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Conference napalm::guitar

Title:	GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion
Notice:	Discussion of the finer stringed instruments
Moderator:	KDX200::COOPER

Created:	Thu Aug 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3280
Total number of notes:	61432

3161.0. "surelock straps.." by USCTR1::pelkey.ogo.dec.com::pelkey (professional hombre) Wed Jan 17 1996 14:52

I went into the local store lookin for
a strap lock thingy...  was expecting
to pick up those pins you replace on
your guitar...  Not crazy about that so
.... I was about to be amused...


the guy at the store showed me a thing called 
"Surelock Strap"..

It's cool...

each end of the strap has a plastic chamber
with a snap lid..  You unsap the lid slide the
strap button on the guitar  in and down,
(it's round at the top, and has a narrow 
channel underneath the botton hole...)
	
	(  )  Insert strap button at top..
	 ||
	 || <- slide down till it's at the
	       bottom..
	 
Then once that's in place, you close the cover
on the chamber and it's locked down...   The
snap part has a stop on it that prevents
the rest of this 'chamber' to move up or down.


Perfect...  15 bucks, and you don't have to
replace the buttons...

One thing I don't like about it is there's
alot of plastic, and I'm sure in time, it'll
break,,, but a pretty good idea all the same.

I probably didn't explain it too good, but
maybe you get the idea...

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3161.1		CHEFS::BRIGGS_R	they use computers don't they	`Thu Jan 18 1996 02:51`	8
	If this is the same as the one's I bought then they suffer a major problem. The piece that attaches to the guitar strap is secured with a standard chrome nut which you tighten up so that the assembly is securely attached to the strap. Unfortunately, this nut undoes itself, drops of and the next thing you know your guitar hits the floor! Richard
3161.2		USCTR1::pelkey.ogo.dec.com::pelkey	professional hombre	`Thu Jan 18 1996 07:26`	11
	I'll check this.. I don't remember seeing any chrome nuts... The strap is secured with I believe a molded plastic piece... thanks for the tip though,,
3161.3	Those were the pits	MILKWY::JACQUES	Vintage taste, reissue budget	`Thu Jan 18 1996 12:44`	13
	The worst strap-locks I've used consist of a leather piece which you attach to the guitar by removing the strap button and screw and install the leather strap behind the button/screw. There is another button about 2" away that your' guitar strap attaches to. These are the pits. They make it difficult to put the guitar in it's case, they make it difficult to attach dettach the strap, and eventually they scratch up the instrument in the area surrounding the strap buttons. INHO the best strap locks are the Jim Dunlops. They are available in chrome or gold and work great
3161.4		USCTR1::pelkey.ogo.dec.com::pelkey	professional hombre	`Thu Jan 18 1996 12:51`	21
	re:3.. yea I got a few of these, I wound up making strap slits in the, I just made them really tight, so tight that there tuff to remove.. Problem these things have is the tend to stress the screw out, and wind up loosening it... The replacement buttons are probably THE best, but I was sort of against replacing the stock buttons on my legend... Wasn't sure what I'd wind up with.. If it was just wood, I'd not be too worried about it, but not with an ovation.. ahh well, for what i'll be using them for I'm thinking these surelocks will be ok. /r
3161.5	Looooong screws	NOTAPC::HARPER		`Thu Jan 18 1996 13:19`	5
	The Dunlop straplocks that I bought came with a pair of extra long screws. With a little wood glue on them these aren't going anywhere. The original screws on the Tele kept coming loose anyway. Mark
3161.6		AIAG::WISNER	any thought can be the beginning...	`Thu Jan 18 1996 14:05`	12
	Uh...... why? I have these plastic strap locks that sell for a buck each. They are plastic disks that have a hole big enough to fit over the button, you pop them on over the guitar strap, twist the outer ring and the hole becomes small enough that the disk won't fit back over the button. It costs two bucks, requires no work, you can move them from guitar to guitar in ten seconds and the strap never never falls off.
3161.7		USCTR1::pelkey.ogo.dec.com::pelkey	professional hombre	`Thu Jan 18 1996 14:10`	10
	YES! This is EXACTLY what I was looking for Couldn't find them ! So I wound up with this surelock strap.. I'd have preffered the plastic caps ! Where did you get them?
3161.8		AIAG::WISNER	any thought can be the beginning...	`Thu Jan 18 1996 14:14`	5
	>I'd have preffered the plastic caps ! >Where did you get them? I got mine at E.U. Wurlitzer in Brighton at the cash register.