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Why no straplocks?

#41
Lee H said:
does anyone here use different locks for different basses, to keep the correct straps with their perspective basses?
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I have a different strap for each bass because 1) I like straps (they're like shoes--more=better!), 2) I coordinate my bass and strap colors, and 3) most of them are the leather 2-piece style that require threading one piece through the tabs in the other piece. In order to adjust the length, I have to remove the strap lock ends, so it's just easier to dedicate one strap to each bass.
 
#44
Lee H said:
does anyone here use different locks for different basses, to keep the correct straps with their perspective basses?
I have a friend who does this., and he cuts the straps off short, so his bass cannot be lowered


I had to pick up his bass and play a couple songs one night, when he got sick at a gig. I could not stand his strap, and I could not use the guitarists extra strap, or the extra I had in my pickup (I do not normally keep an extra strap with me, but I had just bought a new one, that day)
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Not me. I use Dunlop Dual Designs on every thing, I have one favorite strap that I use with all my basses,( I really only have like 3 straps, two skinny ones are for guitar, one wide one for bass.) If I get anymore straps, I will install the Dunlops on them too, so I can use whatever strap I'm in the mood for on what ever instrument I'm playing at the time.
 
#45
I have either Schaller (preferred) or Dunlop on almost all of my basses. My F Basses have big, bullum strap buttons on them so I don't worry about those. My Fodera and LeCompte both have recessed Dunlops, which I greatly prefer over the standard Dunlops, which have too long of a moment arm.

I keep three or four straps each with Schaller and Dunlop straplocks on them.
 
#46
My basses all have Straploks but while I use them most of the time, sometimes I don't. Really, you don't need them if you have a strap with a good strong buttonhole. My band's guitarist doesn't use them at all and he's never lost his guitar. He just buys new straps when his wear out.

Now while I always try to be tolerant of people's likes and dislikes, the one thing I don't get is the appeal of recessed straplock buttons. What happens if you have a strap with no straplocks?
 
#48
JimmyM said:
My basses all have Straploks but while I use them most of the time, sometimes I don't. Really, you don't need them if you have a strap with a good strong buttonhole. My band's guitarist doesn't use them at all and he's never lost his guitar. He just buys new straps when his wear out.

Now while I always try to be tolerant of people's likes and dislikes, the one thing I don't get is the appeal of recessed straplock buttons. What happens if you have a strap with no straplocks?
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Then you're SOL. That's why I keep one in the case and one in the gig bag. The appeal is that there's no bending moment around the point at which the button attaches to the bass. You won't ever be needing to deplete your toothpick supply. And I deeply appreciate your tolerance.
 
#49
JimmyM said:
My basses all have Straploks but while I use them most of the time, sometimes I don't. Really, you don't need them if you have a strap with a good strong buttonhole. My band's guitarist doesn't use them at all and he's never lost his guitar. He just buys new straps when his wear out.

Now while I always try to be tolerant of people's likes and dislikes, the one thing I don't get is the appeal of recessed straplock buttons. What happens if you have a strap with no straplocks?
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That's what Dunlop Dual Design Straplocks are for. You can use any strap even if it has no straplock pin on it.
 
#52
Cliff, I'm asking about straplocks that ARE recessed into the body. I know they don't have to be recessed. I asked people with recessed straplocks a question...wasn't looking for a solution to a problem I don't have.
 
#53
I use straplocks. I often have the bass tilted to points where it used to come off. Both ends. And every now and then I have the bass off and hammer it against my legs (just to play tough for the girls), and the fastened straps makes it easier to throw the bass back on quickly.
So they are on all of my basses. My 2 cents :)
 
#54
lfmn16 said:
41 years and I've never dropped a bass or had a close call. I guess I feel I don't need them.
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I have to say that although I can't claim 41 years of playing my experience is the same. What do you guys do to need straplocks? Swing the bass around your head each time a song goes well? Use it as a weapon? Play while doing somersaults on a trampoline?

I can claim about 16 year playing experience and have never come close to a bass falling of the strap or dropping one while playing standing up. Just can't figure out how we can all have had such different experiences...
 
#57
Calaverasgrande said:
what really kills me is when I see someone like Tony Levin playing their bass without the cable tucked behind the strap. Not a huge deal on a bass that plugs into the bottom of the bass. But on top loaders (like Fender P's and 2 band Stingrays) that can cause some damage!
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I used to not tuck the cable back and I stepped on it one day. I was playing a jazz bass, pulled the one screw by the jack in the control plate right out. Had to use wood filler, the hole was stripped and I was freakin out. Never again!
 
#58
I guess it's just a security thing for me. Plus I push a button to take the strap off and never wear down the button holes on my straps. I like my straps, and they were not cheap. But I also understand what some people are saying, I don't jump all over the place so I might not need them. I think I would just rather have them and not need them, then need them and not have them.
 

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