Author Archives: Mhead

In Progress: Custom Strat/Tele Neckplate

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Mhead

  This is a new design for a Strat/Tele compatible neckplate. It’s at the factory right now and should be finished in about a week. It will be silver/black/white enamel finish on zinc alloy. If this one turns out right … Continue reading →

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Oh Crap! (and Hooray!)

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Mhead

As the “Oh Crap” part is considerably longer, I’ll start off with the “Hooray!”… …Our shipment finally arrived! We’ve got everything back in stock including, for the first time, a limited number of lefty guitars (ZeroDot and No. 2 only … Continue reading →

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Hellwires pre-press sample pics

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Mhead

The Hellwires packaging is coming along really nicely. I just got these photos of one of our packages from the printer. Here you can see the front, inside and back of the package. There’s a lot of nice spot varnishing … Continue reading →

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Super Blacks guitar picks packaging design

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Mhead

Work is going fast and furious here to get our Guitarsh!t ready for the NAMM show in January. As mentioned before, our new strings, Hellwires, should be ready in about a month along with some really incredible gloss finish aluminum … Continue reading →

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beginning of a long day.

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Mhead

waiting for a 9 am flight to Beijing from Shenzhen. Then a 4 hour layover beforr flying to Osaka. Another two hours should finally get me home around 11 pm. If there are no delays of course. It’s only a … Continue reading →

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Bender Harlequin Special

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Mhead

Here’s the finished (except for knobs) Bender Harlequin. I tried it out yesterday at the factory and it looks and plays like a dream! I will take it to NAMM with me for sure. Right now I’m on my way … Continue reading →

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NEW! Hellwires strings. First packaging direction.

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Mhead

Hello again… Time to peek up out of my hole to see what the world is up to. Or more accurately, to let the world (or a very tiny fraction of it) know what I’m up to. To be specific, … Continue reading →

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greetings from Shanghai!

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Mhead

I thought I would post dail y updates of the Music China trade show but it seems that China blocks wordpress! Let’s see if I can get through on my mobile ( I hate typing on this bloody thing… ).

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Prick Room

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Mhead

Actually, The Prick Room is the name of a local tattoo shop that I didn’t actually go to but I always thought they had a great name. Still there were plenty of (needle) pricks to be had at Tattoo Magu … Continue reading →

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Tattoo update

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Mhead

After a bit of back and forth on the tattoo, I finally came up with a design to go with. I had to revise my plans a little bit because of some things I learned out about a health condition … Continue reading →

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