strap buttons

[davy c]

Hi, I use a 2001 German fretless 4 string thumb bass; Bubinga body. Stupidly a few years back I installed strap locks and have never been happy with them. I would like to go back to plain old black Warwick strap buttons but cant seem to find any and when i do they are usually gold. any advice on this would be appreciated.  

[mybass]

I’ve used these for some years https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/323820720590

they are Gotoh large size strap button/holders that hold strap really well and can also manage to take the good old grolsch type rubber bottle washer for added secureness. Or buy these https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fender-Strap-Blocks-2-Pair/dp/B00B5LDMH6/ref=asc_df_B00B5LDMH6/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310810391039&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16361758994654098986&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9045763&hvtargid=pla-406164098313&psc=1&th=1&psc=1

Edited October 26, 2022 by mybass

[dyerseve]

On 26/10/2022 at 01:13, davy c said:

Hi, I use a 2001 German fretless 4 string thumb bass; Bubinga body. Stupidly a few years back I installed strap locks and have never been happy with them. I would like to go back to plain old black Warwick strap buttons but cant seem to find any and when i do they are usually gold. any advice on this would be appreciated.  

I wouldn't use the regular Warwick straplocks - they are rubbish. You can find videos online of people wiggling their straps loose from them with little effort. Plenty of corresponding horror stories as well.

Warwick have recently released a "new" design of their straplocks which looks "incredibly similar" to Schaller straplocks - but half the price. You could try them...

[Baloney Balderdash]

These simple rubber washer strap locks works great, these specific ones are Harley Benton, which are the cheapest, though they don't cost much regardless, and Fender and Ernie Ball makes identical ones, comes in grey color too:

 

Works like this:

 

Super easy to put on and take off, but as said works really great and effective.

 

 

Edited November 4, 2022 by Baloney Balderdash

[BlueMoon]

Grolsch beer bottle washers are great to use in exactly this ^^^ way. And the beer is pretty good as well!

[Crusoe]

Over on Guitar Chat (shut up, they aren't that bad) that I got two free bottles of Grolsch beer with a couple of straplocks at the weekend. @Dad3353 reminded me that you can get these basschatlocks

Edited November 4, 2022 by Crusoe

[neepheid]

Mmm, free beer.

[Greg Edwards69]

Here you go, I think these are the one's installed at the factory

Framus & Warwick - Strap Button Set - Black | W-Music Distribution

 

FWIW, I've switched to using rubber washers too. I used to swear by schaller strap locks. The locking mechanism itself is fine, but as with all third party straplock systems, they require removing the original button and screw and replacing them. This action IME weakens the fixing. One on of my basses, I was frequently tightening up one of the strap button screws and had to perform the cocktail stick and superglue trick a couple of times to reinforce it, but it still kept loosening.  Since switching back to the original button and screw it's been rock solid. The basses I've bought since I have only used rubber washers and not removed the buttons at all, and they are rock solid as well.

[Bleat]

 

I love my Basschat rubber thingies.  Cheap and way better than any expensive strap lock. Took me ages to prise it off. 😄