TVvoodoo's Straplab

I'll be putting some more pics up this weekend, but this morning I finished a bunch of the baby paisleys to busy this up a bit.


A couple of watchers are asking about this. Recently got in more white gems so the only thing holding me back on completing this now is, the time it takes to meticulously place each of these stones.
Next up i want to add a little more greenery attached to the paisleys, like the fender style shows,
and then I can fill the interiors bits with the white gems.
 
A little change of pace... continues with bedazzlement of the rhinestone punk paisley craft/self-punishment project.

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Completed all the baby butas, and added some random greenery "humps" on all the daddy paisleys... with the gold crystals inside, about 23 of them. I picked some warmer gold elements to add in to help play off the compensated brass saddles this bridge will be getting

Now that I could see all the extra little features added to the main part, it looked to my eye the pattern in the lower "horn section" was a little too empty now... I had completed that part too soon.

I had wanted to test adhesion of the gems anyway, so no time like the present... I held my breath and slipped the sharp end of a carving tool underneath and was able to pry a couple square inches of gems away...they are stuck pretty good, once all locked in together, but you can sort of "cut" a section out by slicing downwards first to separate.

I redid the end of the horn with more of the same elements on the rest of the body pattern, and refilled with the white

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Worked a bit on the matching headstock too this morning. Again, bringing over the same bits. I also decided rather than trying to level & futz around with waterslides, to just do the "Royale" name in gems, since I could... seems to me a little more "Luxe" to do it in stones anyway.

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This part also now ready to fill with the white crystals
 
Another strap I have built for a few years recently sold off the last one I had. Kind of a pain to make, but absolutely worth it for the right person looking for a solution

The Well-Hung Bluesbreaker II is a 3" wide sliding buckle hootenanny in vintagy tweed heavy duty velvet.
Also features a frontal pickpocket & incredibly useful pull-off/push on SlideMaster bottleneck docker.
(Yes, I kind of invented it, and it's awesome if I do say so myself.)

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If you find that you don't play slide as often as you should, it's probably because just like me, your slide is clunking around in the bottom of some combo amp, or under a bunch of other junk in some gear odds 'n ends drawer somewhere.

The SlideMaster feature keeps centre stage up-front super handy to access. A very quick one hand motion with your fretting hand docks it onto your finger to pull off for use.
I found after about a minutes' practice I learned to dock it back just as quickly, after awhile you'll be able to do it blindfolded without even thinking, which BTW, I have found is the funnest way to do most things in life

You will find your slide sits docked very secure, even a guitar madman boogaloo won't shake it loose, and the amount of "grab" it has is easily adjustable.
Accepts metal slides also. whatever you got, but i will include one glass slide just like as shown with this strap.

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Sharp eyes may notice that something here this looks very wrong. How would me, a clumsy righty be able to reach around and stick my fingie in that there hole?
Well, short answer is , I'm in the process of making four, this is the first one and it's the only LEFTY version I made, so it's here sitting on the strap dummy all wrong and backwards. My bad!
You gotta have the open hole facing your fret hand so you can stick your finger in it to pull it off, and put it back on again... it works real slick. The next three will have the slide hole facing
the proper way, for us righties.

Yes, Well-Hung has developed a way to make a left-handed guitar strap. Whodathunkit?

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Very nice leather ends, and medium level padding in the shoulder (which is admittedly more than you'd find in most what others call FULLY padded straps).
and again, a 3" wide hootenanny strap is hard to find, but one with padding and other cool features too? Fuhgeddaboudit!

Will complete the other three and have them up in the store tomorrow I figure.
 
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You interested in "mushroom mountain" or the brass ring strsp John? Can do either by custom order.
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Hey Brad, the Brass Ring strap. Got to get through my kitchen renovation and a couple of other things first, but always loved the look of that one.
 
If, say, you joined group of creepy dudes who follow ladies around, but they made you the leader... would that make you the head stalker?

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Speaking of creepy dudes, meet my brother Jaydee, back home for a li'l visit.


Just kidding... I love my bro, and he is a fine, upstanding citizen who has never been convicted in any court of law.
 
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Not too much strap output in the shop... been visiting a bit with my brother who dropped in yesterday, and is in town for a few days. I did get this one done and into the store.
"Troublemaker" is mostly dark handsome burgundy "vegan" faux leather w/ black harness leather front and back for longevity. Features some glittery gold rings 'n rivets, and dual front pick pocket.
Would class up any dark trans red "whatever" or most anything with a red torty pickguard.

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Can't help myself. A few more progress pics... probably another 6-7 seven hours into it now.
Working bottom to top. Estimate maybe another 10-12 hours I'll pretty much have it.

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I'm finding I can't do this for much more than an hour at a time, because I get sloppy and start to miss spaces. It's a bit more difficult with all these clear white gems sitting against a silver/gray background, on the UV resin. All glittery AF. A fellas' eyes start to go wonky and your attention span starts to drop out. Then, you decide to UV a section of crystals in place, and discover holes or gaps where they aren't as nicely packed as they should have been, or you got a crystal gem glued in sitting on it's side/edge poking up in a dumb way.

Again, still working with about one square inch or a little more at a time. Takes about ten-15 minutes/ sq in. by my estimate including about 2 min UV time. The little lamp I have shuts off automatically after about 45 seconds, I'm hitting the button three times.

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When you look at it at an angle like this, you can see there are some smaller gaps in my work, spaces. But I do have a plan for those.

I've started using the rounded end of a screwdriver to lightly tamp them down before I give them the UV - that seems to really help set them and get 'em flat, but it can also displace a bunch and muck things up bad if you tap too aggressively.

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I have white gems in a few different sizes, situations come up where you need to use a larger or smaller gem, though it can be a fiddly time-waster also trying to get them super perfect. And, it seems if you mess around too much, the UV glue seems to get stiffer, or start to evaporate a bit, so you can't fark about too much. But plenty of working time for smaller spaces.

If you can get 'em down fairly quickly, you grant yourself some leeway to re-arrange them best by sliding them around a bit. Again, leaving any gaps is a bad deal - It's real hard to fill them after-the-fact too, because the UV glue seems to sort of take up the space

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Out-of-focus gives an interesting mosaic/stained glass effect. In retrospect, I think I would have been smarter to use a darker smoky gray crystal instead of bright white for the background, I believe the paisley pattern would have jumped out better. I chose white because I figured it would be closer to the traditional bumpy aluminum foil vibe. You can get metallic silver gems too. Second guessing now, I was aiming for it to be a similar colour scheme to the original 68/69 style.

I am toying with the idea of a thin magenta candy/toner burst around the edges. I dunno. I haven't decided how I am going to finish the rest of the body either. And, I am feeling more and more I want to do a tummy bevel. I can't seem to get with this big thick slab.

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These crystals are available in almost any colour you could imagine, some are even multi-coloured. I used a few inside the poppa paisleys that have a green/pink colour shift effect, but still pics can't really show it too well. I think I got 20 packs of gems total and they are not much more than a buck a pack, 1,440 per. I won't be using all of the greens and pinks I got, and now I realize I purchased way too many white ones LOL - now to think which amp control plate to similarly bedazzle.:unsure:
 
Gettin' real, real close now. I figure only about an hour and a half, maybe two more. I guess if there's anywhere in the world folks might like glittergatpix it's probably not TTR, but this thing is just an adventure and lots of fun to photograph. Irresistable, really.

Welcome to 101 Glitter St., located in Sparkleville, Blingatoba, come on in!

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I have found it gets kinda dull from fingerprints pretty quickly, you can shine it up with bit of terrycloth, makes a big difference. Had it out in the sun through the window upstairs for a bit this weekend, crazy pattern it threw on the wall was something else.

Anyway, I'm starting to think it's going to be a make me a little blue when it's done.
 
That will look really good filled. It's of my humble opinion that any unfilled space exposed will not look that great. :hide:
 
New in the Well-Hung strapateria is a new version of "Tarnished" but this time in the Class Act form factor with the protected rear buckle adjustment. Loving this design!

The rear-buckle set up is secure and handsome, but best of all it very easy to adjust without having to pull the strap off your guitar. The way I set it up, you're going to have to be some sort of genius to figure out a way to get the buckle to ding your guitar in normal use.

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This one goes from about 45"-all the way to 59" max length. very nice leather, very nice piece. Could be a little bit country, and a little bit rock 'n roll

Takes a bit more doing to get this tarnished silver look on the Sheridan vinyl i picked up, but well worth the effort. It's got a little shine to it, but not a chromey shine.
More like a "great-great grandpappy's-shootin'-iron-you-discovered-in-an-old-wooden-box-in-the-hayloft" kind of shine.

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I did manage to finish all the frontal gem placement on the Paisley Royale telecaster. My next moves are going to be...

1. go all around the outside edge with some silver paint touch up, a couple of places where it needs.
2. go all around the outside edge of the gems with another good layer of that UV resin to lock 'em down even better.
3. protect the front and get at it the back with the angle grinder to put a tummy cut into it, and sand it nice for final finishing.

I'm kind of waiting for decent weather to get it outside and grind on it. It's been a real slow and cool spring up here, a real slow melt. It's rare to have snow on the ground this late, but there it is just got my deck cleared off yesterday. Thankfully, we had about double the amount of snow as usual, so a slow melt has been a blessing. I'm higher up here in town, but parts of my community can be prone to flooded basements and such.

Also working on the design for a Japanese dragon theme strap for a fellow I've built for before. Going to be a cool one!
 
New in the Well-Hung Reverb store is "The Guardsman" from the No Prisoners line.
It's sort of brutish metal, but in a subtle way, if that's possible LOL

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"The Guardsman" seems ideal for a brave individual ready to defend the realm of macho basement rock-star LARPing, but beware: it may be that only real deal on-stage face-melting may ever
satisfy this black leather 'n studded straps' full destiny and release it's full powers. Are you able to fulfill?

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I am real glad I made the decision to add some contrasting white stitching on the feature... "motorcycles" it up nicely I think, adds a little extra badass.

A supple black leather base, rolled edges on the sides with what looks like to me aluminum rivets all up and down. Heavy leather ends, luxurious padding.
3" wide on the shoulder goes near long as 60" allowing you to invent and throw new and sexy on-stage shapes to your heart's delight.
 
TVvoodoo said:
New in the Well-Hung Reverb store is "The Guardsman" from the No Prisoners line.
It's sort of brutish metal, but in a subtle way, if that's possible LOL

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"The Guardsman" seems ideal for a brave individual ready to defend the realm of macho basement rock-star LARPing, but beware: it may be that only real deal on-stage face-melting may ever
satisfy this black leather 'n studded straps' full destiny and release it's full powers. Are you able to fulfill?

AZ0JfZNM_o.jpg


I am real glad I made the decision to add some contrasting white stitching on the feature... "motorcycles" it up nicely I think, adds a little extra badass.

A supple black leather base, rolled edges on the sides with what looks like to me aluminum rivets all up and down. Heavy leather ends, luxurious padding.
3" wide on the shoulder goes near long as 60" allowing you to invent and throw new and sexy on-stage shapes to your heart's delight.
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Can I call dibs?
 
Just also wanted to shout out to all TTR strap shoppers... for the rest of APRIL
I am offering FREE SHIPPING ($24 savings) on all straps sold to TTR members via REVERB.

I am sort of desperately trying to hit a magic number my wife needs to see so I can keep doing this
plus, i think i probably owe TTR some new money for my advertising square thingy

How you do it is visit my store, pick what you want, then make an offer at $24 less the purchase price.
You will still have to pay shipping, but well you know, I'll accept your offer and you save that same amount on the price.
I will also still add some cool swag to your package and one of my new soul-inspiring, rehearsal space revitalizing
"200% Powered by High Octane" Banners plus some picks and a sticker probably too

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Let me know via reverb message PROMOCODE "TTRWANKFEST" LOL
 
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TVvoodoo said:
New in the Well-Hung Reverb store is "The Guardsman" from the No Prisoners line.
It's sort of brutish metal, but in a subtle way, if that's possible LOL

ZXaZuSmZ_o.jpg


"The Guardsman" seems ideal for a brave individual ready to defend the realm of macho basement rock-star LARPing, but beware: it may be that only real deal on-stage face-melting may ever
satisfy this black leather 'n studded straps' full destiny and release it's full powers. Are you able to fulfill?

AZ0JfZNM_o.jpg


I am real glad I made the decision to add some contrasting white stitching on the feature... "motorcycles" it up nicely I think, adds a little extra badass.

A supple black leather base, rolled edges on the sides with what looks like to me aluminum rivets all up and down. Heavy leather ends, luxurious padding.
3" wide on the shoulder goes near long as 60" allowing you to invent and throw new and sexy on-stage shapes to your heart's delight.
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I think this thing will look sweet on my new Ibanez.
 
I don't often work on Sundays but today I felt a bit inspired to get a jump on the week.

If you look at the photo real close, you might spot a series of four new "Sportsman" guitar slings now in-progress. I will finish these off tomorrow.

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If you've been on the hunt for a real man's guitar strap, here's one that could help your feed your family. All you gotta do is take careful aim, keep your breath shallow, relax and get ready to gently.... squeeze.... the..... trigger.

These should show up on Reverb late in the day tomorrow. Happy Hunting!
 
"Carnivore" seemed like a better name for this short run of new Well-Hung guitar straps fresh off the bench today and new to Reverb.

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Not the sort of strap you casually drop in the bush at the campfire jam, you may not find it again! Or, perhaps you're making huge bank in the bro country world, best throw one of these in yer truck! Might be strong enough to pull your rig out of the ditch if you need it. If there's one team color/pattern that unites rural folk everywhere, from deep south Duck Dynasty Louisiana, all the way up to the high arctic caribou chasin' northwoods... y'know it's this here one, right here!

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Made of tough heavyweight printed cotton denim that has been washed for softness and slightly faded. Each one is different, but kind of the the same if you get my drift. Good and long, floats between 46"-59". Luxe 3" wide, rolled edges, luxury padding in the shoulder. Heavy leather ends for long life and sturdiness. As always, more info and pics on Reverb - go see!

Ltd. Edition, four only, head over to Reverb and bag one for yourself today before Terrible Ted poaches 'em all.
 
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