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One Strap per bass or one for multiple?

#61
Big Hoss said:
For what it's worth, my rig so far is...

1 strap per instrument, so each bass, each guitar gets its own strap....

acoustic, are held in place with Grolsch type flip top beer bottle cap gaskets from my local brewers supply.

I never considered a collection of 50 + instruments (where the heck do you store that many basses?), I guess transferrable straps make sense...

In MY circumstances, a strap is in my perspective, part of the instrument.
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Well, I've got 20+ basses and each has it's own strap in it's case or bag. Hey, I agree that the strap is part of the instrument. And I'm a belt AND suspenders kind of guy. So each bass has it's own strap and cable in the case. (also has a tool kit consisting of all the Allen wrenches and any other tools (tiny screwdrivers etc.) needed to adjust or take apart ANYTHING on the bass.)

But all basses have Dunlop Straplocks. so all straps are interchangeable in an emergency. (Except my Fender Jazz which came with Schallers and I never changed them. Yeah I know, not anal enough). And I don't use recessed Dunlops so any bass could use a borrowed standard strap in case of dire need.

Straps tend to match the basses. Cheap basses tend to have black nylon web straps I bought for a song. Intermediate basses usually have leather planet waves straps I got a nice buy on. Main axes have the best straps and heavy ones will usually have the Carvin deluxe padded straps. These are cheap, very comfy with heavy basses and the only down side are the HUGE white letters spelling out "CARVIN" on it.

My main axe cases (like G&L) have been modded to also hold an Ultimate guitar stand and I put a cheap tuner in each one too.

And of course with all this preparation for disaster, I can say I've never had a strap fail. I have however, seen other people have strap fails and seen them repair it with duct tape.

The big problem I used to have before Dunlop locks was the hole in the strap stretching and the bass falling off easily. I never was a fan of rubber washers. Dunlops solved all that.
 
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#63
Five basses. Two straps. A Comfort Strapp for 3 basses. A 4" wide leather strap for the other two. Owned the leather strap since 1978. True story. Dunlop StrapLoks on all five instruments. But I install the male StrapLok gizmo only on the upper horn end of the straps. Also a true story. That's just how we roll. :)

M. M.
 
#65
All 3 of my basses have their own straps and Schaller strap locks. Since 2 of them have one of the strap pins behind the neck joint, I have to keep the strap longer to keep the bass in the same relative position, so having different straps is easier than swapping and adjusting 1 strap for multiple basses.
 
#68
I have three basses and have a different strap for each. I like Levy's leather but also have a couple of Planet Waves 2 inch polyester type straps for backup. I don't mind spending money on straps that I like as they last for a long time and I pick each one for each bass. I have them adjusted so my basses hang at the point that I like even though some of the basses have different strap lock positions.
 
#70
SInce my basses (& guitars) are different sizes & shapes and the strap knobs are in different places--and I prefer the leather straps where you set the length by how you "weave" the two parts together, I have a strap for each one--because they will be at different lengths--plus the strap matches the bass/guitar in some way.
 
#73
Big Hoss said:
I have seen other people here who seem to swap straps between basses, it seems to me easier to keep a strap on the instrument at all times so you can simply grab and play. So how do you prefer to set up one strap per instrument or 1 strap for several instruments?
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My former guitar player mates always switched straps one guitar to another (gigbags as well)

I personally keep each n'every bass (and guitar) with its own strap (and gigbag) an'I have many

Cheers,
Wallace
 
#76
I have one strap for each bass. I'm fairly weight-sensitive, so I prefer wide straps - 3.5" - 4" if possible. The problem with straps like these is that they are too wide and bulky to go into my Mono Vertigo attached to the bass, so I have to take them off. And because of their size, they're hard to stash into a gig bag pocket as well. Leather straps are out, as they are usually too hard to fold. The best I've found so far is the GruvGear Solostrap Neo, which, being made out of neoprene, folds up reasonably well in spite of being quite hefty. I don't bother with straplocks, but have a few rubber washers stashed in my gig bag if I need them.
 
#77
8 Basses & 10 Moody straps - all with Dunlop Straploks

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#78
Big Hoss said:
I have seen other people here who seem to swap straps between basses, it seems to me easier to keep a strap on the instrument at all times so you can simply grab and play. So how do you prefer to set up one strap per instrument or 1 strap for several instruments?
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I use 1 strap per bass with Dunlop straploks and rarely take them off. I only have 3 basses.
 
#79
My plan was to have one nice (in my case Levy's PM32) strap, so I put the Schaller-type locks on it and each bass. Then I was given a second beautiful Levy's strap for my birthday, and next thing I know I ended up with one less strap than basses total, so it's rare I ever need to switch them around. I ended up putting the locks on my cheap guitars too so it's literally a snap to throw any strap on 'em if/when the guitar mood strikes.
 

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