Double Bass Broken case strap

[Chris Fitzgerald]

Today, the strap on my 20+ year old Bobelock case broke at the place where the little metal swivel mounts on the bracket. Pics below. The case is in otherwise fine shape. Wondering if i should just Macgyver it with a couple of zip ties, or get a new strap (if such a thing can be ordered separately) or other? I don't really want to change cases right now, as the rest of it is rock solid.

 

[Don Kasper]

Today, the strap on my 20+ year old Bobelock case broke at the place where the little metal swivel mounts on the bracket. Pics below. The case is in otherwise fine shape. Wondering if i should just Macgyver it with a couple of zip ties, or get a new strap (if such a thing can be ordered separately) or other? I don't really want to change cases right now, as the rest of it is rock solid.

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Can you show the other half that you need to connect to??
I'm intrigued.
Lots of stuff breaking lately!
Thx, and I feel your pain.

 

[Don Hergert]

Today, the strap on my 20+ year old Bobelock case broke at the place where the little metal swivel mounts on the bracket. Pics below. The case is in otherwise fine shape. Wondering if i should just Macgyver it with a couple of zip ties, or get a new strap (if such a thing can be ordered separately) or other? I don't really want to change cases right now, as the rest of it is rock solid.

Chris, is the other part of that metal piece a clasp that attaches to something on the bag? If so, that part can probably be found online, for example:

Strap Swivel Clasp with Screw Bar

You'd want the screw bar so you don't have to un-sew parts of the strap to install it. You might have to cut the remnants of the old swivel clasp off. Also, the 1" wide one shown may not be wide enough, you might have to search online to find the right width for your strap.

Good luck!

 

[Don Kasper]

This is a Screw Lock Carabiner - you might need to daisy-chain a few of them to capture both halves. They come in many sizes.
Just spit ballin' here.
IM....nevermind.
Good Luck.

 

[moles]

^^^ I was just going to suggest this.

Went with the same solution on my Gator case. They're usually pretty strong - mine's just a cheap one, but it's held whatever my GT-10B weighs.

 

[PBandJazzBass]

May contact someone who does luggage repair?

 

[jazzyitalian]

Today, the strap on my 20+ year old Bobelock case broke at the place where the little metal swivel mounts on the bracket. Pics below. The case is in otherwise fine shape. Wondering if i should just Macgyver it with a couple of zip ties, or get a new strap (if such a thing can be ordered separately) or other? I don't really want to change cases right now, as the rest of it is rock solid.

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Take it to a luggage repair shop. They'll know what to do.

 

[fdeck]

Zip ties for now, but never just one. They do break, and you want redundancy. I learned this with my previous bass case, which was extensively bodged together by the time I gave it away.