(x) Recessed Straplock Replacement

[flaxattack]

pick up this cd dave
duke and ella live at montreux
 
go to www.deepdiscountcd.com if you cant find it
awesome discs
jeff

[David Houck]

Thanks Jeff; back in the late '70's I had a housemate who had a record of a Joe Pass and Ella Fitzgerald duet.  Awesome as well.

[bigredbass]

Bob:
 
I too feel the studied distance in Ella, but I would add that a lot of jazz in the time and style of her peers had a certain coolness that implied that the delivery/performance mined a protocol more like classical music:  You kept your performance within the music as expected.  
You could embellish to a point . . . but that's it.  Of course I've learned it's the hardest thing to sound simple and detached.  I'm convinced that's where her mighty scat-singing came from, it was the place where she COULD let it rip.  Plus it was always so amazing to me that her voice at any age always sounded so girlish, just delightful.
 
And now we return to original program, already in progress . . .  
 
Don't replace that straplock yourself unless you're VERY good in the woodshop department.  This has got OH @#$^^))(^**$#(!!!! writ large over it!
 
J o e y

[jetbass79]

I've been using Dunlop strap locks for about 7 years since my first fretless bass came with them and there was one problem -- they were probably ten years old and were starting to strip inside the button itself causing the bass to fall every once in a while.  
That said, I have had very good luck with them.  The only flaw I can see in the Schaller design is the nut that secures the top of the lock to the strap -- particularly if you have a thicker strap than the norm because it takes some effort to squish the strap leather down so the nut will thread.  That's not really a flaw but it makes sense to tighten the nuts on the strap before a gig just to make sure it doesn't get unthreaded causing your fine instrument (though I call mine the War Hammer of Smite) to dive and breaks its head off.  Just my two cents or euros or yen or yuan or whatever currency floats your boat...

[jack]

I dinged my Epic once pretty bad and had caught it a few times (including on stage- not too 'cool' looking playing in a squat for half a song).  Bought some Dunlops and didn't like them- didn't really trust them either.  I'd tried Bob's big washer idea, and that was cool but has some drawbacks with removability.
 
What I have is a little nylon string through the strap loop that I configured with such a knot that I put the strap on, loop the string around the post, pull tight and presto, like a noose or a lark's head knot.
 
Anyway just a thought.  Please don't yell at me if you try it and it fails.  I jump around crazy on stage like the punk-rocker that I am and I haven't lost the bass again yet.
 
Regards,
Jack