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What's your favorite wide strap?
- Thread starter aparker82
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I recently picked one up on evilbay- 3" bison leather. There is a Lakota dude who makes all sorts of straps of this very soft material. Often sells cosmetic seconds which are 100% functional and a great value. That's my current fave.
- Jul 11, 2005
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Levy's Leathers MSS2-4-BLK 4 Garment Leather Signature Series Guitar Strap,Black
These are very nice - I have 2 of them.
Although I think Moody's are also nice they've gotten a bit too pricey. I would recommend the Italia's - I have 4 of those. 4 inches wide and really thick - very comfy. Great quality. Buy one of theirs (Italia) and you'll start getting emails with really excellent deals like buy one 1/2 off the next, free shipping etc.
The basic soft leather Franklin and Perrys 2 & half to 3inch wide straps have done great for me. Levys are ok, but I like these two better.
Italia. Always a two for one sale.
Choose your colors and textures.
I like the four inch wide with suede linings. Easy to customize the lengths. I make one for each bass and leave it on the bass.
Choose your colors and textures.
I like the four inch wide with suede linings. Easy to customize the lengths. I make one for each bass and leave it on the bass.
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Good old Canadian Levy's leathers for me. I have 5-6 of their straps and a couple of their gig bags.
Great quality at a fair price.
Great quality at a fair price.
Burwabit
Likes guitars that tune good and firm feelin women
I was shopping for a new wide strap recently and looked around at various options (including threads here), and decided I wanted leather. The Moody straps seem to be highly rated, although expensive.
Then I decided to ask for a price for someone to make up a strap for me. I decided to go with a monster 6", as wide as is practical for my shoulder, and obviously to my chosen length and colour. Ended up paying a 'Moody' price but the result is really nice. Excellent quality leather, really soft and flexible, but quite thick with suede backing. No neck dive with my bass, and very comfortable. It'll last for years.
Not an option for everyone with slimmer shoulders of course, and may not win prizes for the coolest look in the room (not that I'd be a contender anyway!), but it does the job I bought it for, so I'm happy!
For those interested it was made by Sarah Rand at Link Removed
Then I decided to ask for a price for someone to make up a strap for me. I decided to go with a monster 6", as wide as is practical for my shoulder, and obviously to my chosen length and colour. Ended up paying a 'Moody' price but the result is really nice. Excellent quality leather, really soft and flexible, but quite thick with suede backing. No neck dive with my bass, and very comfortable. It'll last for years.
Not an option for everyone with slimmer shoulders of course, and may not win prizes for the coolest look in the room (not that I'd be a contender anyway!), but it does the job I bought it for, so I'm happy!
For those interested it was made by Sarah Rand at Link Removed
I use Neotech Mega Bass straps.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessories/neotech-mega-bass-strap
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I coveted Moody's and Italias for a long time. But they were too pricey for me. I had a couple of Levy's that were just fine and was happy enough with them.
Then Italia made a mistake and combined their frequent Buy-one-get-the-next-one-for-cheap deal with a normal discount deal and I basically got two straps for about two thirds the cost of a regular single strap. AND they weren't plain vanilla got-a-dozen-in-the-box straps. They were both extra long (I'm big. So to fit me normally, it has to be one that would hang your bass in front of your knees.) four inch wide models. One was black with a tan suede back. The other was black with black suede.
I doubt they have made that mistake again. I doubt that many people got to take advantage of it that day. But I'm pretty happy that I got to, because I'd never have been able to afford them otherwise.
And I just counted: I have five Levy's that each go with one particular instrument, the ones that actually get played routinely. And I have two "Who Knows?" straps that I got at GC that might go on whichever other instrument goes back into rotation for a few minutes.
Then Italia made a mistake and combined their frequent Buy-one-get-the-next-one-for-cheap deal with a normal discount deal and I basically got two straps for about two thirds the cost of a regular single strap. AND they weren't plain vanilla got-a-dozen-in-the-box straps. They were both extra long (I'm big. So to fit me normally, it has to be one that would hang your bass in front of your knees.) four inch wide models. One was black with a tan suede back. The other was black with black suede.
I doubt they have made that mistake again. I doubt that many people got to take advantage of it that day. But I'm pretty happy that I got to, because I'd never have been able to afford them otherwise.
And I just counted: I have five Levy's that each go with one particular instrument, the ones that actually get played routinely. And I have two "Who Knows?" straps that I got at GC that might go on whichever other instrument goes back into rotation for a few minutes.
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Slapstrap Divine. Infinitely adjustable velcro design, very strong and very comfortable.
Slapstrap Divine. Infinitely adjustable velcro design, very strong and very comfortable.
I've found that there are tons of great straps out there. But a lot of them just aren't quite long enough for my tastes. So that eliminates a lot of good straps for me. That's one reason I like the Mono Betty's and the Get'M Get'm Wear straps. The Get'M Get'Ms have some very cool patterns, but they aren't as comfortable as the Betty's.
