[Strap locks for Les Paul]

Thanks to everyone who has responded. Now I know the score. Think I'm going to go down the toothpick lane.

 

Just seems a shame and surprises me that Gibson themslves don't address this problem and that I'm left to bodge a solution (though I appreciate it can be done nicely).

 

Thanks again to everyone.

 

Ren.

[Strap locks for Les Paul]

Hello everyone on the forum. My first post (inspired by my purchase yesterday of a standard Les Paul in cherry sunburst!!!!!!. Second time around though as I bought a Les Paul Custom back in 76 but sold it to go to India to find my navel (which I did!) though looking back I really wish I'd found a way to keep the guitar as theyr're now 3.5K!

 

Anyway, my question: when I picked up the guitar I asked the dealer for some strap locks and he sold me some Schaller ones. However, upon removing one of the original Gibson ones, I found that the thread diameter on the Schaller ones is a little smaller. I therefore did not fit them in fear of them stripping the original thread.

 

Can someone please tell me what alternative I can use.

 

Thanks for any advice.

 

Cheers, Ren.