Charlie Davis
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2024
I use these on all my bass guitars. Don't risk your strap coming loose and dropping your instrument on the ground.These are super simple and cheap. I prefer them to mechanical strap locks because you don't have to unscrew the strap buttons from your guitar body and deal with possibly stripping the screw hole and having to use toothpicks and wood glue and whatever else. Just keep it simple.I use these on my 12lb bass with a 4.5" thick leather Levy strap, and they work perfectly. Haven't had them pop off even once.
Joe Griffith
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2024
For years I used detachable metal strap locks on my guitars. These are the kind where you have to replace your existing strap buttons on your guitar with one piece and attach the other piece to the ends of your strap. They do the job well enough but they offset the attachment point further away from the guitar body, increasing mechanical stress in that area. Here's how I know:Some of my favorite guitars have a slender build, where the cutaways are maximized to allow better access to the higher frets. The area where the strap attaches to the guitar (the tip of the horn) is quite slim. A few years ago I noticed that the front strap button on my favorite guitar kept loosening up. A closer look revealed a small stress crack parallel to the screw. I immediately removed the strap locks, reinstalled the original buttons and, shortly afterward, installed these rubber strap locks. The strap and the screw have remained in place ever since with no adjustment. I now use them on all my guitars.I highly recommend these rubber strap locks as they are inexpensive, install/uninstall easily and should last indefinitely without any added mechanical stress.
Mister B
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2022
You buy straps, they wear out at the ends, start to widen, slip off, and you buy more straps. Guitar straps shouldn't have to be like buying toilet paper, use, and toss. Standard straplocks are a pain to install. These are great, simple, just put the strap on, slip one of these keepers on, and you're good to go. Want to change your fashion statement to fit the mood or gig? , just slip them off, throw the other strap on, reset, and good to go. These are about as simple, economical and essential guitar accessories as string winders or picks. An absolute no brainer. Just buy it, try it, you'll never through a strap on without these again. Would these survive teenage headbangers? Don't know..All bets are off with teens, LOL! But fine with normal adults...
Patrice Brousseau
Reviewed in Canada on July 25, 2021
I’ve bought it because I heard about the Grolsch red rubbers. They are similar but unfortunately, it doesn’t work at all with my four basses. My straps are too thick so I can’t even push those rubber strap lockers to fit.I’ve tried them on one of my guitar as the strap is thinner but it kept popping out rendering this product useless.As a plus, it looks to be a robust product but that’s it. I bought d’Addario’s plastic strap locks instead.
Marcel
Reviewed in Australia on January 8, 2021
Works well
Rob W
Reviewed in Australia on December 19, 2020
These work as expected. I would buy them again - a great solution.
renreal
Reviewed in Australia on October 5, 2020
As long as your guitar strap is not to thick these will fit well and keep the strap in place.
Kindle Customer
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2019
I have a Cort Gasoline 1 guitar. It has small strap buttons, and the neck-side button is angled a bit upwards. The strap kept coming off while I was playing. I don't want to alter the guitar to install locking strap buttons. These locks fit well on the small buttons. If they were any thicker, I would need to sand them to make them thinner, but the strap has not come undone since I put the lock on. Also, if the lock's holes were any bigger at all they would not work. So I think these locks will work on the bigger size buttons as well. Hope this helps you my fellow guitar players, and check out the Cort Gasoline 1 electric guitar, it's got awesome pickups and a pretty unique appearance. Plays fabulously. I picked mine up in Korea for about $300 (paid 340,000 Korean Won) and bought a blue-jeans strap that goes very well with the guitar.
GAUTAM SINGH KOTWAL
Reviewed in India on June 5, 2018
excellent
Lead Therapy III%
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2016
First, someone in another review wondered why they are red... Well, in my experience you just have to use the drop-down to select the other color, black. That's what my review is based on, the black ones. However I will say that red is not necessarily a bad thing, at a quick glance you can see if your lock is still in place or not, with black you really have to look. May be a non-issue, but for now I'm checking, more about that in a bit. These are much easier to install than the plastic Dunlop ones (see my review on those, I don't really care for them). These (so far) seem to be doing what they are supposed to, but time will tell. Install is simple, just stretch them over your strap lug (can be a little challenging, but that's a good thing). I did notice that when I tried to remove my strap that the lock just offered to come along for the ride, but I don't think it had 'seated' properly yet, as I haven't been able to reproduce that issue since, and that was on a Fender with an angled strap lug, my Epiphone Les Paul has flat ones that seem to hold better. I also like that these are sold in a pack of 3 sets, I didn't have to order multiple sets or take one off and on to see how they would work on each guitar setup.
frankp93
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2016
I have no idea who first thought to use heavy rubber washers as strap locks (I like to think it was some roadie in a frantic backstage move).Regardless, it's the kind of solution I love: effective and simple.The pieces are 1/8" thick with about an inch outer diameter - enough material to lock down a strap over pins of various sizes and shapes yet still allow some rotary movement for the strap. Unless you remove straps often (I don't) you'll probably only need a lock on the bottom where there's often more movement that causes strap holes to wear and widen more quickly over time.Unless you're jumping around a lot and applying some serious torque to your strap you just don't need the locking force of metal strap locks. And if you play vintage instruments you may not want to drill and mess with the existing pins.I only need a lock on the bottom, and usually just on heavier guitars like my Ibanez Artist from the late 70's. It weighs a ton and the strap often pops off while I'm slinging the guitar on. After fitting one of these over the pin (which takes seconds), the strap hasn't slipped once and feels as though it never will.The rubber is malleable enough it's hard to believe it would ever dry out and crack under normal temperatures. But if you're concerned you can moisten the pieces occasionally to keep them pliable.Bottom Line: Great deal. Wish I had these years ago - I would have avoided some conspicuous dings and dents!