RVA
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Ugh! Too long for me. It is very nice!
TVvoodoo's Straplab
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RVA
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I do like that one in particular.
I have no creative skills or suggestions, so I just sit back and watch your creative parade. There have been many that caught my eye.
I put schaller-style strap locks on all my guitars, so one strap is used across many different guitars.
RVA
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A useable range of 43-46.
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TVvoodoo
Ambassador of The Comfortably Slung
Added a few fresh hand-built Grey Matrikas to the store this morning. I custom-ordered a hundred yards of this hootenanny style ribbon from a Pakistani factory a few years ago... kind of starting to run out of it now, maybe twenty yards left. The thing to know on these is... they are fully 3" wide. I've seen guitarists on several guitar communities lamenting why there are no BIG STRAP factories making a nice comfy 3" wide hootenanny ribbon style strap?
Um, ok I am definitely NOT a factory, but .... hello?
This version in grey, black, creme and silver metallic embroidery... I have a few other colours too, red, gold, and surfy/turquoise as the main base colour. I believe the flowers are supposed to be peonies.
So, if you are feeling the burn from your typical 2" skinny style, I hear you brother. Consider an upgrade from those starter pack straps. Well-Hung Matrikas are just over 3" wide, with ultra comfy padding compressing just right.... totally spreads guitar pressure out over a wider area while retaining a vintagey look and style. They also have rolled edges with soft velvety black fabric, so they don't bite into your neck, and good solid leather ends.
Um, ok I am definitely NOT a factory, but .... hello?
This version in grey, black, creme and silver metallic embroidery... I have a few other colours too, red, gold, and surfy/turquoise as the main base colour. I believe the flowers are supposed to be peonies.
So, if you are feeling the burn from your typical 2" skinny style, I hear you brother. Consider an upgrade from those starter pack straps. Well-Hung Matrikas are just over 3" wide, with ultra comfy padding compressing just right.... totally spreads guitar pressure out over a wider area while retaining a vintagey look and style. They also have rolled edges with soft velvety black fabric, so they don't bite into your neck, and good solid leather ends.
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TVvoodoo
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Braveheart is a new No Prisoners, fresh off the bench today.
lt's based on a padded oxblood coloured leather base, it sports a black feature belt attached that has some braided sections for great texture and interest, and a whole bunch of gunmetal studs on it.
Rather masculine in spirit, it should serve well to terrify your enemies and drive them before you as you occupy their lands and claim their ladyfolk as your own*
It has occured to me maybe I am building all my straps too long, and perhaps I should offer some a bit lesser in length, but which can still be called "Well-Hung"
I built this one to adjust readily between 42" min. to about 56" max. Will be heading to the reverb store tonight or tomorrow.
*Claiming more than one ladyfolk as your own is not recommended. As anglers say, catch your limit but limit your catch.
lt's based on a padded oxblood coloured leather base, it sports a black feature belt attached that has some braided sections for great texture and interest, and a whole bunch of gunmetal studs on it.
Rather masculine in spirit, it should serve well to terrify your enemies and drive them before you as you occupy their lands and claim their ladyfolk as your own*
It has occured to me maybe I am building all my straps too long, and perhaps I should offer some a bit lesser in length, but which can still be called "Well-Hung"
I built this one to adjust readily between 42" min. to about 56" max. Will be heading to the reverb store tonight or tomorrow.
*Claiming more than one ladyfolk as your own is not recommended. As anglers say, catch your limit but limit your catch.
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TVvoodoo
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I first heard the debut Yngwie solo effort not too long after it came out around late 1984 - a guitar-playing friend played it for me on cassette. Oh, how I begged him for a dub - and he delivered. On the same tape he included the Attitude Song, by Vai, and some Michael Hedges stuff too - he was a pretty good player, and adored the Hedges stuff, was getting some of it down - but he was fooling with Vai adn Malmsteen.
He had one of those Koa Carvin DC 200s you used to see in all the guitar mags at the time. A beautiful guitar, let me jam on it a bit... It was a sweet, sweet player. Maybe have played only one or two similarly easy playing instruments since, but I was just barely learning my box positions back then - I recall licks just jumping out of that thing.
Wearing a walkman blasting Black Star, Icarus Dream Suite and others walking University halls at the time. It just made you feel like you could conquer anything.
Then around '86 or '87, I had the chance to see Yngwie and Rising Force open for Dio. It was something else! The sheer attitude the guy had, just an in-your-face performance that was loud, musical and heavy in a way that no others at the time dared deliver.
My little brother took up Malmsteen and Wolf Hoffman as his personal guitar heroes at age 13 - I purchased his first guitar for him while at university and brought it home for him. A jet black Takamine GX-200, which was a phenomenal guitar, almost as smooth at the Carvin, for $269. Dual bucker superstrat, it had a contoured neck-heel, and a beautiful strangely wide neck with a low radius. It was a great guitar for him to learn on. He eventually learned several Yngwie songs note for note, and went on to lead a cover band for thirty years, playing as much country as rock. This is what his Tak looked like, his was in black - he kind of wishes he would have kept it... Takamine veered away from electrics shortly after for whatever reason, but it was a pretty fine guitar.
Anyway, all that aside, the latest strap moving to Reverb was completed this weekend. As over the top as Yngwie, it features leopard plush, with a pseudo-heavy-metal studded belt mounted to it for anyone who is ready to unleash the fooking fury. Famous for scoffing at the idea that "Less is more" Yngvie has always maintained that MORE is more, and that is how this strap got it's name.
Fresh in the No Prisoners Series, I present "More is More"
Also got a cool pic back from a recent customer... Big Sun Concho was from the "If Life Gives You Lemons" series about three years back.
This on a gorgeous SG Junior
Long story, but years ago I ended up buying a hide for a collector who is fairly well known in the Les Paul community, to make him a custom strap. When it arrived at my shop, he didn't dig it because it was a little too red. Sending it back was not really option so I ended up cutting out ten straps from that hide, each with a different metal feature on the front. This is the last to finally sell. I rarely put
real suede on the insides of straps anymore, but he loves it...
"This leather strap is of the highest quality, which is par for the course with everything that I’ve purchased from Well-Hung Guitar Accessories. The leather is top-notch, as is the workmanship. It is truly a hand-made work of art, created by one person, as opposed to some mass-produced assembly line product. By purchasing a Well-Hung strap you will be helping a true artisan continue his pursuit of creating masterpieces." Gavan
Now I don't know about the "masterpiece" bit, but he seems to be enjoying it. I had sent a bonus set of pro-pins in with the strap as a bonus and somehow one got loose and kind of scratched up the strap on top a bit. Being oil-tanned leather, it can self-repair pretty good sometimes if you simply just rub the heck out of it. He also used some magic leather conditioner on it and it now it looks like new. Very cool of him to take the time and put in the effort. But, I will have to review my packing process after that for sure. Nobody wants to pull a damaged strap out of a box after waiting two weeks for the damn thing.
He had one of those Koa Carvin DC 200s you used to see in all the guitar mags at the time. A beautiful guitar, let me jam on it a bit... It was a sweet, sweet player. Maybe have played only one or two similarly easy playing instruments since, but I was just barely learning my box positions back then - I recall licks just jumping out of that thing.
Wearing a walkman blasting Black Star, Icarus Dream Suite and others walking University halls at the time. It just made you feel like you could conquer anything.
Then around '86 or '87, I had the chance to see Yngwie and Rising Force open for Dio. It was something else! The sheer attitude the guy had, just an in-your-face performance that was loud, musical and heavy in a way that no others at the time dared deliver.
My little brother took up Malmsteen and Wolf Hoffman as his personal guitar heroes at age 13 - I purchased his first guitar for him while at university and brought it home for him. A jet black Takamine GX-200, which was a phenomenal guitar, almost as smooth at the Carvin, for $269. Dual bucker superstrat, it had a contoured neck-heel, and a beautiful strangely wide neck with a low radius. It was a great guitar for him to learn on. He eventually learned several Yngwie songs note for note, and went on to lead a cover band for thirty years, playing as much country as rock. This is what his Tak looked like, his was in black - he kind of wishes he would have kept it... Takamine veered away from electrics shortly after for whatever reason, but it was a pretty fine guitar.
Anyway, all that aside, the latest strap moving to Reverb was completed this weekend. As over the top as Yngwie, it features leopard plush, with a pseudo-heavy-metal studded belt mounted to it for anyone who is ready to unleash the fooking fury. Famous for scoffing at the idea that "Less is more" Yngvie has always maintained that MORE is more, and that is how this strap got it's name.
Fresh in the No Prisoners Series, I present "More is More"
Also got a cool pic back from a recent customer... Big Sun Concho was from the "If Life Gives You Lemons" series about three years back.
This on a gorgeous SG Junior
Long story, but years ago I ended up buying a hide for a collector who is fairly well known in the Les Paul community, to make him a custom strap. When it arrived at my shop, he didn't dig it because it was a little too red. Sending it back was not really option so I ended up cutting out ten straps from that hide, each with a different metal feature on the front. This is the last to finally sell. I rarely put
real suede on the insides of straps anymore, but he loves it...
"This leather strap is of the highest quality, which is par for the course with everything that I’ve purchased from Well-Hung Guitar Accessories. The leather is top-notch, as is the workmanship. It is truly a hand-made work of art, created by one person, as opposed to some mass-produced assembly line product. By purchasing a Well-Hung strap you will be helping a true artisan continue his pursuit of creating masterpieces." Gavan
Now I don't know about the "masterpiece" bit, but he seems to be enjoying it. I had sent a bonus set of pro-pins in with the strap as a bonus and somehow one got loose and kind of scratched up the strap on top a bit. Being oil-tanned leather, it can self-repair pretty good sometimes if you simply just rub the heck out of it. He also used some magic leather conditioner on it and it now it looks like new. Very cool of him to take the time and put in the effort. But, I will have to review my packing process after that for sure. Nobody wants to pull a damaged strap out of a box after waiting two weeks for the damn thing.
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TVvoodoo
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So my wife and I are currently watching this Cobra Kai series thing... with Ralph Macchio. I'm thinking that's what spurred my own "Crossroads-ey" dream last night.
Yes, I was challenged to a stupid duel with the devil, can't remember much, but I pulled out all four of my best rather feeble pentachronic licks, and it was obviously not near enough.
Funny thing, there was no Jack Butler, I was being challenged by Lucifer himself. He bore a stunning resemblence to Joe B, with the small tinted glasses and the suit and such.
Of course he was sporting a '59 burst with a dumble and Klon, the whole deal. And he was killer good and his tone was howling demons spectacular.
Anyway, halfway in, I stepped on my amp modeler box for my killer Bassman tone, it got crushed it into bits. Then, next round, my amp fizzled out in sparks (Vox Pathfinder), and soon enough my guitar was melted out of my hands and down my legs like warm jello (chibson LP copy). Dude was conjuring up some demons to claim my soul as his own forevermore, and I casually mentioned the ernie ball poly strap he was wearing was super lame-o and no way befitting a player of his stature or that beautiful Gibson. He looked down at it and was obviously feeling embarrassed. the crowd watching around the stage started murmuring and giggling a bit.
He hollered "SILENCE!" "It came with the guitar," he told me, frowning.
I earnestly brought up that I could make him a real good strap if he could be merciful and spare me from eternal damnation... well the fricker took me up on it, warning me it better be DAMN good, or he would cancel the deal, and make me suffer terribly for eternity. So the rest of my dream was kind of panicky... I was transported back to my workshop, there was a whole bunch of burning candles around for some reason, and I was desperately thinking of what kind of strap I needed to make that would allow me to reclaim my soul.
Anyway... on the bench this morning, probably finish 'er tonight... Working title "Beelzebub," which will be a No Prisoners Series strap.
Sure as hell better be good enough!
Yes, I was challenged to a stupid duel with the devil, can't remember much, but I pulled out all four of my best rather feeble pentachronic licks, and it was obviously not near enough.
Funny thing, there was no Jack Butler, I was being challenged by Lucifer himself. He bore a stunning resemblence to Joe B, with the small tinted glasses and the suit and such.
Of course he was sporting a '59 burst with a dumble and Klon, the whole deal. And he was killer good and his tone was howling demons spectacular.
Anyway, halfway in, I stepped on my amp modeler box for my killer Bassman tone, it got crushed it into bits. Then, next round, my amp fizzled out in sparks (Vox Pathfinder), and soon enough my guitar was melted out of my hands and down my legs like warm jello (chibson LP copy). Dude was conjuring up some demons to claim my soul as his own forevermore, and I casually mentioned the ernie ball poly strap he was wearing was super lame-o and no way befitting a player of his stature or that beautiful Gibson. He looked down at it and was obviously feeling embarrassed. the crowd watching around the stage started murmuring and giggling a bit.
He hollered "SILENCE!" "It came with the guitar," he told me, frowning.
I earnestly brought up that I could make him a real good strap if he could be merciful and spare me from eternal damnation... well the fricker took me up on it, warning me it better be DAMN good, or he would cancel the deal, and make me suffer terribly for eternity. So the rest of my dream was kind of panicky... I was transported back to my workshop, there was a whole bunch of burning candles around for some reason, and I was desperately thinking of what kind of strap I needed to make that would allow me to reclaim my soul.
Anyway... on the bench this morning, probably finish 'er tonight... Working title "Beelzebub," which will be a No Prisoners Series strap.
Sure as hell better be good enough!
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TVvoodoo
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Last night I did indeed complete Beelzebub. You got red python. Heavy chrome accents. Studs. If that weren't enough, (cause the devil is a vain MF), you got glittery but soft lizard scale suede leather rolled over on the sides that also acts as a leather lining/underside as well. Slightly less padded than my regular, still DAMN fine, very interesting strap. Big heavy duty buckle adjustment on the backend.
Red seems to be the theme of the week. Today I was looking through some fabrics I'd saved from years ago and spied this ruby red heavy duty satin stuff. Well, it sparked something in me and I just went at 'er.
The result became "ZAP! Rubyglow" with a chrome lizard bolt juicing up the front-side of this satiny thing. Looked fantastic on my trans red guitar with the big chrome burns single coils, while in testing. I'll have to take a shot of them together if it don't sell off right quick.
Red seems to be the theme of the week. Today I was looking through some fabrics I'd saved from years ago and spied this ruby red heavy duty satin stuff. Well, it sparked something in me and I just went at 'er.
The result became "ZAP! Rubyglow" with a chrome lizard bolt juicing up the front-side of this satiny thing. Looked fantastic on my trans red guitar with the big chrome burns single coils, while in testing. I'll have to take a shot of them together if it don't sell off right quick.
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TVvoodoo
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ZAP! Amberglow is one of the more comfortable straps I have made in recent memory. I think it's the fabric.. has just the right amount of give, so it kind of hugs your body. Looks great with tobacky bursts and the shiny black gator bolt of pure electrical energy adds just the right amount of badassitude
Also new in the store today is "Cowboy Prayer," comes with a bit of a story, and priced as a B-Stock item.
Hand-tooled, hand-dyed, heavy duty buckle set in gunmetal, black with contrasting stitching, 1-1/2" wide main strap, 3" wide pad.
Folks watching know that at least a couple of The Tone Rooms regulars won prizes in the annual Well-Hung endorserment draw.
They probably earned ballots by boosting me a little bit in the right places. What a coincidence a favourite strap discussion is going on
right now on TGP! Funny that! What's a good guitar strap?
Rules. 1. nice words. 2. good pic. 3. link to the store. Nail those = one ballot earned.
Also new in the store today is "Cowboy Prayer," comes with a bit of a story, and priced as a B-Stock item.
Hand-tooled, hand-dyed, heavy duty buckle set in gunmetal, black with contrasting stitching, 1-1/2" wide main strap, 3" wide pad.
Folks watching know that at least a couple of The Tone Rooms regulars won prizes in the annual Well-Hung endorserment draw.
They probably earned ballots by boosting me a little bit in the right places. What a coincidence a favourite strap discussion is going on
right now on TGP! Funny that! What's a good guitar strap?
Rules. 1. nice words. 2. good pic. 3. link to the store. Nail those = one ballot earned.
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TVvoodoo
Ambassador of The Comfortably Slung
just packaged up three pairs of Old School Leather straplocks for San Jose. Sure would like some California sun on me today!
Black, and two kinds brown!
Also, one I've been picking at for a few days now, affectionately named "FAAFO." Genuine croc, decided it was soft and flexy enough
that I didn't even want to pad it out. Besides, sewing through the horny bits of croc hide breaks sewing needles like crazy. Broke two just
sewing a nice bit of cowhide on the nose part.
Croc in black is a foolproof recipe for 110% badassery. When this hits my Reverb shop, going to have to limit sales to Canadian customers
unfortunately, I just don't want to chance getting into any customs bullshadizzle, if you know what I mean.
OK well i put a pic up in the Canadian Guitar forum. Took half an hour, got sniped before reverb. Here's another pic of it on my paul
before boxing it up to send it to Ottawa.
Black, and two kinds brown!
Also, one I've been picking at for a few days now, affectionately named "FAAFO." Genuine croc, decided it was soft and flexy enough
that I didn't even want to pad it out. Besides, sewing through the horny bits of croc hide breaks sewing needles like crazy. Broke two just
sewing a nice bit of cowhide on the nose part.
Croc in black is a foolproof recipe for 110% badassery. When this hits my Reverb shop, going to have to limit sales to Canadian customers
unfortunately, I just don't want to chance getting into any customs bullshadizzle, if you know what I mean.
OK well i put a pic up in the Canadian Guitar forum. Took half an hour, got sniped before reverb. Here's another pic of it on my paul
before boxing it up to send it to Ottawa.
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just packaged up three pairs of Old School Leather straplocks for San Jose. Sure would like some California sun on me today!
Black, and two kinds brown!
Also, one I've been picking at for a few days now, affectionately named "FAAFO." Genuine croc, decided it was soft and flexy enough
that I didn't even want to pad it out. Besides, sewing through the horny bits of croc hide breaks sewing needles like crazy. Broke two just
sewing a nice bit of cowhide on the nose part.
Croc in black is a foolproof recipe for 110% badassery. When this hits my Reverb shop, going to have to limit sales to Canadian customers
unfortunately, I just don't want to chance getting into any customs bullshadizzle, if you know what I mean.
Nice and sunny here in CA this morning.
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TVvoodoo
Ambassador of The Comfortably Slung
Photo came back of a "Genocide Series" strap on this golden Gretsch! Oh my! The lady that owns this? Cooler than the other side of the pillow.
Speaking of gold... Romain over in France tells me he purchased this "Glitter Bomb" strap first, 'cause he just had to have it. Then, his search was on for a suitably showy elegant mate. You done real, real good, mon ami! Wow!
Just a gave away a bunch of stuff for my annual draw couple weeks ago. Man, it felt so good, gonna do one more!
As of today, I have 480 5-Star Reverb Feedbacks (which I feel is a pretty darn good record!). I also have about 14-15 straps in transit, maybe a couple others probably sitting on the new guitars, yet to get feedbacks.
Gonna reward my 500th Reverb feedbacker with a FREE Well-Hung guitar strap, whomever that may be. Could be the next strap sold. Could be four, could be five, six or seven from now, might be one I sold over the weekend. Don't know who, don't know when. That's the fun of it!!! Ohhh the suspense! You know, not everybody feeds back, and not everybody will know about this contest.
Readers, members here of of TTR, members of the Cult of Well-Hung Straplab? You have a yuuuuuuuge advantage!
Here's Shock & Awe #70, fairly fresh.
Speaking of gold... Romain over in France tells me he purchased this "Glitter Bomb" strap first, 'cause he just had to have it. Then, his search was on for a suitably showy elegant mate. You done real, real good, mon ami! Wow!
Just a gave away a bunch of stuff for my annual draw couple weeks ago. Man, it felt so good, gonna do one more!
As of today, I have 480 5-Star Reverb Feedbacks (which I feel is a pretty darn good record!). I also have about 14-15 straps in transit, maybe a couple others probably sitting on the new guitars, yet to get feedbacks.
Gonna reward my 500th Reverb feedbacker with a FREE Well-Hung guitar strap, whomever that may be. Could be the next strap sold. Could be four, could be five, six or seven from now, might be one I sold over the weekend. Don't know who, don't know when. That's the fun of it!!! Ohhh the suspense! You know, not everybody feeds back, and not everybody will know about this contest.
Readers, members here of of TTR, members of the Cult of Well-Hung Straplab? You have a yuuuuuuuge advantage!
Here's Shock & Awe #70, fairly fresh.
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TVvoodoo
Ambassador of The Comfortably Slung
Do you know the way to San Jose? 3 pairs of my Old School Leather Straplocks are now headin' that direction!
Quiet, easy, secure, no extra leverage. Easily adds about 4" to your sling chain so those factory-made dwarf straps are useable again.
Mad- to-order by my own two hands.
I keep a couple guitars with these installed, but even better (my opinion) are the wonderful Well-Hung Pro-Pins of my own design. Oversize jumbo strap buttons - longer shaft, bigger knob. Many others say the same. Here's a photo just came in from a long-time Well-Hungarian, showcasing his Peavey reno... "Bombs Away!" - Marvelous!
Notes Frankenfretter: "I would not bother using anything else on a build. I really love Well-Hung Pro-Pins; I'm quite serious when I say if I need strap buttons, I don't even look anywhere else now. "
No myths. No secrecy. Kindly remember, any hype surrounding Well-Hung products is really not.
Burt knows the troof.... With a dream in your heart, you're never alone!
Quiet, easy, secure, no extra leverage. Easily adds about 4" to your sling chain so those factory-made dwarf straps are useable again.
Mad- to-order by my own two hands.
I keep a couple guitars with these installed, but even better (my opinion) are the wonderful Well-Hung Pro-Pins of my own design. Oversize jumbo strap buttons - longer shaft, bigger knob. Many others say the same. Here's a photo just came in from a long-time Well-Hungarian, showcasing his Peavey reno... "Bombs Away!" - Marvelous!
Notes Frankenfretter: "I would not bother using anything else on a build. I really love Well-Hung Pro-Pins; I'm quite serious when I say if I need strap buttons, I don't even look anywhere else now. "
No myths. No secrecy. Kindly remember, any hype surrounding Well-Hung products is really not.
Burt knows the troof.... With a dream in your heart, you're never alone!
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TVvoodoo
Ambassador of The Comfortably Slung
Warlocks are badass, but especially so in the Mercenary Position
Says B-rad on IG: "I hooked the Suffocation U-series #bcrich with the dopest strap ever from @tvvoodoo #wellhungstraps. Not only does it look badass, it's the most comfortable thing I've ever worn on a guitar. Can't recommend their poop enough. Also swapped in the SH6 and gave it a fresh setup now this thing is horrifyingly excellent. This guitar will be with me for the rest of my life."
Says B-rad on IG: "I hooked the Suffocation U-series #bcrich with the dopest strap ever from @tvvoodoo #wellhungstraps. Not only does it look badass, it's the most comfortable thing I've ever worn on a guitar. Can't recommend their poop enough. Also swapped in the SH6 and gave it a fresh setup now this thing is horrifyingly excellent. This guitar will be with me for the rest of my life."
