Strap buttons
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:03 pm
Hi Gordon and any others with techie experience,
I have a Fylde Alchemist (Gordon you will know which I am referring to - the prototype Fylde Signature) and it has just the one strap button currently, in the end-pin position. To date, when using a strap, I have used a shoe-lace to fix the other end of the strap to the headstock (just behind the nut) but this has always felt a bit unstable so I thought I would fit a strap button somewhere near the heel of the neck. Question is: where is the best place to fit it? To the rim of the body just above the neck heel? Is there enough wood at this point for the button's screw to actually grip into? How about the back of the neck heel itself? Any views from experienced tinkerers welcome.
Regards,
Tim
I have a Fylde Alchemist (Gordon you will know which I am referring to - the prototype Fylde Signature) and it has just the one strap button currently, in the end-pin position. To date, when using a strap, I have used a shoe-lace to fix the other end of the strap to the headstock (just behind the nut) but this has always felt a bit unstable so I thought I would fit a strap button somewhere near the heel of the neck. Question is: where is the best place to fit it? To the rim of the body just above the neck heel? Is there enough wood at this point for the button's screw to actually grip into? How about the back of the neck heel itself? Any views from experienced tinkerers welcome.
Regards,
Tim