Hardware can be an accessory. And you can play sitting down, so...
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Thunderbird Club
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So it is the duality answer.
I can't plat sitting down; it reduces bloodflow to my brain...
Have a nice wekeend y'all.
Guess who will receive donation of riginal T Bird strings: Squier Jaguar
Then
Now
Decided to do a full clean and setup; then remembered that I had saved Thunderbird strings; with the red silk ends it will be nice.
Guess who will receive donation of riginal T Bird strings: Squier Jaguar
Then
Now
Decided to do a full clean and setup; then remembered that I had saved Thunderbird strings; with the red silk ends it will be nice.
Less bloodflow to the brain isn't always a bad thing...
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That’s an easy one.
When you buy the strap locks you’re buying hardware. When you install the strap locks on your bass you’re most likely removing original hardware and replacing it with new hardware.
When you install the other end of the strap lock on your strap you’re installing hardware on your accessory and from there on out it stays as part of that accessory so it’s lumped in as just part of that accessory, no longer hardware.
When you go to use the strap you’ll be connecting your accessory (strap and fixed strap lock end) to the hardware (strap lock pin) on your bass.
OK, but each of my 4 basses has a dedicated strap(and lock)that stays on/with the bass to which it's assigned. (The strap on the 67NR has built in ratcheting strap locks)That’s an easy one.
When you buy the strap locks you’re buying hardware. When you install the strap locks on your bass you’re most likely removing original hardware and replacing it with new hardware.
When you install the other end of the strap lock on your strap you’re installing hardware on your accessory and from there on out it stays as part of that accessory so it’s lumped in as just part of that accessory, no longer hardware.
When you go to use the strap you’ll be connecting your accessory (strap and fixed strap lock end) to the hardware (strap lock pin) on your bass.
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So you’ve permanently attached an accessory to the hardware on your bass.
Where it really starts to get tricky is on my Dano. On that bass the strap pins are plastic. Kinda hard to call a plastic piece “Hardware” but I do since it should have been metal not plastic and if I were going to use it, it would be replaced by a metal strap lock.
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Excellent post and vid. I’m going to give them a try.
Sounds like your straps are hardware...
I sounds like when you buy straplocks, you are buying both hardware and accessory as a bundle.That’s an easy one.
When you buy the strap locks you’re buying hardware. When you install the strap locks on your bass you’re most likely removing original hardware and replacing it with new hardware.
When you install the other end of the strap lock on your strap you’re installing hardware on your accessory and from there on out it stays as part of that accessory so it’s lumped in as just part of that accessory, no longer hardware.
When you go to use the strap you’ll be connecting your accessory (strap and fixed strap lock end) to the hardware (strap lock pin) on your bass.
But all this is difficult for my tiny brain to comprehend. I will just refer to the bass as hardware and everything else - bridge, strings, tuners, pickups, etc. - as accessories.
As I further consider the genius of my parsing of hardware and accessories, I realize that I can call anything that isn't the bass accessories. So, accessories includes (but not limited to) cords, wireless, pedals, amps, cabinets...
I find this intuitively attractive as I need only decide if something is a bass and if not, it is an accessory. Nice and simple; like me.
And I can go a step further.
Drums - accessory
Guitar - accessory
Keyboard player - accessory
I thought the guitarist was a "target" for swinging the headstock???
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I just use the fabric-wrap method - easy peasy.
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Those do look interesting. I’ve never tried or seen them but might steer that direction on my next strap lock purchase.
What about pulling those stacked plastic knobs on a Dano? Would both come off with a pull at the bottom?
