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04-01-2010, 05:41 AM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Fairfax, VA USA | | | Strap locks for the cash strapped
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Not sure if this is the best location, but it seemed most logical to me.
I had heard that Grosch Beer replacement gaskets made good strap locks and it gave me the idea yesterday to go to Home Depot to see if they had any rubber washers or rubber small gaskets. They did! And they are known as "Fender" washers, go figure! Anyway, for 75 cents each, they work perfectly. I'll post a pic when I get a chance.
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04-01-2010, 05:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Florida | | | I've been thinking of something like this recently, just a way to screw my strap on my bass. Also BTW, which straplocks fit on a Fender without drilling, is it the Schallers? I think those are the ones that come on some factory installed.
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04-01-2010, 06:34 AM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Fairfax, VA USA | | | On my Fender MIA Jazz ('62 RI, or AV as they are now known) I have a set of Dunlops that I got at GC a couple years ago. They work fine, and I don't remember having to do any drilling, but I can't swear to that... |
04-01-2010, 06:59 AM
|  | Bass - the final frontier! | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: VA, USA | | | Al, these days you can pick-up Schallers at GC for $12.99 using price match, not really expensive.
How easy is it to get your strap on and off with the washers on?
Of course you can save even more money and fit the ultimate grunge strap-lock, duct/gaffa tape! |
04-01-2010, 07:09 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | | Get a couple of metal washers at Home Depot for $0.12 each. The strap isn't coming off though.
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04-01-2010, 07:10 AM
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I had heard that Grosch Beer replacement gaskets made good strap locks and it gave me the idea yesterday to go to Home Depot to see if they had any rubber washers or rubber small gaskets. They did! And they are known as "Fender" washers, go figure! Anyway, for 75 cents each, they work perfectly. I'll post a pic when I get a chance.
| Been using the rubber washers as straplock for about a year and a half now myself. They work like a charm. 
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04-01-2010, 07:36 AM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Fairfax, VA USA | | | Hey Dave (Thunderitter), yes, the locks are pretty cheap, but I am really needing to not spend even that amount as things will be very tight for us this summer. So the rubber washers are the solution for now at least. I bought an extra one in case one rips in taking it on and off, but probably I will just leave the strap on. I have not tried to see how it fits in the case yet... But the washers go on and off pretty easily and did not seem very close to ripping at all... |
04-01-2010, 07:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brookfield, CT | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bassman_al  And they are known as "Fender" washers, go figure! Anyway, for 75 cents each, they work perfectly. I'll post a pic when I get a chance.
A | Yeah, these are well known here. Funny about the name huh? |
04-01-2010, 08:25 AM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Fairfax, VA USA | | | Hey Dave (Thunderitter), yes, the locks are pretty cheap, but I am really needing to not spend even that amount as things will be very tight for us this summer. So the rubber washers are the solution for now at least. I bought an extra one in case one rips in taking it on and off, but probably I will just leave the strap on. I have not tried to see how it fits in the case yet... But the washers go on and off pretty easily and did not seem very close to ripping at all... |
04-01-2010, 08:27 AM
|  | Faith, Family, Fitness, and Frets | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New Jersey | | | I went to Home Depot. Believe it or not, I use a product called Fender Washers. They are made out of thick rubber, stretch to fit over a strap button very well, and they work. Fifty cents a piece!
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04-01-2010, 08:35 AM
|  | keepin' the beat since the 60's | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Studio City, SoCal, USA | | | The large washers are called "Fender" washers because they used to be used to mount car fenders on the car, back in the day that car parts were bolted on. The large diameter spread the pressure better.
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04-01-2010, 08:37 AM
| | Bass - the final frontier! | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: VA, USA | | | ....ah you mean bumpers!
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04-01-2010, 08:39 AM
| | Faith, Family, Fitness, and Frets | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New Jersey | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Gio S The large washers are called "Fender" washers because they used to be used to mount car fenders on the car, back in the day that car parts were bolted on. The large diameter spread the pressure better. | I'm a Fender guy. I find them quite appropriately named for what I use them for! 
Seriously, they work really well as straplocks.
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04-01-2010, 08:42 AM
|  | It's time for Dodger baseball! | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Mentone Beach | | | Man, I haven't has a Grolsch in years - a mighty fine brew!
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04-01-2010, 08:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Florida | | | So Schallers are a direct replacement? I see various videos on youtube of people drillling. Not that I can't operate a drill, just don't feel like it. I'd rather get rubber "fender" washers.
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04-01-2010, 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by bassman_al | If the Dunlop screw easily fits, cool. If you feel like you're forcing it, stop. The screw can snap off. Drill the appropriate sized hole. I learned that the hard way. |
04-01-2010, 08:59 AM
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04-01-2010, 09:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Holtsville, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by fretno | FTW!
I use dunlops on everything so I can just pop my strap off and switch around. If you take a look at the receipt for every bass/guitar I've bought it's the instrument and straplocks....MAYBE a case. |
04-01-2010, 09:41 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York City | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bassman_al I had heard that Grosch Beer replacement gaskets made good strap locks and it gave me the idea yesterday to go to Home Depot to see if they had any rubber washers or rubber small gaskets. They did! And they are known as "Fender" washers, go figure! Anyway, for 75 cents each, they work perfectly. | While it's hard to argue with the economics of your strategy, I seriously think the investment -- both fiscal and in terms of time commitment & nutritional (sic) payoff -- of the Grolsch approach is well worth it!
And they really do make excellent strap-locks! I've got Grolsch washers on 3 of my basses.
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