How Make The Guitar Strap Last More Time

How Make The Guitar Strap More Durable ???

Let me give you some advices about how to make a guitar strap durable and enjoy It for a long time, the first thing, probably the most important: buy a high quality guitar strap.
Doing that, all the things are getting easier. If the strap is well made, with good quality materials, strong and thick leather parts, sewed with a thick thread, good and also thick metal hardware...Then, the strap can be with you for a long time.

But, Which One Is The Weak Point Of All Guitar Straps??

Well, really the guitar straps have a real life, very often the part that reveals the passage of time and use are the leather parts. But you can try to minimaze the problem. The first thing, as I mentioned above is that the strap must to be made with thick and good quality leather end parts.
More than that, It is very convenient use for example, silicone rubber strap locks , there are a lot of companies selling these devices, these are really cheap pieces but very efective. It made the leather end part to be in the correct place, and avoid small movements that end up making the strap hole bigger. Of course, these devices also allow to hang your guitar safetier, can not fall down. So, It's a win-win device.

Better Don't Remove Constantly The Strap

This is probably the most important point. If You always have the Strap in it's place, with the guitar, then, you can enlarge the life of the strap. The holes will not suffer constantly. Remove the strap and again hang on in the guitar is a bad issue. The holes will go bigger and bigger with the time. This is why the next point below I feel Is so important.

Another Solution for Enlarge The Life Of Guitar Straps

Probably, this is the option that I like the best. If you use Security strap locks, as Schaller or similar brands, you also avoid small movements that are making the hole bigger and bigger with time and use. Besides you always can hang the strap to the guitar or remove the strap whenever you need to do, without make the leather holes suffer continuosly.

Just Be Careful, The Security Strap Locks Need a Big Hole

But note that If you want to use security strap locks, you need a bigger hole in the leather end parts. Very often 10 to 12 mm. depending of the strap locks brand. Just keep in mind, that all our Pardo Straps Customers can ask us to make the holes bigger. No extra charge, just contact us with your request. All our vintage guitar straps can be made with these small customizations.