A guitar strap and 2 capos for the poor man

Are you like me a poor man that makes his guitar attributes himself, but isn't statisfied with the look and quality of a shoestring strap and a rubberbands-pencil capo? Well then, here's the perfect instructable for you!

In this Instructable I will show you how to make a great guitar strap out of two leather belts and capos out of markers, all under 1$

Step 1 The Guitar Strap

The Guitar Strap

I didn't have a strap for my acoustic guitar, and don't like the ones they sell in the stores. I wanted a cheap, thin, leather and strong guitar strap, so that's why I made this.

What we will need:

- 2 leather belts, prefferably with same color. (Or 1 really long one)
- A small bolt and a matching nut

I bought my leather belts in a thrift store for a total of only 0,75$. I didn't find a long one, so I had to buy two (luckily I found matching ones), which works fine as well. You can use whatever material and color that you want, I just chose leather because it looks great and is really strong.

Comments

[tre cool326]

this is the kind of strap that Elvis once used!!!!

[asoughou]

Tre Cool....
Lol the only reason i need a capo is to play BLVD of Broken Dreams...
GREEN DAY!

[CamillaLuvzMusic]

WIN. I can play good riddance :3

[carpe_noctem]

ugh

[ihaveguitarskills!]

i like your nickname.its awesome. ill be doing this soon. i just spent the last hour looking online for guitar shops.they all are closed, suck, or dont have em.

[Metal4God]

i see a master of puppets record....is that a record...the one from hottoic...i have both editions, plus ride the lightning, and jsutice for all and kill em all and Death Magnetic...i also own all metallica CD's

[Average]

It's a poster ; ) I do own the CD though

[CapnTac]

I also have the Master of Puppets poster and CD, the poster hangs framed over the headboard of my bed.

[Metal4God]

isn't it awsome..sanatarium is the best from them

[Morriscow]

 picture 2:
caposaber!!!!!

[Glockenator]

neat idea. i dont use capos myself, but i know people who do

[azbo1]

you could use a reef knot. 'right over left & under left over right & under' it should look like a loop going through another loop the round it. be careful its easy to confuse with the dreaded granny knot which you cant undo to undo a reef knot push the string toward the knot from both sides at once. that probably isn't the best explanation though.

[robfalcon501]

 It seems like you wouldn't be able to tie it tight enough for it to really capo the strings

[jimmy dean]

Sounds like a square knot just reversed.

[pstephens]

I used a pencil and 2 rubber bands. Found out about it on wikipedia: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a2/Capo_on_white3.png

[Farewell88s]

You could use a square knot. You know, left over right-right over left? No? Then just google it. :)

[Rocket Boy]

go boy scout knots! lol

[MU5IC1SLIF3]

Nice instructable! I am definitely going to try this sooner or later! I already carry guitar picks around with me! So I guess now I'll just carry around pens, nuts and bolts, and an extra long belt! XD

[alternativeinsanity]

Dude you just saved me a lot of money...(well, a lot of money for a poor person like me ) Great instructable, 5 stars!

[Kokkan]

Man, you just saved mah day! Thanks!