Natural Tan
I've always been a fan of natural, un-dyed leather, and sometimes I'm reminded of how great it can look. Beautiful now and even better with use. This one will show it's scars.
Lee Ranaldo / ATP NYC
If any one person could act as quality assurance ambassador for HOLMES, it would be Lee Ranaldo. The guy has been taking one of my canvas straps on a pretty hard ride for the better part of a year, and it seems to be no worse for it---at least not much. Lee mostly uses one single strap across all of his guitars throughout a show, so it's on and off, on and off hundreds of times over the course of time, while most straps only ever get taken on and off any guitar a few times at most. This clip is from All Tomorrow's Parties in NYC a couple of days ago---you'll see the strap dangling on, then off, scuttled to the stage floor, and then back on the guitar within the first minute. It's pretty rad.
Love ya, Lee.
HOLMES @ Main Drag Music, Brooklyn
Happy to announce that HOLMES straps are now available at Main Drag Music
in Brooklyn. They have a few tooled/stamped straps and a selection of
nylon straps in various colors. Skinny straps on the way as well.
Stop in, fondle 'em, and say hi to the good people.
Black Flat Nylon
Finally up---in black. And as always, available with a choice of tab end colors, rivet colors, and stitching.
Megafaun in Europe
Brad + Phil Cook of Megafaun with custom MEGAFAUN straps, Europe 2012. Not sure how to get more awesome than this.
Photo: Sanne Barbe (L), Marcel Rommens (R), via Flickr
Jeff Tweedy
Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) in a video doc’d photo shoot for St. Louis Magazine. The first appearance of this particular strap on this particular guitar.
Video here: Behind the Scenes with Wilco Frontman Jeff Tweedy - September 2011 - St. Louis Magazine from St. Louis Magazine on Vimeo.
