Bluesman

Sounds like you did great. Once you get the lay of the land business will really improve. You were right to not budge on the price. Your products are top quality and are worth every dime. Stick to your guns, people pay for the good stuff. Let us know when the next one is.

That is outstanding............ :clapping: do you have any photos of the build process? Again.... :clapping:

That is OUTSTANDING......you should be very proud. That ranks with some of the best on here........ :notworthy:

Welcome from Fond du lac. Nice work. I really like the background you are using. keep it up.

I really like the entire project. The tooling is great and the design of the pouch really compliments the eagle. I would guess you formed the pouch after tooling the eagle, right? If so it sure didn't upset the tooling any. Great job on the edges and stitching. First Class all the way around.

Way cool. I like it.

Nice job. I like the way you finished the roses......................very nice

I really like the tooling. , simple, but says a ton. Great job

Thanks for asking. Everything is great, been busy.. I'll check out the axe and then see who has GAS.

That is way cool...................Thanks for finding and sharing

Outstanding But, isn't that more than a 10 clip mag I mean belt

Way nice great job

That's nice...................way to nice for the toilet......But it looks great. And yup your're underselling yourself. Think I need to do that

The tonal quality of an acoustic instrument comes entirely from the sound board or top of the instrument. This is why quality guitars are built with x bracing and a solid sitka spruce top. The longer it ages and the more the top drys the better it gets. The best tones are from an acoustic who's top has lost all of the inner dusting from manufacture and can reverberate. If you wrap an acoustic, you will kill it, plain and simple. Electrics are somewhat a different animal. Chris is correct in that as long as the bridge is still firmly anchored to the wood the magic can still happen. However I will only qualify this for a solid body. Wrap an electric hollow body and you lose all of the movement of the wood top same as an acoustic. The biggest contributors to tone, in an electric guitar, are the strings, pickups, and the height of the action. The wood plays a part but is really secondary, to some respect. Big tone equals big strings, high action and fat frets. Your mileage may vary, but I have been doing this for just a bit and that is my recipe for tone. Oh, and tube amps.........gotta have tube amps with no pedals...............Plug it in and go. Other than that, the Tele is killer..

There are no words that can say thank you enough. I bow to the master of the Telecaster.

That is really first class work........................

Learn the C major which also A minor Pena tonic scales. Play a C chord over the pattern that start on the 5th fret, then play an Am over the same pattern. Works....eh. These patterns give you the functional building blocks for all blues and country licks. Blues is minor and country is major. Unless your BB King who mixes the two. Listen to one of his tunes. When the song sounds sad he's playing minor scales. then it gets happy.....boom Major scales. Practice the 5th fret position until you can't stand it anymore. Play so slow that you wouldn't let your friends hear you play. Then add some bends, pull offs and add your own style. before you know it you be rockin' Hint, move the same pattern to the 12th fret and you got E minor and G Major. Here's a link http://www.i-love-guitar.com/pentatonic-guitar-scales.html

Keep playing and learning. Music is wonderful therapy. And when you get frustrated, several months down the road, try this. Turn the guitar around and try to play with the opposite hand. Can't do it ............eh. Well that's where you were when you started. So you can see your own improvement, even though it is small.

For lining I use a 2/3 very soft veg tan from Springfield Leather, I also use his 2/3 pigskin. What I like about lining with Veg is that it burnishes. I tried suede and it burnished.......okay I guess. But not like veg tan. Also being a guitar player for many years, I prefer my strap to slide, so suede is not my choice of lining. But then again you do what the customer wants. If you use suede, burnish with paraffin only, this seems to work well. Try a sample piece all glued together before you attempt the strap.

I use 8/9 oz and then line with 2/3 oz. I find the thicker top leather allows a very nice deep tooling pattern and I have no problem with how they drape. I guess it becomes a personal preference Make a few and see what you like. As for your needle requirements, you could PM wizcrafts on this board, he is the resident sewing machine experts. Make sure you post your work.

You did it ..................AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great job

Great job............Absolutely Fabulous.

here you go. http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Articles/Perfect_Armor_Improved.htm

Your welcome and don't forget to post some work............

That's really more of a scroll pattern. He probably marks the center and the the number of peaks from the center to each end. use a French curve to establish the arc. I would do it on poster board until you find a design you like. Don't forget to introduce yourself................