Hi all,
You were so helpful with my gig bag question that I wanted to pose to you all another dilemma I've had for a while.
I have a lovely Gibson A2 from 1922 that has become my go-to mandolin (though I play live with a different mando with a pickup). While I almost always play the A2 sitting down, it would be nice to have a standing option. However, this is where it gets tricky. The A2 has a strap button on the bottom, but I don't want to install a second one on the heel of the neck. The highest reaches of the fretboard are flush against the instrument, so I cannot loop a strap around there, as some a-style players do.
This leaves me with wrapping the loop end of a strap around the nut. I have disliked this in the past on other mandolins because the way that the strap angles back towards my body from the nut has a way of getting in the way of the thumb on my fretting hand.
Any suggestions would be most appreciated!
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