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Imagine this beautiful handmade guitar strap, in all its rich hues of turquoise, teal, and blue, across your shoulder. The front fabric of the guitar strap is 100 per cent mercerized cotton in a tie dye batik pattern of flowers, leaves, curling stems, all rendered in shades of turquoise, teal, and blue, along with random splashes of white, black, and blue gray. The back lining of the guitar strap is thick teal Duchess satin that exactly matches the darkest shade of teal on the front fabric an the leather tabs are premium quality black suede leather.

The beauty of this guitar strap is not only the depth of the colors but the large, impressionistic quality of the imagery. While we tend to think of batik as muted, subtle, there is nothing quiet about this fabric.

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 lamb's wool shoulder pads retain, so your strap is soft, cool, and comfortable. No more aching neck or shoulder and no more pressure points.

When I saw this fabric, one of the things that struck me was that while it has what we would consider a graceful, delicate imagery in the floral patterns, the coloring is more like a gathering storm. To me, it achieves visually what music strives for aurally, that initial quiet pensiveness that builds to a powerful conclusion. I really like the multi-layered statements in this fabric. I hope you like it, too.

polypropylene strap material, colorful batik cotton fabric, premium quality black 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).

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!