ESO Strap is "the best guitar strap ever made"

Guitar straps range from cheap to ostentatious, extravagant and everything in between, but Seattle-based ESO Strap reckons it's created the ultimate strap, thanks to a number of patent-pending innovations.

Most notable of ESO Strap's tweaks is the contoured 'S' shape, which aims to reduce pressure points, while in-seam, "fluid motion" pick pockets offer instant access to your plecs.

Typical strap traits are well catered-for, too, with smooth-stop polymer length adjustors, a high-density foam core, heavyweight backing and hand-crafted Brazilian leather end pieces with reinforced stitching.

The ESO Strap is available now in right- and left-handed incarnations for $59.99 from the company's website.

Michael Astley-Brown

Mike has been Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com since 2019, and an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict for far longer. He has a master's degree in journalism from Cardiff University, and 15 years' experience writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as 20 years of recording and live experience in original and function bands. During his career, he has interviewed the likes of John Frusciante, Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Satriani, Tom DeLonge, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien, Polyphia, Tosin Abasi, Yvette Young and many more. His writing also appears in the The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar. In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock as Maebe.