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Originally Posted by seanm  I thought the point of the felt washer is to make a *better* connection between the strap button and the bass body. At least on the Fenders, the body is curved and the strap button is flat.
It has the second advantage of absorbing some of the vibrations so that the screw does not work out.
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"I thought the point of the felt washer is to make a *better* connection between the strap button and the bass body"
I agree. I think that's exactly the point. I don't, however concede the point.
As I said, what I posted is my personal opinion. I could go into the reasons that I don't believe that felt or rubber washers accomplish the "point" but it may sound like I'm suggesting that others remove the washers from thier basses. I'm not!
"It has the second advantage of absorbing some of the vibrations so that the screw does not work out"
That's assuming that the vibration is actually causing the screws to back out.
If that was the case, I would use a more proven and accepted method to avoid the problem than a flexible washer to lock the screw. I don't really see the washer acting as a 'Lock washer" of sorts.
If vibration was causing the screw to loosen, there are many widely accepted methods (threaded inserts, loc-tite chemical products, etc.) that work, and are more conventional in engineering practice.
It does make for interesting discussion, though.
