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Permalink Reply by jim on November 15, 2009 at 7:16am

rubber band and a stick

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Permalink Reply by Fergus Morris on November 15, 2009 at 11:42am

Elastic bands and pencils work fine for me. Basically the same as what jim said really. I was thinking of making an adjustable duct tape strap once but never got round to it and made one out of an old pair of jeans instead. Can we have a picture of the duct tape strap? I like duct tape.

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Permalink Reply by Brendan deVallance on November 15, 2009 at 3:16pm

I used duct tape and string. Although I guess technically it is gaffers tape. This is one of the first musical techniques i learned in the early days of punk rock. The only thing different than the picture here is that I am tying the top end to the head stock, as it was too top heavy to work on the guitar body.

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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on November 15, 2009 at 4:47pm

Damn brilliant! Duct tape fixes everything. - WY

Brendan deVallance said:

I used duct tape and string. Although I guess technically it is gaffers tape. This is one of the first musical techniques i learned in the early days of punk rock. The only thing different than the picture here is that I am tying the top end to the head stock, as it was too top heavy to work on the guitar body.

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Permalink Reply by Tam Givens on November 15, 2009 at 6:51pm

if it is for a fretless, try a capo for under the strings, like a thin dowel or a bolt depending on the action. put it where a fret would be.
Tam

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Permalink Reply by Robert L. Pendergast on February 15, 2018 at 6:18am

Good idea. Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Kirk on February 15, 2018 at 9:29am

Steve Arvey does it while playing LOL

https://youtu.be/UOS07wWgZh8?t=2m11s

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