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Default Re: anyone here use locking straps.. or just regular ?? - 03-11-2008, 05:24 PM

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Default Re: anyone here use locking straps.. or just regular ?? - 03-12-2008, 08:23 AM

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Default Re: anyone here use locking straps.. or just regular ?? - 03-12-2008, 09:19 AM

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


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Default Re: anyone here use locking straps.. or just regular ?? - 03-14-2008, 10:52 AM

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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... ...
  
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Default Re: anyone here use locking straps.. or just regular ?? - 03-14-2008, 06:50 PM

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


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Default Re: anyone here use locking straps.. or just regular ?? - 03-14-2008, 10:58 PM

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


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Default Re: anyone here use locking straps.. or just regular ?? - 03-15-2008, 08:36 AM

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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
  
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Default Re: anyone here use locking straps.. or just regular ?? - 03-16-2008, 04:13 AM

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


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Default Re: anyone here use locking straps.. or just regular ?? - 03-31-2008, 01:39 PM

another good idea floyd.. you have some great ideas tricks..... any thing you ever try go wrong...
  
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Default Re: anyone here use locking straps.. or just regular ?? - 03-31-2008, 09:18 PM

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


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