How do you keep the strap on the guitar?

normula1

The Dunlop straplocks for me too. I useto use the Schallers but got fed up of the constant metal on metal squeek and the nuts coming loose. My last strap was a real pain though, I had to crush it in a vice to get it thin enough to fit the circlip. Strap was a normal Levy just like my others.

paul_c2

Not my thing, but they normally come with some kind of buckle or support thing, which goes around your partner's hips and clips on round the back. I'm not sure I'd risk it on a guitar though?

Did I completely misread the title of the thread???

stickyfiddle

Schallers work but are overkill.

Grolsch washers are the easiest. Most of my guitars keep their straps on all the time anyway, so the fact that they're fractionally more difficult to take off than Schallers is moo.

Panama_Jack666

Grolsch. I buy so much of it I should be endorsed!

merlin

Teetotallers can go here. 24p a pop

Sassafras

Panama_Jack666 said:

Grolsch. I buy so much of it I should be endorsed!

Or check in to the Priory.

Moe_Zambeek

Plastic Dunlop locking rings on my SG. Mono straps have tight enough rubber ends for my strat and Reverend.

DrBob

Used to use Dimarzio Clip lock straps which thinking back on it were great, I was however paranoid that the plastic clip would fail (never did) so went to Schallers which I didn't like because I found them very 'clanky' & noisy in use. Currently on Dunlops but don't like how they space the strap off of the guitar especially on heel mount strap buttons...
Thing is I've mullered all my straps widening out the button holes for the straps.,,

sigh...

thebreeze

I've never had this problem.  I guess I should jump about more?

I saw JJ Cale once.  He spent the entire gig sitting on a stool, most of it with his back to the audience.  Great gig though.

axisus

octatonic said:

crunchman said:

octatonic said:

Grolsch washers here too.
I thought people were being weirdly retro about them until I tried some for myself about 10 years ago.
They are simply the best engineering solution for this problem.

Get a bag of 50 from a home-brew shop and never worry about any of your guitars falling off a strap.

Or alternatively just buy some Grolsch and drink it.

I'm teetotal- I think axisus is as well.

Indeed I am! Well remembered.

richardhomer

thebreeze said:

I've never had this problem.  I guess I should jump about more?

I saw JJ Cale once.  He spent the entire gig sitting on a stool, most of it with his back to the audience.  Great gig though.

Presumably that's why they call you The Breeze?

Sassafras

thebreeze said:

I've never had this problem.  I guess I should jump about more?

I saw JJ Cale once.  He spent the entire gig sitting on a stool, most of it with his back to the audience.  Great gig though.

I don't think my heart could've taken all that excitement.

thebreeze

He must have saved a fortune on all those little plastic things though. 

axisus

thebreeze said:

I saw JJ Cale once.  He spent the entire gig sitting on a stool, most of it with his back to the audience.  Great gig though.

I'm guessing that you were the drummer and you were pissed

kossofffan

Over sized strap buttons. Simple, cheap, effective.

richardhomer

Sassafras said:

thebreeze said:

I've never had this problem.  I guess I should jump about more?

I saw JJ Cale once.  He spent the entire gig sitting on a stool, most of it with his back to the audience.  Great gig though.

I don't think my heart could've taken all that excitement.

For the record - I'm jealous.

Massive JJ Cale fan - would have loved to have seen him play - I'd have genuinely felt I was in the presence of a true legend....

olafgarten

richardhomer said:

Sassafras said:

thebreeze said:

I've never had this problem.  I guess I should jump about more?

I saw JJ Cale once.  He spent the entire gig sitting on a stool, most of it with his back to the audience.  Great gig though.

I don't think my heart could've taken all that excitement.

For the record - I'm jealous.

Massive JJ Cale fan - would have loved to have seen him play - I'd have genuinely felt I was in the presence of a true legend....

I don't really get JJ Cale, he's alright, but the only reason anyone knows about him is because Clapton is his biggest fan. 

EricTheWeary

FWIW the beer bottle rubbers. However, having bought a pack of the ones sold for home brewing they aren't as stretchy as the Grolsch ones, so Grolsch are slightly better ( although I've lost all mine). IIRC you can't always get the bottles in supermarkets but they come back into stock running up to Xmas. Hmm...

richardhomer

olafgarten said:
I don't really get JJ Cale, he's alright, but the only reason anyone knows about him is because Clapton is his biggest fan. 

You're probably right about EC's patronage having placed him on people's radar. 

That doesn't mean he wasn't great, though.

It is of course perfectly okay not to 'get him' - just as it is to consider him a personal musical hero

thebreeze

richardhomer said:

olafgarten said:
I don't really get JJ Cale, he's alright, but the only reason anyone knows about him is because Clapton is his biggest fan. 

You're probably right about EC's patronage having placed him on people's radar. 

That doesn't mean he wasn't great, though.

It is of course perfectly okay not to 'get him' - just as it is to consider him a personal musical hero

I'm really pleased I got to see him - like you, he's one of my musical heroes.  I can understand why people don't get him but I was hooked from the first time I listened to Naturally in my early teens.  He's a great song writer but a great player too imho - his ability to keep things simple whilst at the same time throwing in the unexpected is a particular skill.  He creates the sense of casual simplicity whilst being completely tight.  Clapton, Knopfler, Young, Mayer, Leon Russell etc - they all revere him.