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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | I want to put a straplock button on the heel of my 14 fret box, but don't know where is the best place.
Yes, it sounds like a dumb question, but I am on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean at the moment. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Hi Muzz, I vote for the underneath (treble) side. That forces the face of the guitar upright. My old legend has it on the treble side of the bowl (below the neck attachment) and this always kept it very upright when playing. |
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Location: Tennessee | I like the treble side too. Make sure you have a strap long enough though ... many are too short to cover the extra 5-6 inches you need for the right fit. |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | 
Collings CJ
Custom Legend
Hope this helps Muz!!
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Originally posted by muzza:
... but I am on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean at the moment. I hope you're not looking for sympathy from our snowed in cousins! |
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| Muzz I'm sure you know exactly where you can put your button..............
Love from England. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Sounds like an invitation of sorts Clive.
Richard, I'm living the dream. No sympathy called for or required.
AJ, that's sort of what I was looking for, but not a definitive answer. I'm more confused than ever. Doesn't the one on the Collings get in the way when you're stretching for that ONE STUPID CHORD that's way up where the cutaway should be?
Bobbo, my strap's plenty long enough. (Shut up Schroeder!)
I was thinking about the underside of the heel, but closer to the bottom, out of the way.
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Location: Tennessee | Muzza ... I (perhaps mistakenly) thought you were talking about Ovations.
If it's a wood box, you need to be careful about where to put it. Check out this site for some handy info: Installing Strap Buttons
The other thing to consider is a specialty strap. I just got an email with a link to this new Levy's strap ... check it out: Acoustic Guitar Strap
Hope this helps and good luck. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I prefer on the underside of the heel, 1 inch down and 1 inch out, like AJ showed. No it dowsn't get in the way. When you go up there your hand lifts just slightly and this fits right in the palm where the most room is. If it's a cutaway then you might want to put it somewhere else but I have a couple cutaways in this location and they work fine.
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by Beal:
I prefer on the underside of the heel, 1 inch down and 1 inch out, like AJ showed. No it dowsn't get in the way. Yepper. I don't notice any problem on cutaways, and I play chords way up on the fretboard sometimes. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Sorry I left some vital info out in the OP - it's a 14 fret, non cutaway wood box. |
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Where to put front strap button?
