Free Straplocks.
 

Hey guys,
If you have no money for straplocks unscrew your strap button make a hole in a bottle cap, put the screw through the hole, put your strap on the strap button and then re attatch to your bass. It holds your strap on great if you are skint.
Cheers,
Ross

Ps. I use two newcastle brown caps on my starter bass.

lol sounds like it would work but it would look bad. I could have just made them in my metal shop class but i never had the idea before.

[QUOTE]If you have no money for straplocks[/QUOTE] ...and live in a cupboard. Seriously, what a haggard idea.

[QUOTE=crudd-bucket]...and live in a cupboard. Seriously, what a haggard idea.[/QUOTE]
123. strap locks are like 15 bucks.

It doesn't look to bad and lets face it you can't argue with the price.

Hes from England thats why. Just kidding My friend really needed strap locks lol. His band did some small show in the cafeteria at lunch in the school once. He tryed to do the thing where he tosses his bass over his sholder and catches it and starts playing again. But the strap came off and his bass went sliding across the floor. That was the worst sound i have ever heard come from a bass.

Hey what about using quarters instead of bottle caps then it would only cost 50 cents.

Because theyre much harder to make a hole in, i think.
I've never seen a quarter so correct me if im wrong.

My god how poor are you?
You can get cheap plastic ones from music shops 50p for 2 or splash out and get a £10 metal one...


Why dont you buy some?
Cause you on the welfare, you cant aford it, you'll never get some, you cant afford it... :thumb:

My friend uses washers. No drilling, and it works fine.

I bought straplocks.

My Warwick came with straplocks.

A friend of mine just let his friend borrow his Peavey bass for two weeks, and when he got it back he saw that the guy had taken a torn up piece of cloth, jammed it into the holes for the strap buttons, and screwed the strap-buttons in over the cloth...the action was incredibly high, as well (truss-rod damage, anyone?).

well, i have a Planet Waves strap that has locks on it. it's sweet.

i just use metal washers, u can paint them and they can actually look they were made for it. mine dont b/c they're silver and my bass is purple, but they work really well none-the-less.

[QUOTE=pitchfork]Because theyre much harder to make a hole in, i think.
I've never seen a quarter so correct me if im wrong.[/QUOTE]


i have 2 quaters on my bass, so its possible. i just used a center punch and tapped it the progressed from a smal bit to a larger one. i added a counterbore as well, so the screw didnt stick out too far. its pretty un noticable from a distance, and up close it looks fine. ill do a right it all up if anyone would like to try it them self.

ill need to fine the cd with my bass pics on it... and sign up for photobucket(im so behind the times:lol: )

[QUOTE=pitchfork]Hey guys,
If you have no money for straplocks unscrew your strap button make a hole in a bottle cap, put the screw through the hole, put your strap on the strap button and then re attatch to your bass. It holds your strap on great if you are skint.
Cheers,
Ross

Ps. I use two newcastle brown caps on my starter bass.[/QUOTE]

Do you perhaps have a how to site or something. I'm not familiar with the mechanics of it.

hey threadstarter, post pics of your final product this looks amusing

I just put this here because i can't justify spending £10 on a bass i use as a backup, i have grover straplocks on my thunderbird (metal cross screw on ones). By the way none of my local music shops sell the 50p plastic ones only the schaller ones.

Why dont basses come with straplocks on already if they are so great?

[QUOTE=sinister]Why dont basses come with straplocks on already if they are so great?[/QUOTE]
A ton do. Just not most mass produced ones.

i got straplocks for 3dollars canadian. the dunlop ones.

common man, im sure you can afford that.

**** it. if it works im doing it, thats $15 im saving

[QUOTE=ridethelightning]i got straplocks for 3dollars canadian. the dunlop ones.

common man, im sure you can afford that.[/QUOTE]


Try getting cheap ones in Britiain. I'm in Scotland and every shop I tried didn't stock them, they wanted a ****load of money to order them in. So I went on Ebay and bought ones from there, and they were £15, a lot more than 3 can$.

aye. v expenive in England, about £15 or £20, which is about $30 or $40 ;)

That would require a new name.
ghetto locks yo!

I get mine for 50p each (plastic ones) Or £10 for 2 metal ones..

I guess I live in a good part of England :thumb:

I live in swindon theres plenty of music shops round here but everything costs more than online or they dont have it, good for testing stuff out though.

You guys don't know the value of a dollar. Which would you rather spend, 0... or $15.00....

Plastic ones cost £1.50 each here in Edinburgh. I've seen some pretty cool metal ones online, but I don't think I need them. My strap buttons are pretty big and I have a leather strap that takes half an hour to put on.

Would someone mind posting a picture of a straplock? I've heard about 'em, but I haven't actually seen one before I don't think... Personally, I just wad duct tape around the ends of my straps, works fine for a while.

-Dash

i'm gonna try that bottle cap thing!

I want pictures...

very cool idea, but ill never be a dumb enough sh[U]i[/U]t to do that to my bass. :thumb:

i just tryed the mentioned above washer idea, and it worked very well.

washers are awesome!

[IMG]http://members.lycos.nl/tigerarmy/straplock1.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://members.lycos.nl/tigerarmy/straplock2.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://members.lycos.nl/tigerarmy/straplock3.jpg[/IMG]

Works perfect :thumb:

Pity i don't drink grolsh lol, strictly newcastle brown for me.

[QUOTE=tim_commerfordism]aye. v expenive in England, about £15 or £20, which is about $30 or $40 ;)[/QUOTE]
Wow, they're only $20 (£10 or so) here for the Dunlops and $15 for Schallers (maybe the other way around...not sure)

[QUOTE=kilian][IMG]http://members.lycos.nl/tigerarmy/straplock1.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://members.lycos.nl/tigerarmy/straplock2.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://members.lycos.nl/tigerarmy/straplock3.jpg[/IMG]

Works perfect :thumb:[/QUOTE]

thats exactly what i do its so easy and you get a couple of bottles of beer out of it.

p.s. nice colour of bass

hmmmm i have some of the cheapo plastic ones but for some reason they dont fit on my peavey which pissed me off

Oh well ive sold my crappy bass for £35 selling my amp for £50 to some gulable people all in aid for a new fender.