How do you keep the strap on the guitar?

Voxman

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.

I'd suggest caution - they are good, convenient and inexpensive solution, but I have had them come off on my Les Paul Custom so I now use Strap Locks on my heavier guitars and the washers on others.  

AndyR

I use plastic strimmer blades with the blade part removed. They go over even the biggest buttons I've come across, and clip nicely onto the shaft of the button. On the Les Paul angle, they just bend a bit - the angle doesn't pop them off.

Nikko

Dunlop straplocks for me too.

StuartMac290

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12-PACK-Spare-Rubber-Washer-Home-Brew-Swing-Top-Grolsch-Beer-Bottle-Strap-Lock-/230986303672?hash=item35c7db48b8:g:7t4AAOSwOVpXWVry

english_bob

I've got Couch straps on most of my guitars. They're made from upholstery vinyl, which I've found doesn't stretch and warp like leather strap ends, so it's not been an issue. 

Admittedly a bit of an expensive fix if you already have a nice leather strap that you like, but if you don't...

I still have some Grolsch washers knocking around somewhere. That's what I'd use otherwise.

Oh, and if you don't like Grolsch, all the Aldi stores near me have some german beers in with the same stopper tops

bbill335

olafgarten said:

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. 

Cale features on Clapton's latest live album. It's not good. 

Bridgehouse

Right, I've sent @axisus a few Grolsch washers so he can try them and join the club

DLM

Originally, I went for belt-and-braces Dunlop-style strap locks, but in recent years the oversized buttons on my RG and the tightish fit of its Levy's strap have been sufficient on their own. Not planning on doing this soon, so I find the above ample: https://media.giphy.com/media/QhNd1joaOO48M/giphy.gif

english_bob said:
Oh, and if you don't like Grolsch, all the Aldi stores near me have some german beers in with the same stopper tops

Wis'd this, swing-tops have been very much en-vogue in Germany in recent years, so there's a good selection of beers available with this type of closure. Most fortunate, as I don't like Grolsch. Also, some are available in different colours, I have some nice dark blue ones, and have also seen yellow and green about, for those who like to accessorise...

QI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip-top

De Quillfeldt rubber gasket, anyone?

 

ESBlonde

One of those dunlop plastic things on the bottom end of the acoustic.

Standard oversize buttons on the Lite Ashe Tele.

Everything else converted to the dunlop straplocks. Even the button on the back of the neck of the ES335 is sound. The original buttons remain in each case sould anyone want to convert back for some reason. Every guitar has it's own thick leather strap pre adjusted so it's click and go.

grungebob

Aldi are selling a very nice dark German beer for 97p, the washers are identical to grolsch and the beers tasty too!

TTBZ

As @english_bob says the Couch straps are excellent. I have 3 of the racer straps and love them. Vegan friendly too if you're into that sort of thing.

Beexter

The plastic Dunlop ones work for me but maybe I should drink some Grolsch in order to fully evaluate the benefits of their straplock / bottle stopper system.  So, 4 guitars = 8 bottles, plus I'll need a couple of spares.....best get a crate then.

jonnygreentrees

We played a show a couple of weeks ago and the morning after our other guitarist found out that someone had stolen the Grolsch washers off his guitar, probably the weirdest theft ever...

english_bob

grungebob said:

Aldi are selling a very nice dark German beer for 97p, the washers are identical to grolsch and the beers tasty too!

It's £1.97 at my local Aldi. Nice though.

lincolnblue

Grolsch washers here too. Good excuse to buy beer and they work really well!

Skipped

When I look at a £2k guitar offered on Gumtree, and the guys says that the part that stops the guitar falling on the floor has been replaced.....by him......for reasons which are unknown or unclear......and he cannot quite recall if Matchsticks or Toothpicks were used to re-attach the vital part.....I hate that.

I really hate that.

In fact it can cause me to pass on the guitar.

There are 3 great solutions that work with the factory buttons on a Les Paul.
Grolsch washers.
Dunlop plastic locks (used by Mark Knopfler on his $800,000 1958 Les Paul)
Planet Waves Planet Lock Strap (Highly recommended - by me).

I use the second and third options. I don't use a 1958 Les Paul. My guitar is slightly older.

grungebob

english_bob said:

grungebob said:

Aldi are selling a very nice dark German beer for 97p, the washers are identical to grolsch and the beers tasty too!

It's £1.97 at my local Aldi. Nice though.

North/south divide? Picked up more last night 97p. Lovely 

english_bob

grungebob said:

english_bob said:

grungebob said:

Aldi are selling a very nice dark German beer for 97p, the washers are identical to grolsch and the beers tasty too!

It's £1.97 at my local Aldi. Nice though.

North/south divide? Picked up more last night 97p. Lovely 

Lincs / Leics divide?

grungebob

@english_bob  you wouldn't have thought so,maybe it's a short shelf life product at ours. It's Schwartz something or other and defo 97p a bottle. 

frictionfraction

Grolsch for me. As the pose factor of guitar playing means your strap must hang as close to your crotch as you can get it and still remain playable but for those tricky tunes where you need to play "mark king style" you got to be able to quickly swap strap holes to shorten it. So straploks etc don't work - grolsch all the way