Dunlop Dual-Design Straploks since like 2003. I had a strap-end fail once, the original one from 2003, and it only crapped out on me within the last couple years.
Enjoy the benefits of a premium membership!
Upgrade Account
-
TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
Join free Log in
Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.
Strap locks, who’s using what brands?
- Thread starter Stewie
- Start date
I've had Hennessey strap locks on my P-bass for many years now. Very happy with how they've held up.
Do you use these on your Dingwall? Curious because I might get some for mine.
Do you use these on your Dingwall? Curious because I might get some for mine.
Yes, they're the stock strap buttons on Dingwall's Canadian basses. I was using Dunlop before I ever got a Dingwall. They go on every single instrument I own.
Schallers.Schallers.Always Schallers.
Yeah you have to tighten the nut every so often.
Other than that,no problems.
Yeah you have to tighten the nut every so often.
Other than that,no problems.
I've used Dunlops since the 90's and never had a problem.
I also actually really like the silicon washers but I can really only use them when I never want to take the strap off the bass because it takes about 10 minutes and a pair of pliers to get them off and on.
I also actually really like the silicon washers but I can really only use them when I never want to take the strap off the bass because it takes about 10 minutes and a pair of pliers to get them off and on.
Started out split between Schaller and Dunlop, but switched over to all Dunlop after a Schaller failure. Had a pair on my Stingray and they must have just been worn out cause with just the slightest pull the lock would pop right off the button. Dunlops have been great and I like the E clip way more than the nut on the old Schallers.
Dunlops. Never had a problem and it’s been decades.
Assorted washers do just as well though.
Not surprised; I had Schallers that came stock on the Fender Elite Precision II I owned from 1985 - 2000 and I hated them. If you didn't regularly (like, weekly) inspect and tighten the nut on the strap portion, the strap would eventually come out from under the washer and then the bass would fall out of the strap.
In general I don't like straplocks of any sort. I have Dunlop straplocks on two of my basses -- one because it came that way, and one because back when I had the luxury of working with a band that had actual roadies (!) my roadie begged me to install them to make his job easier (!!) -- and they are tolerable, but all my other instruments just get the old Grolsch beer bottle washer.
These. I bought a few that say "Fender" on them before I got some from the beer bottles.
As an old fart, I feel more Rock&Roll using them.
I just got a wicked new leathern bandolier-style strap. I have half a mind now to try out some of those new S-locks. The last lot I got are a set of the originals, not so long ago. They do cross pollinate, we're told, so I may as well
Think I'll go black this time.
Back in black. Very robust, the upgrade. And, unlike the copies, these things are heavy metal. No word of a lie
— not going anywhere. Same thing applies though: there will be some settling-in, most likely, as the leather, or whatever, compresses. Further ightening's likely to assist, over time, with the bedding-in of the strap side, before the grub-screws are screwed home. No sticker. What? 
Hee hee … The new bandoleer looks a million dollars too, even without the dummy bullets.
Last edited:
CosmicRay
Supporting Member
