how different straps change my tone.

[Oldfart_Shredman]

I had one of these for a long time 'Fretsling' and still miss it! The weight of the guitar was distributed perfectly.
When that strap finally gave way my left hand fingers would go numb in the middle of every song until at least the middle of the 2nd set.

 

[Erlend_G]

I imagine I sound better now, with my quality BOSS Leather strap, since it's way more comfortable, and makes the guitar easier to play. Compared to a cheap nylon strap.

 

[Clint 55]

I hate anything other than regular plain looking straps, especially leather ones.

I thought this was a read-only-area.

 

[zizyphus]

I've been playing for 10 years and I own top notch expensive equipment. I've got a cocktail of NOS tubes in my custom vintage all tube Fender Tri-ReverbDSP amp therefore my tone is quite unique. I play with occasional/weekend lawyer players and I'm better than all of them. Nobody plays the blues like me. I always get good comments about my tone although the comments only comes from my bandmates because we've never played live.
But let me talk about something I've discovered lately which has more impact in the tone than wood or pickups. What I've noticed how different straps change my tone. Nylon straps produce a lifeless kinda sterile tone. Too compressed and too flat sounding. Call it active strap sound if you want. Strap made of cotton in the other hand brings all the SRV warm bluesy tone and it clean up so nice when you roll off the volume. But leather strap is another story... it popups all the upper harmonics and my licks sound much more live. Metal riffs sound heavier and you can get screaming harmonics all over the place.
What I will experiment next is, how the strap length affects the tone. Once I find out that I will make custom straps for all my guitars.

:smack: let me guess.... you think you're an expert just because you squeezed a good tone out of an NOS analog transparent overdrive, but you don't even know the difference between true bypass tone woods and vintage germanium nitro finished clean boosts.

What a n00b.
__PRESENT

 

[solspirit]

Vintage geraniums are where it's at.

 

[solspirit]

Been thinking about making a cholla cactus strap for when I play self flagelating Mexican death metal.

 

[Demanic]

Been thinking about making a cholla cactus strap for when I play self flagelating Mexican death metal.

Just use rusty barbed wire. Cholla won't hold together.

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[solspirit]

Just use rusty barbed wire. Cholla won't hold together.

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Good point, I have to incorporate the cholla somewhere though. . . Maybe a crown

 

[Demanic]

There you go.

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[zizyphus]

Been thinking about making a cholla cactus strap for when I play self flagelating Mexican death metal.

You can't be serious...

Cholla adds waaaaaay to much midrange

You have to scoop that $#!T out if you want to play the metalzzzzz

Solspirit's crown idea might work though. Can't say I've tried it.

 

[Demanic]

You can't be serious...

Cholla adds waaaaaay to much midrange

You have to scoop that $#!T out if you want to play the metalzzzzz

Solspirit's crown idea might work though. Can't say I've tried it.

I'm sure that it would work fine. Cholla loves to stick to hair and flesh.

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[solspirit]

You can't be serious...

Cholla adds waaaaaay to much midrange

You have to scoop that $#!T out if you want to play the metalzzzzz

Solspirit's crown idea might work though. Can't say I've tried it.

Maybe I could add a little prickly pear to tone Ìs down and bit of Russian thistle to bring out the highs?

 

[solspirit]

I'm sure that it would work fine. Cholla loves to stick to hair and flesh.

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That it does!

 

[Erlend_G]

I am doing research, to find the optimum "tone material" for straps.

We are getting great upper-mid chime and presence from a substance made from... hardened hemoroid cream and strips of recycleable toilet paper.

Don¨t know yet; what we are gong to call it o

 

[Demanic]

Try duct tape.

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[Erlend_G]

"Seriously" - I believe my tone has gotten better, after I got a real quality leather strap. :/

It makes playing sitting down, and standing up- much more comfortable; and then I am able to play and sound better .

/real party pooper, eh?

 

[solspirit]

"Seriously" - I believe my tone has gotten better, after I got a real quality leather strap. :/

It makes playing sitting down, and standing up- much more comfortable; and then I am able to play and sound better .

/real party pooper, eh?

This is the only place where a strap plays into your tone. If you're comfortable, you play better.

 

[Mincer]

This is the only place where a strap plays into your tone. If you're comfortable, you play better.

If you feel like you are the coolest guy in the room because you have a awesome strap, you play better, too.

 

[Erlend_G]

If you feel like you are the coolest guy in the room because you have a awesome strap, you play better, too.

i think we are into something here lol
...also spending tons of money on one piece of gear, overlooking important and relatively inexpensive things like straplocks. I've almost dropped my Epi four times now.

 

[zizyphus]

Rather than straplocks, I prefer just using oversized strap buttons

They help me cut through the mix better