Banjo Webb Straps How to Install by Deering

HOW TO ATTACH YOUR WEB STRAP TO YOUR BANJO

The Deering web strap comes in a variety of colors and is an ideal strap for lighter model banjos like our Goodtime line of banjos. The straps are adjustable and come with large, sturdy black plastic clips on each end that are equipped with small metal key-ring style rings attached to them. You will need a t-wrench to loosen the hex nut on the base of the appropriate j-bolt/hooks that are around the rim of your banjo. If you have a Goodtime 2 model, you will first have to remove the resonator to attach the small metal key rings to your banjo. You will only have to remove the resonator this first time. After that, you will be clipping the black plastic clips through the rings that will already be attached to your banjo.

1. Remove the small metal rings from each of the black clips on your banjo strap.
2. Begin by holding your banjo with the neck at “12 o’clock.”
3. Starting on the right hand side of the banjo and moving in a clock-wise direction, you can count the j-bolts/hooks on your banjo and see that there are 16 on the Goodtime banjo whether you have an openback model or a resonator style banjo.
4. With your t-wrench, loosen hook #3 until it can gently be pulled up off the tension hoop. Slip the small, metal key ring over the j-bolt/hook, and put the j-bolt/hook back over the tension hoop and re-tighten it with the t-wrench.
5. Now count around the banjo until you reach j-bolt/hook #11. Repeat the steps listed in step FOUR above.
6. Take the large, black plastic hooks on your strap and slip them through the metal rings on your banjo.
7. Adjust the strap to the proper length.
8. Your banjo is now ready to be played with the strap in place!

HOW TO ATTACH A CRADLE STRAP TO YOUR BANJO

The leather cradle straps are wonderfully secure and safe for your banjo. Since they are made of leather, they will not mar the finish of the banjo as straps that have metal clips can do.

The cradle strap is made up of three pieces of leather. There is a broad 2 inch piece that can be lined in either sheep’s wool or thick, white felt and has a logo on one end and adjustment slots on the other. On each end of this piece you will find 2 long, 5/8” -1/2” wide pieces of leather with eyelet holes and black shoestrings. It is these thinner pieces of leather that will be threaded through the channel formed by the j-bolts/hooks that you will find around the rim of your banjo.

1. Hold the banjo so that the neck is at “12 o’clock”.
2. There is a j-bolt/hook very close to the right side of the neck. Use the j-bolt/hook next to that one to begin strap attachment.
3. Thread the thinner piece of leather attached to the “slotted” end of your strap through this j-bolt/hook and the next three. Just pass them under the channel created by the j-bolts much as you would a belt through the belt loops of a pair of pants.
4. Now, take the other thin piece of leather and begin threading it through the j-bolt/hook on the right side of the tailpiece of your banjo. Yes, this is the SAME side of the banjo pot you have been working on.
5. Thread this piece up through the channels until it reaches the other strap end.
6. Adjust the strap to the proper length by pulling the ends until they meet and you have a comfortable fit around your neck.
7. Join the two thinner ends by threading the black laces through both thin leather pieces using the small eyelet holes provided. Tie them securely. See photo below.
8. Your banjo is now ready to play!