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Topic: Strap Locks for Resonators (Dobros) |
Rick Langdon
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North Carolina, USA
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Posted 13 Mar 2013 11:04 am |
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So I hear that strap locks are highly recommended for squarenecks ... was wondering, if there is a pickup jack in the end button, where would you put the strap lock button? (sorry if this is a dumb question)
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Paul Sutherland
From:
Placerville, California
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Posted 13 Mar 2013 11:53 am
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Try Tapastring StrapKeeper. I've been using it for almost six months and it works well. It's a small company from Colorado. You can buy it from their website for $10.
PS: I had to put locktight on the threads of the jack coming out of my Gretsch. Before applying locktight, the jack unscrewed twice and I dropped the guitar. |
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Dave Broyles
From:
Olympia,WA USA
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Posted 13 Mar 2013 1:54 pm
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We sell these at the music store I work at. http://www.strap-jack.com/. I tried one on my acou/elec and it's a cheap fix that works good.
David |
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Andy Henriksen
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 14 Mar 2013 7:42 am
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Not sure whether this would work or not on your particular guitar, but my guitar buddy uses the rubber washers/gaskets from grolsch beer bottles as straplocks.
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Rick Langdon
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Jerry Touval
From:
Great Falls, Virginia, USA
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Posted 14 Mar 2013 10:36 am
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Dave – I checked out the Strap Jack web page but it doesn’t say how much the thing costs. I’d like to order one, but not price unseen. How much is it?
Jerry |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 14 Mar 2013 1:18 pm
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I have a Schaller strap lock on my Beard MA6 - wouldn't trust anything else personally.
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 14 Mar 2013 1:21 pm
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| What model of lock does Schaller have for a plugged in endpin jack? |
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Jerry Touval
From:
Great Falls, Virginia, USA
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Posted 14 Mar 2013 1:26 pm
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| Perfect Jerry, thanks. I always prefer a low end solution to a high end one…. |
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Olli Haavisto
From:
Jarvenpaa,Finland
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Posted 14 Mar 2013 2:38 pm
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All my resos have regular Schaller endpins/locks and separate output jacks. IMO that`s the way to go.
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Kevin Lichtsinn
From:
Minnesota, USA
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Posted 14 Mar 2013 3:04 pm
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I use a rubber faucet washer with a 1/4 in ID. Works great. Costs 10 cents.  |
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Peter Jacobs
From:
Northern Virginia
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Posted 14 Mar 2013 4:25 pm
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| Kevin Lichtsinn wrote: |
| I use a rubber faucet washer with a 1/4 in ID. Works great. Costs 10 cents. |
True, but nowhere near as fun as the beer gasket. |
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 14 Mar 2013 8:07 pm
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| Olli Haavisto wrote: |
| All my resos have regular Schaller endpins/locks and separate output jacks. IMO that`s the way to go. |
Yep. Gregg McKenna put a straplock button on my new 8-string (no pickup) and when I sent the Guernsey 6-string bak to Ivan for a pickup, he put the jack below the tailpiece. Works great. Martin's doing something similar, with their Performance series guitars. |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 14 Mar 2013 8:21 pm
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Yes well that's great for retrofits, certain new installs etc. but that doesn't help those of us that already have an electronic/endpin/pickup/ installation. F.I., the Fishman Nashville pickup comes wired to the endpin jack on some guitars. That's a big deal to try and rewire. Are you suggesting drilling a second location for the electronics connection? Seems a little drastic to me.
These other little gadgets seem to be a viable alternative without having to redo the whole jack[s] system, plug and redrill the other one just for a strap lock. |
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Olli Haavisto
From:
Jarvenpaa,Finland
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Posted 15 Mar 2013 12:55 am
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You`re right, Jerry. For plugged in gigs an angle plug will probably be enough?
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Kevin Lichtsinn
From:
Minnesota, USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2013 3:42 am
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| Peter Jacobs wrote: |
| Kevin Lichtsinn wrote: |
| I use a rubber faucet washer with a 1/4 in ID. Works great. Costs 10 cents. |
True, but nowhere near as fun as the beer gasket. |
I have to agree with that!  |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 15 Mar 2013 6:12 am
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Jerry asked Paddy:
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| What model of lock does Schaller have for a plugged in endpin jack? |
None that I'm aware of.
I know Paddy's MA-6, we used to live together, (not me and Paddy, me and that MA-6).
I had Paul Beard install the Pickup. he drilled a separate hole for the jack. |
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Dave Broyles
From:
Olympia,WA USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2013 1:16 pm
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To answer Jerry Touval's question: Our store sells the Strap Jacks for $4.99.
Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner.
David |
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 17 Mar 2013 12:54 pm
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Yep as Joey says - the input plug is separate from the strap connection 
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14'Zumsteel Hybrid D10 9+9
08'Zumsteel Hybrid D10 9+9
94' Franklin Stereo D10 9+8
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Clete Ritta
From:
San Antonio, Texas
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Posted 18 Mar 2013 4:51 pm
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Planet Waves makes these locking straps. No buttons to replace, works on any standard guitar strap buttons.
Clete |
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 18 Mar 2013 5:42 pm
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Clete, I have one of these Planet Waves jobs for my Tele, and I really like it.
Not going to work here for two reasons:
1. Rick stated that he has a pickup jack where the end button, or what I call end pin or strap button, would normally be.
2. When you use this Planet Waves strap with something like a Tele or a flattop acoustic, or for that matter a roundneck resonator, you typically have a second strap button near the neck heel. You wouldn't attach a strap for a dobro there. it is normally attached with a loop going in between the tuners, between the 5th and 4th strings and the 2nd and 3rd strings. In this case, you'd have to screw in a strap button at the end of the headstock and I know for me, I wouldn't like one in that position.
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Peter Jacobs
From:
Northern Virginia
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Jim Pitman
From:
Waterbury Ctr. VT 05677 USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2013 4:58 am
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Good Thread.
Reminds me I have two large gouges in my Dobro where I dropped it on my pedal steel when the strap let go.
It's kinda like backing out of your garage and into your other car. (did that too) |
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