Does anyone care about strap color?

[Tom Howland]

Basic Black. Had a Tan color one once.

 

[FingerDub]

Straps matter. The skull gives me tons of cred without even playing a note.

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Dope bass!! And strap!

 

[TheCouchBassist]

I like this vintage style red one.

 

[Dark Horse]

I usually go with either a black strap, or a black strap.

 

[Liam Wald]

In the imortal words of Henry Ford...
"Any color as long as it is black."

 

[Freekmagnet]

I usually buy a strap for each guitar and that strap remains in the case with the instrument. And yes, I do care about color. I do graphic design for a living, so I'm kind of a nut about color coordination.

 

[bassbrad]

It matters and I do try to match my straps to the bass. My Carvin basses all have a padded Carvin branded black strap. My fretless sunburst basses both have brown straps. My red Peavey Verdine White has a red leather strap. I have some older straps that get used for my lesser used instruments.

 

[pjbassist]

I bought a bass from a friend in 1988 with a Purple strap, I have played it SO long, it kinda became my trademark. So now for all my basses I use a Purple strap.

 

[kenneffdupriest]

IMHO, strap color has more to do with what I'm wearing than what color my bass of choice for that night is. Don't get me wrong, it matters but I don't want my strap to be clashing with the color scheme of whats directly under it.

 

[kkaarrll]

dark wenge--went with a nice tannish levy--it will stay on there a while as I like it.

withlevy strap

• kkaarrll
• May 15, 2016

oberon carrigan scoll 5 string with nordstrand mm5.4 pickups in it

 

[Sav'nBass]

I have 4 straps.. One is a tan soft leather strap that stays with my ABG. All the other 3 all have straplocks on them and one is a black leather padded Levy's with black straplocks.. the other is a grey padded Mono with silver straplocks and the other is a wide brown leather strap with gold straplocks on it.. no padding though.... this one is 40 years old and it is the thick leather like they used to make... I got it with my first bass and it is still in great shape.

 

[REMBO]

I try to match the strap to the bass when I Can........

 

[jlepre]

I've only had black bass straps.
My current one is a Neotech and only came in black.

+1 BLACK

 

[ak56]

Makes me wonder if cord color should match too!

My black '78 MusicMaster recently got a makeover, with black pearl pickguard and all chrome hardware, including thumbrest, pickup cover, and knobs.

It has a black strap with a metallic silver embroidered pattern, and a black and silver cord.

My MTD Kingston is blue with a white pickguard.

The strap is white, and the cord is blue.

So yes, I care about strap color and cord color.

 

[JoeWPgh]

Brown tan or black are all good for me.

 

[Shortie]

I also try to sync up a strap w the bass and am constantly fiddling. I have a white bass with a black b/w red strap. I don't have a solo shot. You can see second from the right and hopefully zoom in. Almost all of my straps have one color outside and a complementary color inside, except a few solid black ones.View attachment 867079

Nice rack!

 

[DavC]

decades of nothing but Black for the basses ...

earth tones for the acoustic/electric guitars ...

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

Sometimes I do, but black always works so that is the default fallback colour.

I am always on the lookout for nice comfy and good looking straps and as a result, I have way too many. The ones I find the most comfortable so far are the Mono Betty, [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] and Souldier 3" straps.

 

[Blaargh]

So long as the strap is fairly wide I'm not too bothered what it is. Currently I'm using a really fat red Fender one- I bought it after I found playing a gig with a T-bird kills (then I switched to my Jazz live, because I'm smart). I really love some of the Couch or Souldier ones though- I might look a little out-of-place in my band, but then my whole rig does anyway, so who cares?

 

[Joedog]

No....