I'm currently using a piece of old twine to hold up my F5, and I feel like I need something more substantial and possibly adjustible. Is there a brand or kind that you all would recommend?
I'm currently using a piece of old twine to hold up my F5, and I feel like I need something more substantial and possibly adjustible. Is there a brand or kind that you all would recommend?
Mandolin Straps of Montana or Sully Straps are my favorites.
2018 Girouard Concert oval A
2015 JP "Whitechapel" tenor banjo
2018 Frank Tate tenor guitar
1969 Martin 00-18
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I’ve bought a dozen different straps for A and F style mandolins but currently have Lakota straps on my two mandolins and one mandola. I love the look and feel.
Doug Brock
2018 Kimble 2 point (#259), Eastman MD315, Eastman MDA315, some guitars, banjos, and fiddles
Twine or long shoelace are my favorites.
Another happy Lakota user here. Can’t recall offhand which models, but one’s a round braided strap made for F styles (though I’m using it equally effectively on a Rigel CT 110 presently). The other is a flat unbraided strap I’m using on my A style. The other recommendations above are very nice quality as well, the Lakota’s are just available locally.
Chuck
Sully’s are great!
I've been thrilled with Long Hollow Softy straps. Got my first one nearly 16 years ago for my Rigel. Mandos have come and gone but the Long Hollows stick around. I love how they can be used on either A or F styles. Both my Eastmans have them as well as the Rigel.
Axes: Eastman MD-515 & El Rey; Eastwood S Mandola
Amps: Fishman Loudbox 100; Rivera Clubster Royale Recording Head & R212 cab; Laney Cub 10
A vote for Sully Straps & Little satchel straps made in Australia by Steven Gilchrist's partner
A vote for Bailey. Love the flat braid he does with contrasting colors.
Silverangel A
Arches F style kit
1913 Gibson A-1
Nothing but a rawhide boot lace with a hangman’s noose on each end works for me.
2021 The Loar LM700 VS
Call Jim Avery in Bryan, Ohio. Handmade braided leather straps.
Bailey straps are my go to!
Tim Burcham
Northfield Big Mon (Red Spruce/Red Maple)
Gibson F-9 Custom
1942 Strad-O-Lin
1948-54 Gibson LG-3
2011 Gibson J-45 True Vintage
2017 Martin HD-28 VTS Custom Shop
Bailey Mandolin Straps (NFI)
Bell Arm-rests (NFI)
Buck Rule does amazing straps... pricey, but the best.... Sully's... Pat Sullivan can't be beat for vintage leather
John D
The Longhollow Big Softy works great for an A5 but the wide soft part ends up in the middle of your back on an F5.
2010 Heiden A5, 2020 Pomeroy oval A, 2013 Kentucky KM1000 F5, 2012 Girouard A Mandola w ff holes, 2001 Old Wave A oval octave
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Something without buckles, snaps or rivets. Nothing vinyl.
"I play BG so that's what I can talk intelligently about." A line I loved and pirated from Mandoplumb
If you would like a challenge, buy a book on weaving leather strips and a book on how to weave 4 strips into a strap. Honestly it works, I made one this was and I love it.
The waist band of an old pair of jeans makes a great mandolin strap...
I will also recommend Bailey straps - I received one with a mandolin I purchased. It is well made and beautiful.
http://thebaileystrap.com/
I do happen to prefer round braided (over a piece of rope) leather straps. The rope gives it a little more substance and they hold their shape and last a long time. What I like about a round strap is when you put it on you never have to mess with, flat straps you have to adjust and make sure that it lays the correct way.
Randy Hogan and Lyn Dudenbostel daughter made really good ones, but I am not sure either are making them at this time?
This is like asking what mandolin should I buy. Everyone ends up with their personal favorite and touting it. It’s like me with pickups. I’ve yet to put any in a mandolin, but once I got a set of Dazzos in a guitar, I liked them so much I just continued putting them in every guitar I bought. I’d have a hard time getting anything other than a Bailey, though I know there are a dozen other options. I do have a very nice round braid that came with a mandolin, but I don’t have a clue whose. And a bootlace just seems so right on my A 1.
Silverangel A
Arches F style kit
1913 Gibson A-1
The off-the-rack mando straps at guitar shops work just fine.
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