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Location: NJ | This is probably the most comfortable guitar strap you will ever own. If you suffer from shoulder fatigue this strap eliminates it. It uses the air cell technology which distributes the weight of the instrument over your entire shoulder. The strap is 3" wide and about 60" at it's longest. Aircell technology is used in many high end bag manufacturers to eliminate the fatigue of carrying heavy loads for a long period of time. Quality craftsmanship leather ends made in Korea.
$30 shipped for a limited time
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Location: SoCal | Cool! |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Al, do both sides of the strap look the same? |
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Location: NJ | no the air sacks ride on your shoulder the other side is flat |
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Location: NJ | Just sold a few of these last night and they showed up at a local open mic.
"the world's most comfortable guitar strap"
their words not mine |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Just got mine and strapped it on the heaviest guitar I own......
it truly is one of the most comfortable guitar straps.
highly recommended. |
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Location: Delaware | Just got mine and strapped it on the heaviest guitar I own...... Let me guess, the Travis Bean ? |
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Location: NJ | Another unsolicited testimonial
These straps are great |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | I have a few straps like this for my camera bags. Real comfortable to use when the load is heavy. |
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Location: NJ | Phil
they are heavy into the upscale camera, tv newsman market in fact I believe that is where they first got their notoriety. |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | I need one of those for my Travis Bean......
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Location: NJ | you know how to get a hold of me |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Fridave,
Actually the heaviest I have is the Ibanez 2640 Artist Doubleneck......hurts just looking at it but man does it have a GREAT 12 and 6 string sound! |
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Location: Massachusetts | Al - do you know how short this strap is able to be adjusted?
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Location: East Tennessee | What does the other side look like? |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | The other side is smooth and black. The air cells face downwards and contact with your shoulder.
This strap is truly excellent! |
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Location: Massachusetts | I'd love to buy one of these to use with my late 1982 Moonstone (hernia city), but I need to know how short this thing can be adjusted to (hole to hole). I think I need around 39".
Can someone help me out?
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Location: NJ | 39? are you in herman's hermits? |
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Location: Massachusetts | Al - I'm beggin' ya... Can you PLEASE take a measurement? |
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Location: Tennessee | There's a kind of hush all over the world, so I went ahead and measured the one I got from Al. 44" is the smallest I can make it, and it's longest is 54".
I can't imagine trying to play a guitar with a 39" strap. 44" makes my guitar feel like a bolo necktie. But it made me feel like a Dandy.
BTW, if you haven't bought one of these, break out the credit card and call Al. They are much nicer than I thought they'd be. I had something similar on a high-end laptop bag I used to carry, but this is nicer that that one even. |
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Location: Texas | I bought one for my son and he loves it with his LP. |
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Location: Massachusetts | bobbo - thanks for taking the time to measure - much appreciated.
You guys are giving me a complex with the Herman's Hermit/Dandy stuff... :D :D
Is 39-40" really that short for a strap? :eek: |
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Location: Texas | "Is 39-40" really that short for a strap?"
No |
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Location: NJ | YES
actually I measured more around 48" or so
check it again 39 is really short |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | 39" is way short............
remember the way they all wore their guitars like bowties in the 50's & 60s's........
well that is where 39" will put you.
Do you actually wear your guitar that high or was 39" just a guesstimate? |
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Location: NJ | if this is for an acoustic guitar I would love to see pics of you with that short of a strap |
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Location: Massachusetts | You guys are funny... :)
Do all Ovation users have abdominal goiters that necessitate 60 inch straps? ;)
I'll post a pic. As I mentioned previously I need a cushy strap for my Moonstone electric, as it weighs 206 pounds.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | oh.....now I understand.
A 39" strap with a 206 pound guitar stretches the strap to an appropriate length.
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by stephent28:
pure genius! Except maybe for the part about playing a 206 lb guitar... |
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Location: NJ | Originally posted by Bob K:
You guys are funny... :)
Do all Ovation users have abdominal goiters that necessitate 60 inch straps? ;)
I'll post a pic. As I mentioned previously I need a cushy strap for my Moonstone electric, as it weighs 206 pounds.
Bob nope sold 2 straps to a woman that is about 120 lbs and she did not adjust them at all from the package. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I'm trying to think of any OFCers I've met who could wear a 39 inch belt. Maybe one or two. We tend to be on the larger side. Hence the invention of the contour bowl to match the gut. |
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Location: Tennessee | What's this "we" stuff, Kemosabe? |
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Location: SoCal | I don't know who he's talking about..... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | 39 long was my suit size for many years and I'd have to get the pants taken in. In 2006 I thought the contour bowl was a dumb, uncomfortable idea. Now I have two contour bowls and don't even notice. I'm not quite to a 39 waist, but I'm pretty close.
Still haven't lost all the weight I gained on that California trip, Bobbo. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I'm 5'9" and have a 34" waist. My straps are 45" OC straplok to straplok for the SSBs, EA Vipers, solid bodies, and the smaller archtops, 46" for the bigger archtops, and 47" for the OMs and deepbowls. I generally hold the guitar maybe an inch higher than most, too. |
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Location: Massachusetts | Ok, here's a (lousy) picture with the strap at exactly 40" hole to hole.
I'm 5'8" 145 lbs (runner). I honestly don't feel that I'm wearing the guitar high. Bummer that the strap alpep is hawking doesn't adjust to this length.
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I see it, but I don't believe it... Ok.. that sounded bad.. I believe you... but based on your size, and the size of that guitar, I would guess you had a normal strap not all the way up but obviously not. I'm just saying that's what it looks like.
I mean no offense, but do you have large shoulder blades, or a hump? How do you find a strap that short? I just measured all of my "off-the-shelf" straps, and they all average 45" hole-to-hole at their SHORTEST position. |
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Location: Texas | You guys are going to have him joining Barnum and Bailey or on Unsolved Mysteries before this thread ends...
Not everyone is Dave Grohl
Honestly, that is about the same place George played from....
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | LOL Jay...
Seriously... I hope I didn't offend anyone. I was just surprised to see a guitar being held in a rather average position, by a fairly tall guy, only be 39" long. As I said above, just looking at the picture, and how he's holding the guitar, I would guess it was a standard strap set around 48." It's certainly not up in George Harrison land which I would think is around 45"... and yet.. there you have it.. 39".. Me thinks the laws of physics are being violated.
But regardless of all that... These are the most comfortable straps around. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | When I was at the PNW Gathering, everybody's straps were too long, and the guitars hang way too low.
I wear my strap so that the guitar is in the same place whether I am sitting or standing...
But my straps are still four feet (48" or so) long. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
But my straps are still four feet (48" or so) long. That was kinda my point too. You are the perfect example (bet'ya don't hear that much LOL !!!) You are not as tall as he is, wear your guitar much higher than he does, and your strap is much longer...  |
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Location: SoCal | Miles, Bob K is thinner then we are... as in depth of trunk. Sort of like the difference between a 2x12 and a 4x12 standing on end next to each other. From the 12-inch wide aspect, the boards appear the same. From the side, the 4x12 is deeper and it takes more string to get around it. |
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Location: Texas | Noah...EXCELLENT point...If a 2x12 and a 4x12 are positioning a guitar in the same place, the 4x12 will need 4" more in his (or her) strap...2" going across the shoulder + 2" coming back to the guitar... actually a little more coming back because it would traverse diagonally through the 4" instead of straight across it.
Now on dudes, the trip from the back of us to the butt of the guitar is a lot (LOT) further on some, than others, such as our friend Bob (enviously said)...
My son is about 6'1 and 155...I am the same height and 205. Sounds like an experiment is needed. |
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Location: NJ | I'm with miles on this one. |
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Location: NJ | btw this companies does not pull the sizes out of their butt for the straps they make them the standard that most people use |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Just looking at Al's strap in the photos, there appear to be numerous ways any hobbyist could modify it to a shortened 39" hole-to-hole configuration. It may require new holes or even new leather tabs at the end, but it is possible. I use a very old camera strap that I have modifed several times for guitar use. Anything is possible if you are willing to invest a little time and money in the project. Bob, I'd go for it. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by alpep:
btw this companies does not pull the sizes out of their butt for the straps they make them the standard that most people use But Al, most Americans are obese. That's why Ovation developed the contour bowl. Bob is 5 feet 8 and 145. That has to be in the bottom 10% for American males.
I was going to measure the strap on my Ultra GS last night, but forgot. I have it pretty short, because I still sit down when I play. But I've got 4 inches and 40 pounds on Bob. |
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Location: Massachusetts | btw this companies does not pull the sizes out of their butt for the straps they make them the standard that most people use
I don't know, Al. I'm a physically fit 53 year old male. 5'8" 145 lbs. 31 inch waist. I wear my guitar at a fairly normal height - maybe a little higher than some. Shouldn't I be able to enjoy the comfort of the strap you are selling?
BTW, I bought the strap that's on there from GC. Adjusted the loop to its shortest length and was good to go. It's very padded but not as nice as Al's. It's more like a thick strip of foam rubber with an elastic-ey band. Not great quality.
That being said, as I'm writing this I'm wondering if the strap I'm using is stretching with the weight of the Moonstone. Won't I be embarrassed if that's the case after all this? :rolleyes:
I'll adjust one of my leather straps to 40" and put it on the Moonstone and see where it lands.
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Location: Massachusetts | And Miles - please take note of my new signature. I burst out laughing when I read your post!
No humps, goiters or man-boobs... I swear!!!
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Location: closely held secret | "What hump?" |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Bob's a runner, so maybe he has long legs and a short torso. I'm the opposite . . . short legs and a long torso. |
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Location: NJ | my wife is 5'1 3/4" and she took one of the straps out of the package and used it with no adjustment.
I just find 39" seeming very short. |
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Location: Tennessee | Just for grins, I found a strap I could adjust to exactly 39" and tried it on. I suppose it could work for some people, but I could just about touch my chin to the guitar.
If you're used to playing all hunched up over your guitar, 39" is probably doable. But for me, the guitar is really jammed up tight and doesn't work for the way I play ... my normal strap length is 52". |
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Location: Texas | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
I wear my strap so that the guitar is in the same place whether I am sitting or standing...
Why do you need a strap when sitting? |
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Location: Massachusetts | So just to make sure the padded strap wasn't stretching, I adjusted an embroidered strap to exactly 40". This felt just right:
Then I adjusted it to exactly 44", which from what I understand is the SHORTEST possible length on alpep's strap. It's too long for me. Check out the difference in my left arm in both pics (although I notice I'm on different frets). It's stretched out uncomfortably with the longer length:
I think I have to start eating more ice cream... :confused: :D :D
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Location: Massachusetts | Look Ma - no humps or huge shoulder blades!! :)
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Location: Texas | Bob...you are a great sport.
Leave it up to guys to hijack a thread based upon the notion (hypothesis)(theory)(law) "size matters".
And have a guitar strap as the subject. |
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Location: Texas | Bob,
Have you considered converting a watch band into a guitar strap? ;)
The strap might not fit you, but YOU sure fit in here! Not only do you have a good sense of humor, you figured out how to post photos right away… we've got members that have been here for years and haven't figured that out! ;)
…and your signature line? Just too funny!
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Hell Bob......just buy a strap to support one of the co-founders of this great forum.
If you can't make it work, surely you know someone who would appreciate it as a Christmas gift....
and if you don't know anyone, I will volunteer to accept it! |
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Location: closely held secret | You say you're 5'8". You sure you didn't mean 58"? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | OK big boys. I just measured the strap on the Ultra GS I've been using the last few weeks. 39" from hole to hole and I didn't mess with it. I only use it when sitting and like to keep it fairly tight so the guitar stays vertical. My other Ultra GS was a bit loose when I sat. It was 41". I'm 4" taller and 40 lbs. fatter than Bob. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Originally posted by Bob K:
Look Ma - no humps or huge shoulder blades!! :)
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Location: NJ | Still $30 bucks shipped to forum members during the holiday season.
THEse straps make great gifts and stocking stuffers |
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Location: eastern united states | at 39 " you can probably use your teeth as picks! a t-rex has longer arm reach ! |
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Location: NJ | have you bought a present for your favorite guitar player? yourself???????
aircell straps are a great one |
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