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Mr. Ovation
Posted 2010-03-06 1:16 AM (#377951 - in reply to #377926)
Subject: Re: buy a good strap


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Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Also, you cannot put your guitar in the case with the strap on if you use strap-locs.
You say that like it's a bad thing :)

Seriously my only complaint with Dunlop's is that you MUST (Hope Al is reading this).... I repeat you MUST insure the lock is fully in. I always insert, release the button, then push and pull once to insure it's locked in.

I have tried other locks over the years... but managed to have guitars come out of them all except the Dunlop StrapLoc's

But that's just me... your mileage may vary.
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2010-03-06 3:18 AM (#377952 - in reply to #377926)
Subject: Re: buy a good strap



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Originally posted by Mr. Ovation:
Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Also, you cannot put your guitar in the case with the strap on if you use strap-locs.
You say that like it's a bad thing :)
Yeah, it is really no big deal.
But when I want to take a guitar out I like to already have the strap on it.
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TAFKAR
Posted 2010-03-06 5:42 AM (#377953 - in reply to #377926)
Subject: Re: buy a good strap



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Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
But when I want to take a guitar out I like to already have the strap on it. [/QB]
Hang 'em on the wall, you can leave the strap on that way.
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Gallerinski
Posted 2010-03-06 9:13 AM (#377954 - in reply to #377926)
Subject: Re: buy a good strap
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Problem with strap locks is that they're just plain ugly. I guess not as ugly as a busted guitar.

If I played standing up (which I usually don't) I think I would just use a washer and screw the strap "permanently" into the strap button screw hole of the guitar. If you think about it, as long as you have a dedicated strap per guitar, why do you ever need to remove it at all?

Toby
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bvince
Posted 2010-03-06 9:38 AM (#377955 - in reply to #377926)
Subject: Re: buy a good strap



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They do make black ones too. I'm thinking of getting a handful of the cheap stainlees steel ones and painting them to match my Heartwoods straps.
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tpa
Posted 2010-03-06 11:33 AM (#377956 - in reply to #377926)
Subject: Re: buy a good strap


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I use these plastic things as well. Simple and effective.
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stephent28
Posted 2010-03-06 1:08 PM (#377957 - in reply to #377926)
Subject: Re: buy a good strap



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Originally posted by Gallerinski:
as long as you have a dedicated strap per guitar, why do you ever need to remove it at all?

Toby
I went that route initially but soon realized I had a small fortune invested in straps....that's when I had the big guitar strap sale about a year ago. Sold off about 10 or 12 of them and I still have like 10 sitting around on various guitars and cases.

Good comfortable guitar straps are not cheap!
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Waskel
Posted 2010-03-06 4:10 PM (#377958 - in reply to #377926)
Subject: Re: buy a good strap



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Originally posted by Gallerinski:
If you think about it, as long as you have a dedicated strap per guitar, why do you ever need to remove it at all?
So's I ken git er in t'case...
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Gallerinski
Posted 2010-03-06 4:39 PM (#377959 - in reply to #377926)
Subject: Re: buy a good strap
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Why can't you fit the guitar in the case with the strap on it?
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fillhixx
Posted 2010-03-06 6:03 PM (#377960 - in reply to #377926)
Subject: Re: buy a good strap



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You can with Lokstraps you can't with Strap Locks.
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2010-03-06 6:36 PM (#377961 - in reply to #377926)
Subject: Re: buy a good strap



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Originally posted by Gallerinski:
Why can't you fit the guitar in the case with the strap on it?
If you have the Dunlop Strap-Locs on there the guitar will not fit in the case.
I do have a strap on my Koa Celebrity without the locs, in my case.

And to clarify my earlier statement...
"But when I want to take a guitar outside I like to already have the strap on it."
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Waskel
Posted 2010-03-06 7:00 PM (#377962 - in reply to #377926)
Subject: Re: buy a good strap



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Originally posted by Gallerinski:
Why can't you fit the guitar in the case with the strap on it?
Little too tight.
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Jeff W.
Posted 2010-03-06 9:04 PM (#377963 - in reply to #377926)
Subject: Re: buy a good strap


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You need a different strap on.
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fillhixx
Posted 2010-03-06 11:27 PM (#377964 - in reply to #377926)
Subject: Re: buy a good strap



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Damn, who told?
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wilblee
Posted 2010-03-07 9:02 PM (#377965 - in reply to #377926)
Subject: Re: buy a good strap


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Dang, Al. I got that cold gut-clenching feeling just reading about the fall. Even though, in the grand scheme of life, it seems very disproportionate, watching a beloved guitar fall, just beyond one's ability to rescue it, is a true bummer. I've had wrecked cars that cost me less emotional damage than a dropped/fallen guitar.

BTW +1 on the Dunlops. So what if you can't put the strap in the case? That's what gig bags are for.
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wilblee
Posted 2010-03-07 9:03 PM (#377966 - in reply to #377926)
Subject: Re: buy a good strap


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Dang, Al. I got that cold gut-clenching feeling just reading about the fall. Even though, in the grand scheme of life, it seems very disproportionate, watching a beloved guitar fall, just beyond one's ability to rescue it, is a true bummer. I've had wrecked cars that cost me less emotional damage than a dropped/fallen guitar.

BTW +1 on the Dunlops. So what if you can't put the strap in the case? That's what gig bags are for.
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