The Best Way To Install A Guitar Strap Pin 

That is the perfect strap and the best way to place it, thank you for the instructions.

Like your straps and your intentions. As a finish carpenter that location is not the best for sturdiness. The heel of that neck is typically end grain, which if you have ever used a splitting maul you always drive the wedge into the end grain and thus separates the wood. The stronger and safer method would be to run the screw threads perpindicular to the grain. All hat and no cattle leaves your guitar on the floor!

I liked the video. I watched Dave Doll at Martin Guitar and watched a lot of guitar pin placement videos and the general consensus was to install it like yours was previously. I have a Martín 00015SM 2021 that needs a pin installed. The display of a nice Strap is important for looks but it also seems functional as well. I will give this much pondering 🤔 as this Martín is a treasure. I’m glad I tuned in. Thanks

Thanks for the info 👍🏿

With the button on the bottom side of the guitar, does it still fit in the guitar case? And being that you're drilling into the heel in the weakest portion of it, what do you do when the heel splits? Just a question. Thanks for the video.

I have seen guitars with the button on the back of the heel before, but I do not recommend it. I just got a guitar that needs this button, but the end of heel is pretty thin. In this case, the wood could indeed split. 2 cm wide at the centre and it's capped with a piece of plastic and it's 0.5 cm shorter than the body itself. Besides: Did you try to play and push the neck forward ? The strap could come off. Just keep it where it was, turn the strap to the other side and there will only be a small twist.

The strap is just twisted at the neck in this video.. If you just took that end off and twisted 180 degrees outward, it would be just fine. I personally like it this way but it's all a matter preference.

nice video, nice friendly looking guy. made a relatively simple thing very interesting. Left hander here too by the way.

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What I don't like about that position is it tends to tilt the guitar forward but the side position gets in the way when you play higher frets. Neither is perfect for me, lol.

THIS IS THE BEST PLACE TO INSTALL IT - A LEFTHANDED PLAYER - HURRAY!!!

Not afraid to split the heel placing it there?

I feel like he has his strap twisted the wrong way intentionally in the beginning to make it look worse with the strap button original position.

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i am going to do the same, i always had a problem with the other position. cool \,(*_*)/...

I recently screwed it up:-/

Great video but for me personally, I find the bottom of the heel where you put the strap button makes the guitar unbalanced and has a tendency to tilt and tip in the playing position which means (for me anyway) that I'm constantly 'fighting' the guitar while I play. The original position angled on the side of the heel is much better. Yes, it slightly twists the strap as you say but the balance is much better, especially when playing a full set

OMG never ever put the strap pin through the heel cap...not as structurally sound and could split the heel...plus, I have seen it affect resale value. Who cares about looks, geesh...

Wrong The guitar will tilt forward all the time Balance to put it

Y'all make some really nice straps it looks like. Stick to making straps.

come on... how bad is this... good belly anyway.