So.. guitar leads: Are you a Strap Wrapper or a Dangler?

equalsql

What's your normal cabling procedure, do you let it just dangle from the guitar or do you route it between your strap and guitar body to prevent it being pulled out?
I'm the latter 

Fez

Yup through the strap

maharg101

I let the techs deal with such minutae.



Through the strap, natch !

Supportact

Through the strap as well on electric. Not always on acoustic for some reason. 

HAL9000

Between the strap and the guitar. Just helps a little in keeping the cable out of the way.

DavidRees

unashamed strap wrapper 

Roland

Anyone who has had a lead pull out during a gig knows the benefits of trapping it between the strap and the body. To make it even tidier I use a right angled Jack plug.

Don’t get me started on the damage a snagged lead can do to a hollow body.

merlin

All my electrics have the socket on the edge, so I'm a right angled wrapper. 

maltingsaudio

Roland said:

Anyone who has had a lead pull out during a gig knows the benefits of trapping it between the strap and the body. To make it even tidier I use a right angled Jack plug.

Don’t get me started on the damage a snagged lead can do to a hollow body.

Yup

ICBM

Strap wrapper, always and only - if possible with a right-angle plug, but a straight one is OK especially with a Strat. I never even play at home without doing it if the guitar is on the strap - as it usually is.

As a repairer I've seen the damage a pulled lead can do too many times - even to a Strat, if the pull isn't directly downwards. At best, the lead comes straight out and leaves you with an unprofessional buzz and no guitar sound.

I really can't understand anyone with a clue not doing it. I also prefer to use the amp handle - top or side - to loop it through at the amp end as well, for the same reason, even if it's coming from a pedalboard.

merlin

ICBM said:

I also prefer to use the amp handle - top or side - to loop it through at the amp end as well, for the same reason, even if it's coming from a pedalboard.

And me, and all. 

TTBZ

Yep wrapped and with a right angle jack. On an SG I can't imagine there's much support for the jack socket, it'd be easy to completely fuck up the front of the guitar. 

TheBigDipper

merlin said:

ICBM said:

I also prefer to use the amp handle - top or side - to loop it through at the amp end as well, for the same reason, even if it's coming from a pedalboard.

And me, and all. 

And me - it seems to help stop the leads taking all the "bendy cable" strain at the plug ends, too. 

Jonathangus

Amateur...

theatreanchor

Dangle at home, through strap at rehearsal
or gig. 

Musicwolf

Or just cut a hole right through the body to accommodate the lead

Bennyboy-UK

I will only ever use the Martin style strap and cable locking method. 

Better safe than sorry.

stickyfiddle

Even on wireless I still wrap the cable through the strap. Only a nutter wouldn’t 

Danny1969

My cable also carries my IEM signal so always goes through the strap. 

english_bob

When I was at school there was a rash of bands forming who would occasionally be allowed to play in assembly. I watched one bassist with a borrowed Precision bass copy manage to wedge his lead under an amp cabinet just before a none-more-rock scissor kick, resulting in the jack socket being yanked completely out of the bass, much to the owner's annoyance. I've been a dedicated strap wrapper ever since.

Also, would like to point out that this story makes my school sound *way* more rock and roll than it was. 

equalsql

Roland said:

Anyone who has had a lead pull out during a gig knows the benefits of trapping it between the strap and the body. To make it even tidier I use a right angled Jack plug.

Don’t get me started on the damage a snagged lead can do to a hollow body.

I know what you mean, but BB didn't seem to worry about it..