How Do You Make A Leather Guitar Strap?
Guitar straps are one of those things that are never quite perfect. The ones you buy in the store are mass produced, so you can never get one with your own personal flair or style, and custom-made leather goods are prohibitively expensive. The simplest solution is to make your own strap and make it yours. It’s actually quite easy. Tie one end of the string to one of the strap buttons on your guitar. Hold your guitar where you want the strap to hold it, and loop the other end of the string around the other strap button, and tie it off. Cut the excess string. Take the guitar off, work the string off the buttons and lay it across the sheet of leather so that the entire length of the string fits on the leather in a straight line. Mark the ends of the string on the leather (this is where your strap-button holes will go), and make guide marks equal distances on the right and left of the string, using your ruler to ensure consistent width throughout the length of the strap. Make the strap as
