Does anyone care about strap color?

[Anachronism]

Yes. I'm always a bit surprised when I see expensive, beautiful instruments with cheap, ugly straps.

 

[seanm]

Any colour as long as it is black. I also own a Ford... coincidence?

Seriously, I wear a lot of black on stage so a black strap just blends in. I don't want the strap to show up.

 

[meatwad]

Mostly black, or Fender tweed.

 

[JimmyM]

Any colour as long as it is black. I also own a Ford... coincidence?

Seriously, I wear a lot of black on stage so a black strap just blends in. I don't want the strap to show up.

I'm the same way, although I'd accept clear as well. Don't have a Ford, though.

 

[JimmyM]

Yes. I'm always a bit surprised when I see expensive, beautiful instruments with cheap, ugly straps.

You'd hate me then. Up until my shoulder started giving me trouble, I used the cheapest black seat belt straps I could find. But now I have to spend a little more because of the shoulder.

 

[BlueAliceOasis]

Either black, a dark brown, maroon or some dark shade of blue.

 

[jasmangan]

Yes

 

[ManOnEarth]

Overstated, understated, as long as its not fluorescent and it matches at least one feature of the bass go nuts.

 

[cdef]

For many years I only had one strap, a black one handmade by a friend as a present, but it got lost or stolen after a gig. Another friend gave me a shiny purple Levy's that never felt right - too showy. Now I have a dark green Gaucho, very good, and another, simpler black one with no padding. Both go well with tobacco sunburst and natural.

 

[Anachronism]

You'd hate me then. Up until my shoulder started giving me trouble, I used the cheapest black seat belt straps I could find. But now I have to spend a little more because of the shoulder.

I wouldn't hate you for that. Moderate dislike, perhaps.

 

[KohanMike]

I pick a color that works with the bass, I have all black, black with natural back, lighter brown, darker brown, white, and just bought a rusty sort of color to match the tortoise pickguard for a mod I'm going to do sometime in July of a Rondo bass uke into a Fender Jaguar style off white.

 

[MetsMan75]

vintage

 

[Korladis]

Usually I do. Sunburst gets a brown strap. Natural basses might get a tan colored strap. Some get black depending on what color they are and I try to match them to my different basses.

Since lots of people care so much about the color of their bass, the strap you wear with it is somewhat important, no? I mean - straps are pretty visible on stage.

I have a white Stingray with a white pickguard, and I'm considering a white strap to go along with it. Too much?

My straps are all black. It goes with pretty much everything. I might try a brown one, though. Like a dark brown leather, for my blue sunburst bass.

 

[Scott C.]

As Henry Ford famously said, any color as long as it's black.

I was gonna post the same quote. All of mine are black, and I plan to keep it that way.

 

[GIBrat51]

Bah. A pox on all of you... I have a wide, black padded strap with the Ed Roman store logo on it. It enhances the look of ANY bass. It is the ultimate strap; and in the words of John Keats - "That is all ye know on Earth, and all ye need to know"...

 

[Jean Rodriguez]

My main bass has a Levy's strap that I never take off. The violin bass has a Beatles Yellow Submarine bass and my Precision bass has a black nylon strap. I don't care much about the color as much as I do about the design or how high the instrument is in my preference list.

 

[DiMarco]

No. As long as it is black.

 

[tfer]

Always black 2" nylon Levi.

 

[MAJOR METAL]

Absolutely! As all of my basses are Green, black straps all the way!

 

[pudgychef]

This made me wonder if people match their clothes they wear on stage, to their bass. I never once considered it in all the live playing I've ever done.

I didn't give it much thought until I started gigging my MIM Classic 50P in Honey Blonde...I made some terrible choices shirt wise....now I try to stick to 'light coloured bass = dark coloured shirt and vice versa.

Straps - black on white or black basses, tan on naturals...