anyone here use locking straps.. or just regular ??

[Monster]

ok who here uses locking straps?? or use just regular straps for the guitars.. i used to have the locking ones. but have just found regular works just as good... and i like to have color and cool pictures one the strap and i cant find any locking straps with skulls and stuff on the strap...

[MrSandMan]

Hell yeah, can't live without strap locks. :bowz:

Makes live so much easier---- :sweet:

[indytruckboy]

All Gibsons and Fenders get Straplocks. Everything else gets Dimarzio locking straps. I like the Dunlop Straplocks a little better.

[floydmoline]

i use a normal strap on my les paul, but put a big assed washer (like froma bolt) on the neck strap post to hold the strap on, my bass i use just a normal strap, the straps seem to stay on the bass fine without a straplok

[V-Type]

Well I use strap locks on MY Epi LPC but my Jackson and PRS SE both have big strap buttons stock so a regular strap seems to fit really snug.
I dont like the look of the detachable strap ends on on some brands clip lock systems. But they do work well.

[Monster]

hey there another jackson guitar player....... :w: and yes Jackson's have nice fat buttons so straps stay on...

[senor_penguin]

Dimarzio cliplocks are the ones I use, they work and they are comfortable enough for me :sweet:

[torgeot]

I use the Schaller straplocks, they are hard enough to get off when you are trying to get a strap off, I've never had a guitar fall with them. Spending $15 is worth the piece of mind.

(Especially if you are trying to keep you new strat with a floyd safe) :jumpgrin:

[Monster]

never thought about trying Schaller straplocks, i may have to look into these.....

[Brian Krashpad]

I make my own home-made straplocks.

I cut a disk of plastic from those fake credit cards people send you in the mial, cut an X in the middle of the disk, then press it down over the end of the strap onto the strap pin.

Eventually these may beak but so long as you take a glance at them from time to time and replace as necessary, they're a lot safer than a strap alone.

[senor_penguin]

^ woah! nice man

[Brian Krashpad]

^ woah! nice man


Haha, just me being a cheap b*stard!

[jackal]

i use locking, just in case... it's nice to know that your fav axe isn't going to hit the floor

[Monster]

i use locking, just in case... it's nice to know that your fav axe isn't going to hit the floor


good point i had a florescent green kramer with a floyd on it cant rem what kind of floyd but i had a old strap on there one day and the thing let go and smacked the floor.. that guitar was heavy but when it hit the floor it cracked the neck,.... i was sad... ...

[floydmoline]

i used to use coffee can lids for straplocks, but they never really worked that well and looked like crap lol

[jackal]

lol, i used to take off the strap stubs, and screw the srap right to the guitar useing the stub kinda as a washer it worked well, but then i got money and paid the 13 for the locking ones...lol

[Monster]

lol, i used to take off the strap stubs, and screw the srap right to the guitar useing the stub kinda as a washer it worked well, but then i got money and paid the 13 for the locking ones...lol


lol i used to do that back in the day....... works well..... tooo

[floydmoline]

that's basically what i do, i unscrew the post from the body, thread a washer bigger than the strap hole on to the screw, thread the screw washer strap post assembly through the strap and screw it back in

[Monster]

another good idea floyd.. you have some great ideas tricks..... any thing you ever try go wrong...

[floydmoline]

routing my old stratocaster pickguard for a pair of humbuckers with a dremel tool, wasn't a very good idea, i destroyed the pickgaurd and had to buy an aftermarket one heh

[Brian Krashpad]

i used to use coffee can lids for straplocks, but they never really worked that well and looked like crap lol


Yeah, I would think that the plastic is too thin and bendy on most coffee can lids.

Credit cards and similar thickness ID-type stiff plastic cards work well though. You can make emergency picks out of credit cards too.

[characterzero]

I personally don't have strap locks, just because I've never had problems with my strap falling. One of my friends also uses washers though, and they work great as an effective inexpensive straplock*

*(I'll post this in the tips and tricks thread too if it hasn't been mentioned)

[JulieT]

I have always used regular straps on my acoustic. Never have had a problem with them.

[Brian Krashpad]

I have always used regular straps on my acoustic. Never have had a problem with them.


Acoustics tend to be lighter than many electrics. Plus electric players tend to move around a lot more with their guitars, which is where straps can get problematic.