{"id":73,"date":"2012-04-29T14:05:43","date_gmt":"2012-04-29T14:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hellguitars.jp\/machinehead\/?p=73"},"modified":"2012-04-29T14:43:42","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T14:43:42","slug":"your-wait-is-over-pup-caps-are-finally-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hellguitars.jp\/machinehead\/?p=73","title":{"rendered":"Your wait is over. Pup-Caps are finally here!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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"Rising Sun" Pup-Caps in action. Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n

Actually, to be more accurate, my wait is finally over. I have designed some exciting new accessories called Pup-Caps. They are nickel-plated copper stickers which adhere to the top of your pickup cover to make them look, well…bitchin’! . So far, I have designs for nickel or chrome humbucker covers and 52mm pole spaced single coils with Tele lipstick Pup-Caps in the works.<\/p>\n

The Pup-Cap patterns react differently depending on the angle of the light hitting them. The effect is subtle in a way that allows them to stand out enough to be seen and appreciated but in a way that integrates nicely with the guitar as a whole. In short, a dash of flash without looking tacky. Bloody elegant I’d say…<\/p>\n

Here is a detail of the above humbucker model which just happens to be on a Bender.<\/p>\n

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"Rising Sun" Pup-Caps detail. Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n

And here’s a close up of a single coil Pup-Cap. I’ll try to get some shots up of some on guitars and a few more of the humbucker designs as well…<\/p>\n

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Single coil Pup-Cap posing as if it doesn't care. Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n

I am applying for a patent on these although we’ll see if that’s accepted or not. It’s certainly costly to apply though…<\/p>\n

Pup-Caps should be available to purchase in the next few weeks from our pup-caps.com site (nothing there yet!) and possibly from the Hell Guitars shop. We recommend that you buy several sets just because you and your guitar can never look too cool. Guaranteed to attract members of the opposite and\/or same sex. How you fare after the attraction is entirely up to you.<\/p>\n

More exciting and possibly risque Pup-Cap photos coming soon. By the way, apologies for the long absence in posting. There have been so many things going on both good (meeting lots of nice people\/shipping out lots of guitars) and bad (auto accident!\/doctor visits for the wife) that have taken up more time than I expected. Also, I frankly wasn’t sure if anyone was actually following this thing or not so it dropped a little on my priority list. Funny enough, once I stopped writing for awhile I certainly heard about it from quite a few people. It would be an encouragement if some of you fine folks would drop a comment now and then. Still it’s fine to lurk if you prefer but I’ll feel more accountable if I hear from someone now and then. That’s just how I am…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Actually, to be more accurate, my wait is finally over. I have designed some exciting new accessories called Pup-Caps. They are nickel-plated copper stickers which adhere to the top of your pickup cover to make them look, well…bitchin’! . So … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hellguitars.jp\/machinehead\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hellguitars.jp\/machinehead\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hellguitars.jp\/machinehead\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hellguitars.jp\/machinehead\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hellguitars.jp\/machinehead\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.hellguitars.jp\/machinehead\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81,"href":"http:\/\/www.hellguitars.jp\/machinehead\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73\/revisions\/81"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hellguitars.jp\/machinehead\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hellguitars.jp\/machinehead\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hellguitars.jp\/machinehead\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}