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straplok's

Straplok's?

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#41
CamMcIntyre said:
I use schallers on all of my basses. With regards to the hex nut coming loose-what i do is take 2 pairs of pliers and a bottle of clear nail polish-cover the threads of the straplock w/the nail polish then use the pliers to tighten the locks. I haven't had to redo mine in 2 years or so of heavy playing.

Also-instead of buying a complete set of straplocks everytime i get another bass, i buy just the buttons/screws from Stew Mac everytime i get a new bass. I think it's maybe $3 or something for a setup for a bass e.g. 2 buttons + screws.

take it easy.
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thems good advice....
 
#43
I used to use the Schaller on all my basses, then I got my Warwick and the screw hole was too big to do a direct replacement, so I tried the Dunlop. Since then I've switched all my basses over to the Dunlop - only one (my Hohner Steinberger Copy) has the flush mount version (mainly cuz the upper connection comes straight back out of the heel of the neck and the flush mount works better there). All the others have the "Dual Design" version - I can interchange any of my straps with any of those basses (handy when I have my wireless transmitter mounted on the one strap), and I can also use any other standard guitar strap on them too.

Back when I was using the Schallers, from constant gigging I eventually wore the "U" strap part right through the nub mounted on the bass - took about 2 years though. If you're playing that much that you actually wear out either type, I think you can afford to replace them every 2 years or so.
 
#46
joeyl said:
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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I've never had to oil my Schallers and I've had mine on three different basses. Never had a problem. The Dunlops I had before the Shallers literally fell apart so I switched. IMHO, it's like Ford and Chevy battles. All in all, they're both good insurance.
 
#53
Voted "some" because "some" locks just happened to be on "some" of my basses when I got them.

I'll go completely against the grain here....

I NEVER use them because I don't trust 'em. Fact is they do wear out after a while.

Have dropped two basses because of this. The first time was a beater Fender, so I did'nt care when it hit the deck, head first. The second time it was a Electroline 535. That was the last straw. No more for me.

Impractical as it seems, I just have a bunch of good straps, and simply dedicate one to each bass I know I'll be playing. If I have to screw the pin back in over the strap to make it secure, that's okay but I aint droppin' another bass again.
 
#55
AJ Brown said:
All basses are covered with Dunlops over here. The initial set was relatively expensive ($19), but the buttons are only $4/pair from Allparts.com... cheap.
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AJ,
Did you have to do anything special for the F Bass?
I have Schaller & Dunlops on all but my F Bass BN5 because the strap button is so big, but I am want to do the F Bass as well.

Oh, AJ I see you don't have the F Bass listed anymore I hope you decided to keep it.
 
#57
I use either dunlops (which are far better than schallers), or Schallers, depending on what I can get hold of, the dunlop ones are a bit hard to find in the UK.

I wouldn't play a bass (outside of my studio anyway) without them, I just don't feel secure, somehow without them.

It always surprises me that people will pay hundreds or thousands of pounds for an instrument, and then just trust a length of leather or fabric, looped over a button.

It also annoys me, when manufacturers don't fit them as standard.

I bought a Status Kingbass last year, it cost over £1800, and I had to pay an extra £20 for them to fit straplocks to it.

This topic always generates quite a good discussion.

I use comfort straps, these have two holes at each end, I put the straplock through the second hole, and then put the first hole over the button first, then put the lock over the button, with the schaller system, even if the nut comes off, the bass won't go crashing to the floor.
 
#59
bassplayer2106 said:
I use either dunlops (which are far better than schallers), or Schallers, depending on what I can get hold of, the dunlop ones are a bit hard to find in the UK.

I wouldn't play a bass (outside of my studio anyway) without them, I just don't feel secure, somehow without them.

It always surprises me that people will pay hundreds or thousands of pounds for an instrument, and then just trust a length of leather or fabric, looped over a button.

It also annoys me, when manufacturers don't fit them as standard.

I bought a Status Kingbass last year, it cost over £1800, and I had to pay an extra £20 for them to fit straplocks to it.

This topic always generates quite a good discussion.

I use comfort straps, these have two holes at each end, I put the straplock through the second hole, and then put the first hole over the button first, then put the lock over the button, with the schaller system, even if the nut comes off, the bass won't go crashing to the floor.
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I bought a Stealth and had to pay to get Schaller's on it. Its now the only bass that I have the Schaller strap loks on
 

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