By Robert Renman - www.dolphinstreet.com
I've been looking for some great leather guitar straps for a while now, and there is never anything good in the local stores. After looking around online and checking reviews, a few names have come up. Moody straps, Levy's Leather, Eldorado straps, and Italia straps.
I imagine all of those mentioned are good quality. However, I settled for an Italia strap, and it just arrived the other day. I got the Black - Black strap as seen on www.italiastraps.com/black-guitar-strap.html.

I can not stand those cheap nylon straps you get for free when you buy a cheap guitar. They are thin and uncomfortable, really worthless to me. I am unable to wear such straps more than 5 minutes.
First impression of this Italia Strap - this is a very high quality leather strap. It is made out of finest Italian leather. I was pleasantly surprised to see how thick and soft the leather is. Very impressive indeed.
There is a lifetime guarantee on these straps, and I particularly like that there is not any hardware that can dig into my shoulder or my guitar.
I set the strap to be very short, as I am a short guy who prefers to wear my guitar high. Since the leather is so smooth and soft, it is very comfortable with any guitar.
If you want a custom-made strap, Italia straps have you covered. The company listens to their customers' needs, and will make you a strap to your specifications.
This strap is now my main strap, and I use it on my main guitar - my Suhr Classic. A great match! The white guitar and the black strap, perfect contrast.
In summary, if you want a quality leather strap, look no further than Italia Straps. I can not give anything but a big thumbs up for this strap! I will probably order another one, to use with my guitar number two.
By Robert Renman - www.dolphinstreet.com
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BY all means, take a look at the strap developed by Nick Boone at Leatherhead in Louisville - custom-fitted, eliminates the sore neck problem and other discomforts. Look here: http://www.theleatherhead.com/prostrap.htm
Comment added on July 19, 2010Almost 10 Years ago I purchassed a "music city strap" and it is the best strap I have ever owned.
Problem is I can't find them anymore, and would like to know if anyone knows about them. I have servhed all music stores and servhed the web.
If you've ever owned one you know what I'm talking about. No other straps I have compare.
Hey...did you ask Italia for persmission to use the photo off their site?
hehehe
Robert, check out Couch straps, great straps at a nice price, highly recommend them.
Comment added on September 19, 2009I checked all the straps above which were good but ended up buying one from JeriHart.com designs. They have great hand-made leather straps at a very resonable price. They have replica's of Hendrix straps that Gilmore now wears for $75 USD. Great Quality at a great price.
Comment added on September 14, 2009Back in the day we would just go down
to the surplus store and get a strip[ of leather and just poke wholes on each side. Had one for about 10 years and over a hundred gigs.
Here is the guitar I used it with:
1972 ALembic:
http://www.guitar5day.com/alembic.html
I recommend adding the straplock system from Dunlop. An accidentally dropped guitar due to a loose fitting strap is an experience you just don't ever want.
Peter Bryenton
www.brypix.com