• jamier
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Topic: strap location???

Hi everyone, I have a yamaha f310 that I have been playing about 5 months now and would like to start practicing standing up.
The strap I have makes it very difficult to play close to the 1st fret, the strings from the strap get in the way.
Am I tying it behind the nut wrong or is there a trick to it?.
Any advice will be appreciated.

Jamie

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Re: strap location???

You probably have it right.  It's just an annoying way to attach a strap.  Be sure you've run the strap string under the guitar strings.  I'm sure you've done that anyway, but it bears mention.

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Re: strap location???

You could of course fit, or have fitted, an extra button to the body and elininate the problem completely. This was brought up a short while ago: http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=15746

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  • jamier
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Re: strap location???

Thanks guys, I guess the extra button is the only way to go.

Jamie