Ernie Ball Strap Locks

[Bierschinken]

Good things take time.

Yes, and the fact that I know that they will be great gives me enough patience.
Otherwise I´d have bought some Schaller´s a few months ago

So, pleeaaasse keep my JP from crashing onto the ugly floor

 

[marsguitars]

Wow, it was 8th March 2007 when I first posed the question here... now 8 months later, 100 posts and over 8,000 views later this thread is still going strong and we're still waiting - I sure hope they're worth it when they finally appear!

 

[Fusionman]

Back in 1978 or so when I first started to play gigs, I never used strap locks...in fact I dont think mechanical systems were even marketed until a few years later. Back then though, the common gtr strap had big thick leather end pieces and were really hard to even get off and on regular strap buttons. I dont think I ever had a slippage problem and never dropped a gtr because I didnt have strap locks.

Then along came the Schall*r and Dunl*p strap locks and suddenly everyone had them. I had decided that the Dunl*ps were the better choice for me and there is a set on every gtr I own or have owned for the past 25 or so years.

In Sept 2007 I bought a JP6 and decided Id wait for the EB strap locks as I didnt want to use the Dunl*p longer thinner wood screw on this gtr. I bought a decent EB strap for the gtr and Ive done about 6 or 7 gigs with this gtr and I got to say that there has been NO issue with strap slippage at all. While the strap itself is not all that heavy duty, the regular EB strap buttons really grab the end tabs very well. Its a small design change with big results.

Again, at a gig Im not running around on stage or this big showman tossing gtrs in the air. Im a stand and play kind of guy. It just goes to show how you how much we automatically depend on certain "must have" items and how much we probably can do without them.

Irregardless, I really dig the idea that the EB strap lock screw is the same as whats in the gtr now thereby eliminating the need to re-drill or mod the screw hole, so whenever they are available, Im in for a set or 2. LOL. After all, the JP is a large investment and why take chances...

 

[Bierschinken]

Different time, same question - whaazz uuuup with them strap locks?

 

[Jodizzle]

3 weeks later .....
...... keep waiting

 

[marsguitars]

Have you ever seen Waiting for Godot?

 

[GWDavis28]

How about some better pictures of them then, or how they look installed on a guitar??

Glenn |B)

 

[kevin]

..

 

[marsguitars]

Aaaahh, *sigh*

It's a thing of beauty. If only I could buy one

 

[zyx345]

Just out of curiosity, has there been any new information as to the the release date on the EBMM Straplocks?

 

[bovinehost]

No soup for you! Two years!

 

[zyx345]

2 years? Really? If thats the case, I'll just stick to Dunlops.

 

[bovinehost]

No, no - it was a reference to the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld.

Sorry, not two years!

But still - no soup for you!

 

[zyx345]

No, no - it was a reference to the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld.

Sorry, not two years!

But still - no soup for you!

Of course I got the "no soup" reference, LOL that was obvious. Maybe winter NAMM will bring some more info on these?..... This is just pure speculation on my part.

 

[GWDavis28]

I was just thinking the same thing. The strap locks were announced this time last year. any news when they will be available?

Thanx, Glenn |B)

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

Just a guess, but probably sometime after today

 

[Spudmurphy]

^
Wot!!!!!

 

[GWDavis28]

Bueller, Bueller, Bueller????????

Glenn |B)

 

[Jodizzle]

Bad news, I ate all the straplocks. A little rough going down ... but quite filling.
Stay patient everyone

 

[GWDavis28]

Man Jo, you couldn't have sent me 1 pair to check out before you gobbled them all up???

Hahahahaha, are they gonna be available on the Shoptron thing??

Any forum coupon codes for the Shoptron thing?? Free Shipping perhaps??

Glenn |B)