If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Whether you need something to keep your instrument close ...

No more twisted straps? Designed for guitars with a rear-facing strap button, the Auto Lock Swivel Strap is the brainchild of Satch and headless guitar design trailblazer Ned Steinberger When you ...

Getting its start: Larry Mechem Sr. opened a music instrument store in Anderson in the 1960s (and later two other locations in Indiana). At some point, Mechem received a leatherworking kit for ...

StrapGraphics, an Oregon City company, makes custom guitar straps from designs supplied by buyers. (Eric Mortenson/The Oregonian) You know the old saying: Build a better guitar strap and the world ...

Glenn Boren has been a musician for decades. And so, he knows when to it's time to step into the spotlight and take a solo. Boren began playing in bands as a teenager and in the 1980s he formed The ...

When Terry Misner fell in love with photography in 1978, he couldn't find a strap worthy of his new 35-mm camera, so he made his own. Today, Terry and his wife, Dena, make handcraft camera and guitar ...