...the Clint Eastwood of electric guitar.
Short clip extracted from the mini-doc 'The Seer' made by Pitchfork on the recent SWANS tour. Norman Westberg is the star of the extract, Michael Gira is on voice-over. Norman's HOLMES strap is present. Love this.
The entire film can be seen here:
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.
Will Johnson / Austin, TX
The one and only Will Johnson at a recent in-store at Waterloo Records, Austin, TX---strap is a HOLMES skinny.
Will's got a lovely new record out, check him here: http://www.will-johnson.com
Whipstitch Laced Skinny
This would be the actual strap from the Wilco/Tweedy post earlier in the week, photographed at the time it was made. As mentioned, it's the only one I've done with the whip stitch on the shoulder, and there are a couple of things I might do differently now---but overall this is a great looking strap and I plan to get it up on the site for sale in the near future. Meanwhile, contact me if interested. Color options shouldn't be a problem---blonde, black, etc., dependent mostly on correct lacing being available.
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.
