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Interesting. Seems to point to a design flaw of the case, which should allow for this pin not to be impacted in such an incident, which can happen even after the customer takes delivery and puts the instrument into service. Why is it assumed that this type of damage could only occur during the initial shipping?
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You are correct that it doesn't only occur during shipping but once the owner takes possession, this kind of damage is no longer the problem of the dealer or manufacturer. Some drivers for shipping companies are less than careful when handling packages.
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Pre-drilled on the bottom to accommodate an output jack/ pickup system eg. LR Baggs Element and tons others, if the owner wishes to do so. Hole is centered correctly at the factory. LOTS of (beautiful) wood and bracing to drill through if that hole wasn't there. Now imagine it was Cocobolo or Brazilian rosewood you'd have to drill thru. One slip of the bit or the hole gets drill crooked, or DIY'er doesn't read the installation instructions and uses a drill bit that's way to big, or doesn't know the difference between a cincrete bit and a wood bit...disastrous results. There must be tons of horror stories out there concerning the ruin of many a beautiful guitar. Stupidity is not covered under warranty btw.
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No pins for me. I don't like drilling the heal of the neck.
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I've always put strap buttons on my guitars. But not the last guitar I bought. I got me a strap button. I cut the screw. I always shorten the screw as those long screws seemed like over kill. But I couldn't bring myself to drilling into it. It was made to perfect for me for me to harm it. I did get a good price on a old (NOS) thin guitar strap from the 50s. Way cool!
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I used to strap my guitars, at the headstock, in order to take pressure off my fretting hand. Over the years, I learned to tilt the neck more upwards, so switched to the heel strap pin, at #5. It works, for me...and, no, there is no distortion of the neck, brought on by headstock straps...
What I wish the manufacturers would spend a bit of R&D on, is the bottom button...why does it have to be so difficult to attach a strap to this area, and have it stay on, without either unscrewing the button, over time, or having the strap come off, at the worst possible moment? It seems there's a whole cottage industry, committed to locking straps and such. Why don't the makers either design a button that works for most straps, or combine the button with a special strap? It should not be that difficult, as compared to, say, designing a guitar, right? Ok, that's my rant...
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FINALLY, the strap button setup that I've always wanted!
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I still would prefer no hole at all unless ordered that WAY. Could you imagine someone standing up playing a froggy bottom model "L" parlor with a strap. I can't but different strokes
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Interesting...do all Froggy guitars have this? Reason I ask is that I may be buying one in the near future and am concerned about being able to play it with a strap.
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When I picked up my D-18 it only had the end pin. Salesman said "You want us to put a strap pin on it?" I said yes. It took almost a full 3 minutes but was well worth the wait and I didn't have to come back later after I got home a realized it didn't have one.
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If you are building 500,000 guitars and those strap buttons cost you $0.05 each, you save $25,000.00 plus a little more for the installation costs which might be another $0.05 or $0.10. A few cents saved here and there can save a large manufacturer millions of dollars. I doubt they would tell us that, though.
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