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You will not find a more unique and explosively colorful handmade guitar strap than this one! It is made from a loom woven Mexican serape imported from Guatemala. The threads are 100 per cent cotton and range across the color spectrum-- red, orange, yellow,various shades of green, blue, and purple, pink, fuchsia, brown, and tan, all presented in wide and narrow horizontal stripes. The back lining of the guitar strap is bright red thick Duchess satin and the leather tabs are dusty gray premium quality suede leather.

Distinctive Mexican folk, also known as "artesania," has its origins in the fusion of Central American Indian tradition and Spanish tradition, resulting in rich, saturated fabric hues, intense focus on geometric imagery, and earth tones harking back to Mexico's agricultural history. Mexican textiles as a cottage industry has seen something of a renaissance since the mid-1960's but competes with mass produced goods. While the lady who made this blanket probably did not intend for it to be cut into strips and made into guitar straps, I am proud to be able to offer her handwork in a new context.


My guitar straps are amazingly comfortable. The 3 inch width allows for weight distribution over 50% more area than conventional guitar straps and even solid body bass players have commented on how comfortable my guitar straps are. Further, because there are 3 bottom layers of fabric between your shoulder and the polypropylene foundation, there is a soft cushion to help further distribute the weight of your guitar without holding the body heat that standard lambs wool shoulder pads retain, so your strap is soft, cool, and comfortable. No more aching neck or shoulder and no more pressure points.

I am always pleased to find unusual fabrics to use on my guitar straps and using an authentic Mexican hand woven serape certainly fits the bill. I hope you like it.

polypropylene strap material, colorful striped Mexican blanket, bright red Duchess satin, dusty gray suede leather, heavy waxed leather sewing thread, commercial strength tanner glue

SPECIAL DISCOUNTS - If you create an Artfire Patron account, you will see my special discounted prices for Artfire patrons. If you leave a comment and share one of my guitar straps on Facebook using the Comment and Share button, you will also unlock an additional discount.

CONSTRUCTION - The guitar strap foundation is 3 inch wide (7.62 centimeters) and 6 foot long (1.83 meters) 2000-pound test commercial grade polypropylene strap material. The strap adjusts from a maximum length of 6 feet (1.83 meters) to a minimum length of 39 inches (.99 meters).

STITCHING - All the stitching on this guitar strap is done by hand. Whip stitching runs the full length of the strap on both sides, anchoring the top and bottom fabrics to the polypropylene strap material foundation.

LEATHER TABS - The leather tabs are comprised of a 3 inch by 8 inch section of top quality leather, folded over a commercial grade plastic anchor bar and trimmed to shape. The two sides of the leather are then glued with commercial strength tanner glue and double whip stitched with heavy waxed leather sewing thread designed specifically for stitching leather. The button hole is hand punched and cut to precisely fit a standard 12mm guitar pin.

VEGAN OPTION - You may purchase this guitar strap as a vegan guitar strap for an additional $10.00. If you would like to buy this strap with vegan tabs, please let me know. I will invoice you separately for this. Also, please allow an additional one-day delivery delay for this modification.

If you have any questions about this or any of my straps, please contact me by email at coolstraps@gmail.com or by phone at 813-949-9269. I hope you enjoy browsing my studio and the other lovely studios on Artfire. Thanks!