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    I've got a 1932 National style 0 tenor that needs a strap button - where do you have yours? On the heel, or on the body?

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    Do you a pic of that baby Kieth? I would think it must go on the heel, how could it go on the body?

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    Mine's on the heel.
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    Default Re: National tenor strap button

    Quote Originally Posted by mrmando View Post
    Mine's on the heel.
    On the side of the heel or on the back?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dcav View Post
    Do you a pic of that baby Kieth? I would think it must go on the heel, how could it go on the body?
    Jake Wildwood takes better pics than I can: https://antebelluminstruments.blogsp...tor-tenor.html

    Jake mentioned the possibility of using a sheet metal screw into the side of the body.

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    Default Re: National tenor strap button

    I usually do bottom-of-the-heel (#5 on StewMac's guide), but wasn't sure how suitable it is for the slightly less than sturdy neck joint on these guitars.

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    Nice guitar keith. I'd like to try one of those out sometime. If it were me, I would go into wood. Wood is easier to fix than metal,should something go wrong. Good luck with it. I'd love to hear you play.

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    Mine is placed according to Jacob's diagram; it was installed years ago by someone at McCabe's in Santa Monica.
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    Default Re: National tenor strap button

    I put one on the base of the heel on my National tricone, a straplock system. Works great.

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