revolver323 wrote:I can see being obsessed with having the same bass as Paul. But the strap? Buy one of Levy's unpadded straps and slice slots into it.
Well, we all have our own obsessions, I guess. Otherwise I can't explain why I bought Beatle boots, had my mom make me a coat like the boys wore at the Shea Stadium and spent hours in front of a mirror combing my hair so it would look like Paul's.Now this is an interesting statement, considering how many Ric guitarists on this forum probably own Vox Python straps because John had one.
But I was 16 then. 43 years later, having a strap just like Paul's doesn't seem all that important. I'll admit that I use the old style skinny strap with a movable pad on my Hofner, but I do that because the bass isn't heavy enough to require anything more. And I don't like the way the bass hangs--it rotates away from me. And not because my belly is bigger than Paul's,either! 
Now, if I were in band like Ronn's, where they do two separate sets of Beatles material, I'd get a Rick and take a stab at the MMT paint job. But I'd just use my regular 3-inch wide Levy' padded strap on it.
