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12-25-2005, 05:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Hampshire | | | What qualifies as a "good strap"?
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I've always had some minor back problems, and so I decided it might be worth it to invest in a quality strap. It's never something I've really looked into, so what makes a quality strap, whats the best material etc? |
12-25-2005, 06:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Michigan, USA | | | Well since i broke my collarbone, a quality strap is a strap that is wise and soft on my shoulder.
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12-25-2005, 08:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Washington, DC / Ithaca, NY | | | Think thick leather, preferably 2.5-3" at the very least in width. |
12-25-2005, 09:08 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: NYC/LI | | I have a 3" levy's leather strap. one of the good ones with the slide length adjuster. I'm a fan  it's m7gg3 on this site
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12-25-2005, 09:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Midwest | | You might look into one of these. |
12-25-2005, 09:57 PM
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12-25-2005, 10:08 PM
|  | No Longer Works a Day Job | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: USA | | | My idea of a good strap?
3.5 Inches wide so it spreads the weight across, and made out of leather. Examples-Levy's M6 [what i've got] costs about $40 or one of the Moody's TB Straps.
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12-25-2005, 10:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Marcos, Tx | | | I use a 3.5in leather strap with fur padding, and it seems to do well. I have severe back problems, so it doesn't help me entirely, but it sure helps out. I also have a gel padded strap for my acoustic guitar and it's a dream. That's probably because the acoustic doesn't weigh nearly as much as a Stingray though. |
12-25-2005, 10:59 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB | | | Just over 3.5 inches of padded leather. Adjustable and above all else - comfortable. I use SlapStraps.
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12-25-2005, 11:13 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Guam | | | last year I bought both a comfort strap and a wide moody one because of minor back problems too. They both have their advantages but I prefer the moody. The comfort strap is a little too 'spongy', if you move around when you play it tends to make your bass a little too bouncy. The moody is nice and wide but not padded and tends to grip your shirt and not slide/give, but I do seem to feel better at the end of a gig with it. The slapstrap looks interesting, I'd like to try that one sometime. |
12-25-2005, 11:17 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | As long as it's wide... about 3-3.5", leather, padded, and slides along my shoulder, it's good enough.
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