Off Topic Maybe they should call CS....

[iamcatwarrior]

I found this on Musician's Friend while just browsing. It's a review of EB strap locks. I laughed, and I'm still laughing.

These locks are not good if you want to...
Posted by (removed) from (removed) on Jan 31, 2009
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: active musician
Reviewer's Play Style: rock, metal, alternative
These locks are not good if you want to spin a guitar. I used these on my guitar at a friends house, and the lock broke and the guitar went through a window out into the snow. If you want to hurt yourself or others, buy them.If not, go for the (competitive brand) locks because they are better and cheaper.

Part of me wants to believe that this post was put up as a joke, but I wouldn't put it past someone to use their guitar so recklessly. I have to wonder if the folks at CS have heard things like this before.

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

Yeah, that's kind of like saying "My car flipped when I slammed on the brakes and turned on the highway while doing 220 km/hour. XXX car is not really very good".

Maybe EB should put a warning on the locks: Not for swinging instrument around body or neck

 

[Big Poppa]

you have no idea what customer service is like

 

[snowbum]

I had a band call me to sit in with them for a few shows, during rehearsal the lead singer said "Ok, as soon as we hit this break, everyone swing your guitar around and then slam back into the chorus." I laughed.... He was serious. I didn't throw my bass through a window

 

[GHWelles]

"Through a window into the snow.."

LOL

 

[MrMusashi]

perhaps someone from a competitor had a "swing"

MrM

 

[jerimy77]

That reminds me of an amp reveiw I read where this guy claimed that their customer service was so good that they washed his car for him and put new gutters on his house... Sounds a little suspect to me..... Everybody's a commedian.

 

[the unrepentant]

haha that's great. If that really happened... i don't feel one bit sorry for him!

 

[TheAntMan]

These locks are not good if you want to spin a guitar. I used these on my guitar at a friends house, and the lock broke and the guitar went through a window out into the snow.[/I]

Hmmm.....I wonder if he followed the guitar manufacturer's recommendation for proper guitar spinning?!? I mean, aren't guitars specifically designed for spinning?

This musician is obviously an ADVANCED performer!!!

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." --Albert Einstein

-- Ant

 

[BluesBassPlayer]

This can be a new hobby. Writing ridiculous reviews for MF.
We couldn't do any worse than the reviews on Bass Player. After one of their reviews. one leaves knowing less about the product than before even reading a review.

Jimi

 

[five7]

During my many years of doing sound I witnessed quite a few guitars being slung. Always stratocasters with wireless setups. I don't know what type of straplocks they were using, but probably they were using long wood screws with fender washers. That was the "old school" choice for serious guitar slingers. I had a friend here in Denver that played with a bass player that mounted a bar stool swivel to a heavy duty belt that he wore around his waist and the back side of his bass, so he could spin the bass clockwise or counter clockwise. He let me try it out once. You had to remember to lean back some, so the bass didn't Billy Jack slap you in the face. The wildest man I ever saw live was Sammy Hagar, who would take his Les Paul and throw it up into the air 20 to 30 feet for his guitar tech to run from the side of the stage and catch at the last second. He did it many times thru out his concert here in Denver at the old Coliseum. The tech caught everyone without dropping any. Very impressive!

 

[oddjob]

Fishbone used to fling their instruments around like they were nothing. I caught them in 89 (I think) when the guitar player flung his guitar off stage to an awaiting tech... who wasn't waiting... bad things happened... I bet it was the fault of his straplocks too

 

[five7]

Fishbone brings back bad memories. They smashed 4 of my shure 58s and the bassist pissed in a monitor blowing the horn. Real showmen!

 

[MK Bass Weed]

You know, I've seen a few bassists trying out basses at GC doing this EXACT move.

They prefer Ash bodies for some reason

 

[DTG]

does it say on the packet "do not swing around your neck like a stupid pox bottle"

remember the story of an American woman who sued the manufacture of her microwave oven because it didn't say "do not put your cat in here to dry her off after she has been out in the rain".... people are mad even the normal ones

 

[MingusBASS]

... the bassist pissed in a monitor blowing the horn.

Hold on, I thought we all did that?

 

[iamcatwarrior]

does it say on the packet "do not swing around your neck like a stupid pox bottle"

remember the story of an American woman who sued the manufacture of her microwave oven because it didn't say "do not put your cat in here to dry her off after she has been out in the rain".... people are mad even the normal ones

Don't forget the infamous "McDonald's hot coffee" one, too. That one's a classic.

 

[CFA]

Don't forget the infamous "McDonald's hot coffee" one, too. That one's a classic.

Or the bald guy who was 5 foot 2 and sued Michael Jordan because they looked "Identical" and because the bald guy was always getting mistaken for Jordan and caused "emotional distress" or something?

Do people really expect strap locks to hold up to extreme amounts of throwing?

Actually, on second thought... Do you have an answer to that one, Koogs?

 

[bobalu]

During my many years of doing sound I witnessed quite a few guitars being slung. Always stratocasters with wireless setups. I don't know what type of straplocks they were using, but probably they were using long wood screws with fender washers. That was the "old school" choice for serious guitar slingers. I had a friend here in Denver that played with a bass player that mounted a bar stool swivel to a heavy duty belt that he wore around his waist and the back side of his bass, so he could spin the bass clockwise or counter clockwise. He let me try it out once. You had to remember to lean back some, so the bass didn't Billy Jack slap you in the face. The wildest man I ever saw live was Sammy Hagar, who would take his Les Paul and throw it up into the air 20 to 30 feet for his guitar tech to run from the side of the stage and catch at the last second. He did it many times thru out his concert here in Denver at the old Coliseum. The tech caught everyone without dropping any. Very impressive!

That reminds me of that old ZZ Top video where they had those furry guitars.....(1980's I think???)