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    Can anyone recommend a strap with a pick pocket? I have a few very nice straps I bought on Amazon, SaberPacific Mag Strap. Great strap, but with a minimum length of 38". I like a strap at 36" for my most comfortable playing position. The length renders these otherwise comfortable and convenient straps not user friendly for me.
    If no one can make a better recommendation I may take these straps to a shoemaker to be shortened at what will probably cost twice as much as the straps.
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    In looking at that strap, I think I would just shorten the end by 2 inches and punch in a new end pin hole with slot. If you don't feel comfortable doing that yourself, I am sure a leather shop would do it for little or nothing. 2 min job!

    I notice you have a Keith Edward Coleman A style. How do you like it? He is in Albuquerque, and I visited with him once. New fella.
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    I notice you have a Keith Edward Coleman A style. How do you like it? He is in Albuquerque, and I visited with him once. New fella.[/QUOTE]

    He is a very nice fella and builds a very nice sounding/playing instrument minus frills. There are few instruments I have heard at his price point I would prefer to play.
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    Weber Gallatin A Mandola "D hole"
    Rogue 100A (current campfire tool & emergency canoe paddle)

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    Shortening a strap is as easy as buying a hole punch and a craft knife. Practice on a scrap piece of leather like an old trouser belt until you get comfortable with hammering the hole then opening up a slot of about 8mm on the upward side of the hole.

    For a pick holder, I think I might try a little bit of fabric or leather and a couple of dots of super glue or even pva glue.

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    [QUOTE=Ron McMillan;1658014]Shortening a strap is as easy as buying a hole punch and a craft knife. Practice on a scrap piece of leather like an old trouser belt until you get comfortable with hammering the hole then opening up a slot of about 8mm on the upward side.

    The ends are not leather, but instead two sandwiched pieces of vinyl with nylon between. Simply punching a hole and/or cutting off excess would require stitching around the new hole or where the end was cut off. Do to the thickness of the materal a shoemakers sewing machine would be required to do the stitching. I may attempt this and use fabric glue to keep everything together.
    I was hoping to find a shorter version of a similar strap. All similar straps I have found are as long or longer.
    Big Muddy EM8 solid body (Mike Dulak's final EM8 build)
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    Weber Gallatin A Mandola "D hole"
    Rogue 100A (current campfire tool & emergency canoe paddle)

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    I could suggest your local handicraft people may make you something if you distrust your own, DIY chops.

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    D'Addario Planet Waves straps have a pick pocket (suitable for a standard pick) and some go as short as 32". I have one on my Mandobird that I had originally used for electric guitar and there's probably more than a third of the available adjustment still remaining if I wanted to shorten it more. Very comfortable strap too.

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    Put the pick in your pocket.
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    It looks to me like you could punch two more holes with the slit in each side. It doesn't need to be cut off, so no need to sew. Most of my straps have more than one hole on the end.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Timbofood View Post
    Put the pick in your pocket.
    Usually stay at naturist camps when traveling. No pockets available.
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    I tuck my pick under the strings when I'm, not using it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pittsburgh Bill View Post
    Usually stay at naturist camps when traveling. No pockets available.
    You could keep it between...errr...never mind.
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    You can find pickpockets on many large-city sidewalks or subways.

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    and Airports..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pittsburgh Bill View Post
    Usually stay at naturist camps when traveling. No pockets available.
    That’s a mental picture I will be tormented with for the rest of my life!
    Thanks Bill!
    I finally looked closely at the strap, it looks to me like you could either punch a hole with a leather punch and cut a small slit then reinforce the edge with fabric glue easily enough or, you could basically fold the strap part and sew it shorter, or even tie a know in one end.
    If you sew the little fold closed on one end you could put a bottle opener in there too!
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