Lever2stackS's Progression Thread

**JnglJnke** · 11-04-2012, 10:46 AM

Nice pendants.

**Lever2stackS** · 11-10-2012, 12:20 PM

Thanks brother here's a little retti implosion pendant I made on 12mil blow tube scrape

I had a buddy of mine that is a welder fabricator make me this bad ass torch stand. I think dude did a bang up job, I went down to his shop told him what I wanted and before I got home he was calling saying it's already done. I need to get out to get a metal c-clamp today sometime that damn clamp I got is getting in my way. What a difference it makes having it eye level when I'm standing up I doubt I'll ever melt sitting down again. Unless I'm that damn tried

I'm feeling all types of inspiration today me and the wife went and seen primus last night and what I show it was a full 3D show totally bad ass les claypool is the man. We pick up this LE venue poster 111/200 figured I would share it it's pretty dope.

Alright I'm off to melt and put some of this inspiration to use.

**ROGUE** · 11-10-2012, 02:31 PM

Dude you're showin me up, QUIT IT! lol

I got a bunch of tools this past week so I'm on the rebound. Watch your back buddy.

**Dan Kooper** · 11-10-2012, 03:17 PM

I just seen primus 3D in Detroit. Was a bad ass show.

**Chad S** · 11-10-2012, 05:51 PM

Best damn bass guitarist imo.... "My name is mud"

**Lever2stackS** · 11-10-2012, 07:08 PM

It was a bad ass show they nailed it and the 3d was sweet as all get out. Yeah les is on a whole nother level he's got some insane bass science.

I've been trying out frit spoons as of late and I love the look of them when I get them to come out, but my biggest thing is making sure it's all melted in proper like. I'll get it I'll just keep on practicing I figure after about 90 more I'll have down pat. BTW mystery adventurine small frit is awesome I love this stuff.

**Dan Kooper** · 11-10-2012, 08:58 PM

He screwed my name is mud up at the show. He stopped and restarted it. Said it was the first time ever.

**Ysoserious** · 11-10-2012, 09:59 PM

Screw frit. Seems harder to get frit melted in than lines. U wana start going inside art id suggest fume with a lil clear. Can be dots or small lines and just dont bother going all the way down the stem. Clear melts in wayyy easier than color frit.
U have some beautiful wrap n rake and primus is awesome but inside is where its at. Gluck

**Lever2stackS** · 11-11-2012, 08:15 AM

Originally Posted by Bulletproof

He screwed my name is mud up at the show. He stopped and restarted it. Said it was the first time ever.

Hahahaha thats funny he told us that this was the end of the tour so we get a well oiled machince of primus. Hey did they confess to you guy's that primus's guitarist Larry LaLonde is buckethead? They did for us I kinda figured it they have such similar styles.

Originally Posted by Ysoserious

Screw frit. Seems harder to get frit melted in than lines. U wana start going inside art id suggest fume with a lil clear. Can be dots or small lines and just dont bother going all the way down the stem. Clear melts in wayyy easier than color frit.
U have some beautiful wrap n rake and primus is awesome but inside is where its at. Gluck

Yeah I'm not that kinda guy that let's things beat him just because they are a little hard, I'll keep doing the frit pipes till I get them down pat then I'll move on to laying lines on the inside.

Here's one of the frit spoons that I actually got melted in all the way.

Pretty tight W/R I made for my niece. I made it super thick for her becuase she breaks her pipes all the time so I tried to make it blonde proof for her.

**faded** · 11-11-2012, 11:36 AM

haven't buckethead and primus appeared on stage together?

**Kineglass** · 11-11-2012, 11:43 AM

I like the frit pipe looks really nice and also the chunky w/r is on point. Your studio looks pretty comfortable and now even better with that custom torch stand. My lamping station is getting there I got an oxycon it is absolutely awesome I can torch for days and days and never have to worry about oxygen its such relief only having to go get propane and glass. Have a good day man

**cheesebox** · 11-11-2012, 11:56 AM

nice progress

great job man, id suggest making your bowl heads bigger/thicker use twice as much material as you use now to shape the head, you will have a very defined bowl push as opposed to a flatish pipe because the whole bubble comes down.

**LowTideGlass** · 11-11-2012, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by faded

haven't buckethead and primus appeared on stage together?

Bucket of Bernie brains - awesome side project with les, buckethead, bernie Warrell of parliament funkadelic, and brain.

I think buckethead also played with les in the frog brigade on occasion, and perhaps even sausage. Def check out the 5 gallons of diesel DVD if you haven't seen it.

Larry Lalond buckethead? No way in hell. Buckethead is a virtuoso, Larry is an awesome guitarist, but def not buckethead.

**hashmasta-kut** · 11-11-2012, 12:18 PM

buckethead first appeared with primus in 1999 on their tour a few times.

i saw CCBOBBs live, good show. have the cd. i am not too sure if he played in flying frog brigade or sausage tho, i think i would have heard of it.

**Lever2stackS** · 11-11-2012, 12:41 PM

Yeah I thought so too I'm just repeating the words that came from les's mouth. He said "we've got a confession to make and it's going to blow your mind larry's buckethead" I've thought I've seen them on stage together too that's what had me thrown through a loop. They were probally just trying to mess with peoples heads and it worked lol. regardless it was a bad ass show I'm so glad I got to catch it.

**Dan Kooper** · 11-11-2012, 03:00 PM

Did he have the astronauts on each side of the stage with a creepy old mans face staring and moving? My face was in a puddle that night and that part tripped me out. The 3D effects were cool.
I shoulda got a poster but I have too many posters unused. I got a pork soda zippo to light my torch with though.

**LowTideGlass** · 11-11-2012, 05:12 PM

When I saw them last year in Boston they had the astronaut thing but played creepy videos of salad fingers...

**Lever2stackS** · 11-11-2012, 06:25 PM

Yeah they had the trippy astronauts with the faces looking around kinda looked like a tweaked out captain picard. With much search on the internet they've revealed bucketheads identity before in 2010 but that time they said it was drummer jay lane, So it was a hoax they were just messing with peoples heads goodtimes...