Poll: do you use strap locks??

[tonemonster]

I find it odd that most people I encounter do not use strap locks on their guitar/bass. why is this?? they are damn cheap insurance IMO. So lets have a show of hands here to see how many use them.

[DalyTek]

None of the choices in the poll really apply to me.
I only play sitting down and don't use a strap so have no use for strap locks.
When (IF?) I get talented enough to play AND stand upright at the same time, a strap lock will definitely be on there!

[Hellbat]

I have straplocks on all my guitars including my $150 squier affinity strat. First $15 spent on every guitar I buy.

[sully]

Yep. Used the Schaller strap locks for....hell, over 20 years.
I put them on all guitar builds as well.

Sully

[tonemonster]

OH yea, I forgot to add that I use Jim Dunlop strap locks on every guitar I have.

[horns666]

..what are strap locks?:dunno:

[markD]

i voted no, but i DO put dimarzio clip lok straps on all my guitars. i just don't like standard strap locks.

[tonemonster]

i voted no, but i DO put dimarzio clip lok straps on all my guitars. i just don't like standard strap locks.

Just curious, why??

I just dont understand why people dont use them. I have a friend that has played for 35 years, and he has never used them. I mean, they are damn cheap, and work frickin great.......why not use them???

[tonemonster]

..what are strap locks?:dunno:

I was going to put something in the poll about

what are strap locks.

then the last option put: I am not into strap ons, that sort of thing is not my bag, baby.

[markD]

Just curious, why??

I just dont understand why people dont use them. I have a friend that has played for 35 years, and he has never used them. I mean, they are damn cheap, and work frickin great.......why not use them???

i hate how far away the strap is from the body when i use regular strap locks....

[tonemonster]

i hate how far away the strap is from the body when i use regular strap locks....

dont the security of the guitar not falling off offset that?? I am really trying to see your point, what does the distance how far the strap is have to do with it? I mean it can help prevent it scratching the guitar too.

[markD]

the dimarzio clip lok strap screws into the body. it works the same and is even safer than the strap locks. i had a schaller pair come apart once and my guitar fell. i caught it in time. i have used the dimarzio ever since.

[VitaminG]

Yep. Used the Schaller strap locks for....hell, over 20 years.
I put them on all guitar builds as well.

Sully

I never used to (and still don't have them on all my guitars) but when I got my Sully guitar, those little strap pins didn't feel safe on a regular guitar strap. So I bit the bullet and bought some strap locks. Been gradually switching them on to rest of my collection since

[MetalMedal II]

i had a schaller pair come apart once and my guitar fell.

Whoa, what part came apart? I'm asking b/c I use Schallers and don't want that happening to me! Sometimes I find it a real pain to screw on the tab that goes on the strap end, especially if it's a thicker piece of leather. Sometimes I need a set of vice grips to press the leather enough to start the screw, but then I use 2 wrenches and tighten that bugger on there so nothin takes it off.

[etepbbb]

I use them on odd shapes(RR, Kelly), otherwise with Strats not so much.