Strap-lock recommendations ...

[Space1999]

Hi guys,

After my SG drop, I am thinking about going back to strap locks. I nearly lost my new 2016 LPC Koa yesterday, luckily I was sitting on the bed and grabbed it quick.

So I haven’t bought strap-locks since the 80’s. All my straps are Levy’s of the thicker variety.

I don’t really dig a big spike coming out of my strap-locks. What do you guys use?

Thanks,

Pat

 

[Biddlin]

Beer cap gaskets. I got 50 from Amazon for $10

 

[Davis Sharp]

Beer cap gaskets. I got 50 from Amazon for $10

... or you could buy some Grolsch and enjoy the process more.

 

[soulman969]

I use these elliptical end pins on all of my guitars and basses and have never had an "accident" like yours. You can find them on Ebay, Amazon, Reverb, etc. They come in chrome, gold, and black.

https://www.amazon.com/Planet-Waves-Elliptical-Pins-Chrome/dp/B005FKF3L6

 

[Paruwi]

I've got Dunlop Dual-Design on all of my guitars

 

[Raiyn]

Hi guys,

After my SG drop, I am thinking about going back to strap locks. I nearly lost my new 2016 LPC Koa yesterday, luckily I was sitting on the bed and grabbed it quick.

So I haven’t bought strap-locks since the 80’s. All my straps are Levy’s of the thicker variety.

I don’t really dig a big spike coming out of my strap-locks. What do you guys use?

Thanks,

Pat

DiMarzio ClipLock. They make leather models, but I stick with the nylon seatbelt stuff.

Straplocks are nice, but these are flat out idiot proof.

 

[Space1999]

Thanks guys for the suggestions. Raiyn, That G&L is really sweet. I am leaning towards Paruwi and Soulman’s kind.

One way or another, I am not going to drop a guitar because of failure to plan. I used to put strap locks on all my guitars, but that was when I had two guitars and an acoustic LOL

It going to cost some money either way with my ragtag fleet of Epiphones



Pat

 

[Space1999]

Update: I bought the Dunlop style strap locks for all my electrics today. I didn’t want to sink a pair into my Taylor, but that guitar stays in my room for recordings and the occasional acoustic jam.

I’ll post a couple of pics once I install them.

Pat

 

[Skyler Meredith]

The rubber washers work great. Never had a guitar fall off a strap

 

[Zero]

Seemed to work for EVH

 

[IGRocker]

I've got Dunlop Dual-Design on all of my guitars
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Same here. Been using these for the last 10 or so years with zero problems!

 

[Cozmik Cowboy]

Schaller. Always Schaller. Only Schaller.

Hands down the best design going; they have been on every electric I own & every one I had care of in my roadie days.
The Dunlops - even the later versions with the recessed button - can release with a bump; I've seen it multiple times, and once it lets go, there's nothing between the floor and your baby.

The Schallers require an active pull to release; never seen that happen (because it can't), and if by some chance it would let go (again, 40 or so years, many instruments, never seen it) the U-channel on the strap still has you safe.

 

[Crane]

I went through a strap lock search just 2 months ago.
I did not want to drill or fuss with getting every guitar and strap set up. I have had metal clip locks fail.
The most inexpensive and easiest method I found were to use :
D'Addario Dual-Lock Strap Lock

 

[Raiyn]

Seemed to work for EVH
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Ahh, but Steve Vai uses ClipLocks

 

[Space1999]

I’m like a lot of you guys. I have an eye for detail. I understand balance when matching knobs and straps. I look at the whole guitar.

I really just wanted straplocks that wouldn’t draw attention away from the guitar. Or be distracting to my eye.

That’s why I went with the Dunlops. Although all the suggestions were perfectly fine, in the end I have to look at it.




Pat

 

[Charles Headlee]

+1 for the D'Addario Dual Strap Lock. Cheap, simple, effective.

Before I saw these, the only thing I'd found that was 100% effective was taking the strap button off, put it thru a 3/8 washer, then put it thru the strap, and screw it back in. Not convenient at all, but cheap, simple, and effective.

 

[Jeffytune]

I always have found this a bit funny, Fender straplocks, you can get a set for 9.89 (US Dollars) from Guitar center.

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Fender/Strap-Locks-and-Buttons-Set-1273888003877.gc?rNtt=Fender straplocks&index=1

 

[Jeffytune]

... or you could buy some Grolsch and enjoy the process more.

But Dave, doesn't increase the reason you would drop the guitar in the first place?

 

[Jeffytune]

oops.

 

[Daniel Desmarais]

The beer cap gaskets work great PROVIDED you never intend to remove the strap. I’ve got them on my acoustic and they’re awesome.

I put Schaller locking buttons on my Epiphone ES-355 the first week and they work great. I have to remove the strap or the guitar won’t fit in the case.