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08-01-2004, 11:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lawrenceburg Indiana | | | poor man strap locks
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Im sure im not the first to do this or come up with it but last night before my show I had no straplocks around and my old white strap was blown out and kept falling off at the slightest movements. I had no duct tape so what i did was simply straped up the bass and got some rubber bands and tied them to the end of the straps and build them up an woo la instant strap locks and fixed my whole delima. Just thought a cool little tip if you ever get stuck in that situation.
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08-01-2004, 08:45 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: South Pasadena, California | | | Back when I was a poor teenager, I would use the square, plastic bag ties from loaves of bread. Just slip the little hole right over the top of the strap button. It works. |
08-02-2004, 04:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Urbana, IL | | | I used to use large diaper safety pins. They hold very well!
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08-02-2004, 05:18 PM
|  | Endorsing Artist - See My Website | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Marana, AZ | | | Duct tape is the only way. You should carry some with you at all times. I am working on a pocket size dispenser. |
08-02-2004, 05:58 PM
| | | Deadking - I have to wonder if anybody really understands what it is that you did. I know that I don't. I do understand that you somehow used rubber bands to secure the strap to the strap buttons, but after reading your post three times, I'm still not clear on how it worked. It get's real confusing right about here: Quote: |
Originally Posted by Thedeadking ...so what i did was simply straped up the bass and got some rubber bands and tied them to the end of the straps and build them up an woo la instant strap locks... |  |
08-02-2004, 07:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Austin, TX | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Matthew Bryson Deadking - I have to wonder if anybody really understands what it is that you did. I know that I don't. I do understand that you somehow used rubber bands to secure the strap to the strap buttons, but after reading your post three times, I'm still not clear on how it worked. It get's real confusing right about here: | I don't know what he said man... but the way he said it, he's got heart!
Actually, poor mans strap locks are fender washers and deck screws. Less than a buck for enough to do several basses. Not purdy, but your strap will fail before they do.
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08-02-2004, 10:05 PM
|  | Supporting Curmudgeon Moderator | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Suburban Chicago, IL | | | I must be getting old - what about Grolsch beer bottle washers? Doesn't anybody use them anymore?
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08-02-2004, 10:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Urbana, IL | | | I think what he does is wrap the rubber bands around the pin in order to keep the strap from slipping off of it.
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08-02-2004, 10:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lawrenceburg Indiana | | | Yeah im very inchoherent. Ill try to explain better. put on your strap like you normaly would and stand up with your bass. At the end of the strap buttons between the strap and the end of the buttuns all I did was kept tighting and adding rubber bands so the strap would not move.
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08-03-2004, 02:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Newcastle, UK | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by HeavyDuty I must be getting old - what about Grolsch beer bottle washers? Doesn't anybody use them anymore? | BINGO! thats what i use, they are the greatest strap locks! |
08-06-2004, 10:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sherman, Texas | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by HeavyDuty I must be getting old - what about Grolsch beer bottle washers? Doesn't anybody use them anymore? |
Heavy Duty beat me to it.... I was going to suggest the same thing  |
08-06-2004, 11:10 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central Southern Massachusetts | | I get a washer that fits the bottom of the strap peg trhu, then feed the strap the same way, then screw the button back on.
Either that, or I've done the bread tie trick many times. Works perfect.
Brendan's washer method is equally stable...you don't even need a strap pin that way. Beaut!  |
08-06-2004, 12:42 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Racine, Wisconsin | | what about putting the strap on and then with a heavy duty needle,thread and a thymbol sewing up the strap's slot?  |
08-06-2004, 12:45 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central Southern Massachusetts | | | Not bad, but alot of effort for something that is still going to stretch and enlarge... (the leather will only last so long...) |
08-06-2004, 01:02 PM
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08-06-2004, 03:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: around | | | what i do, and also looks cool, imo, is to take a berr bottle cap, like hieneken, or bud or _________(<---insert favorite beer here) and drill a small hole in the middle, then put the screw threw it then screw it onto your bass |
08-06-2004, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by firkinahsoul Duct tape is the only way. You should carry some with you at all times. I am working on a pocket size dispenser. | hey firkingsoul, like my signature? |
08-06-2004, 04:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Atlanta/Loganville | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Palomorado | I have used these and our Pal's got it right. They take a little getting used to the action but they work great. |
08-07-2004, 06:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sheffield U.K. | | | I hate those plastic things I've had a bunch snap on me.
I like grolsh swing top washers the best... they work great.
I used to use duct tape but after a little while it peals and it goes sticky and ruined an old strap so i go for the neater option! |
08-08-2004, 01:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: El paso, TX | | | man, i thought poor man's straplocks were either dunlops or schallers. i mean, for the price of an 18 pack of beer, im positive anyone can afford them. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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