TVvoodoo's Straplab

A custom order soon to go out... "Fitheach" is the Gaelic word for "Raven."

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Features blue ribbon with a circular Celtic raven pattern, on 3" wide ultra-padded black leather. Built in my Well-Hung exclusive "Class Act" form factor, with the back buckle/pass through, and
matching velvety blue lining that will solve any neck dive before this SG can even think about it.
 
After a former life as a hip silk necktie who's job was to choke off some poor office slave's life and ambition,
it's suddenly metamorphed into a rather funky strap, ready to juice up most any tobacco bursty sort of guitar.

It's now looking forward to a new life onstage and glad to have finally escaped cubicle-land

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Also suddenly new in the Reverb Shop... Calloo! Callay! Another Jabberwock has been slain! I made a few of these, a very popular re-issue from the Well-Hung offerings in the past.
This time in a golden honey/saddle leather with a rather mystical semi-glow effect inthe finish that doesn't show in pics.
I mean it's a really epic and mythical strap. I can't want to hear from those who pick one up.

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Both of these straps luxuriously padded, built to last, and sexier than most, (kinda like me).

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I have a Jabberwock! Kinda burgandy color.
Beauty.

 
"Atomic" found it's owner, the tele turned out a lot lighter in real life over the photo I was shown. I worked so hard to get a nice nuclear green LOL... when it seems like it should be almost white.

But Florida Man Owner Johnny Z loves it anyway. Almost made it in time for the St. Petersberg Jazzfest, but not quite.
Tried my very best to make it happen, even rushed it by driving it to a nearby city myself to Fedex it, but it was still two days late.
These days, seems you just can't trust what any shipping delivery folks say.

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Angry bird found it's owner, Bryan loves it, and left a really nice review on my F-book page.

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had some nice words to spew on reverb too!
"Nailed it! 2nd strap from a first class strap artist. I was so happy with my first Well-Hung strap that I swapped between my Rickenbacker 4003 and Ibanez SR 5 string that when I received my new(to me) thunderbird bass... as soon as I took the t-bird out of case I said I have to get ahold of Brad to get a custom-made strap. After several emails of me aggravating the crap out of him (((NO HE DIDN'T LOL))) he came up with the No Prisoners "Angry Bird" strap. 2nd & not last. Thank you Brad love it" ~Bryan in Mississippi

Coming up new and soon to the reverb store a couple of interesting ones I call "Power Trio"
Only had enough material to make a pair of these but they are quite fun and very macho...

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Three different shades, Black, metallic copper and aged gold, with heavy leather front and back. 3" wide, padded etc. One has a gold strip down the middle, one has the coppery strip.
The one with the Gold strip is a bit on the long side.

A bunch of nice reviews came in recently... of the hundreds and hundreds of others there on Reverb

"Epic Strap!" said Emmit in New York City, praising his wild thing Black Leopard real fur strap
"Looks Amazing! Well-Hung has the best straps" Briggy in Penn state, of the pair he picked up

"Another amazed and happy customer. Love it!" Walter in Maine, after trying out his Matrika Red

David picked up a crazy jangly one called "50 Shades of Black" telling me he craved something 100% super-duty, flat out telling me at purchase he was sick and tired of cheap/weak factory straps masquerading as heavy metal.
I knew while boxing this unique No Prisoners Series strap, he was going go full BDSM (Badass Deviant Strap Man).

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"I am very happy with the quality and workmanship of the strap I ordered. Quality is outstanding, and it's by far the most comfortable strap I've ever owned. Perfect for my heavy mahogany guitars. Great customer service and communication throughout my entire order process, I can't wait to get another one. If you're on the fence about the price like I was, make the purchase, and you will be very happy with it. You'll never find straps this nice at any online retailer, or store. The best!" David in New Port Richey, FL
 
Truth is, my wife and I have not been sleeping well for a couple weeks.

We are firmly Canadian but both of us have healthy doses of slav genes in our blood. Czech, Romanian, Ukrainian, and Russian. We love our pyrogies and cabbage rolls!

I was inspired this morning to create a pair I call "Sonyashnyk". 3" wide, sunflower tapestry on blue velvet. Black non slip lining, ultra padded super comfy with good black leather on the ends.
Will be available in the reverb store tomorrow. Will be donating a healthy portion of proceeds toward humanitarian relief and I hope to do be able to do so soon.


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Pleased to report one of the Sonyashnyks sold within minutes of going up. Still one left but I'm talking to a fellow about it now... might be too long for his wife. Might have to make a custom version for her.

Today I finally got at the black/grey/silver paisley ribbon I dyed a few weeks ago. Made three "1969" series straps, called "It's Your Thing (do what ya wanna do)" in a softy Pelham blue, Spearmint green, and Colonel Mustard. Pretty cool! 3" wide, lonk, stronk badonka-donk.
These will probably go up in the Well-Hung store tomorrow.

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Also got another pic in of Saskatoon Jethro, taken during the filming of a rock video!

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He bought this No Prisoners strap so long ago, I can't even remember what it was called... it's a given if you are set to do a rock video, Well-Hung is the way to go!
Got a couple guys upstairs working on laying 1500 sq foot of vinyl plank. Noisy as heck down in the shop. The Lead Hand plays a little guitar I found out, and is doing a GREAT job on the floor. Precise!

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MY wife didn't want an anniversary gift, instead she wanted new floor. A LOT of it. We live in a church my wife and I have slowly converted into a home for the past 20 years, and are now recent empty nesters. This 1950's flooring is something we are now trying to cover up asbestos we can, if you get my drift, for resale eventually. I'm not so hot on the flooring color but it's apparently the right choice as far as saleability. The old floor was perfect for dogs, kids, floor hockey and all that. Now it's time.

This photo from upstairs from what used to be the choir loft, now a master bedroom. The kitchen is what used to be the altar.

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Says he's got an old walnut coloured ARIA Pro electric, and a beat up Yamaha acoustic. I'm going to reward him with a strap, a tip, so to speak. Don't even think he knows what I do for a living yet. I've been asking some questions... find out what he digs.... they do listen to a HELLUVA lot of Bro Country up there, cranking outta my Alexa. Man, down here in the shop I gotta crank up the Sabbath, Priest and talk radio down to drown out all that tile pounding and Walker Hayes. But I have started to take a shine to that earworm AA tune. Should I seek help?

I know no everybody can get behind rural contemporary music, calling it's lowbrow pandering and repetitive. I'll take this over urban contemporary any day, all day.


His name is Dusty, great name for a tradesman! So that's gotta go on. Probably a carved skull or something. Everyone digs skulls.
 
A random custom guitar strap tooling job I started work on over the weekend. Was able to get to the dye stage today. Brings Message in a Bottle to a whole new level.
I like how a darker yellow dye was able to put some whisky-ish liquor inside. It will all darken up a little bit more after the clearcoat.

As mentioned, this will be a "tip" for my flooring install contractor who I've gotten to know pretty good by now. We've got to talking fairly deep about life and stuff, raising a family etc.
In short, he's not having the easiest time right now, and is suffering for it. I'm empathetic with his situation, I've kind of been there, myself... probably not near as serious, but we both agreed a little message/reminder wouldn't hurt at all, without getting all preachy about anything.
He doesn't know exactly what's coming. But man, his flooring work is pretty excellent, and he's really a swell dude. I hope he digs it.

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this one will be oiled one more time, then the edges will be burnished to a shine maybe tonight.
Tomorrow I should be able to pad, sew lining, punch holes then a couple coats of clear leather finish/protectant.

Flooring update... main room and kitchen now complete. He's working on trim today, will move into the bathroom tomorrow I think, hope so, anyway.
This place has so many un-square angles it's kind of a nightmare for contractors.

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Today the StrapLab was rocking pretty hard, ain't gonna lie, and I was inspired to make something a bit out of
the ordinary, (for a change LOL!)... kinda fun!

"This is hooooooomme... "

Here we got a pair of new stripeys fresh off the bench I'm calling "Mean Street"
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...Dance Baby!

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Ok all you Coral Reefers, how'd you like to get down with "Bikini Bottom"?
This was quite a challenge to build but turned out pretty swell, (if I'm allowed to be a little shellfish).

just lookin' at this thing will give you sand in your crack

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Super wild strap... found belt on sand coloured suede, 3" wide, padded super comfy, yadda, yadda
 
This here's "Hee-Haw," featuring thick sunflowery tapestry on faded blue denim. Plenty good for gettin' your country on, 3" wide, padded, and goes up to about 56" max.

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Dang, she's a purty one. If your vibe is country, or even hippy cowpoke, this one does it real well.
 
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Latest creation from Brad. He’d already made two and was planning on donating proceeds to charity. He made this third one for my wife’s Taylor and donated proceeds. Made it 2 1/2” wide rather than 3” like the other two.

Note: You can read about these straps in Post# 977.
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Iblive mentioned he thought that sunflower strap was going to be for his beautiful wife...and encourage her to play more guitar.. now I'm not so sure if that was the case! Maybe it was for him after all!!@ But man it sure looks look super-fab on that flattop!

Purchase of three Ukraine support sunflower straps allowed a $300 donation to Doctors Without Borders specifically earmarked for Poland and the current refugee crisis. thank you to the purchasers.

Now because Sonyashnyk was supposedly going to be for the wife, I figured I couldn't just treat Mrs. Iblive to an awesome a new strap day, and have hubby left sitting there empty-handed. So, I dug deeeep in the Well-Hung archives and came up with an old prototype build to toss in. I had figured years ago that one was not quite comfy enough to sell... but ok enough to offer up as a freebie for someone cool and special. I subsequently improved the design the next ones were better, so Sorry to send you my junk hope you enjoy it! LOL!

On the road travelling now until Sunday visiting in-laws but I do have a new one coming up for the store when I return from the No Prisoners line called "Hero"

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dark saddle oil-tanned leather, with a macho leather feature belt attached, 3" wide padded etc.
 
Was feeling a little experi- mental in the StrapLab this morning... figured I'd try a hybrid "Class Act" design with the pass-through back buckler design... Couple of curve-balls.... I made this one a bit skinnier at 2.5" wide with about half the padding I usually use.... I get calls for that sometimes. It's still way more comfy than your average store-bought methinks.

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To amp things up a little bit, I securly sewed a nice strip of salt 'n pepper Marshall style grill topside. Totally makes this strap go to eleven. If you have a black and creme paul or something with zebra pups, this will help it sing visually, if it don't already audibly! And just watch how many people ask where you found it! This will show up in the Reverb Store probably tonight

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It's called "Playin' Dirty" 'cause it's absolutely born for that. Goes 46-58" long. Your typical shop strap will max out around 51", but this one is Well-Hung! Just sayin'.
Who cares what I say? I could be biased LOL!!! Here's some thoughts two recent customers left behind for all y'alls to see on Reverb...

Tom picked up one of the two "Power Trio" straps not far back in this thread, one still remains
"My highest recommendation, best seller on Reverb IMHO. Thank you again!" - Tom in San Diego

Ben picked up "The Bully" which had been in the Reverb store almost forever, made a very respectful offer. It became time to let it go and so it could finally find employment...
"Incredible craftsmanship, wonderfully padded and sits great with my Les Paul. Will be purchasing from this shop again, for certain." Ben in Grand Rapids, MI
 
Get a load of this refinished OG Esquire, stripped oiled... dated out of the factory in March 1962.
Suitably Well-Hung in a Tweedly-Wheedly

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Rick in Mississauga Ontario was particularly chuffed to find the oil-tanned leather ends matched the rosewood fretboard near perfectly.
Keef also shown, enjoying his last smoke. If he can quit you can too! He sure didn't like this guitar much though:

" 'At's a royal fookin' winkie-up there mate, too many strings man. " Shaking his head disgusted, he sneers and points a single crooked finger at me,
"Been pissin' up against the wall again, then? " he queried, "Why didn't you ring me up lad? Tossed the fags, but I still get battered ya arsehole"

Even in my fantasy, Keef is mean to me.
 
quick in and out today, here's a pic of the four, now packing to send.

The funniest thing is, being super cool peeps they will totally realize it might be a little cheesy to be seen wearing them all the same time.

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However, I predict, once they do sling these and compare them to the old regular straps, we can add yet another sad new reason for divisive band drama:
" Hey dude, you just can't wear yours, I'm wearing mine tonight!" whines the pouty prima-donna lead guy, flinging his beautiful hair artistically.
"No way pal, I don't do weak straps no-more. For comfort and massive groove-factor I gotsa to be Well-Hung so what you gonna do 'bout it?"
Threatens the 6'5" bassist gesturing threateningly with her massively beefy fist.
 
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All rise... "The Judge" has entered the courtroom, fresh off the StrapLab bench yesterday.
All hot orange and black with chrome punk grommets like theys are goin' out of style.
VROOOOOOMMMMMMM!

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Unfortunately, if you want it? No justice. It was snapped up within minutes of showing up on reverb. I'm just showing y'alls as a tease! But I hope Jason out in PEI (regular repeat tribemember) totally digs it, and I sure do wonder whatever the heck he's plannin' to put this on! It's already on the open road, getting 11MPG zooming towards him.

This is a GREAT case for putting the Well-Hung 'verb store on "watch" to minimize the FOMO - I highly suggest you do this, and this thread too.

Also brand new in the strapateria today is "Everybody's Talkin'" a new pair of 1969 straps, featuring black leather, and primarily red vintage-correct hootenanny ribbon.
Everybody's talking at me, I don't hear a word they're saying....Only the echoes of my mind...

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This awesome embroidered ribbon has a bit of everycolour in it, primarily red. Looks just super from like six feet with a cool cross/diamond pattern.
Extremely hippie. I made two, both go to about 45"-59" long.
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Ultra padded, both thickk and phatt, (I made two, one is just a bit wider than the other) a revolutionary level of comfort you can totally tease your bandmates with.
Looks like gigs are happening again, head over to my Reverb store (((link below))) and get yourself outfitted for a new kind of comfort.

Wishing all my forum brothers a beautiful spring weekend!
 
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