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I bought my Martin second hand with a strap second strap button already attached.
Having said that, I've often wondered how many new to Martin owners opt for a second strap button or instead decide to play with a strap attached to the headstock even if they're not familiar with it. |
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My D-35 came with a strap button installed by the previous owner. If it didn't have one, then I would in fact, tie to the headstock "hippie style".
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My Martin came with a strap button courtesy of its previous owner also and like you, I would have tied it to the headstock "rockabilly" style.
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I've never owned an acoustic guitar that came with a heel-button already installed on it. But every acoustic guitar I've owned had a heel-button installed within 48 hours of its arrival in my house. I simply couldn't tolerate the discomfort and off-balance, 'guitar hanging in the wrong place', feeling of a strap tied cowboy-style.
The sole exception is my latest addition, the Lowden F-23 - I've had the guitar for three months, and the strap button for two-and-a-half months, but I've never needed to play it standing up yet. As I get further into my eighth decade (very scary!) I'm more and more inclined to play seated, so...
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But let's be generous and say it's one in five. Those of us who use the Doc Watson strap button placement on the upper bout of the guitar are far, FAR less common still. I used to see some folks doing that back home in Missouri and at the Winfield Festival, but I can't recall ever seeing anyone else doing that up here in Alaska. I have that arrangement on my 12 fret Double O and 12 fret Triple O, but all of my 14 fret guitars have the strap button on the heel. whm |
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I can honestly say that the difference was so striking that in the future, I will never even mess around with the headstock attachment for even one minute. As soon as I buy a guitar, I won't take it home until it has a strap button installed. Don't get me wrong -- in terms of looks, I much prefer the headstock attachment. But the improvement? Oh my gosh. Posture, comfort, arm and hand positioning, accuracy of fretting hand, balance, guitar-positioning to the body, etc. etc. I could go on --- everything improved 100% after installing the neck strap button.
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Most guitar's headblock is not wide enough to do the Doc Watson placement. You can glue a piece of wood in there so the screw goes into a wood backer. Just screwing into the side is expecting trouble.
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