. Similarly, white signifies connection to the Creator, to the land, to the sky and to water. Finally, just a little black, and one lonely black thread flows off the end of the sash representing the dark days of colonization, loss of culture, lives, traditional ways of life. The heavy tail ladder is genuine buffalo hide.
Anyway, just something off the beaten path a little bit. I love a strap that has extra personal meaning for the owner. Other than "police line do not cross" which in my opinion is the lamest strap ever.
Wracking my brain for something half as thoughtful myself, for my old lady and I can't come up with anything. Good on you, sir!
I did recently gift myself a brand new mallet.. (shown below). The other one, well the nylon tips were disintegrating. Got ten years out of it though, couldn't replace the tips
because the threads threaded new tips into the base were absolutely FUBARDed at one point, so I just JB welded those fackers right in there.
If you don't know the metis story, think about fur traders in the old timey days of the west. Where they and some of the "local" maidens got real friendly and basically over a few generations formed a new race of people who eventually founded a large settlement where Winnipeg is now called the Red River Settlement. Farmers, hunters, fur traders - they had thier own set of laws and land management, which jived with the authorities of the time. Had a couple of uprisings against the Canadian Government, under Louis Riel, and eventually allied with some indigenous tribes as they were being forced further and west as the Euro's flooded the praiires and the buffalo were killed off. Basically kind of like the Canadian civil war, on a smaller scale. The Gatling gun was first tested against the Metis, on loan from the US Army, which the Metis jokingly called “le Rababou” which means noisemaker, because the early 10 barrel version made tons of noise but was massively inaccurate. Still, hard to compete with that kind of spray. The Metis were scattered when defeated, they could not compete with the firepower of the Gatling, cannon and organized infantry/supply chain. To this day have colonies and a proud heritage, including great music and dance I feel is similar to French/Louisiana zydeco. The jigs have a lot of "bounce" LOL.
The Metis sash is a cool Canadian Heritage thing. Sashes were worn by most outdoor explorers, adventurers, trappers back in the day, including American ones. An important part of the every day gear.
The color red is the most prominent color in the metis sash. The red represents the lives lost over the years. It represents the blood flowed and washed away. But at the same time, the Metis people are still here, so it represents strength. The green in the sash represents fertility. Fertility from the womb, the birth process but also from the land. What is given to us by the land and by the life givers, aka women. The gold signifies prosperity and the resilience of the people. Their will to continue their cultural heritage and pass it down to future generations. Their resilience through trauma. The blue represents spirituality, our connectedness to one another, the “all my relations” part. Similarly, white signifies connection to the Creator, to the land, to the sky and to water. Finally, just a little black, and one lonely black thread flows off the end of the sash representing the dark days of colonization, loss of culture, lives, traditional ways of life. The heavy tail ladder is genuine buffalo hide.
Anyway, just something off the beaten path a little bit. I love a strap that has extra personal meaning for the owner. Other than "police line do not cross" which in my opinion is the lamest strap ever.
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TVvoodoo
Ambassador of The Comfortably Slung
Good Saturday Morning TTR - I hope your wife had your coffee and slippers ready, while she was fixing you a sumptuous french toast breakfast. My how you performed last night!
New off the bench, a set of three "Smoke Viper" straps I alluded above which some of you may find compelling... though one of them has already slithered off to make good it's escape. Particularly fitting strap for those whale blue or denim finished guitars. Made to Well-Hung design standards, built for comfort, strength and good looks 3" wide, padded, go to around 58" or so. Diggin' the laser carved scale pattern here, it has an great little "glint" to it and wonderful badass texture. Now up on 'verb.
Also had an order in for a couple pairs of old school leather straplocks yesterday. Built them last night and forgot to take pics - going to Colorado this morning. picture them in your brain if you can remember them. - I also threw a bonus set of my own design strap buttons in with his order, since he is interested in quiet clunk/clank-free guitar security...
Just received a new batch of my Well-Hung-designed oversize/jumbo strap buttons yesterday! Slightly improved from even the last version, these sets are nickel-plated rather than raw aluminum.
If rackety mechanical systems have turned you sour and you crave reliable, clean-looking strap/guitar security, the simple answer could be right in front of you.
For five or six years now I have been developing these, this is my 4th version and best ever. They really add a great peace-of-mind dimension to guitar life for all levels of players. I have a couple luthiers who build with these to start. A couple of pro techs put these on the instruments of names you might know, though basically nobody is touring right now. Soon, I hope!
Also, a few nice words came in over the past few days via Reverb Feedbacks. So, under the "honk your own horn because few others will" department....
Doc in Kingsville picked up "Deep Purple" shown a bit earlier in this thread... his reaction: "... Without a doubt the FINEST strap I own and I have many, both handmade and commercial. I won't be able to really test it as I have wait because it's a Xmas gift from my sons. Thanks Brad. I can't wait until I buy more straps. You have made of fan of Well-Hung straps."
Jack in the 416 says of his "1969 Series" strap, (not his first from my shop): " As usual, top-notch service, communication and fast shipping from Brad. Well-Hung Straps are my go-to straps and they are fantastic. I can't recommend them enough! If you are on the fence, jump off and buy one! Comfortable, durable, great-looking and priced right--you can't go wrong."
New to the tribe is Warren in Toronto... "Purchased my first handmade strap, Love the feel and comfort. Can't believe I waited so long to try a premium strap. From questions asked and answered to speed of shipping all in all a great experience. Now I am truly "Well-Hung". Oh and thanks for the swag!"
- Warren is already shopping for another for an amazing LP he showed me...never seen anything like it. Tangerine orange with P-90s, just a crazy hot thing.
New off the bench, a set of three "Smoke Viper" straps I alluded above which some of you may find compelling... though one of them has already slithered off to make good it's escape. Particularly fitting strap for those whale blue or denim finished guitars. Made to Well-Hung design standards, built for comfort, strength and good looks 3" wide, padded, go to around 58" or so. Diggin' the laser carved scale pattern here, it has an great little "glint" to it and wonderful badass texture. Now up on 'verb.
Also had an order in for a couple pairs of old school leather straplocks yesterday. Built them last night and forgot to take pics - going to Colorado this morning. picture them in your brain if you can remember them. - I also threw a bonus set of my own design strap buttons in with his order, since he is interested in quiet clunk/clank-free guitar security...
Just received a new batch of my Well-Hung-designed oversize/jumbo strap buttons yesterday! Slightly improved from even the last version, these sets are nickel-plated rather than raw aluminum.
If rackety mechanical systems have turned you sour and you crave reliable, clean-looking strap/guitar security, the simple answer could be right in front of you.
For five or six years now I have been developing these, this is my 4th version and best ever. They really add a great peace-of-mind dimension to guitar life for all levels of players. I have a couple luthiers who build with these to start. A couple of pro techs put these on the instruments of names you might know, though basically nobody is touring right now. Soon, I hope!
Also, a few nice words came in over the past few days via Reverb Feedbacks. So, under the "honk your own horn because few others will" department....
Doc in Kingsville picked up "Deep Purple" shown a bit earlier in this thread... his reaction: "... Without a doubt the FINEST strap I own and I have many, both handmade and commercial. I won't be able to really test it as I have wait because it's a Xmas gift from my sons. Thanks Brad. I can't wait until I buy more straps. You have made of fan of Well-Hung straps."
Jack in the 416 says of his "1969 Series" strap, (not his first from my shop): " As usual, top-notch service, communication and fast shipping from Brad. Well-Hung Straps are my go-to straps and they are fantastic. I can't recommend them enough! If you are on the fence, jump off and buy one! Comfortable, durable, great-looking and priced right--you can't go wrong."
New to the tribe is Warren in Toronto... "Purchased my first handmade strap, Love the feel and comfort. Can't believe I waited so long to try a premium strap. From questions asked and answered to speed of shipping all in all a great experience. Now I am truly "Well-Hung". Oh and thanks for the swag!"
- Warren is already shopping for another for an amazing LP he showed me...never seen anything like it. Tangerine orange with P-90s, just a crazy hot thing.
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TVvoodoo
Ambassador of The Comfortably Slung
Some mods on my Ace /Skull stamp, to better insert it into the ram of the shop press. Jammed a carriage bolt into it, chopped the dome off with an angle grinder, filed it nice.
now I can fit it proper and tighten it up in the ram. Works better! Still a process, but this is even a little faster than before.
Been thinking about making another another Ace of Spades strap when time permitted , to show another custom colour variation. This will be #3
Push that ram down.... press/hold for ten seconds, then give a few couple sharp raps on the end of the arm with the soft mallet. The taps seen to really help get even better impressions.
I was doing some reading on a leathercraft forum where some fellas don't wait for the stamped/tooling work to dry out completely before dyeing. Supposed to help even out the dye a bit while the leather is still damp, make it easier to blend a couple of colours, or tones. I don't really know if it worked well, I'll have to wait for it all to dry to see the final result.
Here is a new leather dye colour i got with experiment, a little red, a little black, thinned with alcohol, a few applications, each one a little darker.... I was going for a wine red sort of thing... going to lighten up a bit when it dries, but then darken down when I oil the leather and do the antiquing process. So probably a shade darker than what we see now, but I dig it!
I call this colour "War." Now have it above the wood stove, waiting for it to dry, then I will resist coat the bolt to protect it, then "burst" the edges black, blending towards the centre
Not sure what else I'm going to do today... the slate is wide open, been a while since I had a custom job on the go - kind of nice to be able to catch my breath. I'll update this one as it stands. No designated owner for this one, yet.
now I can fit it proper and tighten it up in the ram. Works better! Still a process, but this is even a little faster than before.
Been thinking about making another another Ace of Spades strap when time permitted , to show another custom colour variation. This will be #3
Push that ram down.... press/hold for ten seconds, then give a few couple sharp raps on the end of the arm with the soft mallet. The taps seen to really help get even better impressions.
I was doing some reading on a leathercraft forum where some fellas don't wait for the stamped/tooling work to dry out completely before dyeing. Supposed to help even out the dye a bit while the leather is still damp, make it easier to blend a couple of colours, or tones. I don't really know if it worked well, I'll have to wait for it all to dry to see the final result.
Here is a new leather dye colour i got with experiment, a little red, a little black, thinned with alcohol, a few applications, each one a little darker.... I was going for a wine red sort of thing... going to lighten up a bit when it dries, but then darken down when I oil the leather and do the antiquing process. So probably a shade darker than what we see now, but I dig it!
I call this colour "War." Now have it above the wood stove, waiting for it to dry, then I will resist coat the bolt to protect it, then "burst" the edges black, blending towards the centre
Not sure what else I'm going to do today... the slate is wide open, been a while since I had a custom job on the go - kind of nice to be able to catch my breath. I'll update this one as it stands. No designated owner for this one, yet.
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TVvoodoo
Ambassador of The Comfortably Slung
Dyeing, blending, rubbing, oiling, burnishing, sewing, hole-punching, photographing. And how was your day? LOL!
#3 in the colour "War" will be up on reverb soon. Plenty more pics on Fbook if you this stuff interests you.
Check out the metallic glint those skulls took on with all that elbow grease!
#3 in the colour "War" will be up on reverb soon. Plenty more pics on Fbook if you this stuff interests you.
Check out the metallic glint those skulls took on with all that elbow grease!
Sp8ctre
Ambassador of Steel
Is this a Well-Hung strap?