D'Addario Accessories Elliptical End Pins, Black

These are very attractive, easy to use and inexpensive. Probably my standard end pins for new builds now.

Best low price mod for your guitar if you can't afford strap locks.

If your strap end is stiff, you may find these a pain to get on and off, but they hold great and look fabulous, I use rubber strap lock washers anyway and each guitar has a dedicated strap that stays on for the most part, so I only have to struggle with them once. They hold so well that id have to say that the strap locks I use are probably unnecessary unless the strap end is just so loose it falls off. I use them anyway but I love these also for the cool look, I have them in black, gold , and chrome

These work well. I had previously used a large head type on other guitars, but these are easier to put the strap over, yet provide secure attachment - no problems with detaching is use so far after several gigs and weeks of practice.Update: after using these on several guitars for several years, I stay with my 5 star rating. However, recently I had two occurrences of guitars slipping off the end pin. First time I wrote it off as a fluke, but when it happened a second time, I did a close inspection. What had happened was that my leather straps were all getting a bit aged (nice and supple!), and the keyhole slot that fits over the button had gotten elongated, to the point where the strap could easily slip over even the widest part of the elliptical head. The fix for this was some button thread and a needle, and to basically close the slot off lower down. Works fine now, and no problems since.

Nice looking pins for guiter or ukelele strap. Need to drill instrument to install. Screws are soft.

What a great idea!! Be sure to orient them so the long aspect of the strap button is at right angles to the slit in your strap. AND be sure to really tighten the screw, maybe use some glue also, to keep it from turning.

These look and work very well. I was a little afraid because I saw some negative reviews and the shape looked really strange to me online. When I got the pins, they look very similar to a normal end button, just with little points added to the sides. Guitar straps go on and off with no problems, and when installed right, it definitely prevents slippage. Using a mandolin/ukulele strap was a little more difficult, because my leather strap end has a smaller profile. I had to wrestle it a little bit, but once on, it doesn't look stretched out or awkward, and there's no way it's slipping off that strap! Overall, I would continue to use these for any stringed instrument that either needs new buttons or I'm adding buttons to. Also while this is small, the black color looks very nice, I have black caps on my tuning machines and the black button makes it look very nice.

All My Guitars Have these and the Planet Waves Locking Straps. The straps are nothing fancy, but nothing is easier to use, and they're just as safe or safer than anything else out there. And they're so Insanely Inexpensive. I don't want my guitars to end up as "Project" guitars on Ebay... I bet neither do you. The Cheapest Insurance you can get for your Guitar. AND... The End Pins Look Awesome as well. I have them in All Colors, Chrome, Black, and Gold. Instead of having little unsafe, stud, rivet things poking out of your guitar... put these on and see the difference. Then tug on your strap a bunch of times... unless your strap is worn out junk, it won't come off.It's generally not so noticeable consciously for others, BUT... I know from general design of man or nature... and landscaping... CURVILINEAR LINES People. That's one of the reasons I totally liked these from the start. They go with the flow of the lines on your curvilinear styled guitar. The Eliptical Shape goes perfectly with good design attributes. Accept for cigar box types and weird odd guitars, you generally don't see square sharp lines.You don't need any bizarre expensive screwed in guitar modifying strap lock lug things... get a set of these, screw out the old, screw in the new... Done! ...Next!