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hold on while i care...
yeah...
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gemsbok
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my fender tele came with strap lock ready studs. did you look at yours? if it were me i would just stick a tooth pick and a little wood glue down the hole and screw in the new screw.
Outlaws
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*bump*
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chadsxe
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I don't know why but that but made me laugh out loud.
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joekodiak
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I've never trusted any straplock.
So, about twenty years ago I found a screw a little bigger than the one currently there, found a fender washer that fit under the screw head and PERMANENTLY installed the strap. It is rock solid to this day-on all of my guitars. We averaged 330 nights a year when I was on the road (for 15 years)-that's a lot of wear and tear. I actually did need to put new straps on because they wore away and were about to split.
Can't go wrong with this!
So, about twenty years ago I found a screw a little bigger than the one currently there, found a fender washer that fit under the screw head and PERMANENTLY installed the strap. It is rock solid to this day-on all of my guitars. We averaged 330 nights a year when I was on the road (for 15 years)-that's a lot of wear and tear. I actually did need to put new straps on because they wore away and were about to split.
Can't go wrong with this!
Light
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joekodiak said:
Except, of course, he does not want to modify his guitar, and that is definitely a modification.
Light
"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi
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Clive Hugh
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joekodiak said:
Tell me did the hotel always put the band in the room above the all night kitchen/ delivery entrance/ aircons or what ever else could be used to bugger up your sleep. That was usually my experience
Clive
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chadsxe
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Light said:
I don't mind modifiying my guitar. I just want to do it the right way and it seems like there really isn't one.
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joekodiak
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Clive-sounds like we could swap some interesting stories, for sure.
For the most part we tried to handle our own accomodations. It was fun playing Canada, though, because a lot of the clubs were attached to hotels, so we just had to walk down the hall to our crab-infested room (yes, we all got them on one trip from the bed sheets-try to explain that to your fiance!).
One of the worst 'band houses' was in Eau Claire, Wisconsin where there was one bed, a couple of chairs and that was about it. We have three nights of no pillows or blankets. But, that was when I discovered how comfortable the road case for my guitar was. My butt fit perfectly in the tail piece region and my head in the headstock area. It was not good if I rolled over because the aluminum strips on the edge were kind of sharp.
We slept in trucks, cars, dressing rooms, on 5 or 6 chairs lined up in a bar, truck stops, backstage while warm-up bands were playing, you name it.
Comfort becomes important when you are in your fourties like I am, but it's still fun thinking about the 'old days'.
For the most part we tried to handle our own accomodations. It was fun playing Canada, though, because a lot of the clubs were attached to hotels, so we just had to walk down the hall to our crab-infested room (yes, we all got them on one trip from the bed sheets-try to explain that to your fiance!).
One of the worst 'band houses' was in Eau Claire, Wisconsin where there was one bed, a couple of chairs and that was about it. We have three nights of no pillows or blankets. But, that was when I discovered how comfortable the road case for my guitar was. My butt fit perfectly in the tail piece region and my head in the headstock area. It was not good if I rolled over because the aluminum strips on the edge were kind of sharp.
We slept in trucks, cars, dressing rooms, on 5 or 6 chairs lined up in a bar, truck stops, backstage while warm-up bands were playing, you name it.
Comfort becomes important when you are in your fourties like I am, but it's still fun thinking about the 'old days'.
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Clive Hugh
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Joekodiak,
I know what you mean by comfort, I'm 60 in a couple of weeks but I can remember clearly some of the rat-holes we were put up in during the early 60's. Plus waking up on the stage next morning freezing my butt off having slept where I passed out the night before, in those days we used to play in suits, so I always had a dry cleaning bill. Talking about the crabs, our drummer got a good dose and we were staying in a little hut for about 5 days, the poor bugger was isolated, we were terrified we'd get them from him but in the end we didn't.
One of the worst was when our rhythm guitarist chucked a very angry Australian Opossum into the cabin while we were asleep and the bloody thing went berserk trying to get out, they have claws designed to climb trees and hang on, there were semi naked bodies flying in all directions trying to avoid the bloody thing. When a 'possum panics they climb to the highest point they can find and if you are close enough it's on top of your head, with those claws no-one wanted to be close.
We were pretty pissed off at the time but later saw the funny side of it.
A pig in a cabin gets a good result too, but they smell and shit everywhere. And a pig being released on the dance floor at a ball is guaranteed to start a riot.
Clive
I know what you mean by comfort, I'm 60 in a couple of weeks but I can remember clearly some of the rat-holes we were put up in during the early 60's. Plus waking up on the stage next morning freezing my butt off having slept where I passed out the night before, in those days we used to play in suits, so I always had a dry cleaning bill. Talking about the crabs, our drummer got a good dose and we were staying in a little hut for about 5 days, the poor bugger was isolated, we were terrified we'd get them from him but in the end we didn't.
One of the worst was when our rhythm guitarist chucked a very angry Australian Opossum into the cabin while we were asleep and the bloody thing went berserk trying to get out, they have claws designed to climb trees and hang on, there were semi naked bodies flying in all directions trying to avoid the bloody thing. When a 'possum panics they climb to the highest point they can find and if you are close enough it's on top of your head, with those claws no-one wanted to be close.
We were pretty pissed off at the time but later saw the funny side of it.
A pig in a cabin gets a good result too, but they smell and shit everywhere. And a pig being released on the dance floor at a ball is guaranteed to start a riot.
Clive