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Permalink Reply by Becky 6 string on August 16, 2011 at 6:53am

Wow Here I am searching all over for guitar straps for my little CBG- and you people have the most clever ideas of anything I've seen.. I knew joining the cigar box nation was  the right thing.

Now if i can just do a little better with shane's lessons........

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on August 16, 2011 at 12:20pm

If anyone wants some really cheap straps, and you can hurry and buy before midnight tonight, Guitar Center has some cheap straps on sale for $2.39 apiece.

 

http://tinyurl.com/3wpnozx

 

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on August 17, 2011 at 2:31am

Or you can make 'em yourself.

 

I make mine out of braided cotton clothesline (the $2.98 - $4.98, 30 m - 100 ft - Ace Hardware roll). I make 3 and 4 string braids, then soak 'em for 24 hours in a bowl with hot water and 10 Lipton's Orange Pekoe / Black tea bags, to get an aged look.

 

I can get anywhere from 3-5 straps out of a 100 ft roll.

 

See the Oily's Guitar Lounge album on my CBN profile page for a few pics of how they look. 

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Permalink Reply by Rand Moore on August 17, 2011 at 4:51am

I found an old dog lease with clips on both ends which I appropriated (the dog was long gone), and it makes a good guitar strap for smaller instruments (mostly what I make). I have also used fat shoe laces I found on sale at a night market in Hong Kong, and I used an old camera neck strap on another 3-stringer. Finding free or low cost guitar straps is always a bit of a challenge (and depends on luck). Keep your eyes and mind open.

-Rand.

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