What does your guitar strap say about you?

[Sirdoh]

I can't find my strap so I was just about to pick a new one. So I was agonising over colour. Do we all do this. Why do we chose what we do? What does it say about us?

 

[BGood]

I guess it either says that I'm cheap or that I always play seated, as I never use one.

 

[Charles Carter]

I've got a lovely leather one with "Epiphone" tastefully embossed on it which I've used twice.
I'd take a picture of it for you but I can't find it?
I also usually play sitting down.

Found it!

 

[Darkness]

Keith Richards said in an interview that when he first saw the Beatles playing he asked why they're being cheap on the straps, as if they pay by the length. I laugh now when I see pictures or videos of John with his guitar chest high.

I have a Mexican blanket style strap, I don't use it often. Only with the SG to avoid neck dive.

 

[soulman969]

It would say I'm a boring guy with a bad back.

I use Levy's strap exclusively. They're all black. I use 3" cotton straps on most of my guitars and 4" neoprene straps on my basses and a couple of heavier guitars. Each one has it's own strap so I have small fortune invested in straps. Levy's should send me a Christmas Card every year.

 

[Mike Hickey]

It says I'm a creature of habit. Years ago I got into the skinny retro looking straps with the movable shoulder pad because I could slide it around to shift the weight without changing how my guitar hung. With my old straps I'd shift the weight and my guitar hung to low or high and id have to hurry and slide it back and couldn't give my shoulder a break. With the sliding shoulder pad your guitar is always in the same position. I always thought the skinny straps were just for a retro vibe.

 

[Paruwi]

none of my straps ever spoke to me.....

 

[Siddhu Boy]

That I am a guitar player who likes to play standing up.

 

[Solid Paul]

I go with leather and it's usually a colour that closely matches the guitar. What does that say about me? That I'm slightly OCD? lol.

 

[LP_SPC_1_P90]

Mine scream Ralph Nader Black Seatbelt advocacy.

 

[Timflyte]

Mine says he's to cheap to buy a new one !!!
I have guitar straps from the early '70s., '80s , etc.
They never give out.
The only time I've gotten a new one this century is if there's one that comes with a used guitar

 

[Otto99]

I’ve never asked it, but it had better say great things, else it’s out with the rubbish! On the tare occasion I fool with it, I’m seated and don’t use one.

 

[soulman969]

none of my straps ever spoke to me.....

Is it possible they don't speak German? That could be it. Or possibly they're just shy. I'd suggest having you open the conversation. You know, encourage them.

 

[Bruce Weldy]

Well, I guess my strap says I'm boring. The black one on that LP in my picture is the one that came with it when I bought it brand new over 50 years ago. I still use black straps on all of my guitars.

 

[Dr Don]

I can't find my strap so I was just about to pick a new one. So I was agonising over colour. Do we all do this. Why do we chose what we do? What does it say about us?

I usually get on Ebay and snag whatever's handy for a good price.

 

[Ira Rubinson]

Mine says I wished I was Hank Williams or Ernest Tubb or any of those other country guys that had their names embossed on their straps.

 

[rogerV]

I sometimes feel like I am being unfaithful because I have a Fender strap on my Epi es339.
I have PRS strap on my 'tele.
I do have the nice, brown Epiphone strap that Charles Carter posted above on my Epi '59 Les Paul and a brown leather Taylor strap on my Taylor. PRS brown suede on my PRS P20 parlor and a black Dunlop leather on my Epi J-200 parlor.

I have always found guitars to be works of art and the strap is a part of the aesthetic.
I am really only a rudimentary player and I primarily play seated. But I always use a strap.
It is fun finding the right one for each instrument.

 

[SoCaliJ]

What do my guitar straps say about me? That I'm pretty much a boring dude that prefers a leather strap, and that I only buy when on sale.

I own 5 Perry's value leather straps in various non-popular colors: $5 each.

I also own two Italia Leather Straps; paid under $100 for the pair, taxed and shipped.

Yes, boring...and that's the way I like it.


SCJ

 

[Tony]

I buy straps with a couple of things in mind. One is comfort and that's determined by the guitar it's one. I have several and their weights vary. Second I prefer 3 inch straps and buy or order to enhance the look and color the the guitar some are custom ordered and I don't buy seatbelt straps all cloth or leather.

 

[sgrady41]

Mine says I am old