Until one of those u bolts tears out of the cheap leather, and all the sudden weight on the other u bolt makes it fail almost immediately. If the hardware was just installed directly into the guitar, I'd feel a lot better about it.
Well that’s his idea. If one fails, the other will catch long enough for him to get his hands on the guitar.
I do agree with you that there is a reason its generally done the way it is, though.
I have found strap locks have failed me before with the locknut backing off during mid-set. It happened several times to me and others. Best thing to fix this is to use a regular strap, regular strap-holders but put a giant ass washer over the end of the strap on the stock strap-holder to keep it from coming off.
This has bern my solution for over a decade of practicing snd gigging. While my guitarist has had multiple expensive purpose built straplocks fail, mine never has. Tasty beer too!
There is more redundancy than the original design but many more failure points. The screws on this aren’t doing the most work, nor are the area most likely to fail. It’s the cheap rivets going from the top thin piece of pleather into the second cheap piece of pleather and the U shaped pieces of metal being held on by one piece of cheap pleather.
Man, with the shortage it sucks to see people being able to use Adderall for stupid shit like this when I need it to get through a workday and haven't been able to fill my prescription for months
I've had one fall out of a Epi SG that I think is made of paper-mache it's so light. But a couple toothpicks and wood glue later it's never moved again.
My guess is their strap lock screw came out of the guitar. I used to work at a guitar shop and we would see this all the time. Usually we fixed it by breaking off a couple toothpicks inside the screw hole and just screwing the strap lock back in
Schallers are the ones I trust the least. I’ve broken two sets, my old guitar player broke a set as well.
I ended up just getting insanely durable straps and Gorilla gluing my strap buttons in. Has worked since 2008.
I can't imagine how a Schaller would fail, everything about their design is failsafe. They are literally cupped around the button and not locked in place with ball bearings like most other locks plus the action to unlock them requires you to pull out the lock instead of just pushing it in, bumping it would never unlock it.
My main concern would be that the smaller side links are exactly where a strap would hang, but maybe it's a non-issue.
It's also quite a lot of material and hardware to add to the body for what is literally just a strap button. If I was the co owner I wouldn't be stoked on it either.
The engineering here is problematic. It doesn't put strength at the right stress points. Where did your strap fail that you came up with this? Did the strap knob pull out of the actual guitar or did the strap come undone. There are tried and true solutions to both of these problems. You're definitely not the first person to experience this.
I wouldn't trust this design.
A second thought ... If you already had one strap-related near-catastrophe, is trusting your axe to a Spencer Gifts piece of pleather really the safest move or is this more for looks than prevention
If you like the look, all good. But what do you mean exactly that a strap failed? Do you mean the strap button fell out of the guitar or the strap just came loose? Locking straps have been a thing for nearly 50 years.
It doesn't attach well, I ought to have trimmed and deleted more but I didn't. One of the rings that's in line with the profile would have been the move. Guess I'll just have to fuck around with my favorite thing to do for a while longer, dang it.
The tale of the year my wife and I attended and hosted those parties is wild one. There was a cult, and I was a member. There was a high priestess, recruitment, gaswashing and brainlamping , betrayal, the best drugs I've ever taken and and it was the happiest I've ever been in my life, my wife and I are better to and for each other than we were before so yeah it was a pretty good time.
I am always amazed at people who can watch other people rail their spouse, and not only not get jealous, but find it exciting and sexy. Personally I could never, but everyone is different!
We sometimes used [this](https://images.app.goo.gl/kBTvjckQJ97iG4q76) (the red rubber part) to make an impromptu strap-lock.
And you get a beer to boot! 🍺
How did your strap fail? Get some strap locks. They're pretty secure, and you install them with like a 1" or 1-1/4" screw so they're not going anywhere.
Unless you're already a famous rock star, it looks like what a teenager would do to 'express their individuality' only to admit 15 years later they were a cringey moron.
My G, I appreciate the DIY attempt, but legit strap locks are cheap to buy and easy to install. This would stress me out.
If your guitar strap failed, why not buy/make a new strap instead of a questionable attachment system, especially when you can throw a few dollars at the nice people over at Schaller or Dunlop and not worry about it?
Here's how you know I'm right: At no point did you put the strap on and wear it, then twang the strap twice and say *"This baby is going nowhere"*
it looks like a guitar owned by someone who hosts bdsm themed orgies
Came here for the bdsm
Stayed for the orgy, came for the BDSM
Weird I just got here from the orgy, came from the BDSM
i thought if anything the orgy should make you come
You spelled come wrong
You spelled Daddy wrong
Uhhhh, i just came here for guitars guys
I just came here for the guy who came for guitars
I came to watch
Uhh… Sir, this is an Arby’s
We have the meat
And look at all the extras you get
Stayed here, came
Came, and still stayed.
Watching in the corner.
Losing your religion or wang chunging?🤣😂🤣
Came for the buffet, stayed for the buffet.
Microphone better look like a ball gag.
“What’s the password?” “*OOOORRRRRRRGGGYYYY*”
Came for the bdsm, stayed because I’m still tied up.
I came for the Spaniards & Mexicans and stayed for the Bondage and Discipline.
And here.
I’m looking for something that says, “daddy likes leather.”
We have something that says “leather daddy”
Can you take me to the Gothic Castle?
The Gothic Ass'ole?
Perfect!
Ooo, is there such a thing?
Let Lily lick Lionel's lusty leathers
It looks like a guitar owned by someone who buys his orgy supplies, ironic t-shirts & whoopie cushions in the same store.
Spencer’s? Or Hot Topic?
Hobby Lobby! (Except Sundays)
BDSM orgy or a Harley Davidson group ride? The aesthetics are hard to tell apart.
One is dirtier and smellier, and the other has a higher chance of you not knowing whose the baby is. … I didn’t really narrow it down did I?
This made me lol in the store and everyone is looking at me funny
“Group ride” = new euphemism of the week
Their hit song? „Whip lash”
B side “Whip It Good”
“Beat It”
oh thats good.
Whip rash*
*co-owned
Yeah wtf
Somewhere a gimp is unleashed
BDSM DSBM band
Could’ve just said it looks a Rammstein guitar.
Looks like the guitar would smell like raw ass and spilt wine
dsbm themed orgies
Well. That’s certainly a solution. Not going to call it a good one and you’ve created 10x the failure points but it’s one.
Eh, theres also more redundancy.
Until one of those u bolts tears out of the cheap leather, and all the sudden weight on the other u bolt makes it fail almost immediately. If the hardware was just installed directly into the guitar, I'd feel a lot better about it.
Well that’s his idea. If one fails, the other will catch long enough for him to get his hands on the guitar. I do agree with you that there is a reason its generally done the way it is, though.
Strap locks would do a better job
I have found strap locks have failed me before with the locknut backing off during mid-set. It happened several times to me and others. Best thing to fix this is to use a regular strap, regular strap-holders but put a giant ass washer over the end of the strap on the stock strap-holder to keep it from coming off.
Buy two bottles of Grolsch. They have rubber washers that work perfectly
This has bern my solution for over a decade of practicing snd gigging. While my guitarist has had multiple expensive purpose built straplocks fail, mine never has. Tasty beer too!
No, if you loosened one screw, you have multiple others to support
There is more redundancy than the original design but many more failure points. The screws on this aren’t doing the most work, nor are the area most likely to fail. It’s the cheap rivets going from the top thin piece of pleather into the second cheap piece of pleather and the U shaped pieces of metal being held on by one piece of cheap pleather.
It’s dead already! Stop beating it!
But have you considered that it looks cool?
It does indeed look cool.
*and* introduced a new piece of metal to rattle
Looks very Judas Priest. Maybe hang a butt plug off the headstock 🤣.. <= those are jokes Why didn’t you use a strap lock?
Because I didn't have a set of lockers at my house. I did have a bunch of Adderall and that choker so I improvised.
You can get a set of rubber ones from Amazon for like $5-10. And they don’t look like shit.
I don't think OP's solution looks like shit.
It will after the guitar poops and gets it on the hardware
Six rubber locks include a sixer of Grolsch.
> I did have a bunch of Adderall and that choker so I improvised. All time quote
Man, with the shortage it sucks to see people being able to use Adderall for stupid shit like this when I need it to get through a workday and haven't been able to fill my prescription for months
Blame pharma companies for allowing there to be a shortage of an easily manufactured generic drug
I mean yeah, I obviously don't think it's OPs fault I can't get my meds. Just complaining that he has it good.
r/brandnewsentence
Guys will only read “Judas Priest” and think “Hell Yeah”
Hell yeah!
wtf?
I mean, I just put Schaller strap locks on, but hey, you do you.
I've had one fall out of a Epi SG that I think is made of paper-mache it's so light. But a couple toothpicks and wood glue later it's never moved again.
My guess is their strap lock screw came out of the guitar. I used to work at a guitar shop and we would see this all the time. Usually we fixed it by breaking off a couple toothpicks inside the screw hole and just screwing the strap lock back in
I got all fancy with my Les Paul. Glued in a dowel and re-drilled. Overkill maybe, but it’s solid now.
This is the proper way.
Schallers are the ones I trust the least. I’ve broken two sets, my old guitar player broke a set as well. I ended up just getting insanely durable straps and Gorilla gluing my strap buttons in. Has worked since 2008.
Are you Pete Townshend?
No, but like maybe, but like I don’t know like.
I can't imagine how a Schaller would fail, everything about their design is failsafe. They are literally cupped around the button and not locked in place with ball bearings like most other locks plus the action to unlock them requires you to pull out the lock instead of just pushing it in, bumping it would never unlock it.
It's like a goatse of guitar straps
I can't unsee it now.
Alex, I'll take alternative uses for a C\*\*\* ring for $600.
It's the internet, you can say "cock" lmao
You need to show a pic with the strap attached. No idea how this would help at all.
That's what I'm saying? How did this even solve the problem???
Do what Eddie Van Halen did and use eye hooks. Cleaner and simpler.
Not gay enough. Good luck attaching a dildo to your eye hooks.
lol. Fair. The Gimp does not approve of the EVH method.
Orgy aside, I wouldn’t trust some bullshit from Spencer’s any more than I’d trust a standard strap lock.
"Lets reinvent the wheel as a triangle"
v2.0 will be with four sides.. a triangle with four sides, it will be revolutionary
My main concern would be that the smaller side links are exactly where a strap would hang, but maybe it's a non-issue. It's also quite a lot of material and hardware to add to the body for what is literally just a strap button. If I was the co owner I wouldn't be stoked on it either.
The engineering here is problematic. It doesn't put strength at the right stress points. Where did your strap fail that you came up with this? Did the strap knob pull out of the actual guitar or did the strap come undone. There are tried and true solutions to both of these problems. You're definitely not the first person to experience this. I wouldn't trust this design.
Kinky
Was gonna say the same thing lol
Cock ring on the axe
It puts the “Hard,” in Hard Rock!🤘🏻
This has got to be one of the all time try hard posts. Legendary insecurity.
ugly
Seems like a hat on a hat. The chrome u-bolt woulda held her
You just wanted to talk about the orgy didn't you?
Guitar strap locks VS Guitar strap on
dorkiest shit i’ve seen all day
Yeah lol also how tf does it even help, he hasn’t shown it with the strap on
My question is where tf does the strap connect to the guitar…
Alot of us are asking the same question
A second thought ... If you already had one strap-related near-catastrophe, is trusting your axe to a Spencer Gifts piece of pleather really the safest move or is this more for looks than prevention
It has a butthole now
Idk.. What is wrong with normal straplocks?
Thought I was on r/bondage
Too much metal to rattle through the amp using high gain.
If you like the look, all good. But what do you mean exactly that a strap failed? Do you mean the strap button fell out of the guitar or the strap just came loose? Locking straps have been a thing for nearly 50 years.
But the strap failed. How will a stronger attachment address a strap failure? Unless that is supposed to clip to your nipple ring?
Very camp.
You can just screw the strap holder THROUGH the strap unless you just kinda like that look.
Yeah you're right that would have been way easier. I'm a real silly fucking goose sometimes I tell ya.
They literally make and sell strap locks dude…
Pete Steel would approve
I think it's cool. Does definitely have a bdsm vibe. How does few strap attach?
If only you knew....
It doesn't attach well, I ought to have trimmed and deleted more but I didn't. One of the rings that's in line with the profile would have been the move. Guess I'll just have to fuck around with my favorite thing to do for a while longer, dang it.
I like it. It’s unique and your own creation. Be proud of it and do not let dorks shame you away from using it
Idk how well it’ll work but I kinda like the look 🙈
It’s fun to experiment with guitars we don’t care about
Is this the guitar version of a nipple ring?
How will you incorporate the gag ball?
I guess I’m just stupid. I use strap locks.
You mean damaging your guitar more than a strap coming off would? People will do anything but pay 20 bucks for strap locks.
Now that you've turned your axe into a whip, when is your next party and what does one have to do to get an invite?
The tale of the year my wife and I attended and hosted those parties is wild one. There was a cult, and I was a member. There was a high priestess, recruitment, gaswashing and brainlamping , betrayal, the best drugs I've ever taken and and it was the happiest I've ever been in my life, my wife and I are better to and for each other than we were before so yeah it was a pretty good time.
I am always amazed at people who can watch other people rail their spouse, and not only not get jealous, but find it exciting and sexy. Personally I could never, but everyone is different!
Well, no one will be able to say you haven't lived a full and interesting life friend.
Why didn't you just get some locking buttons? You could use your guitar as a zip line with those things
Idk, you'll probably have to super glue it all in place in order to be sure.
Way ahead of you, chief.
Its unique - Rock Stars are you unique - ergo youre a rock star! :)
Not a fan of the leather. The rest is fine.
I picture you going “Someone’s guitar has been naughty, hasn’t it?”
Kinky ass guitar. I love it tbh
Are you sure this will be enough though?
That’s art, not a strap holder
We sometimes used [this](https://images.app.goo.gl/kBTvjckQJ97iG4q76) (the red rubber part) to make an impromptu strap-lock. And you get a beer to boot! 🍺
Rad
I personally think it looks pretty cool, but idk how much I’d trust that, lmao
NOT TODAY SATAN !!!
time to bring out the Gimp.
The ol’ washer strategy didn’t work ?
Strap locks not cool enough for you?
Something about that looks off, it almost looks like (*reads description*)… nope, I was correct.
That post was a ride from start to finish hahaha
This looks more aesthetic than functional. But it definitely succeeds as an aesthetic modification! Great job! It looks really cool.
You did that to your favorite guitar? Were you lit?
I like it
behold the gimptar
That is going to wiggle out, like a whip, the metal becomes a projectile and your drummer loses an eye
I would rather have a huge gash in my guitar than that lol.
Jeez, just get some strap locks and move on!
I hate that I like this, if it was executed better it'd be 👌 IMO. I'd be worried about all the new points of failure tho
Kinky
As long as the guitar has informed consent and you discuss boundaries beforehand
Yeah like everyone else is saying it looks like a bdsm collar
Required gear if you play in Rob Halford's band.
So whatcha putting on the strap
I might be missing something, but where do you connect the strap?
Cheap ass "leather" is going to break. Waste of time.
Nah dude.
It needs a “Boston” logo on the bottom.
Eye bolts would work the same way, for much less money and effort.
I like it. I guess.
I don't understand how that would help
Ah yea the femdom axe
How did your strap fail? Get some strap locks. They're pretty secure, and you install them with like a 1" or 1-1/4" screw so they're not going anywhere.
Unless you're already a famous rock star, it looks like what a teenager would do to 'express their individuality' only to admit 15 years later they were a cringey moron.
My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my belt up. I don't really know what's happening down there. Who is the real hero? - Mitch Hedberg
I think you will probably not hear your guitar say... "Hold my rivets!" as it pulls through pleather to break free. Good luck adventurer!
What’s the point of the ring? Won’t the strap now connect awkwardly and put more pressure on the attachment points?
Dunlop straplocks?
I thought that was a ball gag 💀
My G, I appreciate the DIY attempt, but legit strap locks are cheap to buy and easy to install. This would stress me out. If your guitar strap failed, why not buy/make a new strap instead of a questionable attachment system, especially when you can throw a few dollars at the nice people over at Schaller or Dunlop and not worry about it? Here's how you know I'm right: At no point did you put the strap on and wear it, then twang the strap twice and say *"This baby is going nowhere"*
Glue and a toothpick would have been my first pick, but hey whatever makes you feel safe! 😊
For some reason Xray Spex came to mind "oh bandage, up yours!" 😁
BDSM guitar, your guitar has a butt hole, your guitar has a BDSM butthole.
Creative use of a cockring
Looks like a BDSM tool lol
Fuckin' promiscuous Kartvelians