Anything better than Marvel straplocks

[tom1946]

I use Marvel and have never had a problem. Speak as you find I suppose. I have them on 5 basses now. ^_^

[iconic]

again many thanks guys, ordered another set of Marvel Chromes....as one guy said, I can use the same strap across both guitars and ohh, no one slags Marvels off

[dave_bass5]

I must admit i have no idea what these Marvel strap locks are as i hadn't heard of them before this thread so im not going to have a look at them now.

[cameltoe]

Marvels are what I use, you need to keep tightening them before each gig though, the strap attachment does come loose. A thread lock such as Loctite might solve this though.

[ThomBassmonkey]

I've used schallers in the past but there's only so many times I could deal with my bass falling off the strap then needing a screwdriver or spanner to fix it properly.

I just have those dunlop plastic things that you put over the pin then twist them to lock them. Never failed me yet, you can use them on as many basses as you want without it costing a penny and if they break/get lost they're cheap to replace.

Only problem is they don't fit on my Warwick for some reason (first bass I've ever encountered the problem with) but I'm using a pretty short, stiff strap with that so it's in no danger of falling anyway.

[casapete]

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='820307' date='Apr 27 2010, 09:41 AM']I've used schallers in the past but there's only so many times I could deal with my bass falling off the strap then needing a screwdriver or spanner to fix it properly.

I just have those dunlop plastic things that you put over the pin then twist them to lock them. Never failed me yet, you can use them on as many basses as you want without it costing a penny and if they break/get lost they're cheap to replace.

Only problem is they don't fit on my Warwick for some reason (first bass I've ever encountered the problem with) but I'm using a pretty short, stiff strap with that so it's in no danger of falling anyway.[/quote]

I've used these for 20 years+ with no problems ever!
Best thing is you don't have to mess around with strap buttons/different straps etc, and cheap too.
Whats not to like?

[robocorpse]

Every metal straplock I have owned (Schaller, Warwick, unbranded) has self destructed or come undone. I use either Grolsch washers, or those twisty Dunlop plastic ones, both are brilliant, Dunlop are slightly better on something like the Status where the strap button is on an odd angle. Grolsch are best on the Thunderbird, where the Dunlops won't fit behind the neck joint. Cheap and cheerful, and no moving parts to go wrong.

Edited April 27, 2010 by robocorpse