sold - Leather "S" Strap - sold sold sold

[Salt on your Bass?]

I'm selling this unused, all leather, black, hand cut "S" bass strap.

Lovely wide and comfy suits any bass but its ideal with any bass, but partticularly thunderbirds as it assists slightly in curing some of the neck dive associated with them (sorry, I cant tell you why! ).

I got this from glenn cronkhite in the us when I bought a new gig bag. Unfortunately it doest sling my bass as low as I'd like and I don't use it.

Measurements: 3" wide (7.8cm). 4'5" (130cm) long as the crow flies on the longest setting.

I think I've worn it once for 5 minutes in total.

Here's two low quality pics the strap laid out:
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And an arty shot!
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Any questions drop me a line!

Cheers

Edited March 8, 2011 by Salt on your Bass?

[warwickhunt]

How does that work then?

[Salt on your Bass?]

To be honest, I dont know the technicals. I asked the same question before I bought it.

I believe these used to be known or originally called "Fretsling Straps" which were discontinued. Now the S Strap is a recreation/reissue following a few requests from the old school. The guy who originally came up with the concept apparently just stumbled across the design, it worked and they went to market for a while.

To rip off someone else's description: it goes over your shoulder and curves in to the center of your body which kinds raises the upper wing a bit. It also shifts the bass further back and brings 1st position in closer to your body. It makes it more comfy, which in turn assists with the dive.

I hope that helps. I'd never heard of them before it was suggested to me when purchasing my case. It just doesnt sling my bass as low as I'd like (ah bu**er! forgot to get the measurements!), so no point keepitn it.

Here's a couple of threads elsewhere on the net where its mentioned:
[url="http://www.ernieball.com/forums/music-man-basses/13565-how-fix-neck-diving-basses.html"]http://www.ernieball.com/forums/music-man-...ing-basses.html[/url]
[url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/help-me-my-1980-vintage-vantage-186173/"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/help-me-m...vantage-186173/[/url]

This is Glenn's website (although there's not much on there) who I got the case from. Great leather worker, although the strap is very simple: [url="http://www.glenncronkhite.com/"]http://www.glenncronkhite.com/[/url]

[Salt on your Bass?]

Measurements added and a price drop!