Custom guitar strap

[mullyman]

Well, you guys know I did the Warmoth guitar. I want only the best for this one so I even went as far as ordering a custom strap from a lady in Australia. She finished it last night and sent it out this morning. I should have it in about a week or so. Anyway, here she is.
MULLY
the diamonds are cobra skin

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/3671/strapyg3.jpg

Her website is located at:

http://www.pccord.com/deluxe_guitar_straps.htm

[Rick]

thats pretty neat mully, its never ceases to amaze me the cottage industry that can grow up around a product.

[Stew]

Well, you guys know I did the Warmoth guitar. I want only the best for this one so I even went as far as ordering a custom strap from a lady in Australia. She finished it last night and sent it out this morning. I should have it in about a week or so. Anyway, here she is.
MULLY
the diamonds are cobra skin

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/3671/strapyg3.jpg

Her website is located at:

http://www.pccord.com/deluxe_guitar_straps.htmvery nice Mully....think you should rename yourself Filo Bedo and play country music lol

[mullyman]

very nice Mully....think you should rename yourself Filo Bedo and play country music lol


Damn, man, it's funny you should say that because when I was going over designs with her I told her the colors I wanted and that with the overall design I wanted "The guitar strap Clint Eastwood would have used in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly".

HA!!
MULLY

[bigdoug]

well looks like you got it Mully :grin:

[Six]

It's not really to my taste but the quality and craftsmanship looks superb. I'm sure you'll get a lot of pleasure out of it.

[mullyman]

Actually, Six, this is what I wanted

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/622/leatherguitarstraps30lw6.jpg

But it was custom made for some guy in Sydney and she wouldn't repeat it. That Cobra skin in the triangles and up the sides is pretty bold.
MULLY

[ZappaFan]

Got too appreciate the skills, and indeed the animals, that went into making that. Like Six it's not really my kinda thing to use, but it still looks great.

[mullyman]

The strap arrived today. My first impression "God damn that thing is ultra wide!" It almost looks like a strap for a bass. Any of you guys use a wide strap?

Side by side with my standard Levy's strap (which I've been content with on this guitar)
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/2343/strap002ai5.jpg

Lined up together on the side. Man, this thing is "Uber Vide"
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/4599/strap004rj9.jpg
MULLY

[Rob]

very nice reminds me of the wild west, you just need a six shooter hanging off that and you are ready to go.

If you dont mind me asking how much would something like that cost?

[mullyman]

very nice reminds me of the wild west, you just need a six shooter hanging off that and you are ready to go.

If you dont mind me asking how much would something like that cost?

I'm almost embarrassed to say. $350.00 Australian. The yen is really strong against the Aussie dollar at the moment so it actually worked out fairly well. Only a little more than a good leather strap off the shelf would cost. And, it's the only one in the world so I can't really complain.
MULLY

[Highway Star]

$350 Aussie dollars! Mully mate... you truely are a flippn' looney! That's £154!!!

BTW.... the one you wanted and the one you ended up with could not look more different! LOL

Farl

[mullyman]

Oh yeah, day and night as far as the design goes. What happened was that I just told her things like "I like brown, I don't like shiny leather, I like brass rivets, snakeskin, cow hair etc..." and I let her go at it. She threw me a design, I looked at it, made a few suggestions and she went back to the drawing board. Sent me another sample and I approved. Her sample was a computer drawing. In my mind I was expecting something a touch different on those stripes running up the sides. I wanted something more.....I don't even know how to explain it. I have a cue case here made out of buffalo hide that I love. I wanted it more like that. It's cool though. I like this one just fine.

As for the price, it came up to about 20,000 yen, give or take a few. Man, a good Levy's strap would have been anywhere between 10 and 13 thousand yen. This one was a little more expensive but considering it's the only one like it in the universe, the extra was well worth it......and it really wasn't that much more. Hell, my wife and I can kill 10,000 going out for dinner and stopping by the supermarket on the way home.
MULLY

[Highway Star]

Oh yeah, day and night as far as the design goes. What happened was that I just told her things like "I like brown, I don't like shiny leather, I like brass rivets, snakeskin, cow hair etc..." and I let her go at it. She threw me a design, I looked at it, made a few suggestions and she went back to the drawing board. Sent me another sample and I approved. Her sample was a computer drawing. In my mind I was expecting something a touch different on those stripes running up the sides. I wanted something more.....I don't even know how to explain it. I have a cue case here made out of buffalo hide that I love. I wanted it more like that. It's cool though. I like this one just fine.

As for the price, it came up to about 20,000 yen, give or take a few. Man, a good Levy's strap would have been anywhere between 10 and 13 thousand yen. This one was a little more expensive but considering it's the only one like it in the universe, the extra was well worth it......and it really wasn't that much more. Hell, my wife and I can kill 10,000 going out for dinner and stopping by the supermarket on the way home.
MULLY

Ah... the life of the rich.... LOL

I like having some rare stuff but unique must be very satisfying.

Farl

[bigdoug]

lol, it will look great on stage mate :thumb: and will go very well with the chaps too.

[mullyman]

Ah... the life of the rich.... LOL

I like having some rare stuff but unique must be very satisfying.

Farl

Listen to ya. How's that Jimmy Page Les Paul holding up, Rockefeller?
MULLY
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[mullyman]

lol, it will look great on stage mate :thumb: and will go very well with the chaps too.

Yeah, I think I'm past a certain point with my weight where those chaps aren't going to be an option. hehe!!!
MULLY