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Straps falling off

#21
I really like these. After tiring of repairing stripped out screw holes from the added torque of strap-lok systems, I found these at my local shop and for a couple of bucks, they have served me well.

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#24
I've been using ProLine Strap Locks for quite a while and have never had a problem. Great hold on my P and J. I like the fact that you have to pull, not push the knob to release. Had an "incident" with the push release strap locks once when I bumped into something and it released . . .

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#25
Dega60 said:
I've been using ProLine Strap Locks for quite a while and have never had a problem. Great hold on my P and J. I like the fact that you have to pull, not push the knob to release. Had an "incident" with the push release strap locks once when I bumped into something and it released . . .

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Hmm, never seen those, they appear to be just like Schallers.
 
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#26
wiseguyst said:
I really like these. After tiring of repairing stripped out screw holes from the added torque of strap-lok systems, I found these at my local shop and for a couple of bucks, they have served me well.

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+1 after putting the Dunlop locking srews in 2 basses and stripping the screw I tried these. Just as reliable if not more so
 
#27
Rebecky said:
I bought straplocks for my rickenbacker and they fitted them in the shop. Played a gig a week or so after and the strap locks fall apart halfway through a song! I'm there trying to find the bits of bolts and such and trying to screw them back on, by the time I finish the song's over anyway! I was pretty pissed off and went straight back to that shop and said these strap "locks" are not doing their job... The useless bloke was just like "oh dear, they're not meant to do that..." Clearly I KNOW! They just fitted them badly, now I keep a spanner with me at all times to keep it all tightened up.
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Had an almost identical experience on my fretless, which is not my first instrument. I caught it, thankfully. But had to finish the song kinda half squatting down. Loctight them now. no problems since.
 
#28
Rebecky said:
I bought straplocks for my rickenbacker and they fitted them in the shop. Played a gig a week or so after and the strap locks fall apart halfway through a song! I'm there trying to find the bits of bolts and such and trying to screw them back on, by the time I finish the song's over anyway! I was pretty pissed off and went straight back to that shop and said these strap "locks" are not doing their job... The useless bloke was just like "oh dear, they're not meant to do that..." Clearly I KNOW! They just fitted them badly, now I keep a spanner with me at all times to keep it all tightened up.
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Wow... female bass player... ...out gigging... spanner... that post is so full of WIN. Will you marry me? ;) [crosses fingers]please oh please oh please be over the age of 25...[/uncross fingers]

Just please don't mention this thread to my girlfriend, OK? Thx.
 
#29
I think the problems a lot of you are having are due to not fitting them properly. I've used Schallers on all my basses for years and never once actually had one fall off, though I have noticed them getting a little loose (on the strap itself) from time to time so just tighten them up with some pointy nose pliers whenever you think of it (can't hurt to make sure they're tight too often!)

As for the strap buttons themselves, DON'T OVER TIGHTEN THEM!!! I know it seems like you should go as tight as you can, but you're just stripping the wood and that's why they fall out. Whenever you're screwing anything in wood, do it till it's tight and then STOP. It doesn't need to be any tighter than that. If you do happen to strip one out, I'd suggest getting a longer screw and going deeper into the wood of your bass rather than filling it with glue or something, just go gentle when you're drilling it so as not to split anything.
 
#31
Venom of God said:
I think the problems a lot of you are having are due to not fitting them properly. I've used Schallers on all my basses for years and never once actually had one fall off, though I have noticed them getting a little loose (on the strap itself) from time to time so just tighten them up with some pointy nose pliers whenever you think of it (can't hurt to make sure they're tight too often!)

As for the strap buttons themselves, DON'T OVER TIGHTEN THEM!!! I know it seems like you should go as tight as you can, but you're just stripping the wood and that's why they fall out. Whenever you're screwing anything in wood, do it till it's tight and then STOP. It doesn't need to be any tighter than that. If you do happen to strip one out, I'd suggest getting a longer screw and going deeper into the wood of your bass rather than filling it with glue or something, just go gentle when you're drilling it so as not to split anything.
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This exactly! If you make sure the pins are tight on Schallers, they work great.
 
#40
My Warwick came with the Dunlop style strap connectors countersunk into the body, so I got into the Dunlops that way. They work ok, every 12-18 months I have to change the connector button- the part that stays with the strap and has the release button- because the springs start to get old and the works wear causing two problems: difficulty to unhook, and sometimes they just strip out of the receptacle.
 

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