But an issue nonetheless.
I dont. I got rid of my straplocks so that I could lend my strap to our guitarist, since he forgot to take it to a gig. Still no problem.
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Strap no strap?
- Thread starter matey
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But an issue nonetheless.
I dont. I got rid of my straplocks so that I could lend my strap to our guitarist, since he forgot to take it to a gig. Still no problem.
That would mean ALL strap systems, locked or otherwise, are equally vulnerable.
Straplocks still give you one less point in the chain to worry about. Straps slipping off are a substantially more prevalent and likely occurrence than post failure.
Hence Straplocks > No Straplocks.
Hooray for Straplocks!
Cause it wont fit it the case nicely. Strap locks ; of course. Straps only when needed.
That would mean ALL strap systems, locked or otherwise, are equally vulnerable.
Straplocks still give you one less point in the chain to worry about. Straps slipping off are a substantially more prevalent and likely occurrence than post failure.
Hence Straplocks > No Straplocks.
Hooray for Straplocks!
I agree, mostly. Ive only ever had a strap slip off a button one time, though. Ive had posts comes out of my bass (different basses even) far more times than Ive had strap slip off of the button.
I have been noticeing that people have pictures of thier guitars dont have straps and my teacher dosnt have one attached so i ask the question just attach them when you need them ?
On the basses that I play a lot(2 of them) the straps stay on.
I never take the straps off my guitars or my bass. They mostly sit on stands when not in use, but I even modify cases so I don't have to remove them. A strap came off a borrowed ES335 years ago, and it cost me a fortune to fix the guitar. The friendship was even harder to repair.
Strap locks are a must in my opinion. You shouldn't even have to buy them; guitars should be made with some sort of lock system (like they have on some Gretchs).
Strap locks are a must in my opinion. You shouldn't even have to buy them; guitars should be made with some sort of lock system (like they have on some Gretchs).
Standing or sitting, I always use a strap. My basses slip away
from me if I don't. Something like this:
The Bassketeers bass fail
from me if I don't. Something like this:
The Bassketeers bass fail
just an up date, that i though of the last time i had a bass lesson, my teacher had some nasty grey gaffer tape wrapped around the bass, aparently the strap gave out at a gig
{insert strap on humour here}
{insert strap on humour here}
Standing or sitting, I always use a strap. My basses slip away
from me if I don't. Something like this:
The Bassketeers bass fail
love that clip dude!! that dude is so me
With only two instruments, I have a strap for each one and each strap stays attached to its respective instrument. I have the strap that came with my Affinity Stratocaster and when I bought my Squier Jazz bass a while back, I bought a wider leather strap for it.
If you've ever seen The Last Waltz (best concert movie ever made), the strap came off Eric Clapton's guitar and he nearly dropped it. That was his black strat (Blackie) that he later auctioned for $959 000 (for charity), the highest price ever paid for an electric guitar. Imagine if he had dropped it and badly damaged it? It just shows you, it can happen to anyone.
Yes.
That's why they come off.
edit: if you have a bit of a gut like me, playing sitting down requires a strap too.
LOL, that's my situation as well.
