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  • I've had mine for 5 years without any issues.

  • Mine has been more than fine for years

  • I'm using Schaller Security Locks ever since my guitar kissed the floor (I had these Warwick Locks installed). Warwick does a great job in building basses and bass amps, but they should stop producing these locks.

  • @behemoth666123 i couldn’t agree more! Thanks for the comment.

  • No offence to the poster, but this looks like an installation error to me. The Warwick strap locks are very reliable and work perfectly. Due to their design there's simply no way they can fall out like that unless;

    i) they were suffering from a manufacturing defect, or

    ii) the screw holding the button to the instrument wasn't screwed in far enough to allow the pin to secure properly. I'd wager on the second of those possibilities.

  • @chuckst0nes hello, just out of curiosity and because i never leave anything to chance i thought I'd try out your scenario No. 2! (cos i still have these horrid things on my shelf) The screw is as far down as possible inside the supplied strap button and they still come as off, as i thought. So that leaves your No. 1scenario.. which is of course the problem. I wouldn't expect every single one they ever made to not work, but for me, unless a Straplock is 100% safe I'm NOT buying it.

  • @jcyeaful that's nonsense. This guitar came off as described, while standing fell to the ground and hit the side of my pedalboard. If I was sat down it wouldn't have fell. This is for demonstration purposes. They would even worse if they'd designed them to only work when under some sort of tension. Haha.

  • you guys do reliease that the locks dont work unless they are under pressure from the gravity of standing thats how locks like these ones work

  • Dimarzio straps w/ clips work great. I fling my Gibson with out fear. Plus its easy to take them on and off to and easy to switch on stage

  • schaller is best

  • I put a set of these on my violin and had no trouble - I don't understand it at all.

  • @jehovahuponyou Yea i've put them on my drum kit now.. they're doing a much better job!

  • @thinwire - SEE, there is a use for everything.

    ROFL!

    Good sense of humor, Thin, Bless Ya!

  • You know, Schaller and E.B. are some better brands. You can get them for like 15$ up to around 40$ (and more, I have seen some in gold for 70$..).

  • mine broke completely after a year or somthing...

  • Get schaller!

  • These things are shit. My local guitar shop won't even carry them because of shit like this

  • try screwing them in dumbass

  • @ibanezplayer23 i wouldn't expect anything less from a guy who plays an ibanez! LOL.. is it all pretty? with bright sickly colours and a pointy headstock? get a proper guitar and start leaving adult & constructive comments. ;-)

  • @thinwire dont bag on ibanez some of the greatest musicans use them

  • @azfryguy normally i don't but.. just to reiterate My Opinion, i don't particularly like the way they look and sound, for me. And will 'bag on' peoples comments that are quite frankly childish. I'm trying to do people a favor here and perhaps save this from happening to others guitars.

  • @thinwire fair enough sir you are aware you can make straplocks right?

  • @azfryguy well, yea i guess i am. I'm usually up for that sort of stuff, made a pretty cool looking aluminium pedalboard and didn't make little straplocks!! i wish i had believe me! Also some of the cheapest locks, 2 piece black plastic ones are more affective than warwick ones and cost only 4 or 5 quid.

  • @thinwire haha i know right its ridiculos look for reccesed (or however you spell it) strap locks they look so bad ass

  • @thinwire tell that to steve vai idiot... It's not the brand or quality of the instrument that makes the musician or makes anyone mor adult... kid...

  • @Guilherme81 excuse me???

  • @thinwire no i don't.... idiot

  • @Guilherme81 lol.. erm.. who are you having a conversation with? this conflab with you is quite bizarre!! :s

  • is that a 68 or so DC jr?

  • @mjpugh123 I'm not quite sure what you mean but the guitar is a Les Paul Special Double cutaway, i think 1990's.

  • I use shaller this taught me alot

  • :D that is less locking than normal ones 

  • maybe you should get a job so you can afford some good ones dipshit ;)

  • @jarredhhodgesbrg man that was witty! How long did it take you to think of that?! ;)

  • @thinwire lol i'm messin bro. If they dont work, im glad you're warning people that they dont

  • dude i had the same problem so just bought a dimarzio clip lock strap.

  • @aniallator1 thanks for posting. hope yr guitar survived.

  • I've got both, Warwick and Shaller straplocks, and both are OK. :)

  • Dunlop  works fine for me =)

  • looks like you're better off not even using those strap locks. Thanks for showing this to everyone, i just got ernie ball strap locks and they work just fine.

  • Do you really need straplocks on that guitar. It has the strap button under the neck so it shouldn't be able to come off easily

  • You need it more if the strap button is on the back because the weight leans forward, plus you also have the other end like on all guitars.. and i think pretty much every guitarist has experienced that coming off at some point.. and once is one time too many. Anyway its kinda irrelevant where it is... you're buying 'strapLOCKS'.

  • I just bought the Schaller Security Locks and they seem to be fine :)

  • two washers of appropriate size are better than any strap locks. and can be found for free.

  • @JMfanboy Exactly, I've put up a video showing just that. I don't understand why people would throw away money on overpriced straplocks that can break, having just a washer that doesn't fit over the topside is so much more reliable and nearly free.

  • thank you for the usefull vid:) looks like these locks are pure shit

  • Well it seems that warwicks "straplocks" Sucks... Thx 4 putting this vid on Youtube... i would have bought them if i wouldn't have seen this... now i got schallers security lock instead they work Excellent, Never failed... although im sorry for that dent i your guitar... if i were u i would call to Warwick and ask the how the F**K they can produce that shit!

  • I'm glad... Schallers have never failed for me either. I did email Warwick but they never replied, and i was so angry that i just wanted to forget it and move on but thought the least i could do is tell the world on youtube :-) they should be designed with absolute fail safe, otherwise its pointless isn't it??! They're there to protect. Cheers MrColdhellifyer.

  • Buy schallers i have used them for 30 years and they still work fine!

  • ouch...

  • So I just changed to Warwick straplocks on another instrument of mine and had the exact same problem as detailed in this video... because I used the original screws that came with the bass and not the screws included with the locks. The extra size of the non-Warwick screw prevents the Warwick peg from going far enough to allow the bearings to lock into place. All I had to do was file down the end of the lock peg (about 5 minutes total for both pegs) and the locks now work perfectly.

  • Hi Kspinesh. How come you didn't use the screws that came with the Warwicks?

  • Ran out of characters the first time :-) The screws that came with the straplocks were smaller than the screws that were already in the bass - as such, the new screws were too small for the existing holes and I wanted to use the stock holes.

  • Woodglue, some matches and sawdut should take care of that. Fill up the hole let it dry and drill a new hole.

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  • dunlops work better

  • Thank for sharing.

  • mine is perfect :O i have them on a warwick corvette ^^

  • you're lucky

  • I have got the same ones!!! I had the same problem.

    That is until I realised that all I needed to do was srew the screw in further as the screw gets in the way of the locking mech!! If you dont screw in in all the way...

    If you want good SL's try Qparts...

  • Exactly - good call.

  • I always rely on Dunlops because I've had the same straplocks for 3 years and they work just as good as the day I bought them.

  • I've been using the Warwick strap locks with my Warwick basses for years and they're incredibly solid. I'm a very active player and they've stood up to everything. It sucks that that happened to your guitar, but I've seen all sorts of straplocks fail including Schallers and Dunlops. The moral of the story is to check that stuff every time you get ready to use it, and that's a lesson that I've learned the hard way as well.

  • Hmm.. shame we have to check such a device, seeing that its very own existence relys on people wanting to protect their beloved/expensive instruments..? ?

    The last thing i'm thinking of mid song is if my straplocks are gonna fail!! haha

  • exactly, why would we want to take the risk? the sicken thing is i thought, i must get round to buying some locking nuts before my strap comes off. and a set of Warwick's later, dadaa....DINK!

    We buy them TO relax, in the knowledge that our guitars are safe thats the thing. Or so you'd think.

  • Thanks for posting this video! My Warwick straplocks aren't as bad as yours appear to be, but that just adds to the danger. They don't fail for a while, but once I relax my vigilance, that's when it seems to happen. The worst occurred during a show; luckily I caught my bass, so it was not damaged (only my pride was hurt). :) I reported it to Warwick and they sent me a replacement set of locks (which turned out to be just as crappy as the initial ones).

    Lots of good suggestions here. Thanks!

  • guys why the fuck spend money on some expensive locks?? i took some wire, put the strap onto my guitar and wrapped the wire around the button thats sticking out from the strap and it wont even move a bit. u can jump,run,kick,or fling the guitar around your neck n do fuckin hoola hoops with it and the strap doesnt come off

  • I think its your button thats messed up. Mines perfectly fine. Used to for like 8 months alreadi no problem. Except for the part that the screw of the pin goes loose and all, but as usual it happens to all strap locks. My lock messed up my strap (schecter one)and now I have to onli use warwick for it. I hope it doesnt mess up my dunlop straps this time.

  • Well i'm glad yours have worked fine but do we all really want to take the risk? When the engineering tolerence is so small. I can see how schaller works, plus putting some loctite on the nut. no problems.

  • I am definitely not going to use warwick for my next guitar. I think I'll go for schaller or dunlop loks. And yes warwick is risky from what I've heard.

  • works fine for me... well kinda ruined my strap tho. How long hav u used it for?

  • How long did i use the straplocks for..? about a day or two, one rehearsal i think. It could have been even worse as my guitar landed an inch away from my Electro Harmonix HOG not a cheapy pedal. i think the button system is inefficient too as they're so easy to press & release regardless of it actually working.

  • ty for doing that vid.

  • Good, I just randomly bought a pack of them!

  • i would go with the dimarsio clip lock i heard a lot good things about them and i no there probly the best out there

  • i've seen another cheap alternative, black plastic circular device that has an oval hole on a disc that twists. seems to work very well, and cheap too.

  • thats why i dont use strap locks. i just use plain old straps.

  • I would do the same thing if the straps don't fall off. My friends strap wasnt on properly n it just dropped in chipped off at the bottom of the guitar

  • I buy them...

  • more fool you then...

  • I agree. I had these fail on me while gigging and my headstock hit the ground (tarmac) and now my bass has a nasty gash on it. I changed all my strap locks to Schaller.

  • I dont know man I have the same ones and they dont do that maybe you just got broken ones?

  • Well.. 'just broken ones'?? I now have a broken £600 guitar! There's nothing there to see that looks broken, the tolerances in the design is obviously micro between it working or not, its impossible to see.(so any slight inconsistency in the manufacturing process or wear n' tear means the difference between a guitar hitting the floor or not).'Schallers' you can see exactly how they work, using a pull n slide system including a nut (which may need some 'loctite' on the thread for extra security).

  • Hey man... I'm so soooo sorry about your LP =(

    I Just got a Parker two weeks ago and I'm looking for new straplocks for it, man.. thanks a million for share this, a very powerful reason to keep away from warwick "security locks".

    thanks a million again...

  • Thanks dude, a pleasure to let people know. My £600 guitar is now probably worth £400 thanks to Warwick. Its quite a chunk, so deep it'd take a long time to build up the lacker, wait for it to dry/sink etc. And i cant do without it that long. Even if people have warwick ones that work. The design is floored as its so easy to accidentally push the button and release it. unlike Schaller which is a pull and slide realse system.

  • hhhmmm... interesting... Schaller straplocks sounds more capable to do the work ;) thanks

  • So im pretty knew to the whole strap lock thing.... Do you have to drill a new set of holes for the strap lock? or will it fit in the stock holes. I have a Epiphone LP Standard and Epiphone Sg Custom, if that helps.

  • They should fit without having to drill new holes, i dont have an epiphone but i'm sure they're the same as gibson. The screw may be slightly different lengths, but thats not really a problem.

  • hey is your guitr one of those faded?

  • No, its just a 'TV yellow' i think they call it. I presume you mean the colour..

  • I haven't had any problems with it so far.. My guitar stays in it's place

  • Very informative! I bought the Schallers and this morning (after preparation of the formerly drilled out holes that were too big for the screw provided...had to fill in with LockTite glue and toothpicks)...I have managed to get one end of the strap on...but not the other. I think the strap is too thick...I'll need to get another strap, but I think the Schallers are gonna be fine...you just need room to screw down the washer and nut for security (this is where the 'thinner' strap is needed)

    Joy

  • It thanks for informations

  • I recently had the same problem with my factory installed Warwick straplocks. Schallers from now on....

  • Hi.. did you do anything about it, with Warwick i mean?

  • No - since all they would do most likely is send me a set of the very same locks that failed. So, I just put the schallers on - no issues since... No big deal to me...an inconvenience, yes, but in the bigger picture, a few bucks on strap locks is a minor issue. I still love my Warwick basses...

  • thats fair enough.. unfortunately for me it took a chunk out of my Gibson Les Paul. I'm sure they make great guitars, havent got a lot of experience with them myself. They should stick to guitars!

  • maybe it would have held better if you stood up and played it properly...... ever think of that

  • :D Hah very witty. i wish i had sat down like this the first time then it wouldnt have crashed to the floor!

  • i did, i sent them an email and they didn't have the decency to get back to me! i sent them the link to this in the email. i should have taken it further really. The shop i bought them at had another thing going on with a customer that complained about a Warwick guitar stand that claimed not to stain 'white paint work'. and well it did, on an expensive LP. Warwick werent really interested, as far as i'm aware.

  • better change to Schaller, you shouldve showed us the dent.

  • yea ya right, i should have.. i'll post another clip showing it. i've got replacements now, think they are schaller ones.

  • did warwick did anything afterwards? you should give them this link

  • Shit...

    Schaller straplocks are good :)

  • man thats pretty awful, i hope my Warwick strap locks will hold in place

  • yup it is indeed! And they havent even replied to my email of complaint! i should have filmed the dent as well really. doh! (i might do that actually)

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