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straplok's

Straplok's?

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#7
I use rubber fender (not fender, the guitar company) washers that you can get from home depot for .50 cents each. They are basically a little rubber circle with a small hole cut in the middle. You can stretch them out to fit over the strap button. I have them for all my basses and love them. Also, some strap locks stick out too far and the bass pulls on the strap at a higher leverage that could cause the screw to strip from the wood.
 
#8
i will not gig a bass without some kind of strap locking system even if it is the ones that you just clip over your strap.

but every bass that i use regulary has dunlops or schallers on them i prefer the dunlops and i love the inlayed ones on my Fodera, i would love to have those on all of my basses but the work required to fit them is a bit out of my ability.


so to summerise, yes, i use straplocks:D


Dave
 
#9
i play very hard n i use the dunlop reseaded so they fit flush w/ the body so i dont have to worry about them stripping the screw hole and bending the screw have never failed me EVER love'm to death! also fun to mix n match the nickel/chrome/gold/ and black ones for a koo look that fits every bass just the way i want!!!!:bassist:
 
#10
I've used Schaller on all of my basses since 1983. I bought a Warwick thumb a few years ago that had Dunlops on it and have since changed all of my basses over to those. the Schaller's attached to the strap with a hex nut that tended to get loose and come off. But to be honest both systems are excellent and I want to play without them.
 
#13
I have to be honest here: I don't care for the Dunlop strap locks at all. I had them on an old bass of mine. When they were "fresh" they worked great. After a year of consistant gigging (200+ shows) they started to give. Finally my bass started popping off at shows. The Dunlops were history.

The Schallers aren't overly easy on the eyes, but they do have a couple of features that I enjoy:

1) Even if the locking mechanism fails, the bass will not fall off. The locks themselves are "U" shaped. As long as the "U" is facing up (with the lock end inside) your bass will not fall off (unless you are an "active" bassist).

2) Other people can play my bass with their own strap (w or w/o Schallers... but not with Dunlops). Now that I think of it, this is potentially a disadvantage... and it is really only an "advantage" over the inset Dunlops which DO look REALLY COOL.

IMHO, of course.
 
#16
FretFree said:
I have to be honest here: I don't care for the Dunlop strap locks at all. I had them on an old bass of mine. When they were "fresh" they worked great. After a year of consistant gigging (200+ shows) they started to give. Finally my bass started popping off at shows. The Dunlops were history.

The Schallers aren't overly easy on the eyes, but they do have a couple of features that I enjoy:

1) Even if the locking mechanism fails, the bass will not fall off. The locks themselves are "U" shaped. As long as the "U" is facing up (with the lock end inside) your bass will not fall off (unless you are an "active" bassist).

2) Other people can play my bass with their own strap (w or w/o Schallers... but not with Dunlops). Now that I think of it, this is potentially a disadvantage... and it is really only an "advantage" over the inset Dunlops which DO look REALLY COOL.

IMHO, of course.
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hmm, you need to oil the little bearings on the dunlops everonce in a while, I have had mine for 10 years, not one problem
 

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