Richard G Ellis
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Used to buy Fender straps till they got too expensive. Now it's Ernie Ball. I try to match a color with the guitar color. Am I cheap? Nah, just rather spend my money on pedals.
As guitars come and go I delegate strap selection to my wife. The vast choices are far too overwheling for me. I'd rather be playing and she is a great shopper. Each guitar is more inspiring to play when they are properly dressed.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?
RoverV welcome to our forum.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.
Welcome to the forum 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.
Welcome to the forum brother!As guitars come and go I delegate strap selection to my wife. The vast choices are far too overwheling for me. I'd rather be playing and she is a great shopper. Each guitar is more inspiring to play when they are properly dressed.
That you like soft baby's bottoms????I had a strap on the guitar I had in the 80’s, it was tan buckskin leather, as soft as a baby’s bottom. Been looking to find one like it with no luck whatsoever. What does that say about me????