I've got a great solution for this. Simply take off your shoes, place them on the ground where you will be playing, and then kneel into them. Your knees should be sitting in the foot holes of the shoe. This allows a player to use any standard guitar strap to get that ankle-biting punk rock look without permanent modification to the human body. Cheers!
Using the shoe string around the headstock is a tried and true method for vintage acoustics, as it relives the stress put on the neck joint from the weight of your hand and arm, which stabilizes the geometry and goes a long way to keep the guitar in tune. I got this tip from Tyler Grant (Nat'l Flatpicking Champ) who heard it from Billy Nershi (String Cheese Incident).
Just bought a bass. Guitar strap won’t fit. I am just going to take the nuts off and line up the strap then rescrew the nut. I will get locking nuts down the road. I just wanna play this sucker right now.
It's a good idea to use a strap even when you're just sitting and practicing because the need to support the neck with your fretting hand adds extra stress to your hand and arm and can contribute to repetitive stress injuries.
I recently rebuilt a guitar. It had a colossal hole drilled on the bottom, almost a cm in diameter. To fit in my regular screw with the strap button I bought, I hammered down some aluminum foil into a cylinder shape, drilled the screw into that with a shitton of superglue, then added glue to the exterior of the foil and then plugged it right in (with the strap button put over the screw). Works like a charm.
Hey nice video...I would place a small piece of blue painters tape of the area for the pilot hole, then mark with a pen the spot you want. Then drill pilot hole. I have found that the painters tape keeps the drill bit from drifing.
When I first started playing I bought an Epi LP Special/amp kit at GC and the strap always fell off. Being a mechanic I took off the button and screwed the strap directly to the guitar with a felt washer against the body and two fender washers. Never looked back, still there since around '04 if I remember correctly. And I just realized the irony of using "fender" washers on an Epiphone..... haha
Nice video. Surprised you didn't express preference for mounting button on bottom side of neck - seems so ideal - out of the way, perfect angle, inconspicuous, less likely to get bumped off. Do you use different strap locks for acoustic than electric? I agree, I love how they work. I think many would benefit from another, more advanced video showing how to MOVE an acoustic pickup jack from the endpin location to a reinforced, lower location so the strap's turning doesn't twist the jack loose.
Thanks for the video! I had my guitar for literally three minutes and was wondering why it only had one knobby thing for the strap until I realized what I thought was a little stopped to prevent the bottom being scuffed was for the strap lol
I've been playing guitar for nearly 23 years, and I just watched a video on how to put on a strap thinking I'd learn something new. Nope. I will tell you this, though. When you put on your guitar, make sure neither end of the strap is folded over the strap button. I broke my oldest guitar when the strapped slipped off this way. She still plays, but lost her tone due to a quarter of the top plate coming unglued from the bracing when she crashed into the concrete.
tie a square knot and it will never slip. right over left, under and through, then left over right, under and through, pull snug. if it is tied correctly the knot will look like two interlocking loops if you push the ends toward the center loosening the knot.
2:50 that'll fall off. I know that from experience. If it's cupped the other way, it'll stay on. Fender makes a different type that is much more secure.
Echo, those are like the Fender/Shallers. He installed them upside down. The “Cup” is supposed to cradle the strap pin as a secondary support in case of failure.
@@puffyg3477 yeah, that's what i said. Even with that, they can still fall off though. The other design, by fender that fully covers the pin is much more secure.
Call me paranoid, but when I install locks on the strap, I make sure the U is facing up. That way, if the pin fails, the guitar won't necessarily fall. Bonus - if you equip all your guitars with the same type of lock, you need fewer straps!
I always test a strap by throwing the guitar over my left shoulder and sort of hula hooping it all the way around back to the position which I started. Then I’ll do it backwards as well.
Being from Germany I go with the strap stopper method. One costs me about a dollar and I get a beer with it… not 8,99 for a set of four. That's a ridiculous price for 4 rubber washers Stew Mac.
I recently got an expensive J45 and it has no strap button on the top side. Should be a standard on a guitar like this. It pains me to think I have to drill a hole to install this.
I my strap buttons are bigger than the holes on the strap. Am I supposed to force the button through the hole, or unscrew the button, install the strap and screw on the button?
Stupid question...on straps that have a thicker end and a thinner end which end attaches to the base where the end pin for a pickup would go on an acoustic? The thinner adjustable end?
I appreciate what I think the intent is here, so I didn't click thumbs down. Having said that, the directions for mounting the upper button on an acoustic made me cringe. Mounting on the end grain of the bottom of the neck heel, or even worse, into the back or side wood with no support from the neck, is a recipe for disaster. I'm REALLY surprised to see this advice from StewMac.
Yeah, I know they wanted to make this video concise, but that part needed more information. Directly behind the heel cap would be into the neck block or tenon/dovetail and probably pretty stable, but they should have emphasized that it should be very close because that stuff usually doesn't extend very far inward. I agree about the end grain in any case, just to be safe, and much prefer a locking strap somewhere in the side of the heel.
ok so i have a problem that isn't really answered here. im extremely new to guitar and have never ever played before. does the thick side go on the bottom or the pointy thing by the neck? which way goes where?
Does Stewmac's customer base really need this level of concise guidance to install strap buttons? My gut feeling is that Stewmac wants to appeal to people new to guitar modification and learners. Perhaps this is better as a narrative "Guitar Straps 101" instead of being a "how to..." Just a thought. Was still interesting tho!
Hi! Does it matter if I have a Cort electro-acoustic guitar for example and i choose a fender strap? That's just an example. Please, answer. I need this
Hmmm, I watched this video to find out which end of my new strap goes on the rear of the guitar. I'm still left wondering if it's the long end or the short end.
1:28 DON'T! Strapbuttons do NOT go in the heel cap. Dan would never do that. The guitar will lean forward, all the weight of the guitar rests on the button when it's in the case and the heel can split. Practice what you preach. It's in your trade secrets too.
What's wrong with strap locks? I have them on all my guitars....i would hate to drop my guitars. I have used the rubber washer on guitars with the strap button on the neck plate when I was younger but only because I couldn't use strap locks.
I just don't understand why my guitar only has one button! Like, I'm new to playing so there might something I don't get,but, it just seems impractical to only have one button at the bottom! I play acoustic btw
Are you serious? This guys a guitar tech? At 2:08 hes not even drilling straight into the guitar.. This should be named how not to add a strap button..He must work for guitar center..
Reason I'm watching this is because my strap stopper keeps coming off and the heel part where the strap is just flies off. Screw it...gonna use a hair tie to tighten it around like the string method.
He put the strap on wrong -- LOL. The adjustable end, that becomes a double strap, with the plastic slid-through part, goes on the lower button. If you notice, he had the plastic part resting uncomfortably right on his shoulder bone. LOL
Generally the videos from Stewmac I find to be on point with the correct way to do things , but this video has a multitude of things done the wrong way/miss information etc you really need to run this stuff by they guys at stewmac that know there shit before letting these knewbs loose to publish this stuff, and considering this video is geared to the person getting into guitar you don't want to give them bad info etc ............
2:50 - what the hell have you done? In schaller style straplocks like those the part that attaches to the strap should be the other way around! The weight of the guitar should be pushing the button into that U shape, not pulling it out! It never ceases to amaze me when a supposedly reputable source allows a blunder like that to pass in their tutorial. And then does nothing to rectify it. In the orientation you have shown the only thing that actually holds the strap is the spring loaded pin. That pin is only supposed to keep the strap in place when there is no pull on it, i.e. you are not wearing the guitar. Nothing more. As soon as the force pulling on the strap is high enough to overcome the spring preload (e.g. when jumping on stage) that pin will let go. Bye bye guitar, hello broken headstock and other expensive repairs. In a proper orientation all the weight is held by that U-shaped body of the strap attachment, not the pin. You can pull on the strap all you want and you'd rather strip the screw holding the button than cause that straplock to let go.
The best height for an electric guitar is where it acts as an extension of the penis. If you go too high, it's like having a tiny peter that doesn't even hang, just pointing out at the wide world like a little mole. If you go too low, however, it's like having erectile dysfunction. The ideal height is maximum penis.
Hello, punk rocker here. I found a huge issue when getting guitar straps and putting them on. No matter how I do it it won't reach my ankles.
You'll need shorter legs.
That is totally the problem that all guitar players face today. You want it to just touch the tops of your tenny shoes.
@@jeffbeck6501 easy, move the shoes up instead of the guitar down
I've got a great solution for this. Simply take off your shoes, place them on the ground where you will be playing, and then kneel into them. Your knees should be sitting in the foot holes of the shoe. This allows a player to use any standard guitar strap to get that ankle-biting punk rock look without permanent modification to the human body. Cheers!
You are too tall to play the guitar. Try drums.
Using the shoe string around the headstock is a tried and true method for vintage acoustics, as it relives the stress put on the neck joint from the weight of your hand and arm, which stabilizes the geometry and goes a long way to keep the guitar in tune. I got this tip from Tyler Grant (Nat'l Flatpicking Champ) who heard it from Billy Nershi (String Cheese Incident).
I think this is awesome video so many people don’t know the basics like just how to string up a guitar
Just bought a bass. Guitar strap won’t fit. I am just going to take the nuts off and line up the strap then rescrew the nut. I will get locking nuts down the road. I just wanna play this sucker right now.
It's a good idea to use a strap even when you're just sitting and practicing because the need to support the neck with your fretting hand adds extra stress to your hand and arm and can contribute to repetitive stress injuries.
Great video, and very well produced I might add. I was embarrassed at first that I had to search for this, but I honestly play sitting down a lot.
I need a video about how to lift a guitar from the stand correctly. I think I am doing it wrong.
Is it a Les Paul? Lift with your knees.
Hahahaha hello man.
I like the neck strap, but will the guitar stay on when you swing it around your neck?
😂😂😂😂😂
It'll kill you 😂😂😂
They make rotating snap locks for that. I was still scared to use mine. 👍
I recently rebuilt a guitar. It had a colossal hole drilled on the bottom, almost a cm in diameter. To fit in my regular screw with the strap button I bought, I hammered down some aluminum foil into a cylinder shape, drilled the screw into that with a shitton of superglue, then added glue to the exterior of the foil and then plugged it right in (with the strap button put over the screw). Works like a charm.
Why is your straplock upside down? It's supposed to rest in the U-shape, not just rely on the lock...
Accurate.
Hey nice video...I would place a small piece of blue painters tape of the area for the pilot hole, then mark with a pen the spot you want. Then drill pilot hole. I have found that the painters tape keeps the drill bit from drifing.
When I first started playing I bought an Epi LP Special/amp kit at GC and the strap always fell off. Being a mechanic I took off the button and screwed the strap directly to the guitar with a felt washer against the body and two fender washers. Never looked back, still there since around '04 if I remember correctly.
And I just realized the irony of using "fender" washers on an Epiphone..... haha
Nice video. Surprised you didn't express preference for mounting button on bottom side of neck - seems so ideal - out of the way, perfect angle, inconspicuous, less likely to get bumped off. Do you use different strap locks for acoustic than electric? I agree, I love how they work. I think many would benefit from another, more advanced video showing how to MOVE an acoustic pickup jack from the endpin location to a reinforced, lower location so the strap's turning doesn't twist the jack loose.
Thanks for the video! I had my guitar for literally three minutes and was wondering why it only had one knobby thing for the strap until I realized what I thought was a little stopped to prevent the bottom being scuffed was for the strap lol
I've been playing guitar for nearly 23 years, and I just watched a video on how to put on a strap thinking I'd learn something new. Nope.
I will tell you this, though. When you put on your guitar, make sure neither end of the strap is folded over the strap button. I broke my oldest guitar when the strapped slipped off this way. She still plays, but lost her tone due to a quarter of the top plate coming unglued from the bracing when she crashed into the concrete.
This is an AWESOME video. Very detailed and understandable . Especially great for beginners like me. Thank you so much
Glad it was helpful!
I used to get the strap in public school in the 60's.
tie a square knot and it will never slip. right over left, under and through, then left over right, under and through, pull snug. if it is tied correctly the knot will look like two interlocking loops if you push the ends toward the center loosening the knot.
2:50 that'll fall off. I know that from experience. If it's cupped the other way, it'll stay on. Fender makes a different type that is much more secure.
Echo, those are like the Fender/Shallers. He installed them upside down. The “Cup” is supposed to cradle the strap pin as a secondary support in case of failure.
@@puffyg3477 yeah, that's what i said. Even with that, they can still fall off though. The other design, by fender that fully covers the pin is much more secure.
Just got my first guitar for Christmas
Call me paranoid, but when I install locks on the strap, I make sure the U is facing up. That way, if the pin fails, the guitar won't necessarily fall. Bonus - if you equip all your guitars with the same type of lock, you need fewer straps!
I always test a strap by throwing the guitar over my left shoulder and sort of hula hooping it all the way around back to the position which I started. Then I’ll do it backwards as well.
I need a video on how to put a strap on. A hoffner bass ignition the Paul McCartney one
Hey you guys should explain how to put the strap buttons in the other places
Thank you
The strap on the bottom of the heel of your acoustic is a poor choice as a hindrance to working on it other than that I enjoyed that thanks.
What Johnny Ramone did, was the most punk rock thing I ever heard
Nice video . cool two 😎. And very helpful coz I've been having some probs 😔. But now all good 😇😇
Being from Germany I go with the strap stopper method. One costs me about a dollar and I get a beer with it… not 8,99 for a set of four. That's a ridiculous price for 4 rubber washers Stew Mac.
Thank u
What about when the buttons are too big for the strap hole?? I can't even get this strap hole over the tye button/pickup metal. Been trying for 30min.
I recently got an expensive J45 and it has no strap button on the top side. Should be a standard on a guitar like this. It pains me to think I have to drill a hole to install this.
I my strap buttons are bigger than the holes on the strap. Am I supposed to force the button through the hole, or unscrew the button, install the strap and screw on the button?
Stupid question...on straps that have a thicker end and a thinner end which end attaches to the base where the end pin for a pickup would go on an acoustic? The thinner adjustable end?
I appreciate what I think the intent is here, so I didn't click thumbs down. Having said that, the directions for mounting the upper button on an acoustic made me cringe. Mounting on the end grain of the bottom of the neck heel, or even worse, into the back or side wood with no support from the neck, is a recipe for disaster. I'm REALLY surprised to see this advice from StewMac.
Yeah, I know they wanted to make this video concise, but that part needed more information. Directly behind the heel cap would be into the neck block or tenon/dovetail and probably pretty stable, but they should have emphasized that it should be very close because that stuff usually doesn't extend very far inward. I agree about the end grain in any case, just to be safe, and much prefer a locking strap somewhere in the side of the heel.
nice instructional
ok so i have a problem that isn't really answered here. im extremely new to guitar and have never ever played before. does the thick side go on the bottom or the pointy thing by the neck? which way goes where?
Im astonished that people even need a video like this to put a strap on.
Nobody is born with knowledge. Gotta learn it somewhere... And really, they are trying to promote their business more than anything here.
@@anthonynonya some things are just intuitive in nature... they don't need to be explained because even the dumbest of dumb can still figure it out.
I've been using straps for decades but never thought of using soft washers on the outside. Seems like a good idea. Always something to be learned....
Does Stewmac's customer base really need this level of concise guidance to install strap buttons? My gut feeling is that Stewmac wants to appeal to people new to guitar modification and learners. Perhaps this is better as a narrative "Guitar Straps 101" instead of being a "how to..." Just a thought. Was still interesting tho!
I don't have places to put a strap at all. Can you please help?
Question is WHY they make guitars without a second button??
Thanks!
Hi! Does it matter if I have a Cort electro-acoustic guitar for example and i choose a fender strap? That's just an example. Please, answer. I need this
Hmmm, I watched this video to find out which end of my new strap goes on the rear of the guitar. I'm still left wondering if it's the long end or the short end.
I wish you'd shown how to drill into the bottom of an acoustic to install the button...
Why producing one knop guitars in the first place...
Can you insert strap buttons on a classical guitar?
🎉thanxxxx🎉
1:28 DON'T! Strapbuttons do NOT go in the heel cap. Dan would never do that.
The guitar will lean forward, all the weight of the guitar rests on the button when it's in the case and the heel can split. Practice what you preach. It's in your trade secrets too.
What about a hooked strap?
Back in the day? I’ve using beer bottle washers for 25 years. I hate Dunlop strap-locks!
What's wrong with strap locks? I have them on all my guitars....i would hate to drop my guitars. I have used the rubber washer on guitars with the strap button on the neck plate when I was younger but only because I couldn't use strap locks.
I bought a Epiphone's wired kit from eBay and my pots don't spin like normal, they're spinning less, anyone knows why?
Everybody assumes that everyone knows which end of the strap goes where. Ever see a newbie with the strap on backwards?
I just don't understand why my guitar only has one button! Like, I'm new to playing so there might something I don't get,but, it just seems impractical to only have one button at the bottom! I play acoustic btw
Are you serious? This guys a guitar tech? At 2:08 hes not even drilling straight into the guitar.. This should be named how not to add a strap button..He must work for guitar center..
Haahah I wasn't looking that close. Nice catch.
I feel like I am on an airplane, and watching the safety video before take-off.
installed two hooks onto my acoustic guitar and hooked an ak rifle sling onto it. ugly, but it works damn well.
hi
Reason I'm watching this is because my strap stopper keeps coming off and the heel part where the strap is just flies off. Screw it...gonna use a hair tie to tighten it around like the string method.
We have the buttons for our guitar strap but you don’t show how to snap them on.
strap strap strap
But I don't have drill
I had to watch this twice, and take notes.....
How to put on a guitar strap with Owen grady
He put the strap on wrong -- LOL. The adjustable end, that becomes a double strap, with the plastic slid-through part, goes on the lower button. If you notice, he had the plastic part resting uncomfortably right on his shoulder bone. LOL
Next on Stew Mac: "How to put a cable in the output jack"
завязывай конвёрс
выходим на сцену
и это круче
чем джой дивижен
Me too
Great now all I have to do is convince my mom to let me drill a hole in my guitar....that’s gonna be fun
Who's Eric Coleman?
Why do top acoustic guitar players tie the strap at the headstock? Why not add a button like in this video?
that's my favorite beer
Great! Buy glass water bottle and get those rubbers out- sweet!
I read the jpg as "How to put on a strap on". I thought you had juiced the title.
Generally the videos from Stewmac I find to be on point with the correct way to do things , but this video has a multitude of things done the wrong way/miss information etc you really need to run this stuff by they guys at stewmac that know there shit before letting these knewbs loose to publish this stuff, and considering this video is geared to the person getting into guitar you don't want to give them bad info etc ............
Eric Clapton?
2:50 - what the hell have you done? In schaller style straplocks like those the part that attaches to the strap should be the other way around! The weight of the guitar should be pushing the button into that U shape, not pulling it out!
It never ceases to amaze me when a supposedly reputable source allows a blunder like that to pass in their tutorial. And then does nothing to rectify it.
In the orientation you have shown the only thing that actually holds the strap is the spring loaded pin. That pin is only supposed to keep the strap in place when there is no pull on it, i.e. you are not wearing the guitar. Nothing more. As soon as the force pulling on the strap is high enough to overcome the spring preload (e.g. when jumping on stage) that pin will let go. Bye bye guitar, hello broken headstock and other expensive repairs. In a proper orientation all the weight is held by that U-shaped body of the strap attachment, not the pin. You can pull on the strap all you want and you'd rather strip the screw holding the button than cause that straplock to let go.
The best height for an electric guitar is where it acts as an extension of the penis. If you go too high, it's like having a tiny peter that doesn't even hang, just pointing out at the wide world like a little mole. If you go too low, however, it's like having erectile dysfunction. The ideal height is maximum penis.
Cheap and simple way to get an extra long strap... use seat belts from scrapped cars.
A great variety of designs is on the Stodoys plans website.
Lmao My girlfriend superglued a button on hers
Nederlander: *ziet Grolsch*
G E K O L O N I S E E R D
Okay... No. Im sad this video had to be made.
Are u serious. Lol
ok
Stop saying Strap!!!
Stew Mac...... come on guys. Really? How to put on a strap? I’m out