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Which are the better strap locks, considering they're going on a heavy guitar.

Schaller or Jim Dunlop?

dunlop, forgot the exact name because they have different ones, they're way easy and look nice, schallers look like ass


dunlop dual design or something

Yeah I've got Dunlop Dual or Stealth strap locks. I like them a lot. You can install them and use the locking part on a strap but still use a strap without the lock mechanism.

i use schallers. they are great. the strap pin they have is really nifty if you dont have a lock, but the locks are great. i use them on all of my guitars.

I like Dunlop the most out of any I've tried or bought.



I've found others to rattle too much or generally be a bit less user-friendly.

Doog wrote:I like Dunlop the most out of any I've tried or bought.



I've found others to rattle too much or generally be a bit less user-friendly.

Those are the ones I've seen.

Im going to get a few sets for a few guitars. I want to be able to use one or two straps between a few guitars, I presume this is ok?

Here's the deal...

Dunlops stick out really far and seem more likely to strip out. If you have a strap that has a big hole on it (think Ralph Marlin) it can still come out of the part that attaches to your strap. When I had the Dunlops for a while, I eventually went back to regular strap pegs.

Schallers have a nut that you can fucking tourque down on your strap - trust me that shit ain't comin' off.


Conclusion:
SCHALLERS WIN

I don't use them, I just use a strap which has "locking" plastic triangles on each end. You physically have to "thunk" it into place on your strap buttons. Works fine for me.

Sloan wrote: Schallers have a nut that you can fucking tourque down on your strap - trust me that shit ain't comin' off.

So do the Dunlops we are talking about but also looks classier and you can put on a normal strap if you have to.

Im really confused now, I dunno what to go for, lol.

I use these ones




what ever they are. straps will never come off with them. when i first got my jap jaguar..like the first day(many moons ago) i was playing happy as fuck with my new guitar and the strap came off the top horn and my shiny new guitar fell to the floor and dinted it. from that day i swore i would always use strap locks. true story.

Those are the Schaller ones.

I need something that can support the weight of a Firebird (weighs a tonne), and alot of jumpin' about.

they will do the job then. the way there designed theres is no way the strap will come off. in fact you have more chance of the screw coming out of the body first.

Dunlop Dual Strap locks



End pin is fastened to the strap and locks into the strap pin. Unlike the Schallers you can still use a normal strap with the guitaer.

I loooooooove my Dunlop Duals. I've had them installed for about 2-3 years and haven't had a single problem. They don't even feel like they've even slightly gotten loose.

euan wrote:Dunlop Dual Strap locks



End pin is fastened to the strap and locks into the strap pin. Unlike the Schallers you can still use a normal strap with the guitaer.

Do those things come out/off easy?

Mine are like that, except the end of the strap button is FLAT, you can wear a normal strap on there no problem. I actually just have Grohsch washers on my Jazzy, Strat and J-bass, I never really take the straps off guitars anyways.

Doog wrote:I never really take the straps off guitars anyways.

+1.

Just play the damn thing.

Mike wrote:

Doog wrote:I never really take the straps off guitars anyways.

+1.

Just play the damn thing.

I like to use leather straps, which can prove abit expensive for somone with next to no money, and straps for 13 guitars is a hard task, so I need to be able to take them off one and put them on another. And I know it begs the question, how can somone with so many not afford straps, lol. It's a family thing.

i only really have one strap so i need to take the strap off to change guitars