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This all leather guitar strap is made with a "sparkle" lavender cowhide layered over a soft & supple wine colored cowhide. This strap is 2 1/2" at its widest, and adjusts from 48" to 58" long.
It looks like glitter, but doesn't leave the glitter in its wake! It is an iridescent foil print over a light purple base, and is quite smooth. I have this same leather overlaid on lavendar base leather, but the darker wine provides more contrast, and highlights the irridescence even more than the lavendar main strap.
The tiny foil dots catch the light and eye, and varies from silver to all colors in the rainbow pending the angle to the light. It glistens, rather than reflects light back (the photos with multiple angles and folds of the strap demonstrate how the colors & iridescence varies with the angle to the light).
This special leather is glued & edge stitched with a thread that blends in with the leathers. The special leather only covers up to the top slot, leaving the adjustment slot area to show off the main strap leather, and matching adjustment strap.
The main leather is a thick cowhide with slight nubuck, or brushed finish, though this may smooth down and darken even a bit more with use and oils. It is a thru dyed leather, and there is some very subtle variation, but only seen up close. The base leather is about 6 oz (3/32" thick, or 1.6mm), and with the overlay is 9.5 oz (5/32" thick), and will support solid body as well as acoustic instruments easily. Even though this is thick, is is very supple and soft temper, so it can roll up tight to fit in your case, and comes in a cotton drawstring bag.
The strap is hand cut to 2 1/2" wide, and tapers to about a 1 1/2" radius for the front peg end, and down to 2 1/8" width on the slot end.
The 1" wide adjustment strap is made with the same leather as the main strap so it can weave through the adjustment slots easily, but it is still firm, and will not stretch. The grain side edges are trimmed with a small radius bevel tool to soften the look. The hide is through-dyed, so it is consistent on the edges as on its soft suede split underside.
The overall length of this "standard length" strap as shown is adjustable from about 48" to 58". The main strap is about 42" long, and the 11 slots are spaced from about 29" to 40" from the front peg hole. The adjustment strap is 18" from slot to its rear peg hole when installed. (I refer to the front peg hole being on the main strap, and the rear is the adjustment slot).
I can easily make this shorter on request, or a different width, but for a longer version, please message me first so I can confirm if I can provide longer length with these leathers.
The 1" wide adjustment strap loops through the chosen slot and is woven through the other slots to provide the desired length and fixes to the back pin on the guitar. And I've laser etched my logo onto the exposed section above the peg hole.
The holes for the pegs are punched at 5/16" in the front, and 3/8" in the back, and a small slit ends with a small hole at the top of the slit to prevent tears & the "keyhole" effect makes the strap easier to install & remove, and can accommodate most pegs. The firm leather and stitching around the front peg hole keeps strap to remain secured once it's fitted fully in place.
This design means the strap is only leather, and there is no metal or plastic hardware that could annoy you while you're playing, or your knock into you instrument while it's being moved or stored.
I can also provide leather "laces" if you prefer to tie the strap to the neck of the guitar, rather than using a front peg. And if you have a specific peg size you need to fit, please let me know. There is no extra charge for enlarging the peg holes, or adding an additional one, or for the ties when you order the strap, but please note in the order if you want any of those changes.
If you have any questions, please message me!