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Best strap lock on the market is!?????

#81
SicGroove said:
I use Dunlops on most instruments and Warwicks on my Warwick.

The ball and groove system seems to lock a lot tighter and more securely than Schaller's design and the Dunlops have one massive improvement in the design. A circlip!

They are a little harder to fit but the benefit is that you dont have to constantly check that a nut is tight enough to hold the strap.
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Exactly.

I've been using them for over thirty years, with some installs that old. I've had basses with Schallers and the simplicity of the Dunlops vs. the horseshoe mechanism is what really impressed me. Push a button and "click", it locks into place, push it again to remove it.

I am curious as to what sort of difficulty some folks are having doing this. Are you trying to insert it without pushing the button in?
 
#82
Jim C said:
Many of these strap locks have the hardware way out off the body of the instrument along with the strap.
Didn't somebody used to make a SL body end that was recessed into the bass body so that the corresponding strap / release end ended up in the traditional position.

Yes you drill a big hole in your bass but finished product looks much tidier
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Dunlop makes recessed body mounts. I use them on several of my basses. Ken Smith pioneered this decades ago. I like the look, the only drawback I guess is if you stand your bass vertically on a hard surface, there's no button to stand on.

There is a possible drawback that I've had people ask me about with recessed mounts: "What if you forget my strap?"

"Simple... that means I also forgot my bass and gigbag... so I'm screwed all the way around".
:D

Seriously, I keep a spare set of strap hardware in all of my gigbags, keep a set in my amp bag and keep spare straps in my vehicles. If I somehow manage to find myself without a way to hold my bass on a gig that probably won't be my biggest problem.
:D


Dunlops regular buttons don't stick out very far IMO. And for people who've stripped screws installing Dunlops, which typically have larger than normal screws, it was more than likely your fault. I speak from experience;). You need to drill the properly sized hole for the new screw. I learned the hard way... I snapped off a screw flush with the body just prior to a shipper picking up some basses headed for a NAMM show. It was one of my basses and I had to get Kevin Brubaker to remove the broken screw. Didn't know my own strength.
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#83
countbassiedad said:
Unless you are a hopper on stage, I think the money is better spent on a strap for each bass.
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I've always been pretty active on stage - and have never been able to gig without some sort of straplocks... Really, I don't see the problem in spending $15/instrument to insure that they won't hit the floor - I also get each instrument it's own strap...

This topic comes up regularly - way too regularly, actually...


- georgestrings
 
#85
Going against the grain here it seems but +1 for Schaller.

Had a bass fall out of a Dunlop lock more than once, which since then feel like 'unlocks' to me. The one annoyance with the Schallers is that the screw over the horseshoe always loosens over time.

The rubber rings from fliptop beer bottles (or "Grolsch beugels" as they are known in my home country) work pretty well too.
 
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#86
tinman 1967 said:
Oh no. Did not strip the threaded edges on the piece, I actually broke one side off the "horseshoe" piece that accepts the straplock button.

I was holding it with a pair of pliers...(with a piece of cloth so I would not scratch it)

I apparently put a bit too much torque on her..
Why?






Because Im a door knob :)
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Haha, wow, I haven't ever seen that happen!
 
#90
Jjango said:
I prefer Dunlops, I've used them for decades and have never had a single problem with them.

I use Schallers on my Rickenbacker because those are the only ones that work without modification (you have to order the Rick-specific model with the right sized screw).
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Hey, I need a pair of those for my Ric. Is that $10 for a set (pair) or for one bolt/screw? Thanks!
 
#91
I have the schallers on my Tele, they stick out a long way. This is useful on a tele because I can clip my capo to it.

I just put a set of Loxx on my scroll bass copy. I like them ok. They require you to attach the lock to your strap though so if you lose/borrow straps a lot they're probably not for you. (you can't attach a strap to the button that stays on the bass). They're a lot lower profile though which was a plus for me. They also let the strap spin a whole lot more than my schallers do which is good and bad---the strap will twist more if you leave it on but the guitar hangs more freely from them and can be tilted more easily (only an issue if you use really short straps). They are super easy to connect/disconnect though (in the good way) and they don't require you to store the lock on your guitar (slowing down strapplication).
 
#92
+1 for the flushmount dunlops.
Ive had dunlops on my last 6 basses, and flushmounts on the most recent four, which are all warwicks.

They also have great customer service; i bought a bass from a fellow tber, and he provided the strap locks, but no C clips.
I called dunlop and they were happy to send me 4 of them for free.
 
#93
My barely noticeable strap lock that I have on my `99 Jazz...the rest have Schallers.

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