i make my own mando straps by braiding butcher's string. cost? maybe a few bucks if ya don't already have the string, and about 20 minutes time. does it work well? heck yeah. try one.
i make my own mando straps by braiding butcher's string. cost? maybe a few bucks if ya don't already have the string, and about 20 minutes time. does it work well? heck yeah. try one.
Mandolins are truly *magic*!
I've made a bunch of braided straps, but I always end up going back to leather.
What kind of mando is that? Looks nice.
i like the super suppleness of a string braid. anyhoo, that's and oregon kim breedlove built quartz FF. lovely tone and playability.
Mandolins are truly *magic*!
That's a great idea! I bet the average household has other long thin materials laying around for braiding. I think for my next mandolin strap I will look at the local Goodwill for a long narrow cloth belt to modify. I have done that before with ukuleles.
I just took 50 inches of paracord, tied a slipknot at one end and made a loop to a retraced figure eight knot (much easier than it sounds) at the other. It's worked well for a year now. No issues.
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I have an American ff for my gigging mandolin. Looks identical to your quartz.
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I have a very long multi-colored boot string Id guess, on one mandolin.
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