The Next Victim! Vintage Tele Wrap And Tool!

[chancey77]

The really funny thing is that while you were struggling with this I've been working on the EXACT same thing on a guitar strap

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

[Cyberthrasher]

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

I'm going to bow down before I even touch knife to leather on this one

Then I'll retract that statement when I WIN!!!

[electrathon]

Reading through and looking at the pictures I saw the side stamping and feel it went is a wrong direction. Alone it would stand as a good guitar strap, but it is a very different style than the carvings. The simpleness of the knife cut carvings looks very good. The side "belt" part is a stamping, not a carving. I feel that if the side was a carving it would look better. Something along the lines of rocks, possibly a trail, would be good. The sides need to not have a top or a bottom, so no matter how you are looking at the front or back it will be a continuation of the other carvings.

Aaron

[chancey77]

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:)

[rosiart]

Reading through and looking at the pictures I saw the side stamping and feel it went is a wrong direction. Alone it would stand as a good guitar strap, but it is a very different style than the carvings. The simpleness of the knife cut carvings looks very good. The side "belt" part is a stamping, not a carving. I feel that if the side was a carving it would look better. Something along the lines of rocks, possibly a trail, would be good. The sides need to not have a top or a bottom, so no matter how you are looking at the front or back it will be a continuation of the other carvings.

Aaron

For what it's worth, I agree with Aaron on this. I think extending the landscape would maintain the continuity of the piece.

I think bullets on the strap would continue the theme.

[Cyberthrasher]

And he loves them how they are now, and wants some random bullets!

TOLD YOU SO!!!!

[chancey77]

TOLD YOU SO!!!!

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!

[chancey77]

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!

[chancey77]

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:)

Edited June 16, 2012 by chancey77

[scottishshoemaker]

Looking good man!