If you're a live performer, and don't want a primo slot on one of YouTube's always-hysterical guitar strap fail compilations, you're gonna need a strap lock
If you're a live performer, and don't subscribe to shoegaze's stage etiquette, at some point while you're rocking out with your guitar, your guitar strap will probably come disengaged from your beloved instrument.
Unless you want to end up with a primo slot on one of YouTube's always-hysterical guitar strap fail compilations, you're gonna need some guitar strap locks.
With that in mind, our Tech Editor, Paul Riario, decided to create a helpful tutorial for guitarists looking to install their own strap locks, and avoid being immortalized online for all the wrong reasons.
As you'll learn, you can pull off this installation with just your guitar and strap of choice, some strap locks (the strap locks Paul uses in this video, from Grover, are particularly high-quality and durable), two wrenches, a Phillips head screwdriver and a toothpick!
You can see how Paul goes about the installation in the video above.
For more info on Grover's strap locks, and all of the company's neat products, head on over to its website.
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Jackson is an Associate Editor at GuitarWorld.com. He’s been writing and editing stories about new gear, technique and guitar-driven music both old and new since 2014, and has also written extensively on the same topics for Guitar Player. Elsewhere, his album reviews and essays have appeared in Louder and Unrecorded. Though open to music of all kinds, his greatest love has always been indie, and everything that falls under its massive umbrella. To that end, you can find him on Twitter crowing about whatever great new guitar band you need to drop everything to hear right now.
