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*ahem*

Clint wrote:

jimk wrote:

Clint wrote:Gee, I must be the only guy on the other side of this. I hate strap locks. I've never had any problems with standard strap buttons.

So far, I'm with you. Never had any problems.
JimK

Maybe we don't jump around enough.

That's what I thought.
JimK

s4001 wrote:*ahem*

My speaker cab has one of those...

Me too!

It's hard to see in the dark picture, but it's there

rickenbrother wrote:I don't know what kind of strap Matt Hill was using here, but it must have been REALLY old and crusty. I told him to use my Graham head strap! Good thing he had a firm hold of that 660/12!

It was a genuine vintage Bobby Lee Sottile strap, one that he picked up inadvertently in our "museum" where that guitar used to live. It was probably from the early 1950's and the leather was totally dried out and falling apart- not a good choice of straps, especially considering that was the prototype for the Tom Petty Limited Edition!

I have some guitars with, and some without, but have been gradually moving over to straplocks within the last year; I rarely had problems, but I do move around quite a bit on stage, and I noticed that compared to when I played my Gretsches, with their stone age but effective strap lock buttons, I tended to move a bit less when playing a Rick, likely out of concern with the possibility that the strap might come off.

For my Ricks that still have the vintage buttons, I have Dunlop lokstraps, which work with the vintage type strap button.

I too have a strap for every guitar. It's always in the case with the guitar, so I never have to worry about forgetting my strap.

johnhall wrote:It was a genuine vintage Bobby Lee Sottile strap, one that he picked up inadvertently in our "museum" where that guitar used to live. It was probably from the early 1950's and the leather was totally dried out and falling apart- not a good choice of straps, especially considering that was the prototype for the Tom Petty Limited Edition!

Even greater reason to be happy that he held onto the guitar!

These are not the greatest pics, but here is the LM Products Sure-Lock in action on my 480:

That's cool. Looks pretty foolproof.

hey, scott ! that bottle opener would make a mighty fine rifle sight !