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Well I got a new guitar the other day and needed a new strap. For my last guitar I bought a Couch strap and have been very happy with it. It's comfortable and can be adjusted to be very long. I'm 6'4".
Anyway, I was looking at the Guitar Fetish straps and since the price was good and I had to order a few parts from them anyway, I thought I'd try one of their Slick Straps. I opted for a black body with a teal tail. Don't know why. That's just what I chose because I had to choose something. Here it is on my guitar:

Well, it is real leather and has a real "homemade/handmade" look and feel to it. It seems ok. When I unpacked it and put it on my guitar all kinds of little leather fibers found a home between my fingers and here I am an hour later typing this with a little bit of these fibers still bugging me between my fingers. Maybe I need to clean it off really well with some pledge and a rag.
The width of it does make it pretty comfortable on the shoulder BUT the raw leather on the underside (the side in contact with you) was really grabbing my t-shirt. If I tried to do a little adjustment my shirt just went with it. Kind of annoying but if you want a strap to grip you, this one will. It probably would have been a good strap for a Jackson Randy Rhoads I had years ago. I like the guitar but it was really headstock heavy and I had to hold the guitar up to play it. The other thing was I thought I remembered reading that the Slick Straps were supposed to be long. Yep! Here's a quote from the site, "extra long for those that like the guitar at “Keef� knee level." As you can see in the picture, it's on the last holes. Well, there's no way this is anywhere near my knees. The middle of the guitar body is on my belt buckle which is comfortable for me as I don't play it at my knees but if it was one slot less, the strap would have been too short for me to use.
I can't speak on how long this strap may last but it's kind of thin but it should last a while. It doesn't seem like super cheap leather like some of those belts with studs all over them are made of that fall apart in a week. It's like the leather I used to buy (only thinner) from Tandy Leather when I made myself straps decades ago. Finished on one side and very raw on the other. I don't know if I'd buy another one as I think I like my Couch strap better but if it last a while and the back of the leather stops grabbing my shirt over time, I might get another one.

My main complaint/issue with it is it isn't very long and the back is really rough and grabs my shirt really hard. My neck is a little raw from the edge of the strap also. What I like about it is it was relatively cheap, kind of cool looking/different and it's width makes it comfortable on the shoulder (but a little rough on my neck).

Ibanez Jet King JTK2..... YUS!!!!! used to have one and I miss it

great in depth review

Surprisingly for how "cheap" the JTK2 is/was, it plays very well. I love the vintage look and feel of it and it sounds really good. I've been using it with my JCM800 and my Soldano Astroverb 16 and it's amazing with them.

Just wanted to give my opinion on these straps. I really don't know if I'd ever buy another one. Maybe if they were a little cheaper, like $19.99. I'm comparing it to my Couch strap which is the same price and the Couch strap really beats it in every way. I have both straps at the same length and the Slick strap is as long as it gets while the Couch strap has at least another foot of length on it. The Couch one would go to my knees if I played it that low.

Maybe I'll take some more pictures comparing the two of them.

Edit: Here are some more pictures.
This one is with the strap at it's longest. See? Nowhere near my knees! You must have to be under 5 foot tall to have it at your knees. You can also kind of see it pulling my shirt forward as I leaned forward to take the picture.


Here is the strap next to my Couch strap. Slick strap is at it's longest length and the Couch strap has a little more than a foot more length.

Not a comment on the straps, but I'm well into your flamey skeleton part sleeve!!! haha.

Thanks! That was the first tattoo I did to myself. It was kind of hard to go all the way around the arm. My brother used to do tattooing and I'd have to go pick him up after work. Sometimes he would be stuck there and have to finish up on a client. I started tattooing myself while I was waiting for him. I just drew it on with a pen really quick and did the outline. The next week I colored it in. Not the best but I don't care. I have a 1/4 sleeve (well it almost goes to my elbow. I guess that'd almost be half sleeve?) on that arm too. One of these days I'll connect the two for a full sleeve.

Bill Oakley wrote:Thanks! That was the first tattoo I did to myself. It was kind of hard to go all the way around the arm. My brother used to do tattooing and I'd have to go pick him up after work. Sometimes he would be stuck there and have to finish up on a client. I started tattooing myself while I was waiting for him. I just drew it on with a pen really quick and did the outline. The next week I colored it in. Not the best but I don't care. I have a 1/4 sleeve (well it almost goes to my elbow. I guess that'd almost be half sleeve?) on that arm too. One of these days I'll connect the two for a full sleeve.

FUCK YEAH!!

Me and a friend constantly talk about buying a tattoo gun so we can all get covered in awful regrettable tattoos. My only tattoo was done by 2 scratchers, one did the outline and another coloured it in.