Strap button for a gibson A

[Bob Schmidt]

Mandroid, thanks for clearing that up. I did indeed post about a button on the neck. I currently tie my strap with a piece of lether around the tailpiece and between the G and D tuners on the headstock. It does not interfere in any way, and I really have not seen any issues with it, but Mike Marshal suggested in a response to a video that I try to attach it at the body for better stability. I will probably try a strap under wrapped between the fingerboard and the sound hole just to see if there is any improvement in stability, but unless there is noticable improvement, I will keep the strap where it is.

[mandroid]

At one Time, I Used a bit of Cord, tied around the head stock, as you have,
and around the end button,

and in the middle I put a spring cord lock , in a loop, so made the length
quickly adjustable..

[Rob Roy]

Just a bit of blasphemy here. Carving, binding, and finishing the scroll on one F-5 convinced me there must be a better way to hang a strap. I too, feel a button on the heel of the neck interferes with your hand so I decided a small (5/32) hole through the heel to thread a black braided boot lace was the way to go. Granted, I drill the hole during construction before the heel is carved. You can just barely see the hole in this picture.

[Bob Schmidt]

Rob Roy,
That is an interesting approach. You can make it look like it was intended to be there and it solves the problem.
That is a beautiful instrument by the way.

[Ray(T)]

It strikes me that anyone concerned that a strap button at the heel will get in the way should avoid pre-war Gibson A series mandolins.

I’m not exactly sure when they went from the shorter 9th fret/body join to the longer 12th fret/body joint but the shoulders of the earlier bodies take up far more space than a strap button.

[MediumMando5722]

Tying the strap to the headstock sucks on a guitar or mandolin. If I played an A, I’d put a button on it just like I do guitars.

All of a sudden, paying extra for that scroll doesn’t seem so silly

[MikeEdgerton]

I don't worry about strap buttons on A styles, I loop around the body.

https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/s...ton-no-problem