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  • Does a strap tied to the headstock damage the neck of a guitar?

    From Ottavio Caruso@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 4 09:36:13 2023
    XPost: rec.music.makers.guitar.jazz

    I recently bought a cheap Harley Benton tenor guitar.

    As you can see from picture: https://thumbs.static-thomann.de/thumb/padthumb600x600/pics/bdb/_35/354507/15621770_800.jpg

    screwing a button on the back is not smooth, as the end of the neck is
    not flat.

    If I tie the strap to the headstock, would that cause damage to the neck
    in the long run?

    Alternatively, where would you fit a button? (Please see pic above, the
    end of the neck is pointed, not flat)

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  • From gtr@21:1/5 to ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com on Thu Sep 7 05:02:41 2023
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    On Sep 4, 2023 at 2:36:13 AM PDT, "Ottavio Caruso" <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> wrote:

    I recently bought a cheap Harley Benton tenor guitar.

    As you can see from picture: https://thumbs.static-thomann.de/thumb/padthumb600x600/pics/bdb/_35/354507/15621770_800.jpg

    screwing a button on the back is not smooth, as the end of the neck is
    not flat.

    If I tie the strap to the headstock, would that cause damage to the neck
    in the long run?

    Alternatively, where would you fit a button? (Please see pic above, the
    end of the neck is pointed, not flat)

    No it won't hurt the neck. I see that when I was a kid, I played with a strap like that for many years--I've seen it in old pictures.

    Where to drill a whole at the heel of the neck where it joins the body? Where the luthier who does the work for you says it will work best.

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  • From Ottavio Caruso@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 7 11:12:09 2023
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    Am 07/09/2023 um 05:02 schrieb gtr:
    Where to drill a whole at the heel of the neck where it joins the body? Where the luthier who does the work for you says it will work best

    I paid £160 for the guitar. A luthier would charge probably half as that.


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  • From gtr@21:1/5 to ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com on Fri Sep 8 02:40:23 2023
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    On Sep 7, 2023 at 4:12:09 AM PDT, "Ottavio Caruso" <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> wrote:

    Am 07/09/2023 um 05:02 schrieb gtr:
    Where to drill a whole at the heel of the neck where it joins the body? Where
    the luthier who does the work for you says it will work best

    I paid £160 for the guitar. A luthier would charge probably half as that.

    In that case, do whatever seems dollar-wise, which would be a tie-on guitar strap as in days of old.

    It's such a minor thing, boring a whole to put a pin in, I'd think my guitar tech would do it while I wait and gallantly refuse payment, lthen try to
    hustle me out of his workshop before I start him swapping tales.

    It serves one well to have have a regular guitar guy.

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