chancey77

Yep who needs pockets anyhow????? I had a chance to make the guns better and also cut out a rider that is coming from the front as well, so all the cowboys match on the back...one dead and 2 in the gun fight. I am glad I had an opportunity to fix a couple things that where bugging me!

now getting to make holes and LACE THIS BAD BOY UP!!!!

2 thumbs up from THIS GUY!!!!!!! GREAT JOB!!!!!!

You got that right!!!!...Not to mention all the guitar playing I have to do..so far 7hrs a day rehearsal sched to get ready for the tour...my hands HATE me right now:)....You just got to push through that S***T! It's just Pride F'k*n with ya! He has already ordered another body, and a neck with rosewood, so it will suit the black one...this one the Good Guys Win...in the Back one...THE BAD GUYS WIN!!! LOLOLOLOLOL

OH YA GETTING CLOSE!!!!!! Just have to oil it up/clear and antique it...then the fun part lacing it all together:)

The bags look GREAT! But go get yourself some small zip ties...it holds everything real nice and is much easier to put on instead of all that sewing thread:) Keep Pounding! C

String Ferrules pressed, and holes punched. Top in the making...again:) I am glad I had the opportunity to re-do it, it gives me a chance to fix some things I wish I would have done better the first go around:)

In the top of this section is a pattern called Triangle Bag which is a pattern for a swing arm...All the measurements are there and shapes for your use:) RDB: GREAT BAG BRO!!!!!!!! KEEP POUNDING!!! Maybe one day I'll get a sewing machine....I have actually have had a couple but they just looked cool in the corner of the shop and never got used:) hahahaha By The way... The best solution I have found for attaching these kinds of bags ( because of the chain/belt) Is using the 2 bolts that hold the Chain guard on for the top section, and if there is no chain guard...then: Use a 2 U bolts with a metal bracket on the inside of each set of bolts.... If you smell what I'm cooking.... Dang I had diagram...but I guess it is MIA! DANG!!!!!! But here is a view so you can see....just make a cardboard templet of the back line it up on the bike...then make the holes in the template and transfer the holes from the pattern to the ready made bag....but you are a smart guy and probably WAY AHEAD OF ME ON THAT!!!!! On the picture below of the frame I just used the 2 bolts holding the chain cover and washers...It isn't a huge bag so it really won't ever carry much weight, so 2 bolts on top and 2 U bolt on the bottom are MORE than enough.

In the 9th hour before the knife and pencil do their magic..... I received a message from the great blue yonder and took the guitar to teh Boss Man...NO MORE BULLETS OR ANYTHING LIK ETHAT...KEEP IT SIMPLE AND CARRY ON! OK!!!!!!!!!! Now I am casing the new top and will start that tonight!

Aarons idea was AWESOME...just a little late for this one:) But maybe on the next one I have been planning with J-P and Scott!

Well..it goes like this...teh client is always right:) And he loves them how they are now, and wants some random bullets! So THANKS TO ALL FOR YOUR OPINIONS AND WE CARRY ON!!!! THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA AARON! BUt I have a boss on this project and after seeing this design I am to carry on:)

LOLOL Wel lets see who makes the sickest guitar strap then:)

hahahaha I have about 6 of these planned in my head, I won't say what they are because of the vultures, but...they are all original and I guarantee there is NO TELE IN THE WORLD LIKE THESE! Conchos on guitar straps are very cool looking as long as it is done RIGHT, a lot of the ones I see do not have them even put on properly. But maybe I just have a couple on there anyway. Personally if it was my guitar, I would have the bullets on the strap, not the guitar. I was hoping some of the cowboys would join in on this discussion....but I guess they are to busy.

You and my wife just said the same thing...LOL ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!! That may be the ticket!!!! and when I run out just put in a bullet. and start over:) Simple and fast! I dig it! I of course would love to do the whole bullet belt thing, but ...really just to much involved for the sides in my opinion. The focus should be on the front and back pieces, and with the turquoise dots, it may just be subtle enough to still pop.

hahahahahha LOLOLOL the distressed seat is ok...but the TANK HAS ISSUES!!!!!!!! OMG!!!!!!!!!!! hahahaha

I did think about that I even made 3 leather bullets, but again...seems to congested. Maybe less is more...It just seems like it is missing a very small element. Just not sure what! Maybe just a fancy brass furni tac???? like 3 in between the conchos???? I started making the sides like this with bullet belt look...and right away I knew I HATED IT...So I started making some scrap tests and I am trying to keep it classy not cartoony, especially for the sides, simple and classy, and easy to repeat and carry on to the strap. each strap is about 6' long, so a simple, classy solution is welcomed!

Yep the strap is in the works already as well, and it will match the tooled sides, but I have the chrome conchos that match the design I am using. The case might not be such an issue, we could make a case for it, but it is just more money he may or may not have now after this part of the project is done, but it will be on his wall.... But a case would be nice and we have chatted about it as well. I think all in all he has thought about buying maybe 4-6 of these guitars in the near future to have a whole collection of them with different themes... But back to screw backs and anything nailed or riveted, My only other concern, besides not fitting in the case is that these conchos have ended up well being on a curvy guitar, I do like the shotgun shell primers, and I have seen them in a furniture nail version...but I am fighting time and leaving for tour in 2 weeks and this guitar has to be finished before I leave...I am hoping someone comes up with an idea that does not involve me ordering anything more, I am really looking for a Tooled option. Simple easy to repeat and again SIMPLE! K:I:S:S:) My motto! The gap is 1 3/4" roughly...4cm exactly tall and 4.5cm wide in between the conchos. The strap MUST HAVE DUD BULLETS!!!!!!!

http://www.urheilukuvat.net/Show/HBS12/23454883_rhrQVs#!i=1895316173&k=f2stjrN Here is the link to the event. The winner was a proud owner of a BILTLIKECRAP...I mean BILTWELL Seat!...there really hasn't been to many bad seats this year at the shows....just bad choices!

Bullets Or NO BULLETS???? And if no bullets then what???? I kind of don't want the sides to take away to much from the front and back and I would like to keep it simple! But I will be dying the dots in the middle of the Concho Turquois! I just can't decide...I have been going back and forth about making it an actual BULLET BELT with Real Bullets...but again I am trying to keep it simple and it already hardly fits into the guitar case as it is now. If I put "real" bullets (empty of Powder ones) then IT WON*T FIT IN THE CASE.

Not sure I stopped counting since I just put a price on it....but if I had to break down the back piece...it was 3-4 hours to draw it, 10 hours to tool it....smae for the front..even though I am going to do the front over with different color (same as the back) with a black pick guard...and I have been doing the sides today but brain storming for about 4 days on what I am going to do....I started the sides and didn't like what was happening so I started over from scratch with a better idea....just part of the process I guess....but I am making it as if it was going to be mine, so I am being very picky and re-doing some aspects. But here is the beginning of the sides...Hand Carved conchos with a turquoise dot in the middle and bullets in between conchos.