Schaller Straplocks or Schaller "Style"?

SNAKEBITE

Looking to get a set of straplocks, originally wanted the Dunlop but as they were going for £20 I thought about the Schaller ones.

These aren't coming up much cheaper, but then I saw "Schaller style" straplocks for about £4.

Am I taking a risk going for the cheaper option?

skaguitar

How much is your guitar worth..?

BigLicks67

You can buy Schaller strap locks on Amazon for a tenner.

Legionreturns

@FelineGuitars sells the dunlop ones for a very reasonable price. Jonathan got what I needed to me in double quick time too! 

underdog

Are Schaller ones the ones that make a horrible metal on metal noise every time you move the strap? I have them on one of my guitars and hate them.

I really like the Dunlop ones, nice and easy to use and quiet.

Alegree

Well provided they're the same as mine I sell at £3/set, they're good.
I've used them on my very own guitars for years without trouble.

stickyfiddle

Grolsch washers. Seriously. Miles better than either Schaller or Dunlop locks.

Cirrus

Yeah, Grolsch washers, no question. I've had a scary moment with a Schaller one which led me to discover that if the entry slot for the peg happened to be facing the ground, and you put enough downward force on the guitar, they could pop out. Maybe the set I had was defective somehow, but the Grolsch washer way is better IMO because they don't see a lot of force in typical playing situations - they'd only come out with a lot of *lateral* force.

FelineGuitars

If you value your guitar avoid the cheaper knockoff ones

The whole point is to keep your guitar safe, and we have had countless repairs to do where a straplock has failed and every time it is a Schaller look alike

We sell the Dunlop ones and we sell extra buttons o you can share a strap between guitars
The Dunlop buttons are big and can happily be used without the strap bit or with a Grolsch washer

prowla

I've found that the cheaper buttons may not latch so easily to Schaller locks on the strap and vice-versa.
The genuine Schallers latch together without needing to pull the pin out.
I've had one cheap one which won't fit into the Schaller lock.

SNAKEBITE

I'm going to get the Dunlop ones. I have them on my Mex and love them, but forgot how expensive they were.

Still, it's a one off purchase and it's better to be safe than sorry!

I've had the Schaller ones on previous guitars and whilst they are not bad I don't like the protruding pin.

Not keen on the Grolsch tops, I know they work, but they just look a bit ......... off.

Cirrus

SNAKEBITE said:

Not keen on the Grolsch tops, I know they work, but they just look a bit ......... off.

Yeah but by the time you've drunk 4 of them, who cares? 

Sparky

underdog said:

Are Schaller ones the ones that make a horrible metal on metal noise every time you move the strap? I have them on one of my guitars and hate them.

I really like the Dunlop ones, nice and easy to use and quiet.

Same here. I let them go with my last guitar sale. Grolsch bottle cap washers all the way for me. A free beer with every one, guaranteed. Embrace the retro!

underdog

Sparky said:

underdog said:

Are Schaller ones the ones that make a horrible metal on metal noise every time you move the strap? I have them on one of my guitars and hate them.

I really like the Dunlop ones, nice and easy to use and quiet.

Same here. I let them go with my last guitar sale. Grolsch bottle cap washers all the way for me. A free beer with every one, guaranteed. Embrace the retro!

I've got Dunlop on my expensive LP (they came with it from Gibson) and really like them but as a home only player can't justify the cost of them for all my guitars, so now gone the rubber washer router on the rest so each guitar has its strap.