They didn't much on mine. You could chop up a sock and use that as a sleeve over the back biner, though, if you re conerned.
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Strap Locks
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Old sock worn, what to do
Tired of my toe stickin' out
Out of the dryer, now it's clean
What can I do about
Carabiner on my bass, scratchin away
Clean sock still on my mind
Just how am I to protect
My new bass, a good find
I'll tell you how.......
Chop a sock, chop that sock
Chop it and install
Chop a sock, chop that sock
My bass has seen it all
Tired of my toe stickin' out
Out of the dryer, now it's clean
What can I do about
Carabiner on my bass, scratchin away
Clean sock still on my mind
Just how am I to protect
My new bass, a good find
I'll tell you how.......
Chop a sock, chop that sock
Chop it and install
Chop a sock, chop that sock
My bass has seen it all
From an old post of mine:
For installing straplocks onto a thick leather strap, with either Schaller or Dunlop straplocks, it's handy to have two sets of needle nose pliers. For Dunlop, one set of pliers to push down the washer, the other to force the C-clip onto the post. For Schaller, one to hold the cup, the other to tighten the nut.
Also, for Schaller, a dab of loc-tite or clear nail polish will keep the nut from coming undone. Clear nail polish is great because: a) it's clear. b) it's strong enough to hold the nut on, but brittle enough to break and clean up when you want it to.
Although they're both "good" units, I feel the Schaller is "better."
I used Dunlops for over 10 years. I'd had a few failures of the Dunlops, but I always attributed it to "user error," that I hadn't seated the unit properly. However, after I had nearly dropped a 45 year old Les Paul when I KNEW the locks were seated well and proper- I looked back into it. The Dunlops are held on with either 2 or 4 ball bearings held in with spring tension. The bearings fit into a trough on the female end. If a bearing fails, the spring fails or there's junk in the trough, or if the shaft wears, the unit can fall out.
The Schaller is a cup bearing the weight of the guitar. It is also redundantly held into the cup by the spring loaded plunger. If the spring loaded plunger fails, the cup is still supporting the instrument. The cup is not going to fail. I've actually smacked a Schaller with a hammer to see what it takes to break the cup. The only ways for the Schaller to fail is if the nut comes undone- if you check the nut and/or secure the nut to the unit with loc-tite or nail polish, it's not coming off, and if the button itself wears down too far. That's when the guitar end starts looking like a rounded off nub instead of the way it looks.
I believe simpler is better. I don't do flips or anything crazy like that so I don't need anything super fancy. I've been using the rubber grommets off Grolsch beer bottles for years and they've worked great. Buy a straplock, get a beer! A friend just went to the local hardware store and picked up some generic rubber washers for about a quarter each and achieved the same results.
Another inexpensive option that I've read good reviews about is the Lockstrap System from Stew Mac.
Another inexpensive option that I've read good reviews about is the Lockstrap System from Stew Mac.
Always thinking outside the box Rugaar!!
Yep, me and this guy...(notice the big bucks straplocks)
+1 on Dunlops. I've had great luck with these. My 'vette came with some that are branded as Warwick but I don't know whio makes them. They are the same design basically as Dunlop but they use a nut type of attachment to the strap rather than the clips and they are a little easier to change out straps...
