Just recently taken delivery of a rather delicious 95 Streamer NT.
It's lovely.
It came with recessed strap locks.
I think that they are a dunlop model, but I stand to be corrected.
I gigged it 4 times last week, and every night I was super stressed out by the seemingly random failing of the front (nearest my left hand) strap lock.
It's not a problem I can reproduce, but I think it happens when I tilt the headstock slightly upwards while I play. This is a problem, because that's how I like to play! Unless I concentrate on having the neck of the bass parallel with the floor (horizonntal) I'm rewarded with having to grapple to prevent my bass from falling whilst singing , whilst still playing the bassline!
Not good enough really.
I've ordered some new ones on line, but with the christmas post etc I can't see them arriving any time soon.
I have a run of 5 weddings straight after xmas, and I need my bass to be fighting fit.
Because these are recessed straplocks, it's a bit more complicated than just either not using the strap locks at all, or changing them for something else. I have tons of traditional schaller / dunlop straplocks lying around, but they're no use in this situation.
I've considered gaffa tape.... but there must be a cleverer short term solution to my problem.
Any help much appreciated.
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