
Strap Jack work with most any factory installed or aftermarket pickup system, including those from: What acoustic-electric guitar pickup systems is Strap Jack compatible with? Strap Jack works with most any acoustic-electric guitar with an endpin jack that accepts standard 1/4" instrument cable plugs, including (but not limited to) guitars from the following major manufacturers: What guitars is Strap Jack compatible with? Strap Jack secures your strap without coming in contact with the body of your guitar.
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Strap Jack is a single piece that’s simple to install and remove, and is not permanently attached to either your guitar or your strap (which makes it easy to use one strap with multiple guitars, unlike strap locks). Strap Jack requires no modification to your guitar, unlike other strap lock systems that must be permanently installed on your guitar and strap, and require that the endpin be replaced. How is Strap Jack different from ordinary strap locks? Strap Jack works with your acoustic-electric guitar’s existing factory installed or aftermarket endpin jack. Or, if your pickup system has an on-off switch, ensure that it remains in the “off” position when not in use.ĭo I need to alter my guitar in order to use Strap Jack? To maximize battery life, we recommend you remove the battery from your pickup when not in use. With some newer pickup systems with active preamps, inserting Strap Jack into your guitar’s endpin jack will engage the battery however, as these systems have very long battery life, power usage is minimal – similar to playing while plugged into an amplifier. On most acoustic-electric guitars, using Strap Jack will have no effect on pickup battery life. Will Strap Jack affect my guitar pickup battery life? For guitars with a strap button on the neck heel area, we also include a specially made, durable rubber washer-sometimes called a "guitar saver" -to keep the other end of your strap secured.

Strap Jack is a system designed to keep your strap securely in place while you play your guitar unplugged. Simply attach your guitar strap to the endpin jack of your acoustic-electric guitar and plug Strap Jack in. Strap Jack solves this problem and protects your guitar by keeping your strap securely in place. And since the strap fits poorly, it can slip off-dangerous when you’re playing unplugged and there’s no instrument cable to catch your guitar.

If you play an acoustic-electric guitar, you know that putting your strap on is difficult because the endpin jack is bigger than the strap hole. Strap Jack is simple, inexpensive, works with all acoustic-electric guitars, requires no modification to your instrument and-best of all-it really works! There are Sigma fans, Sigma communities, Sigma websites and even collectors have specialized in Sigma guitars.Strap Jack is the best way to keep your acoustic-electric guitar securely strapped on when playing unplugged-preventing your strap from slipping off and protecting your guitar from falling. Most owners still swear by their instruments and would never part with them. That’s why it is striking, but not surprising, that there are hardly any second-hand Sigma guitars up for sale. Some models were said to be of outstanding quality, both, in construction and sound. “Sigma Guitars” were soon to have an excellent, yes even legendary, reputation. They were built by specially trained staff in the most efficient guitar factories in Japan and then sent to the US for inspection before being released for sale and shipping to the music stores. In 1970 “SIGMA”, the brandname for acoustic guitars, was launched. These guitars increasingly endangered the US manufacturers dominance on the market, and a few American companies reacted to that development in an appropriate manner: They did not take any legal steps but instead launched a counter offensive.

In the late 1960s the situation for US guitar manufacturers became difficult: guitars that were made in Japan, looking very similar to US guitars, were flooding the market but at a much lower price.
