Wow. This video is TEN years and I've literally just bought a lakota strap, and couldn't be happier about it. This strap is just the best, really soft, well made and built to last a lifetime. Their customer service is also great (worth mentioning - I had forgotten to include the international shipping to canada after paying, they've shipped it anyways. I payed it after of course but it was great to know my strap was already on its way!)

I have a gold tone (open back, CC-50). I wonder if it would be the same thing.

i will support you with my last breath sweetheart

By far The Best made strap! Love my braided flat, definitely gonna get a round braid next. Awesome work, Thank you Greatly.

So for the other strap on bottom of F style how do you install that? Thanks😊

This is much better -- thanks

Good straps but we cannot see anything you are doing behind the banjo neck.

Very helpful. Are Chicago screws the same as sex screws?

Looks like a nice strap. I hear that they are. But this video shows us nothing. Perhaps you could update this tutorial with better camera work.

BTW Maybe you could do a video of the custom offerings? I would love to have custom Lakota strap.

Got one on my Dobro and one on a guitar. I never take it off. No fancy swivels or plastic snaps, did a small mod to add 4 Chicago screws at the headstock to respect the 4 directions and I added a Silver Buffalo skull pin I got at the Charlie Russell Museum 30 years ago. Most comfortable straps I own. One tip, Buffalo leather stretches a bit I bought a bag of orange rubber washers from a home brewery supply that I put over the strap buttons to lock them down.

I love your straps! they are really soft.

Best straps I've ever seen or used in 50 short years of playing. They will definitely last a lifetime, and they get better with time! I have one that I've had for over 10 years, and the patina on it is amazing (yep, sweat is good for Bison leather, IMHO). Thanks, Kenny, and happy pickin. Don

I know this video was 8 years ago but it's not necessary to remove the strings to wrap around past the nut. Just loosen them up enough to get strap under. Then tighten up and re- tune.

Awesome strap design and great instructions. Just installed your strap it looks good.

It is ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE that you cannot use a cradle strap on a GoodTime banjo without taking it apart. #FALSE

You have wonderful straps!!! I love the quality and softness.

I have an 6 inch piece of leather shoelace/necklace that loop under the strings. I attach the strap to that. That little bit of slack also gives me the room to hold it a bit more comfortably.

All mandolins DO NOT have strap buttons.

DONT TRUST A MAN ABOUT RESONATORS THAT DONT GOT A RESONATOR. you’re not doing your guitar of any make or model any favors by attaching it at the head stock. To put the weight of the guitar and any additional weight your arms apply in the process of playing puts undue asymmetrical strain on the neck. A resonator is significantly heavier than a regular guitar. Do the right thing and learn how to drill the base of the neck at the body. It will play more comfortably and your neck will thank you after it stops crying about that little hole you drilled.

Love these straps!

Where can I get a strap?

Love hearing his voice resonate over the pot. I have that exact same banjo hung at the end of my couch, and it always catches me off guard when I hear it ring next to me while I'm talking.

Or.....Just tie a hank of rope on the dang thing and play country music only......Hey, if it was good enough to hold up Jethro Bodine's pants...it's good enough for me!

For the A style mandolins without secondary strap button, there's an issue with the mandolin tending to swing too far to the right because the point at which the strap hangs on the neck is further left (player left/right, not audience left/right). One way to deal with that issue I've found useful is to attach a lute-strap-style extra piece of ribbon to the end of the strap.

How many people here can speed read... Try having the instructions up for a bit longer than a nano second.. Sheesh..

instead of using finger nail polish I would use med. strength locktite...

Super helpful! I was unsure whether I'd put mine on correctly. I have a braided loop end strap. This video makes it pretty clear for F-style: turn the loop inside out, and as it wraps over the scroll, it will correct itself. Just make sure that you have the strap itself turned so that the frayed side faces downward

Left handed banjo...

Thanks, Iv been playing along time and you showed me a few different ways I had not thought of.....

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Will this work with an old banjo that belonged to my dad I can't figure out how to get the strap on it because the other strap stud has come off.

I just received my tobacco color 2" cradle strap. Looks nice! And leather is very nice and soft. Looks great on my Nechville banjo!

Hey I accidentally bought a dobro strap for my guitar is it ok for me to use it or will it damage the strings?

If you have to remove the strap when storing the instrument, there is something wrong with either the case or the strap. I've made a couple of straps for guitars and banjos myself, it's quite easy to make them so that no metal part will get into contact with the instrument. Lakota straps accomplish this with said ease; bison leather is strong but supple, the only metal parts are the Chicago screws, and they are there to make attaching the strap easier. It's not hard to make a 100% leather strap for anything with a tail pin, but the process of putting it on the instrument could get rather complicated with larger instruments. A banjo strap only needs one fastener, which can be covered and doesn't have to be metal. Even sliding buckles can be made so that nothing harder than leather or fabric will ever touch the instrument. Frankly, everyone in my neck of woods keeps the straps on their instruments; is removing the strap a U.S. thing?

3RD OPTION for A-style: run the loopside of strap under pickgaurd and under the fret board end notch(where neck joins body on top).....simply make the loop around the narrow part of body/neck joint.

These are beautiful straps! I have two, one on my Bishline and the other on my Rickard open back. The Rickard has hardware similar to an Ome with 3/4" between the tension hoop and the bracket. Works perfectly. I love the straps!

Fock you

Too fast to read those text screens!

Useful information. The frequent lips smacks are a little distracting.

Great Video. Thanks

Just so you know......Quicks come in metal also, not just plastic. I don't use them but I thought you might like to know

Very helpful - thanks

Gotta love Kenny! I do...thanks for the easy to "get" video...Like your voice...Thank you for the extra info and tips! Gotta go strap up my resonator!!

6:25 "I'd demonstrate putting it on but once again this is a left handed banjo.... -_-

Thank god for people like you that taking time to show others how to do things thank you for your time and protect the time to do this video.... I just got one of your straps from the pawnshop and love it.... It's better than my mandolin..... Nashville Tennessee

Thank you for posting a video to demonstrate the installation. Unfortunately, the screw attachment instruction is done directly behind the neck and it completely obscures your demonstration of attaching the end through the slots and attaching the screws. Would you consider reshooting the video so that what you are doing is visible? Beautiful strap, though. Thank you :-)

13 minutes to put 2 straps on? wow :-)

Very helpful and very informative; thanks so much.