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Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: toma_hawk01 on August 30, 2009, 03:27:54 PM
No doubt here at the club, you will find the most beautifulest guitars on the Web.  
 
With all that beauty, what about the straps, which holds those masterpieces?  
 
What are your preferences on straps in general?  
 
I would love to see all the designs and patterns.  
(Pictures Please.)
Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: crobbins on August 30, 2009, 03:35:18 PM
http://alembic.stores.yahoo.net/straps.html
Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: crobbins on August 30, 2009, 03:37:43 PM
http://stores.myregisteredsite.com/user1410582/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=PAS&Product_Code=ACC-3114-OS&Category_Code=STP
 
(Message edited by CRobbins on August 30, 2009)
Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: crobbins on August 30, 2009, 03:40:33 PM
http://stores.myregisteredsite.com/user1410582/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=PAS&Product_Code=ACC-3107-SS&Category_Code=STP
Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: crobbins on August 30, 2009, 03:47:14 PM
Here's a shot of the PRS Ostrich strap..
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/69704.jpg)
Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: crobbins on August 30, 2009, 03:50:27 PM
And here is a shot of the PRS Snakeskin stap..
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/69707.jpg)
Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: toma_hawk01 on August 30, 2009, 03:51:51 PM
Crag, why do you recommend these straps?
 
Are those the straps you have on your guitar(s)?
 
Please provide some context... (what's the good, bad, and ugly?) Theme, color, studs, leather, cloth, padded, orthopedic etc...?
 
Thank you much.
Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: toma_hawk01 on August 30, 2009, 03:54:30 PM
Home made - Unique straps out there?
 
I would love to see them...
Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: crobbins on August 30, 2009, 03:55:45 PM
Here's the Alembic strap..
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/69710.jpg)
Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: crobbins on August 30, 2009, 04:00:22 PM
I use the PRS straps on my guitars. They are very well made, and look awesome. I use the wider Alembic strap on my basses. Again very well made, and looks great... I think both of these brands of straps are some of the best ones out there. Imho....
Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: toma_hawk01 on August 30, 2009, 05:54:21 PM
My Alembic Bridle or Leash...
 
Here's my favorite Strap... custom all the way.
 
I had this strap for 22 years as add medallions from the many places I visited.  
 
It's very soft now, but when I got from a leather tannery, this thing hard as a rock. But over the years, it nice on my shoulders.  
 
To match, I have these leather strap locks to keep metal ways away from wood, and it looks great and very natural too.
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/69720.jpg)
Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: crobbins on August 30, 2009, 07:41:48 PM
Nice..
Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: toma_hawk01 on August 30, 2009, 08:36:41 PM
I have (2) LM Straps I absolutely love:
http://www.lmproducts.com/LS322.htm (http://www.lmproducts.com/LS322.htm)
Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: ajdover on August 30, 2009, 09:12:36 PM
I use and recommend Moody Straps ... http://www.moodyleather.com/ (http://www.moodyleather.com/).
 
Alan
Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: Enzo on August 31, 2009, 06:56:52 AM
I have one of these, the quality is excellent and the price is good. Sometimes you'll see great offers like buy one get one free !
 
http://www.italiastraps.com/ (http://www.italiastraps.com/)
Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: toma_hawk01 on August 31, 2009, 09:27:12 PM
This strap is going on my new Alembic...
 

(http://alembic.com/club/messages/393/69773.jpg)
 
 
http://csernistraps.com/customstraps.html (http://csernistraps.com/customstraps.html)
Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: terryc on September 01, 2009, 12:53:57 AM
toma hawk01..the 'Miles' book in the pic..a good read?? Do you recommend it??
I am halfway thru' Ron Wood's biography, an great read and makes me wish I was born about 10 -15 years earlier and in London!!
 
Comfort strap for me 'cos 93MK weighs too much for my weedy frame but I like the ornamental decoration of your strap.
Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: toma_hawk01 on September 01, 2009, 02:23:01 AM
It's honest. It's Miles life as he see it. Miles is a very opinionated person, and this is what makes his book extremely hard to put down. I love it when people are real, and makes no apologies to having an opinion. Miles is no politician, that's for sure. He tell it like it is, weather he's wrong or right. This book is hard hitting on his own personal weaknesses as well, and personal triumphs. So, it pretty balanced.
 
I laughed so hard, and cried with him too. This is one of those books, you can't put down, and before you do, you're halfway done.
 
He goes through a who's who list in music and describes his very personal encounters with everybody and holds back nothing even offensive things about others, nor he was ever ashamed of telling his readers who he loved, couldn't stand... It gets pretty graphic. But what would you expect from Miles Davis anyway?
 
This is not the Autobiography of Lawrence Welk by any stretch of your imagination... and he's cool too...  
 
I don't blame you on the straps... A light strap is a very good strap (that's for sure...). I have a Short Body and my newer bass is even smaller, so the extra weight of a strap, will not make much of a differences. I completely understand what you mean. I had a huge Omega body S1 in the 80's and it hurt so good... My back was numb after jams, but it sure did sound good. The short body was my answer, and now the New Toma_Hawk is a even better answer because its proportionally smaller than the original small body.  But you know how wood is... density plays a huge roll.
Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: terryc on September 01, 2009, 06:59:56 AM
tomahawk01..could you supply ISBN number of the said book if it not too much trouble??
Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on September 01, 2009, 08:11:54 AM
Terry, it's 0671635042.
 
Peter
Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: toma_hawk01 on September 01, 2009, 08:20:39 AM
I have 0-671-72582-3  
 
$12.95
Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: terryc on September 01, 2009, 08:27:30 AM
many thanks for that..I will see if I can get it here in the UK(most probably will)
Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: toma_hawk01 on September 01, 2009, 08:59:18 AM
You are welcome.
Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: David Houck on September 01, 2009, 09:29:52 AM
For what it's worth; I have Milestones by Jack Chambers and can highly recommend it.  Relatedly, I also have Kind Of Blue by Ashley Kahn, and highly recommend it as well.
Title: Great Straps for Alembics...
Post by: terryc on September 01, 2009, 11:34:30 AM
thanks Dave, will look them up too.
Already found toma hawk's book so will be ordering it tonight