How To Install Guitar Strap Locks
Guitar strap locks are one of the coolest little guitar gadget style inventions I’ve ever come across.
Have you ever had a guitar strap slip off the hook, or have you seen this happen to someone else? Often times the guitar crashes painfully to the floor, and sometimes, never to get back up.
A close friend of mine destroyed a beautiful $1500 GNL when his strap slipped off by accident.
Not very cool.
So what’s the answer?
Guitar Strap Locks
Considering they only cost about $15 on Amazon, strap locks can literally save you hundreds or thousands of dollars and the grief of a destroyed guitar.
About the only downside that I can think of to using guitar strap locks is that you need to dedicate a particular strap to a particular guitar, if that can even be classified as a concern.
In this video I demonstrate how to install the Schaler strap locks on your guitar. It’s very easy, and boils down to these steps:
- Remove existing strap knobs.
- Screw Schaler guitar strap locks back into the same holes.
- Attach the other end to your strap.
That’s it!
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Woah! Jonathon, I’ve never seen anyone that fast with a screwdriver!
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Jonathan Reply:
February 27th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
LOL – as I said in the video… it takes a LOT of practice =).
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BTW, regarding loose screws…I had the same problem but couldn’t fit a larger screw through the hardware without drilling/tapping the metal. Someone at the guitar store recommended I try to fill the hole with bits of toothpicks and wood glue. This worked perfectly to tighten the fit.
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Hmm that’s a good tip Doug! I’ll have to give that a shot, as these screws could do with a bit of a snugger fit.
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Hey Jon,
I have a fender acoustic guitar where the plastic strap peg on the bottom of the guitar seems to come loose (with the strap still attached to it)at inopportune times. Thank God I haven’t dropped it on the floor- yet. The peg is just pressed into the thin wall of the guitar body, so not much holding power. Do you have a good way of making the peg stay put??? Just use Elmer’s Glue?? I’d like to use strap locks here also but I am worried that the screw threads won’t hold in the thin wall of the body. I suppose I could remove the strings and get someone with small hands to reach thru the sound hole to install a washer and nut on the inside of the body??
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Jonathan Boettcher Reply:
July 26th, 2010 at 8:32 am
Hi Bill,
I’d probably try the option with the nut & washer before going for the glue… I think it would be more secure long term.
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do you know of a strap lock thqt fits over the end when the end has a 1/4 inch plug in it?
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