I'm sure I'm not the only one who has hesitated drilling into their Guild acoustic to install a strap button.....
I can always use the headstock attachment.
I can always use the headstock attachment.
What he ^^^ said. Maple Guild doesn't have one. DV-72 does have one (first owner installed it). Taylor and Breedlove both came with. None on the Washburn. But I play sitting, and when I did play standing, the headstock loop helps to shift the guitar to the right so it's more centered and more like when I'm sitting. How does it feel when you use a headstock loop? If it's good you probably won't like the position with a strap button on the heel of the neck.I prefer the headstock loop primarily for positioning, the guitar ends up closer to where it does when it is played seated. I had my G37 drilled and a button installed when it was new but used the loop as I didn't like the position..
Not from me, don't care for it at all, upper bout, neck heel, no.So…, not much love for an upper bout placement?
What are you using now?So…, not much love for an upper bout placement?
I always smile when I learn something from someone, especially when it is something so simple, so obvious... and it never even crossed my mind, before......But I play sitting...
I must disagree. If the headstock tie is good enough for Neil, it's good enough for me.Upper bout or neck heel. Tying it at the headstock was gone after the 1950s-'60s folk boom, at least in modern performance in front of larger audiences. Don't see it in modern pics or vids of current well known players any more.
Hey, @Maguchi , did you (or someone) remove a chunk of the side to put that block in for the strap button? Or was it built that way. I'm guessing this was to fix a damaged guitar where someone didn't use a block for the button to begin with, right?
I must disagree. If the headstock tie is good enough for Neil, it's good enough for me.
That's the way the guitar came new from the manufacturer. 1989 Washburn DC-60E Lexington.Hey, @Maguchi , did you (or someone) remove a chunk of the side to put that block in for the strap button? Or was it built that way. I'm guessing this was to fix a damaged guitar where someone didn't use a block for the button to begin with, right?