I always felt that the positioning of the strap button on Les Pauls, Tele and Strat were perfect. The strap sits nicely on the shoulder as a result. I can never understand why the SG, 335 etc. have strap buttons at the back of the guitar which means the strap is twisted when worn. Even better is the Tom Anderson idea of using two strap button on the end, the guitar can be safely stood against the amp as a result.
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Nonsense. How can the strap be twisted? It's parallel to the back of the guitar which is parallel to your chest, approximately, unless you have an odd physiology. You do realise you push the button through the 'front' of the strap, not the back as normal? It's actually less twisted, if anything.
I prefer this strap button position, and have all mine like that i.e. with the strap button in the 'neck plate' position. Because it's on the centreline of the guitar, rather than off-centre as the traditional position, it doesn't apply a turning moment and allows the guitar to hang in a more natural position.
I find that, when worn at the height I wear a guitar, the 'traditional' top-horn position twists the neck slightly away from my forearm, and causes me to get a sore wrist.
Also - with the Les Paul strap button - how did guys in the fifties stop the strap from slipping off the button? (before people started using washers/straplocks). Was it pure luck? Extra stiff leather strap?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
My guitar doesn't turn when I take my hands off it! It hangs naturally in the position I play it in. Not sure how you'd hold the guitar twisted whilst playing?
By putting the strap button a la SG, I find the guitar hangs where I want it, whereas I couldn't play Strats before because of the angle they hang at. I play thumb-behind and medium height, so clearly a thumb-over player would have a different ergonomic ideal. I know that how I have things is perfect for me, and isn't some kind of ergo-oddity; I have thought it through!
They replied saying a wider strap is an excellent idea. And ignored the other bit.
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Ah ok. We're all different. I couldn't reach that far down, my arms are too short!
I blame my mum for smoking while I was in the womb...still, shouldn't be too harsh....it was the 60s...smoking was still considered good for you then. Actually compulsory in some workplaces.
Until I got it I'd only ever had guitars with the Strap button on the top horn like on a Strat.
When I got my 535 (Heritage) I was extremely nervous about it coming off of it's strap so I fitted (well I had Jonathan at Feline do it, the thought of taking a drill to the neck heel made me feel a bit squeamish) Dunlop Straplocks.
On reflection not a great move because of the way that Straplocks like this effectively move the connection between guitar & strap further apart as the strap now hangs off of the end of the strap button..
I find it makes the guitar pivot forward along the axis described by the strap buttons tilting the playing surface (fingerboard, strings, pickups & knobs) away from me..
Doh !
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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