Sidivan
Fractal Fanatic
I recently acquired the 2" "Straight Up" style leather strap from Home Page | Leather Guitar Straps, Gig Bags for Musicians | Anthology Gear Wear. This was very much a curiosity purchase for me as I've been reading about leather straps for years and just never bought into the hype. Some high-end straps are going for several hundred dollars and at that point, the strap better feel like the stay puff marshmallow man is hugging my shoulder. I've played a dozen or so gigs with the strap and after 10+ years using a standard Fort Bryan nylon strap with leather ends, I'm still on the fence about weather this was a worthwhile purchase or not.
The anthology strap is soft, padded, and feels great. The quality is stunning. The downside is, because it's leather, it's much heavier than my previous strap and it's hot as hell. I attempted to use several other cheaper leather straps over the years and this is absolutely the best one (the other ones didn't even last a whole gig before I took them off). At the end of the day, I do really like the strap, but I don't know if I like it $100 more than my good ol' cheapo Fort Bryan. Two people have commented on how awesome it looks though, which I guess is something when you're trying to be a rockstar.
I did buy another item, the compact leather wallet, and that thing is amazing. WELL worth the money compared to my old wallet.
The anthology strap is soft, padded, and feels great. The quality is stunning. The downside is, because it's leather, it's much heavier than my previous strap and it's hot as hell. I attempted to use several other cheaper leather straps over the years and this is absolutely the best one (the other ones didn't even last a whole gig before I took them off). At the end of the day, I do really like the strap, but I don't know if I like it $100 more than my good ol' cheapo Fort Bryan. Two people have commented on how awesome it looks though, which I guess is something when you're trying to be a rockstar.
I did buy another item, the compact leather wallet, and that thing is amazing. WELL worth the money compared to my old wallet.