Guitalele strap DIY

Well talking bout music

I recently picked up the acoustic guitar :)

I have a Yamaha C40M acoustic with me I bought five years ago

but I couldn't really self learn at that time so they guitar was just left there.

Only recently I started to get a hang with it *since I have such a long and boring holiday

I started to love it! :D

Actually I pretty much regretted not learning music well.

When I was young my mum brought me to Piano classes but soon later I gave up.

And then I got myself a Yamaha GL-1 !!!! Its called a Guitalele

What is a guitalele??

Its actually hybrid of an ukulele and guitar.

My Yamaha C40M and GL-1

Why I decided on the guitalele and not the ukulele?

firstly I did not want to learn up the fingerings of the ukulele yet at that time

I was looking for a travelling guitar coz I will be going back to somewhere I temporary reside for my studies, with a lot of beaches and good sun! * bringing the big acoustic around wont be easy!

More on why I chose the guitalele check out this review which is GOOD! Must watch!!

Well the guitalele sounds exactly like the guitar with capo on 5th fret.

I have even read a review that a metal guitarist actually LOVES this new toy. :)

And now so do I. :D  *of coz bought it after thorough research :P

And soon after I wanted to get it a strap coz its abit small and sometimes I had to bend alot and its less pleasant long term.

And so I went on to search again. I target on straps that they use on Ukuleles coz its around the same size. And typical ukulele straps look like this, which looks like normal guitar strap

OR this

which i less prefer. 

Then I went to research on price. I wasnt willing to really pay for one. Coz in my country, choices are limited and also not many stores that I am accessible do sell straps for ukuleles. And I dont feel like getting one online. 

Some people even use Madolin straps. In the reviews I read most did not agree with using a guitar strap coz it weighs more that the ukulele itself. Its pointless.

Some even do DIY with normal thread like this! D: 

Well I won't want to do it this way.

HERE STARTS MY DIY :) SORRY FOR ALL THE CRAP UP THERE

okay so I went to get my guitalele a nut at the bottom so that I can make a strap like a normal guitar. I only made one on the bottom then go to Daiso, a RM5 Japanese Store (which is awesome!) to get a strap from the handicraft section

I like the colours and you surely won't find straps like these in stores!! *love it much!!

First get the strap! You don't have to buy one actually. You can get a strap from an old luggage or bag!

Next get a set of adjustable bukcles! I took mine from an old bag, and get the one with roughly the suitable width!

this is the adjustable buckle from me old bag

look closely and see how it is sewn originally

then remove it from old bag!! D: bye bye old bag

next take new strap and fold over like this through the buckle.

sew the edge of the strap so it stays like this!

next get the buckle tat looks like this!

*it comes in a set. means if u use the first buckle, this is a must have

pass the 2nd buckle through the strap 

*sorry for unclear pic!

then bring the strap up! pass it over the first buckle

like this! 

make a hole through the strap at the end that is free. then pass through a sturdy string!

some people asked me to use a shoe lace. 

shoe lace too mainstream so I used a price tag thread from Esprit! LOL

talk about REUSING. I am Queen.

The end product!! :D It looks lovely *i like!

now its adjustable!!

Now for the finishing touches.

remember the 2nd buckle? i put it through another Esprit price tag thread and tie it to the nut at the bottom!

tie the other end to the head stock of the guitalele! 

If you see clearly I sewed the edges of the hole so that it does not continue to break open

due to friction 

SO THERE YOU HAVE IT!!

of course you can modify certain things and make it your own way!

So overall cost for this DIY: RM5 or less than USD 2

and an old bag

I'm a happy girl!! :D

Happy DIY-ing!!

yeah due too over boredom. dang.