strap button placement mistake?

[BassToGoGo]

To me it's simple...

If you hold your bass in an (almost) upright position (without straplocks) you will learn the difference quickly.

 

[Aloe]

the button location and direction is totally okay. spectors have a strap button parallel to the neck and I haven't heard anyone complaining. Warwicks sometimes have it even facing up (they come with straplocks though, but personally used one without them and everything was okay.

 

[smogg]

on assembling my warmoth bass, the strap buttons were drilled in without much thought. middle of the bridge on the body, and middle of the top horn. wait... middle of the top horn?? uh huh. i notice now that every single image of a jazz bass has that horn strap button slightly pointed towards the neck, and i see why. it would sit a bit more comfortably. whoops, huh? anyone else have this odd strap button placement? just wondering.

Yup, you have completely ruined the bass. Ship it to me and I will see that it is properly disposed of for you.

 

[themickster]

Maybe the screw is on the sosh to run through the grain rather than between and make the horn split.

 

[Ric5]

The Middle of the horn is where I would want it to be on my basses

 

[bon viesta]

something to notice about WHY this strap button placement is ever so slightly problematic is the fact that jazz basses are offset, meaning you now have two strap buttons working against each other as one wants to tilt one way while the naturally sits a little differently.

 

[HalfManHalfBass]

Pointing the strap button slightly down prevents the strap coming off, but when using strap locks this isn't such a concern.

I put mine on at a consistant angle by putting a piece of masking / painter's tape on the front face of the top horn. Then, using a long metal ruler pointing to the 5th fret, draw a line down the middle of the top horn onto the tape.

I then remove the neck and try to drill the hole for the strap button screw at the same angle drawn on the piece of tape.

 

[Samatza]

Pointing the strap button slightly down prevents the strap coming off, but when using strap locks this isn't such a concern.

^^This is the reason. If you use strap locks which you should it’s not a problem.

I always install strap locks, a guitar player once asked me if he should install strap locks, I said he should, it’s cheap insurance. He thought about it for 12 months and finally asked me to install them after his Strat came off the strap and hit the ground cracking the paint on the lower bout.

So refinish and new strap locks and he hasn’t had an issue in 25 years.

 

[fretno]

nothing that bad at all. not really noticeable just something i thought i would share for the heck of it.

I install mine like this as well .

 

[DanAdams]

The worst offender... The otherwise wonderful and under appreciated Westone.

Straps just fall off when you're not even moving.

 

[Silky Johnson]

I think you guys are missing the bigger picture here, ergonomics is one thing but which strap pin position/angle/depth and diameter will yield the best Tone?

 

[MultiScaleMale]

It looks fine to me.

 

[Eon Sky]

Huh. I'll take things I never really paid attention to but now notice for $500, Alex.

 

[superiorpine]

IME the back strap pin location is more important with balance. It can be moved a number of inches. The front one, not so much.

 

[christpncher]

i agree with the OP that a pin angled toward the neck is better. i think the question is if this placement is standard for Warmoth?

 

[HalfManHalfBass]

i agree with the OP that a pin angled toward the neck is better. i think the question is if this placement is standard for Warmoth?

Warmoth don't drill for strap buttons. It's for the end user to drill and decide.

As I said in my above post #27, the strap not pulling off is the main objective here.

 

[christpncher]

Warmoth don't drill for strap buttons. It's for the end user to drill and decide.

well that explains it

 

[kdn1]

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